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Master's Careers

Although the I School's Master's program does not designate specializations or degree tracks, many of our Master's students follow similar career paths. You will find our alumni working in human computer interaction (HCI) and usability testing, product or project management, document engineering, technical or management consulting, Web services, information architecture, database management and design, mobile software development, and library and information services. HCI and product/project management continue to attract the most students, followed by management consulting and document engineering.

The private sector draws the greatest number of I School graduates — 75 to 85 percent depending on the class. Recent private sector employers include Yahoo!, ebay, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, and Hewlett Packard.  Public sector employers include UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco, the UC Office of the President, the US Coast Guard, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, the Library of Congress, and public libraries across the country.

For more information on where I School Master's graduates find careers, please see the results of our Career Placement Survey.