Harvard University placements data is published school by school. For the Class of 2025, 90% of Chan School of Public Health graduates were employed or studying within 12 months. 79% of Kennedy School graduates were employed by November 2025. Harvard Law School reported 565 of its 602 Class of 2025 graduates in jobs that require bar admission as of March 2026.
- Chan School of Public Health employed or in further study within 12 months (Class of 2025): 90%
- Kennedy School employed (Class of 2025, settled by November 2025): 79%
- Graduate School of Education employed (Class of 2024, as of September 2024): 85%
- Graduate School of Education EdM median salary (Class of 2024): USD 70,000 (INR 66.45 Lakhs)
- Law School graduates in bar-passage-required jobs (Class of 2025): 565 of 602
Harvard, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, reports graduate outcomes rather than campus placements, and it publishes no single university-wide employment rate or salary. The figures below come from each school's own outcome report and from the Kennedy School's employment snapshot, and they cover all graduates of that school unless a line says otherwise.
Currency Note: All INR figures used in the article use USD 1 = INR 94.93 as of 23 October 2026.
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Harvard University Placements and Employment Rate 2025
Harvard’s school-level outcomes vary: the Kennedy School’s Class of 2025 had 84% of graduates settled by November 2025, including 79% employed, with an 86% knowledge rate. The Chan School of Public Health reported 90% of its Class of 2025 employed or continuing education within 12 months, while the Graduate School of Education reported 85% of its Class of 2024 employed by September 2024.
| Harvard school and cohort |
Outcome measure and window |
Rate |
Base and knowledge rate |
| Chan School of Public Health, Class of 2025 |
Employed or continuing education within 12 months |
90% |
Survey from one month before to 12 months after graduation; knowledge rate not published |
| Kennedy School, Class of 2025 |
Employed, settled by end of November 2025 |
79% |
604 graduates, 525 known, 86% knowledge rate, 67% response rate |
| Graduate School of Education, Class of 2024 |
Employed, as of September 2024 |
85% |
739 graduates, 85% knowledge rate, surveyed up to four months after graduation |
| Law School, Class of 2025 |
Bar-passage-required or JD advantage job, as of 16 March 2026 |
582 of 602 |
ABA employment questionnaire, 1 graduate with unknown status |
- The windows differ, from four months at the Education School to twelve at the Chan School, so the rates are not directly comparable with each other.
- The Kennedy School figure counts 28% of graduates who returned to a pre-Harvard employer, which is common for its mid-career programmes.
- Harvard College and the engineering school publish no comparable first-destination rate on a public page.
Harvard Business School publishes its Class of 2025 employment data on an interactive recruiting page. Those figures could not be read for verification when this page was written, so no HBS number appears here.
Note: Each school runs its own survey with its own window and response base, and none of them separates international graduates from the whole class. Read every rate as a figure for all graduates of that school in that year.
Harvard University Average Salary After Graduation
Harvard’s Graduate School of Education reported median salaries for its Class of 2024 of USD 70,000 (INR 66.45 Lakhs) for EdM graduates and USD 79,500 (INR 75.47 Lakhs) for PhD graduates. At the Chan School, 72% of the Class of 2025 reported salaries above USD 70,000 (INR 66.45 Lakhs). The Kennedy School reports median salaries for smaller MPA sub-groups.
| Programme and cohort |
Measure |
Salary (USD) |
Salary (INR) |
Respondents |
| EdM, Graduate School of Education, Class of 2024 |
Median |
USD 70,000 |
INR 66.45 Lakhs |
180 |
| EdM, Graduate School of Education, Class of 2024 |
Average |
USD 79,469 |
INR 75.44 Lakhs |
180 |
| PhD, Graduate School of Education, Class of 2024 |
Median |
USD 79,500 |
INR 75.47 Lakhs |
15 |
| PhD, Graduate School of Education, Class of 2024 |
Average |
USD 103,967 |
INR 98.70 Lakhs |
15 |
| MPA, Kennedy School, Class of 2025, public sector |
Median |
USD 98,542 |
INR 93.55 Lakhs |
6 |
| MPA, Kennedy School, Class of 2025, nonprofit sector |
Median |
USD 146,500 |
INR 1.39 Crore |
6 |
| MPA/ID, Kennedy School, Class of 2025, nonprofit sector |
Median |
USD 89,000 |
INR 84.49 Lakhs |
3 |
- The EdM median rests on 180 responses, so it is the one Harvard salary figure with a usable sample.
- The Kennedy School medians come from three to six responses each, so a single graduate moves them by tens of thousands of dollars.
- The EdM range of USD 25,000 to USD 325,000 (INR 23.73 Lakhs to INR 3.09 Crore) shows why the median is the figure to plan on.
Note: Harvard publishes no salary for its engineering, computer science, data science or undergraduate graduates, and the Business School salary data was not readable for this page. A median quoted for a Harvard MS in Computer Science or Data Science has no official source.
Key Insight: The EdM median of USD 70,000 (INR 66.45 Lakhs) is the only Harvard master's median with a cohort year and a large sample. Any Harvard salary promise above that figure for a one-year master's should come with a source you can open.
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Harvard University Placements by School and Course
Outcomes differ sharply by school. Law graduates went almost entirely into bar-passage-required roles, and Kennedy School graduates split between public, nonprofit and private employers. Education graduates went mostly into universities and schools, each on the cohort shown.
| School and programme (cohort) |
Headline outcome |
Largest destination |
Second destination |
| Law School, JD (Class of 2025) |
565 of 602 in bar-passage-required jobs |
Law firms of 501 or more lawyers, 322 graduates |
Federal clerkships, 100 graduates |
| Chan School of Public Health, all degrees (Class of 2025) |
90% employed or studying within 12 months |
Hospitals and health care, 37% |
For-profit employers, 22% |
| Kennedy School, MPP (Class of 2025) |
79% of all Kennedy graduates employed |
Private sector, 39% |
Public sector, 36% |
| Kennedy School, MPA/ID (Class of 2025) |
97% of students from outside the USA |
Public sector and international organisations, 42% |
Private sector, 42% |
| Graduate School of Education, EdM (Class of 2024) |
85% of all Education graduates employed |
Higher education institutions, 27% |
District and public schools, 13% |
| Engineering, Master's in Data Science (classes of 2019 to 2021) |
Sector split only, no rate published |
Technology, 51% |
Finance, 14% |
- The Data Science row is the only engineering-school data Harvard publishes, and at more than three years old it is a pattern rather than a current rate.
- Kennedy School MPA/ID is the programme with the most international students, and 29% of its employed non-US graduates returned home.
- Law outcomes are measured ten months after graduation under American Bar Association rules, a stricter and more complete count than a voluntary survey.
Tip for Indian Students: Pick the school whose published data matches your goal. The Law School and Kennedy School give you audited or high-knowledge-rate figures. A Harvard engineering or data science master's offers employer names from 2019 to 2021 and no rate, so weigh that gap before comparing it with a programme that publishes one.
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Top Recruiters Hiring Harvard University Graduates
McKinsey and Company, Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund are named by Harvard schools as employers of recent graduates. Harvard does not rank employers or publish hire counts, so the table groups the names each school lists.
| Sector |
Employers named by the school |
School and cohort naming them |
| Technology |
Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Snowflake, Waymo, Twitter, Moveworks |
Engineering, Master's in Data Science, classes of 2019 to 2021 |
| Finance and trading |
Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Citadel, Two Sigma, Bloomberg, Capital One, Bank of America, Wellington Management, Arrowstreet Capital |
Engineering, Master's in Data Science, classes of 2019 to 2021 |
| Consulting |
McKinsey and Company, Boston Consulting Group, Deloitte, McKinsey Analytics and QuantumBlack |
Kennedy School, Class of 2025; Education School, Class of 2024; Engineering, classes of 2019 to 2021 |
| Government and international organisations |
World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, US Senate, Government of Canada, Texas Education Agency |
Kennedy School, Class of 2025; Education School, Class of 2024 |
| Education and nonprofit |
Boston Public Schools, Harvard University, Tufts University, University of Pennsylvania, The Aspen Institute, Sesame Workshop |
Education School, Class of 2024 |
| Health and pharma |
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Oscar Health, Alife Health |
Engineering, Master's in Data Science, classes of 2019 to 2021 |
- The technology and finance names come from a 2019 to 2021 data science cohort, the oldest list on this page.
- Kennedy School employers are listed by programme and sector without counts, and 88% of its employers hired exactly one graduate.
- Law School placements are reported by employer type, not name, with 322 graduates at firms of 501 or more lawyers.
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Harvard University Placements by Sector and Job Role
The private sector took 38% of Kennedy School graduates in the Class of 2025, and hospitals and health care took 37% of Chan School graduates. Higher education took 27% of Education School graduates in the Class of 2024. The sector mix follows the school, not the university.
| School and cohort |
Largest sector |
Second sector |
Third sector |
| Kennedy School, all programmes, Class of 2025 |
Private 38% |
Public and intergovernmental 34% |
Nonprofit and NGO 24% |
| Chan School of Public Health, Class of 2025 |
Hospitals and health care 37% |
For profit 22% |
Academic 15% |
| Graduate School of Education, Class of 2024 |
Higher education institutions 27% |
District and public schools 13% |
Direct service nonprofits 12% |
| Engineering, Master's in Data Science, classes of 2019 to 2021 |
Technology 51% |
Other industries 22% |
Finance 14% |
| Law School, Class of 2025 |
Law firms 382 of 594 employed |
Federal clerkships 100 |
Public interest 59 |
Within the Kennedy School, combined-degree graduates leaned private at 67%, against 35% for single-degree graduates. Education School job titles were not published, while the Kennedy School listed roles across national government, state and local government and intergovernmental organisations.
Tip for Indian Students: If a private-sector job is the goal, the Kennedy School MPA at 64% private is the published route. The data science master's follows at 51% technology, while the MPP and MC/MPA send most graduates to government and nonprofits.
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Where Harvard University Graduates Work: USA and Abroad
Kennedy School graduates of the Class of 2025 started careers in 48 countries and 28 US states. 29% of employed non-US MPA/ID graduates returned to their home countries. Law School graduates of the Class of 2025 clustered in New York (207), Washington DC (121) and Massachusetts (59), with 10 employed abroad.
| School and cohort |
USA |
Abroad |
India named |
| Graduate School of Education, Class of 2024 |
327 responses, led by Massachusetts 201 and New York 39 |
90 responses, led by China 27 and India 14 |
Yes, 14 graduates |
| Law School, Class of 2025 |
New York 207, Washington DC 121, Massachusetts 59 |
10 employed in foreign countries |
Not split by country |
| Kennedy School, Class of 2025 |
28 states plus Washington DC and Puerto Rico |
48 countries and territories |
Not split by country |
- India is the second-largest overseas destination for Education School graduates, which fits a cohort with many Indian teachers and education leaders.
- Staying in the USA past the OPT period depends on an employer entering the H-1B lottery, which no school figure can predict.
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Harvard University Career Services for International Students
Career support at Harvard is run by each school. The Mignone Center for Career Success serves the College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The Business, Law, Kennedy, Education and Public Health schools run their own offices. The Harvard International Office handles OPT and STEM OPT filings for all of them, and these are services, not outcomes.
- Each school office runs its own outcomes survey, which is why Harvard has no single first-destination rate.
- Many graduates applying 90 days before graduation receive their OPT work card around graduation, according to the International Office.
- F-1 students may work on campus up to 20 hours a week in term and full time in vacations without separate authorisation.
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Post-Study Work After Harvard University for Indian Students
A Harvard graduate on an F-1 visa can work for 12 months on Optional Practical Training. A STEM-designated degree adds 24 months more, for 36 months in total. OPT needs no employer sponsorship, but the STEM extension requires an E-Verify registered employer and a Form I-983 training plan filed through the International Office.
- Unemployment is capped at 90 days during the first 12 months and at 150 days across OPT and STEM OPT combined.
- Work beyond OPT needs an H-1B visa, which an employer files through an annual lottery that no outcome figure can predict.
- Degrees in education, law, public policy and most public health programmes are not STEM-designated, so their graduates get the 12 months only.
That STEM rule matters more at Harvard than at an engineering school. The schools with the best published outcomes are the ones whose degrees do not qualify for the extension. Check the Department of Homeland Security STEM list for your exact programme code before enrolling.
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Harvard’s placement data shows that 79%–90% of recent graduates in Law, Kennedy, Education and Public Health were employed or continuing their studies. The Education School’s EdM graduates reported a median salary of USD 70,000 (INR 66.45 Lakhs), based on 180 responses.
However, Harvard does not publish a single university-wide placement rate, Business School data was unavailable, and engineering outcomes cover 2019–2021. Before accepting an offer, check the latest school-specific survey and confirm whether your programme qualifies for the 36-month STEM OPT extension.
FAQs
Ques. What is the Harvard University placement rate?
Ans. Harvard publishes outcomes by school, not one placement rate. For the Class of 2025, the Chan School of Public Health reported 90% employed or studying within 12 months and the Kennedy School 79% employed by November 2025. The Law School placed 565 of 602 graduates in bar-passage-required jobs.
Ques. What is the average salary after Harvard University?
Ans. The only Harvard median with a large sample is the Graduate School of Education EdM figure. It was USD 70,000 (INR 66.45 Lakhs) for the Class of 2024, from 180 responses. The Chan School says 72% of its Class of 2025 earned above USD 70,000 (INR 66.45 Lakhs).
Ques. Does Harvard publish MBA salary data?
Ans. Harvard Business School publishes Class of 2025 employment data on an interactive recruiting page, but those figures could not be read for this page and are not reproduced here. Check the HBS recruiting site directly for its median base salary and offer rates.
Ques. Is a Harvard MS in Data Science good for placements?
Ans. The engineering school reports that 51% of Master's in Data Science graduates from the classes of 2019 to 2021 went into technology and 14% into finance. It names Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs and Citadel. It publishes no employment rate or salary and no data newer than 2021.
Ques. Which companies hire Harvard graduates?
Ans. Harvard schools name McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, Goldman Sachs, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund among employers of recent graduates. No school ranks them or publishes hire counts.
Ques. Can Indian students work in the USA after Harvard?
Ans. Yes, for 12 months on OPT, and for 36 months if the degree is STEM-designated. Law, education and public policy degrees are not STEM, so their graduates get 12 months and then need an H-1B visa.
Ques. How many Harvard Kennedy School graduates return home?
Ans. In the Class of 2025, 29% of employed non-US MPA/ID graduates returned to their home countries, and the class as a whole started careers in 48 countries. The MPA/ID cohort was 97% international.
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