School of Education & Social Policy
 
Graduate Study

The SESP Student Affairs Office features a variety of books and resources that are helpful in the job and graduate school search. For a complete list, visit: SESP Library.

HDPS students combine their strong academic training with out of class experience working with people to open a variety of doors after graduation. Our graduates may go directly into the workforce upon graduation, or go to graduate school for counseling, social work, medicine, law, or pursue a fellowship.

Of the SESP four undergraduate concentrations, HDPS students are most likely to attend graduate school upon graduation from Northwestern. Graduate education is a requirement for many of the fields that our HDPS students are interested in pursuing, such as: social work, counseling, etc. SESP does not offer counseling certification at the undergraduate level.

Graduate School/Fellowships

Here is a sample of the graduate school programs that HDPS graduates of our Class of 2002 are attending:

  • MS in Counseling:
    • University of Colorado
    • Covenant Theological Seminary
  • MS in Social Work
    • University of Chicago
    • University of Illinois
    • Columbia University
  • PhD
    • Clinical Psychology, University of Arizona
  • JD:
    • University of Iowa
    • Northwestern University

Other Programs:

  • MS in Public Health, University of California at Berkeley

Fellowships:

  • CORO – one year public policy fellowship