The Urban Studies major is not a narrow, pre-professional education, but a broad liberal arts degree combined with valuable, transferable skills. Our alumni network covers a wide range of fields and economic sectors, including:
The Non-Profit Sector, including Community Service and Philanthropy
- Annie E. Casey Foundation (Baltimore, MD)
- St. Anthony Health Foundation (Denver, CO)
- Coro Center for Civic Leadership(Philadelphia, PA)
- SAVE: Shelter Against Violent Environments (Fremont, CA)
- Thrive, The Alliance of Nonprofits for San Mateo County (San Carlos, CA)
- National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington, DC)
- New School Venture Fund (San Francisco, CA)
- American Civil Liberties Union (San Francisco, CA)
- Service Employees International Union (Washington, DC)
Urban Planning in the Public or Private Sector
- Recon Environmental, Inc. (San Diego, CA)
- Los Angeles World Airports (Los Angeles, CA)
- Homes USA, Ltd. (Santa Monica, CA)
- Terrell Watt Planning Consultants (San Francisco, CA)
- Gensler (Santa Monica, CA)
- City of San Jose Planning Dept.(San Jose, CA)
- Community Attributes, Inc. (Seattle, WA)
- Nelson/Nygaard (San Francisco, CA)
- Times Square Alliance (New York, NY)
- Urban Ecology (San Francisco, CA)
- Disney Co. Theme Parks Corp Strategic Planning Group (San Francisco, CA)
Real Estate: Development, Consulting, and Management
- Mikiko Corporation (Honolulu, HI)
- Heitman (Chicago, IL)
- Solarium Properties (Boca Raton, FL)
- Grubb & Ellis (San Jose, CA)
- The Rose Company (Columbia, MD)
- The Orosco Group (Monterey, CA)
- Deutsche Bank Real Estate (New York, NY)
- Arthur Andersen (San Francisco, CA)
- The Concord Group (San Francisco, CA)
Law
- Natural Resources Defense Council (San Francisco, CA)
- Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati (Palo Alto, CA)
- Gap, Inc. (San Francisco, CA)
- Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft (Charlotte, NC)
- Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
- Walt Disney Pictures and Television (Burbank, CA)
- Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP (San Francisco, CA)
- Rosenmant Colin LLP (New York, NY)
- Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP (Philadelphia, PA)
- Legal Services of the Hudson Valley (NY)
- Santa Clara County Counsel's Office (San Jose, CA)
Architecture and Urban Design
- Gehry Partners, LLP (Los Angeles, CA)
- Robert A. M. Stern Architects (New York, NY)
- Kaiser Permanente (Portland, OR);
- Ann Cuthberston Architects, PC (Denver, CO)
- Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planner (Santa Monica, CA)
- Kenneth Rodrigues & Partners (San Jose, CA)
- Thomas Hacker & Associates (Portland, OR)
- Quinn Evans Architects (Washington, DC)
- Calthorpe Associates (San Francisco, CA)
- LMN Architects (Seattle, WA)
- Hardison Komatsu Ivelich & Tucker (Oakland, CA)
- Studio S Squared Architecture (San Jose, CA)
- Brand & Allen Architects (San Francisco, CA)
- Burt Hill (Washington, DC)
- Keyin Rasmussen PC (Philadelphia, PA)
- Page & Tumbull (San Francisco, CA)
Business, Finance
- American Electronics Association (Santa Clara, CA)
- Salomon Smith Barney (Palo Alto, CA)
- Paramount Publishing (New York, NY)
- Disney Development Co. (Orlando, FL)
- Yahoo! (Santa Clara, CA)
- First Rain, Inc. (Foster City, CA)
- The Quadrant Corporation (Bellevue, VA)
- Galileo International (Englewood, CO)
- Jordan Trading Inc. (Kingston, NY)
- Bank of America (Charlotte, NC)
- Kadisco LLC (San Francisco, CA)
- RBC Capital Markets (Los Angeles, CA)
- Xuny.com (San Francisco, CA)
- The Boeing Company(Huntington Beach, CA)
- Credit Suisse First Boston (San Francisco, CA)
Technology
- Google (Mountain View, CA)
- Apple (Cupertino, CA)
- LinkedIn (Mountain View, CA)
- Eventbrite (San Francisco, CA)
- Clearslide (San Francisco, CA)
Education, Research
- Teach for America (Various locations)
- New York City Department of Education (New York, NY)
- Eastside College Prep (East Palo Alto, CA)
- University of California, Davis (CA)
- Stanford University (CA)
- UCSC Center for Agroecology & Sustainable Development (Santa Cruz, CA)
- The New School at Southshore (S. Seattle, WA)
- Fuller Theological Seminary (Pasadena, CA)
- Girls After School Academy (San Francisco, CA)
- Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
- Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)
Lobbying, Government
- Seattle Office of Housing (Seattle, WA)
- City of Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
- City of Los Angeles/City Administration Office (Los Angeles, CA)
- Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP (Sacramento, CA)
- Senator Joe Simitian (Palo Alto, CA)
Medicine and Health:
- Stanford Prevention Research Center (Stanford, CA)
- Humanistic Alternatives to Addiction Research & Treatment (Hayward, CA)
- Psychiatric Associates (Greenville, SC)
- California Department of Health Services (Sacramento, CA)
Arts and Design:
- Design in Wood (Petaluma, CA)
- Regional Arts Coordinator (Portland, OR)
- KBIK Films (San Francisco, CA)
- Federated Department Stores – Macy’s West (San Francisco, CA)
- Write On Freelance (Corona del Mar, CA)
