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Social Policy Graduate Career Destinations

What do LSE graduates do? View the LSE Social Policy graduate destination statistics*

Graduates of the Department of Social Policy have excellent career prospects. In 2021/22, the majority of undergraduate and postgraduate leavers from the Department of Social Policy were in employment, completing further study or taking time out to travel just six months after graduation.

Social Policy graduates found work with a wide range of employers including:

  • Government, Public Sector and Policy
  • Education, Teaching and Research
  • Health and Social Care
  • Non-government organisations (NGOs) and Charities
  • Law and Legal Services
  • International Organisations
  • Media and Journalism
  • Consultancy

Their job titles vary hugely from Director to Policy Advisor to Paralegal, and they are employed by such organisations as the UK Civil Service, UK Cabinet Office, BBC, Ministry of Justice, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Tony Blair Institute, Ecorys, JP Morgan, Deloitte, the European Parliament, the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning, the International Organisation for Migration, International Monetary Fund and many other organizations.

PhD graduates from the Department of Social Policy have gone on to work and teach at the University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, King's College London, Duke University, the Howard League for Penal Reform, University of Warwick, SOAS, and LSE.

The Majority of Social Policy graduate students for the last five years, 2018 - 2022 remain in the UK, while the rest are spread across the whole world.

The five-year aggregate analysis from LSE Careers indicates that 15 months after graduation:

  • the median salary was £32,000 for undergraduate Social Policy graduates who were working full-time in the UK
  • the median salary was £38,250 for postgraduate Social Policy graduates who were working full-time in the UK

Read about our featured alumni and their career destinations.

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*The information on this webpage draws on the latest data from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA), supplied to LSE as part of the 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22, and 2022/23 Graduate Outcomes exercises.

The information will be updated as new data becomes available.