Careers

CPCS graduates who have focused their work in planning are employed in a wide variety of positions in community-based service agencies, grassroots community organizations, local governments and state agencies. They are developing and managing programs and organizations that serve many different populations. While Community Planning graduates achieve responsible positions using the skills acquired at CPCS, some go on to graduate school in planning, public policy, management, law and related fields.

Example of places Community Planning Graduates work include:

Non-Profits:

• Haitian Multi-Service Center
• Fenway Community Development Corporation
• Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership
• Casa Myrna Vasquez
• Cambridge Economic Opportunity Council
• Mass. Coalition for the Homeless
• Roxbury Men's Literacy Project
• Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
• Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation
• Greater Boston Legal Services
• South Shore Hospital
• Quincy-Geneva Housing Corporation
• Alianza Hispana
• Bowdoin Street Health Center
• Latino-American Health Institute
• Lesley College
• Allston-Brighton Community Development Corporation
• Quincy Community Action Program
• Boston Medical Center House Officers Association

Government Agencies:

• Boston Department of Neighborhood Development
• Boston Budget Bureau
• Boston Redevelopment Authority
• Boston Public Schools
• Boston Department of Health and Hospitals
• Boston Mayor's Office
• Cambridge Community Development Office
• Lynn Community Development Office
• MassPort
• Mass. Dept. of Housing and Community Development
• Mass. Dept. of Environmental Protection
• Mass. Dept. of Public Utilities
• Mass. Housing Partnership
• Mass. Dept. of Public Health
• Mass. Legislature
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
• U Mass Boston

Private Sector:

• Planning Consulting
• Human Resources Consulting
• Environmental Consulting
• Real Estate Development and Management
• Law Firms