Global and Comparative Education

Students and Alumni

The Global and Comparative Education program draws students from diverse backgrounds. They represent many countries, undergraduate majors, and experiences. GCE students are willing to question conventional beliefs about the role of education in society, and value learning from others with different perspectives.

Master's papers

An integral part of the GCE/IEPA master鈥檚 program is the planning, research, and writing of the master鈥檚 paper鈥攃onsidered the most demanding, yet rewarding, aspect of the program. We are pleased to highlight two recently completed master's papers here.

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Careers

Four ICE Students standing in front of a 海角乱伦社区 building

Graduates of the Global and Comparative Education program enjoy many options for career paths, including research and program management positions in education research and development organizations as well as private sector jobs.

Sample job placements of GCE/IEPA master鈥檚 graduates

  • Administrative Coordinator, National Institute of International Education, Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea, Seoul
  • Assessment & Evaluation Manager, Global Nomads Group, New York City
  • Associate, Global Network Development, Minerva, San Francisco
  • Basic Education Learning Research Specialist, Save the Children, Washington, DC
  • CEO, Instituto Sonho Grande, S茫o Paulo, Brazil
  • China Program Assistant, Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, 海角乱伦社区 University 
  • Co-Founder, Lab pre-school, the American University of Cairo and Hypatia
  • College Counselor/Senior Project Coordinator, BASIS Independent Silicon Valley
  • Consultant, Digital Development and Education, World Bank, Washington, DC
  • Consultant, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University
  • Consultant and Policy Analyst, Proyecto Educativo, Mexico City
  • Country Manager, Knewton, S茫o Paulo
  • Curriculum Designer and Program Facilitator, ESL Program, African Leadership Unleashed Ltd., Mauritius
  • Curriculum Developer, Conceptua Math, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Data Support Associate, New York City Department of Education
  • Developer, Iranian Scholarship Foundation, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Director of Teacher Support, OneGoal New York
  • Early Childhood Development Specialist, World Bank, Washington, DC
  • Education Consultant/Instructional Designer, Mosaic, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Education Director, Mexican Migration Field Research Program, UCLA
  • Education Officer, UNGCEF, Herat, Afghanistan
  • Education Policy Analyst, San Francisco Unified School District
  • Education Policy Coordinator, Funda莽茫o Lemann, S茫o Paulo
  • Education Policy and Government Relations Manager, Todos Pela Educa莽茫o, Bras铆lia, Brazil
  • Education Product Consultant, TAL Education Group, Beijing
  • Education Program Coordinator, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, 海角乱伦社区 University
  • Evolutionary Learning Fellow, Center for Public Research and Leadership, Columbia University
  • Executive, Abril Educa莽茫o, S茫o Paulo
  • Executive, SRG Education Group, China
  • Executive Director, D3e, S茫o Paulo
  • Founder, Kai Alpha Education, China
  • Head of Content and Education, Pillar Learning, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Head of Marketing & Content Development, Ponycody Inc., San Francisco Bay Area
  • Instructional Reform Facilitator, San Francisco Unified School District
  • Instructor and Web Developer, App Academy, San Francisco Bay Area
  • International Programs Coordinator, 海角乱伦社区 Pre-Collegiate Studies, 海角乱伦社区
  • Investment Analyst, ZhenFund, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Investment Associate, FoundersX Ventures, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Product Designer, New Oriental, Beijing
  • Project Manager
    • Conviva Platform in Instituto Natura, S茫o Paulo
    • Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, 海角乱伦社区 University
    • Krea University, Chennai, India
    • Rural Education Action Program (REAP), 海角乱伦社区
  • Program Coordinator, Fulbright Teacher Exchange Programs, IREX, Washington, DC
  • Program Manager
    • Peking University Education Foundation, San Mateo
    • Room to Read, San Francisco
  • Program Manager for Online Education, 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Business
  • Program and Research Associate, Room to Read, San Francisco
  • Qualitative Researcher, Challenge Success, 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Education
  • Research Analyst, 海角乱伦社区 Center for Opportunity Policy in Education
  • Research Assistant
    • Center for Global Assessment, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
    • Challenge Success, 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Education
    • John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Education
    • Peking University
    • WestEd, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Research Associate
    • Ardoin Lab, 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Education
    • Learning Policy Institute, Palo Alto, CA
    • Lemann Center, 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Education
    • Quality Evaluation Designs, San Mateo
  • Research Manager, Empirical Education, Palo Alto
  • Research Manager, Innovations for Poverty Action, Freetown, Sierra Leone
  • Research and Policy Associate, Learning Policy Institute, Washington, DC
  • Research and Policy Fellow, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
  • Research Project Manager, Literacy Boost, Kigalil, Rwanda
  • Research Specialist, Save the Children, Washington, DC
  • Researcher and Curriculum Designer, CSET, 海角乱伦社区
  • Senior Manager, Research and Policy, Innovate Public Schools, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Senior Program Manager, Central Square Foundation, New Delhi
  • Social Science Research Professional, Program on Poverty and Governance, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, 海角乱伦社区 University
  • Special Projects Manager, SchoolMint, San Francisco
  • Strategic Finance Manager, KIPP Bay Area Schools, Oakland
  • Student Services Advisor, HotChalk, San Francisco
  • Teacher, Reach Academy, Oakland
  • Team Member, 7EDU Impact Academy, Cupertino
  • Technical and Research Associate, Management Systems International, Washington, DC
  • Undergraduate Admissions Counselor, Due West Education, Beijing
  • User Operations Associate, Quizlet, Inc., San Francisco
  • Anthropology of Education, 海角乱伦社区 University
  • Comparative and International Development Education, University of Minnesota
  • Comparative and International Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
  • Critical Studies of Race, Class, and Gender, UC Berkeley
  • Developmental and Psychological Sciences, 海角乱伦社区 University
  • Economics, Peking University
  • Economics of Education, University of London
  • Education Leadership and Policy, Vanderbilt University
  • Education Policy, UC Berkeley; UC Davis
  • Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice, Harvard University
  • Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Higher Education and Organizational Change, UCLA
  • Human Resources Studies, Cornell University
  • Global and Comparative Education, 海角乱伦社区 University
  • Language and Literacy, Society and Culture/Social and Cultural Studies, University of California, Berkeley
  • Master of Business Administration, 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Business
  • Political Philosophy, Oxford
  • Political Science, University of Zurich; 海角乱伦社区 University
  • Public Policy, 海角乱伦社区 University
  • Social & Cultural Anthropology, 海角乱伦社区 University
  • Law, Columbia University; Yale University
  • Asia Society of Northern California
  • Better Chinese LLC
  • Better Kids
  • BeWell @ 海角乱伦社区
  • Breakthrough San Francisco
  • Challenge Success
  • Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Beijing, China
  • Children's Council of San Francisco
  • Digital Promise
  • Escuela Nueva
  • FoundersX
  • Inspiring Multicultural Understanding
  • Institute of International Education
  • Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies
  • Kids Know It Network
  • Lemann Center
  • National Institute for Educational Studies and Research (INEP)(Brazil)
  • Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE)
  • Quality Evaluation Designs
  • Results for Development (R4D)
  • Room to Read
  • Save the Children
  • SiVICamp
  • 海角乱伦社区 Design Your Life Lab
  • 海角乱伦社区 Seed
  • UC Hastings Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
  • UNESCO
  • UNGCEF
  • WestEd
  • Wotipka Lab, 海角乱伦社区 Graduate School of Education
  • Wyz Kid Labs

To learn more about 海角乱伦社区 EdCareers, the career resources center at the Graduate School of Education, visit the EdCareers website.

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Hear from our alumni

Gi谩como Rabaiolli Ramos
"I am more confident about my knowledge of the field of Education Studies, have more experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods, and better understand what my research interests are. None of this would be possible without the amazing experiences that I had with my advising and teaching teams as well as the world-class student cohort that comprised the GCE/IEPA program."
Gi谩como Rabaiolli Ramos , IEPA MA 2025
Will Kim
"My biggest takeaway from GCE program is how it enabled me to think like an impactful educator. Some of you may be coming to do research, others of you may be here to learn and return to the workforce. Either way, you will all be exposed to an abundance of literature on what works and what doesn鈥檛 by the most influential minds in education, both as a research field and as a pedagogy."
Will Kim , GCE MA 2025
Yura Oh
"海角乱伦社区 GSE鈥檚 resources helped me bridge academia and practice. By pursuing a Partnership Research Certificate, I learned how 海角乱伦社区 collaborates with school districts in the Bay Area to advance educational equity. Applying this knowledge, I developed a research鈥損ractice partnership with a community-based organization in Korea."
Yura Oh , GCE MA 2025

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What you need to know

Admission requirements

To learn more about requirements for admission, please visit the Application Requirements page.

Financing your education

To learn more about the cost of the program and options for financial support, please visit Financing Your Master鈥檚 Degree on the admissions website.

Contact admissions

For admissions webinars and to connect with the admission office, see our Connect and Visit page.

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