Employers
Our students work or have worked at a variety of local, national and international organizations, including:
- Air Force Research Lab
- Analog Devices
- AstraZeneca
- Bayer Corporation
- BAE Systems
- Biogen Idec, Inc.
- Children's Hospital, Boston
- Cisco Systems
- Comverse, Inc.
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute
- Eaton Vance
- EMC
- Fidelity Investments
- General Dynamics
- Genetics Institute
- Genzyme Corporation
- Gillette
- Hewlett Packard
- IBM
- Intel Corporation
- Keane, Inc.
- Lucent Technologies
- Macromedia
- MathWorks, Inc.
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals
- New Balance
- Oracle Corporation
- Parametric Technology Corporation
- Rational Software Corporation
- Raytheon
- State Street Corporation
- Sun Microsystems
- Synta Pharmaceuticals
- Verizon
- Wyeth
Positions
At GPS you'll study with individuals with titles such as:
- Application Developer
- Assistant Controller
- Associate Attorney
- Business Analyst
- Bioresearch Technician
- CIO
- Communication Specialist
- Computational Biologist
- Database Administrator
- Documentation Specialist
- Electrical Engineer
- Library Systems Coordinator
- Network Administration
- Nurse
- President-CEO
- Product Manager
- Product Support Specialist
- Programmer/Analyst
- Project Manager
- Project Scientist
- Publisher
- QA Manager
- Scientist
- Software Engineer
- System Analyst
- Technical Project Analyst
- Unix System Administrator
- Web Developer
Current Student Profile
Our part-time students are working professionals who find the combination of theoretical and applied knowledge immediately applicable to their work and an asset to their continued professional development.
Characteristics
- Middle to upper-middle management, seeking applied knowledge
- Often financially supported by their employers in pursuing more education
- Often holders of other graduate degrees and professional credentials such as M.B.A., C.P.A., M.S., M. Eng.
- Generally in their 30s and 40s, with some building second or third careers
- 30 percent female, 70 percent male
- 25 percent international students
Matriculated Students by Program (July, 2012)
Degrees Awarded
GPS has awarded more than 1,300 degrees to its professional students (1999 - 2012).
In 2012, master's degrees were awarded as follows:
| Program | Degrees |
| Master of Science in Bioinformatics | 2 |
| Master of Science in Health and Medical Informatics | 2 |
| Master of Science in Information Security | 2 |
| Master of Science in Information Technology Management | 33 |
| Master of Science in Management of Projects and Programs | 18 |
| Master of Science in Virtual Management | 2 |
| Master of Software Engineering | 31 |