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Career and Internship Outcomes

INI students and alumni are high achievers. From day one to graduation, our career services team provides unparalleled support and guides students through the internship and employment search process. Our alumni are leaders in diverse positions across public, private and nonprofit organizations — and our students secure competitive internships at some of the top tech employers.

Learn more about first-destination career and internship outcomes by exploring the alumni spotlights and dashboards below.

Career Outcomes

INI alumni work in a range of organizations, from major technology leaders like Amazon and NVIDIA to federal agencies, startups, nonprofit organizations and more. They live and work across the globe, from California to the United Arab Emirates, applying their technical skills, leadership and innovation to advance their industries.

Alumni Spotlight

Samuel Edoho-Eket
MS in Information Networking
Founder, PrismSix Technologies
Scholarship for Service Hall of Fame, 2024

Sree Anand Ratnasinghe
MS in Information Networking
Executive Director Customer Solutions, Customer Success, Cloud Solution Architecture, Amazon Web Services

Sears Schulz
MS in Information Security
Product Security Team Engineer, Starlink

First Destination Career Highlights: 2025

MSIN

Median Salary: $146,700
Top Employers: Amazon, Meta, Databricks, Google
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington

MSIS

Median Salary: $145,000
Top Employers: Dell Technologies, Google, Praetorian, Sandia National Laboratories
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

MSAIE-IS

Median* Salary: $130,000
Top Employers: Archer, Auditoria, ByteDance, Confluent
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Phoenix, Arizona; Austin, Texas; Chicago, Illinois

*Only five graduates reported salaries, so this is a small sample size

MSMITE

Median Salary: $141,000
Top Employers: TikTok, Amazon, Apple, Oracle
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; New York, New York

MSIT-IS

Median Salary: $132,500
Top Employers: Amazon, Google, Lucid Motors, Microsoft, NVIDIA, TikTok
Top Locations: San Francisco, California; Seattle, Washington; New York, New York; Dallas, Texas

First Destination Career Outcomes Dashboard

The following data represents the first full-time job INI students secure after graduation, reported annually by Carnegie Mellon's Career & Professional Development Center. Currently, the dashboard reflects career outcomes up to May 2025, meaning we have only a few data points from our Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence Engineering - information Security (MSAIE-IS).

Common data points include hiring companies, graduate and professional schools, starting salaries and geographic location. You can filter by degree program using the dropdown box on the upper left side.

Internship Outcomes

INI students gain real-world experience by interning with top companies, federal agencies and startups. Supported by the INI's in-house career services team and active network of alumni, the majority of INI students complete successful internships each summer.

Intern Spotlight

Zihui Liu
MS in Artificial Intelligence Engineering - Information Security
Software Development, API CLI Team
Confluent Inc.

Ezra Fu
MS in Information Networking
AIML - Siri Information Intelligence Team
Apple

Varun Agarwal
MS in Information Security
Cyber Security Intern
White Knight Labs

Internship Highlights

MSIN (2025)

Median hourly Pay: $52
Top Employers: Amazon, Amazon Web Services
Top Locations: California and Washington

MSIS (2025)

Median hourly Pay: $44
Top Employers: Enterprise Creation, Google, Intuit, Palo Alto Networks
Top Locations: California and Pennsylvania

MSAIE-IS (2024-2025)*

Median Hourly Pay: $45
Top Employer: Amazon
Top Location: Texas and Pennsylvania

*Combined data shown to protect student information due to limited sample sizes

MSMITE (2025)

Median Hourly Pay: $50
Top Employer: Amazon
Top Locations: California, Washington

MSIT-IS (2024-2025)*

Median Hourly Pay: $45
Top Employers: Amazon, Google, Juniper, Microsoft, NVIDIA, PervazivAI
Top Locations: California and Washington