Education Research Firms by Location
Students often ask me about careers in research outside academia, particularly when they have are interested in living in a particular location. Below is a list based on where my students have searched for jobs in the past. The list is not exhaustive, but includes large firms that I am familiar with - i.e., I know statistician/ methodologists working within each of these firms in education research.
* indicates the firm's headquarters.
Boston Area:
Abt (Cambridge)
AIR
EDC*
Mathematica
RAND
WestEd
Westat (Cambridge)
Chicago Area:
Abt
AIR (Chicago, Naperville)
EDC
Mathematica
DC Area:
Abt (Rockville MD)
AIR (DC*; Bethesda MD)
EDC
MDRC
RAND (Arlington)
SRI
WestEd
Westat (Rockville MD*)
NYC Area:
Abt
AIR
EDC
Mathematica (Princeton NJ*)
MDRC*
SRI (Princeton NJ; NYC)
Texas:
AIR (Austin)
SRI (San Antonio)
Westat (Austin, San Antonio, Houston)
California:
AIR (San Mateo, Sacramento)
Mathematica (Oakland)
MDRC (Oakland, LA)
RAND (Santa Monica, San Francisco)
SRI (Menlo Park*, San Diego + 3 other locations)
WestEd (San Francisco + 8 other locations)
Details (and other locations):
https://www.mathematica-mpr.com/contact-us
https://www.rand.org/about/locations.html
https://www.abtassociates.com/contact
https://www.mdrc.org/contact-us
https://www.air.org/page/locations
https://www.wested.org/about-us/wested-offices/
https://www.westat.com/contact
https://www.sri.com/locations
https://www.edc.org/contact