The MCRP program is designed to meet the needs of students with varying interests. Some students go on to continue their academic studies in Ph.D. programs, but the majority of MCRP graduates work as planners in a variety of self-employed, governmental, non-profit, and private for-profit settings.

Past MCRP graduates have been hired in tribal, local, city, state, regional, and national planning offices. Typical places have included the Cities of Rio Rancho, Española, Santa Fe as well as numerous units in the City of Albuquerque, such as the Planning Department, Capital Improvements Division, Open Space Division, and Community and Family Services Department.

Graduates work for State government agencies in New Mexico, Massachusetts, Colorado, and US Virgin Islands as county commissioners, transportation planners, and economic development planners. Some graduates work as planners with tribal organizations such as the Navajo Nation, various Pueblo tribes and inter-tribal councils.

At the national level, graduates work for the National Park Service, Los Alamos National Laboratories, and the U.S. Forest Service. MCRP graduates work internationally in the countries of Costa Rica, Quatar, Ghana, and Brazil among others.

The majority of our graduates are to be found in community based organizations and community development foundations such as the Penn Center School For Preservation, the United South Broadway Corporation, the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo Coalition, the New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund, Belen Valley Improvement Association, the NM Community Foundation and the Tonantzin Land Rights Institute.

Several graduates are also engaged in private consulting in areas of relating to environmental planning, geographic information systems, and community health planning.