Student Outcomes
Today, both employers and graduate schools expect students to have career-related experience. Class of 2012 graduates gained valuable experience through internships (53%), research (15.6%), volunteer service (60.2%), study abroad for a semester or academic year (18.1%), and employment during the summer (59%).
Of the seniors who participated in our annual survey, 65.8% are either actively seeking employment or have already obtained a job, 25.6% are either attending or preparing for graduate/professional school, and 9% are pursuing other endeavors. These statistics include some survey participants who were actively seeking employment as well as preparing for graduate school simultaneously.
Select Graduate and Professional Schools attended by graduates from the Classes of 2001-2012:
| Adler School of Professional Psychology American University Auburn University Catholic University Chicago School of Professional Psychology City College of New York College of William and Mary Columbia Law School Columbia University Cornell Duke University Fuqua School of Business Georgetown University Law School Hamline University Law School Harvard Divinity School Hiroshima University Hofstra Law School Johns Hopkins University Kansas State University Lincoln Memorial University, DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine Loyola University Chicago Oxford University Purdue University Randolph College Rutgers University Tufts University |
University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Arkansas at Little Rock University of Arkansas at Little Rock, William H. Bowen School of Law University of California, Berkeley University of California, Davis University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) University of Exeter, England University of Florida, College of Medicine University of Maryland University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Richmond School of Law University of Southern California University of Texas, San Antonio University of Virginia University of Virginia School of Law Vanderbilt University Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Tech Virginia University Yale Divinity School |
Select Employers who hired graduates from the
Classes of 2001-2012:
Air Jamaica American Cancer Society Americorps Atlanta Braves Orginization Campbell County Schools Carmax Auto Superstore Central Intelligence Agency Central Virginia Community Service Child Help USA Cigna City of Houston Corporate Executive Board Davenport & Company Department of Treasury Discovery Channel Genworth Financial Habitat for Humanity Hewlett-Packard J.Crew Kennedy-Krieger Institute Legacy International Lyric Opera of Chicago Midwest School of Music National Gallery of Art |
National Ground Intelligence Center National Institute of Health Naval Surface Warfare Center New York City Teaching Fellows Newport News City Schools Peace Corps Philip Morris USA Pitney Bowes Price Waterhouse Coopers Randolph College Rock Hill School District Santa Fe Opera Suzhou Foreign Language School The Kidney Foundation The University of Economics in Prague U.S. Department of State University of California, Los Angeles University of Economics, Prague University of North Carolina Wachovia Walter Reed Army Institute World Bank |
