Post Graduation Statistics
Plans of Recent Graduates Upon Graduation

Class of 2021 Plans
Surveyed upon graduation (class of 2021), 66% of students planned to pursue employment and 30% planned to attend graduate or professional school, with the remaining 4% planning to travel, conduct other academic study or remain undecided.
FIRST DESTINATIONS OF GRADUATING SENIORS (73% Response Rate)
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
- 28% Technology/Engineering
- Software engineering
- Technical support/services
- University laboratories
- Government & non-profits
- 19% Finance/Business
- Investment Banking
- Sales & Trading
- Financial services
- Marketing/Advertising
- 16% Research (STEM, Humanities, Social Sciences, Other)
- University laboratories
- Medical/pharmaceutical laboratories
- Think tanks
- Government & non-profits
- 8% Consulting
- Management consulting
- Economic consulting
- 8% Nonprofit/Advocacy
- Service organizations
- Government
- Non-profits
- Religious organizations
- 8% Law/Politics
- Law firms
- Think tanks
- 5% Education/Teaching
- Domestic (K-12, student teaching)
- Abroad (Fulbright, private tutoring)
- 5% Communications/Publishing
graduate programs & professional programs
- Types of Programs (Classes of 2017-21)
- 45% enter Ph.D. programs
- 39% enter Master's programs
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7% pursue medical degrees
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7% pursue law degree
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Top Attended Universities
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Harvard University
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University of Pennsylvania
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Yale University
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Princeton University
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Brown University
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University of Cambridge
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Columbia University
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University of Chicago
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- Top Graduate Fields
- Social Sciences (40%)
- Life Sciences (18%)
- Humanities (18%)
- Engineering (13%)
- Math & Physical Sciences (11%)
TOP Geographic locations
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New York City (32%)
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Philadelphia (22%)
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Washington, D.C. (12%)
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Boston (12%)
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West Coast (10%)
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Midwest (10%)