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
  • 7% pursue medical degrees
  • 7% pursue law degree
• Top Attended Universities

  • Harvard University 

  • University of Pennsylvania

  • Yale University

  • Princeton University 

  • Brown University

  • University of Cambridge

  • Columbia University

  • University of Chicago

• Top Graduate Fields
  • Social Sciences (40%)
  • Life Sciences (18%) 
  • Humanities (18%)
  • Engineering (13%)
  • Math & Physical Sciences (11%)

TOP Geographic locations

• New York City (32%)
• Philadelphia (22%)
• Washington, D.C. (12%)
• Boston (12%)
• West Coast (10%)
• Midwest (10%)