Outcomes
Class of 2021 Undergraduates
Within six months of graduation, the career outcomes rate – employed or attending graduate/professional school – was 93%. Of those employed, 97% reported alignment with their career interests.
N=1,556 surveyed and conferred. Knowledge rate: 79%. National average is 58% for Bachelor's Degrees – NACE First Destinations Dashboard, 2021.
Average Salaries
| Industries | Average Income |
|---|---|
| Business Careers | $68,354 |
| Creative Careers | $45,969 |
| Education Careers | $38,289 |
| Public Service Careers | $33,120 |
| STEM Careers | $54,571 |
Top Employers
The undergraduate Class of 2021 reported 477 unique employers and 56 employers making multiple hires. Below are employers who hired 4 or more members of the Class of 2021.
| Accenture | AIDDATA |
| Amazon | AmeriCorps |
| Booz | Allen | Hamilton | Capital One |
| CGI | Deloitte |
| EY | FreddieMac |
| Grant Thornton | JP Morgan Chase & Co. |
| KPMG | Teach for America |
| U.S. Army | William & Mary |
Graduate & Professional School Enrollment
36% of the undergraduate Class of 2021 matriculated to 61 distinct graduate/professional programs. Below are institutions with four or more enrolled.
| American University | Indiana University - Bloomington | Seton Hall University | University of Pennsylvania |
| Boston University | James Madison University | Shenandoah University | University of Richmond |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Johns Hopkins University | Tufts University | University of South Carolina |
| Columbia University | Liberty University | University of California Berkeley | University of St Andrews |
| Cornell University | Longwood University | University of California Davis | University of Virginia |
| Duke University | Michigan State University | University of Chicago | Vanderbilt University |
| Eastern Virginia Medical School | Monmouth University | University of Florida | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Elon University | New York University | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University |
| Emerson College | North Carolina State University | University of Maryland | Wake Forest University |
| George Mason University | Northwestern University | University of Massachusetts | Washington University in St. Louis |
| George Washington University | Old Dominion University | University of Michigan | William & Mary |
| Georgetown University | Purdue University | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Yale University |
| Harvard University | Radford University | University of Notre Dame |
Next Destination Geographic Distribution
Derived from respondents who provided their geographic location for employment and graduate/professional school.
All Reports
2020-2021 Academic YearCareer Success Report 2020-21 (PDF) Cohen by the Numbers 2020-21 (PDF) Next Destination Report 2021 (PDF) |
2019-2020 Academic YearCareer Success Report 2019-20 (PDF) Cohen by the Numbers 2019-20 (PDF) Next Destination Report 2020 (PDF) |
2018-2019 Academic YearCareer Success Report 2018-19 (PDF) Cohen by the Numbers 2018-19 (PDF) Next Destination Report 2019 (PDF) |
2017-2018 Academic YearCareer Success Report 2017-18 (PDF) |
