Over thirty percent of the Class of 2008 are pursuing graduate studies for the coming year and have been accepted at a number of exceptional grad schools around the country, including University of Southern California, New York University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Georgia, Vanderbilt Divinity School, the University of Virginia, Savannah College of Art and Design, and the University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill. Our Career Center estimates that we can expect to see as much as fifty percent of this year's graduating class in graduate school over the next three to five years.
Hollins graduates have a competitive edge in the job market and in graduate/professional school admission. A year after graduation, 98 percent of the graduates hold jobs or attend graduate school. This has been the statistical case for the past five years.
Within a year of graduation, the Career Center conducts an annual class survey. For the past five years, the response rate has averaged 74%. On average, 70% of Hollins graduates are employed and 27% attend graduate school their first year out. The figures for the class surveys follow:
| Year | Employed | Post Graduate Work | Seeking Employment /Unemployed |
| 2008 | 66% | 33% | 1% |
| 2007 | 72% | 23% | 1% |
| 2006 | 68% | 29% | 3% |
| 2005 | 76% | 22% | 2% |
| 2004 | 66% | 33% | .5% |
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In the most recent survey, 65 percent of those who reported earn between $25,000 and $50,000 one year after graduating from Hollins.