According to a survey conducted by the Career Center a year after graduation, Hollins graduates have a competitive edge in the job market and in graduate/professional school admission. For the past five years, the survey response rate has averaged 71%. On average, 68% of Hollins graduates are employed and 30% are attending graduate school.

 

Year	Employed	Post Graduate Work	Seeking Employment /Unemployed
2011	68%	29%	3%
2010	69%	30%	1%
2009	64%	35%	1%
2008	66%	33%	1%
2007	72%	23%	1%

Selected employers who hired graduates in the classes of 2007-2011

Alcoa AmeriCorps Apple, Inc. Cherish Our Children International Christ Tabernacle Citizen Pictures/Food Network, Giada at Home F.B.I. Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies Government of France Greensboro Children’s Museum Hyatt Hotels ING Direct/Capital One International Monetary Fund (IMF) L’Occtaine Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia Lexmark Loyola University Metropolitan Museum of Art NCAA (Indianapolis)

New York State Board of Law Examiners Northern Virginia Veterinary Associates Novo Nordisk Novozymes Biologicals Peace Corps Seattle Repertory Theatre Office of the Curator of the Supreme Court of the United States The New Yorker Magazine UBS Financial Services, Inc. United BioSource Corporation U.S. Forest Service U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Valley Bank Virginia Tech Individual Difference Development Lab Walt Disney Imagineering World 50, Inc. World Harvest Missions

Selected graduate school placements 2007-2011

American University, broadcast journalism College of William & Mary, experimental psychology Columbia University Florida State University, English/classical studies Georgia Tech, international studies/history Iowa State, mathematics New York University, educational theatre / English Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, osteopathic medicine Regent University, international politics Savannah College of Art and Design, animation Seton Hall, Spanish/international studies Sherman College of Chiropractic South Texas School of Law Syracuse University, public relations Texas State University, organization communication University College London, English / Shakespeare University of Alabama, library science University of California at Riverside, ethnomusicology University of Edinburgh, English University of Georgia, veterinary medicine University of London at Egham, comparative literature and writing

University of Maryland School of Social Work, sociology University of Mary Washington, education University of Massachusetts, creative writing University of Mississippi Medical School, medicine University of New Mexico, biology University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, ancient art history University of Oregon, history University of Phoenix, elementary education University of Pennsylvania, veterinary medicine University of Southern California, public diplomacy University of Tennessee, law University of Virginia, chemistry; historic preservation Virginia Commonwealth University, pharmacy Virginia Tech, environmental studies Virginia Tech, veterinary medicine Wake Forest, biology Washington & Lee University, law Washington University/St. Louis, psychology Yale Divinity School Yale University, English

In the most recent survey, 65 percent of those who reported earn between $25,000 and $50,000 one year after graduating from Hollins.

Other statistics

• 55 to 65 employers recruit annually at the Challenge Job Fair.
• 150 job listing websites are available on the Career Center site at my.hollins.edu. They are arranged by general search, career field; some are directed to special campus populations.
• Nearly 5,000 Hollins alumnae participate in the Career Advising Network (CAN), helping students and other alumnae with their job searches.
• On average 68% of students completed at least one internship experience during their four years.