Career and graduate school statistics

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%

Selected employers who hired graduates in the classes of 2004-2008

Alcoa AmeriCorps Apple Computer, Inc. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Cherish Our Children International Christ Tabernacle Dolphin Quest F.B.I. Full Frame Documentary Film Festival GEICO Lexmark Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Make-a-Wish Foundation Metropolitan Museum of Art NCAA (Indianapolis) Neiman Marcus New York State Board of Law Examiners

New York Stock Exchange Novo Nordisk Peace Corps Roanoke Ballet Theatre St. Martin's Press Seattle Repertory Theatre Susan G. Komen for the Cure Breast Cancer Foundation Office of the Curator of the Supreme Court of the United States The Homestead Resort The New Yorker Magazine United BioSource Corporation U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Valley Bank Vanderbilt University Medical Center Walt Disney Imagineering

Selected graduate school placements 2004-2008

Boston University, journalism / film production / creative writing Flinders University, Australia, women's studies Medical College of Virginia, medicine New York University, educational theatre / English Northwestern University, art history Parsons School of Design, fashion marketing Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, osteopathic medicine Regent University, international politics Savannah College of Art and Design, animation 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 Georgia, veterinary medicine University of London at Egham, comparative literature and writing 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 Southern California, public diplomacy University of Tennessee, law University of Virginia, chemistry; historic preservation Virginia Tech, veterinary medicine Washington & Lee University, law

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.
• 3,500 Hollins alumnae participate in the Career Advising Network (CAN), helping students and other alumnae with their job searches.
• 67% of the Class of 2008 had at least one internship experience during their four years.