Colgate’s liberal arts approach prepares graduates for success in a wide variety of careers. Explore our students’ first post-graduate employment and continuing education outcomes.
The following dashboards will allow you to explore our most recent classes’ employment, continuing education, and competitive fellowship outcomes.
The content displayed represents self-reported, employer-reported, or verifiable public data gathered six to nine months following students’ graduation. Our robust knowledge rates — or the percentage of graduates for whom verifiable data exists — of at least 85% of the class allow us to tell the story of our seniors’ outcomes with confidence.
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employed | 2015 80.5% | 2016 79.8% | 2017 84.2% | 2018 78.1% | 2019 84.6% |
| Graduate School | 2015 14.9% | 2016 15.8% | 2017 13.4% | 2018 18.0% | 2019 12.5% |
| Volunteer Service | 2015 1.4% | 2016 1.0% | 2017 0.5% | 2018 0.6% | 2019 0.1% |
| Fellowships | 2015 0.6% | 2016 0.7% | 2017 0.3% | 2018 0.0% | 2019 0.7% |
| Traveling | 2015 0.5% | 2016 0.7% | 2017 0.2% | 2018 0.3% | 2019 0.2% |
| Other* | 2015 0.5% | 2016 0.0% | 2017 0.5% | 2018 1.2% | 2019 0.3% |
| In Transition/Seeking | 2015 1.6% | 2016 2.0% | 2017 0.9% | 2018 1.8% | 2019 1.0% |
| Total Knowledge Rate** | 2015 85.5% | 2016 87.3% | 2017 87.6% | 2018 88.6% | 2019 89.1% |
Recent Alumni Employment Locations
Review an interactive map displaying the location of the first job, graduate school, fellowship, or military service outcomes for recent alumni.
Top Employer and Graduate School Information
This dashboard contains the top industries, employers, graduate areas of study, and institutions attended by members of the classes of 2014-2019. It is filterable by class year, academic division, and/or the academic department in which students majored or minored.
Individual Employment and Continuing Education Outcomes
This dashboard contains individual employment and continuing education outcomes for Colgate graduates from the classes of 2014-2019. It is filterable by class year, academic division, and/or the academic department in which students majored or minored. Results will display graduates’ employers, graduate institutions, industries, and geographic locations of their first post-graduate outcome.