Six months after graduation, here's where they are now.

$62K
Median Starting Salary
Class of 2025, within six months of graduation
90.3%
Completed an internship or research
Well above the national average

What Graduates Do Next

Within six months of graduation across every undergraduate major, 91.6% of the Class of 2025 are employed, in graduate school, or participating in a service program.

 
91.6%
of the Class of 2025 are employed, in graduate school, or in service

Where Graduates Work

Class of 2025 graduates took full-time roles at 193 distinct employers — from Fortune 500 firms to neighborhood schools. Here are a few of them.

Cleveland Clinic
Financial analysts, software developers, data scientists, and lab technicians — not only clinical roles.
Healthcare & Sciences
Sherwin-Williams
Lab technicians, IT, marketing, and operations — across multiple leadership development programs.
Industry & Manufacturing
KeyBank
Finance rotational analysts and development programs across Cleveland HQ.
Finance & Accounting
Goldman Sachs
Executive wealth analyst role — one of the world's leading investment banks.
Finance & Accounting
NBC News
Meet the Press fellow — political science major to national news.
Media & Tech
Hikma Pharmaceuticals
Quality control chemist and microbiology lab technician — science majors in pharmaceutical manufacturing.
Healthcare & Sciences
American Airlines
Revenue management and financial analyst roles — finance majors in aviation.
Transportation
Deloitte
International tax consultants and audit associates across multiple offices.
Finance & Accounting
And 185 more employers across every sector

PwC · PNC Financial Services · EY · CBIZ · KPMG · Morgan Stanley · Parker Hannifin · Rockwell Automation · Swagelok · Cleveland-Cliffs · Howmet Aerospace · Copper Run Capital · BNY Mellon · Fox 8 News · BrightEdge · Hyland Software · Park Place Technologies · MRI Software · STERIS · Abeona Therapeutics · University Hospitals · CH-UH School District · City Year Cleveland · Jesuit Volunteer Corps · Cleveland Foundation · JFSA Cleveland · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Applied Industrial Technologies · Ball Corporation · Moen · Lubrizol · Progressive Insurance · ChemMasters · Raymond James · Plante Moran · Santander · CrossCountry Mortgage · Dimensional Fund Advisors · and many more

From Intern to Hired

For many JCU students, an internship turns into a full-time offer at the same employer. Forty-six Class of 2025 graduates made that exact jump.

46
Class of 2025 graduates were hired by the same employer where they interned.
Across 35 distinct organizations · seven sectors
A few of those journeys
Cleveland Clinic Intern Software Developer I
Deloitte Intern Tax Consultant
EY Intern Assurance Staff
Parker Hannifin Intern Accountant
PwC Intern Audit Associate
Copper Run Capital Intern Investment Banking Analyst
Swagelok Intern Supply Chain Development
Cleveland Clinic Intern Data Scientist
Marcus Thomas Intern Account Executive
ALDI Intern District Manager

Where Graduates Go

67% of Class of 2025 graduates stay in Ohio, with nearly half in Greater Cleveland. But alumni are working across 20+ states and in countries from France to Spain through JCU's global business partnerships.

Ohio
 
67%
Pennsylvania
 
8%
New York
 
4%
Texas
 
3%
Florida
 
3%
Illinois
 
3%
Other states
 
12%

International placements in France, Spain, and beyond through JCU's global business partnerships.

Beyond Ohio
20+
states and 6 countries
New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois
Massachusetts, California, Colorado
France, Spain, UK, Netherlands, Switzerland

Where Graduates Study Next

1 in 3

Class of 2025 bachelor's graduates pursued advanced degrees — medical schools, law programs, MBA tracks, and doctoral programs across the country and abroad.

Medical & Health Sciences
Ohio University ×9 · LECOM ×8 · NEOMED · Burrell College · NYIT · Case Western (Nursing)
Law
Cleveland State Law ×3 · Case Western Law · Vermont Law School
Business & International MBA
JCU MBA ×43 · NEOMA ×4 · EDHEC ×2 · ESCP ×2 · ESSEC ×2 · KEDGE ×2 · IE University (Madrid)
Research & Graduate Programs
Georgia Tech ×3 · Ohio State · Columbia · Boston College · Northeastern · American University · University of Pittsburgh · University of Edinburgh · Notre Dame

Career Readiness

Graduates rated their preparation across eight career readiness competencies. Here's how they scored, on a 1–10 scale.

8.8
Professionalism
8.6
Communication
8.5
Critical Thinking
8.5
Teamwork
8.4
Leadership

Based on 309 bachelor's graduates who rated how well JCU prepared them in each NACE competency area.

Class of 2025 bachelor's graduates. 440 with known outcomes out of 581 total (75.7% knowledge rate). Destination and salary data administered by the John Carroll University Center for Career Services. Internship participation and competency ratings from the graduate survey. This page will be updated annually with each new graduating class.

Class of 2026 Spotlight
Bachelor's degree and first year of law school. At the same time.

Dom Files '26 walked at commencement this May with a full year of law school already behind him. Through JCU's 3+3 accelerated law pathway, Dom completed his undergraduate degree alongside his first year of law school — finishing both in the same month. This is what a JCU pathway looks like.

Dom's Story
3+3 Law Pathway

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