Student Outcomes and Careers - Wheaton College

Students looking for a college want to know that their education will lead to success, and Wheaton graduates are finding exactly that.

How do we define graduates’ success?

Strong earning power immediately after Wheaton and beyond
A lifetime of learning that includes graduate, doctoral and professional studies
Recognition in the form of national and international academic awards and honors
Satisfaction with the value of their education
Contributions that make the world a better place

Success after Graduation

Just six months after graduation, 97 percent of Wheaton alumni in the five most recent classes have secured full- or part-time employment, are pursuing graduate/professional degrees or are gaining career experience through internships, fellowships or service opportunities.*

*outcomes data is based on a knowledge rate of 72% for the classes of 2014-2019

Strong earning power immediately after Wheaton and beyond

First jobs for Wheaton graduates

A sampling of six-month outcomes survey results for the classes of 2014-2018

Data Associate at Amazon.com
Comedian at Bring Your Own Improv
Chemist at Colgate-Palmolive
Data Analyst at Google
Financial Analyst at JP Morgan Chase and Company
Emergency Manager at Massachusetts Air National Guard
Software Engineer at Microsoft
Page at NBC Universal Inc.
Director of Outreach at New York City Council
Editorial Assistant at Oxford University Press
Bench Scientist at Pfizer
Software Engineer at Raytheon

Employers recruiting Wheaton students

A sampling of companies and organizations that visit campus to recruit for jobs and internships

AFLAC
Alzheimer’s Association
Amazon
Citibank
Comcast
Hasbro
Justice Resource Institute
Liberty Mutual
Live Nation
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mercer
New York Life
Raytheon
State Street
Teach for America
United Way
Verizon

A lifetime of learning that includes graduate, doctoral and professional studies

Our graduates earn admission to the nation’s most prestigious graduate and professional schools, and their Wheaton education helps prepare them for the rigors of advanced study.

16%

of students

from the past five graduating classes went on to pursue graduate or professional degrees directly after graduation

40%

of alumni

enroll in graduate school within five years of graduating from Wheaton

National recognition in the form of national and international academic awards and honors

Fulbright leader

Eleven consecutive years ranked among the nation’s top 10 in preparing undergraduates to win U.S. Fulbright awards

Wheaton students have received more than 250 national academic awards from 2000 through the 2019 academic year, including:

3 Rhodes Scholarships
112 U.S. Fulbright Fellowships
24 Watson Fellowships
15 Gilman International Scholarships
19 Davis Projects for Peace Grants
9 Beinecke Scholarships
8 Truman Scholarship
4 Marshall Scholarships

5 Udall Scholarships
6 Beinecke Scholarships
2 James Madison Fellowships
2 French Government Teaching Assistantships
1 George Mitchell Scholarships
1 Humanity in Action Fellowship
1 OZY Genius Award

What others say

Times Higher Education/Wall Street Journal
Ranked among the top 50 U.S. liberal arts colleges (50th) and 140th among all U.S. colleges and universities in the Times Higher Education/Wall Street Journal 2020 College Rankings. In the Times Higher Education first ever University Impact Rankings in 2019, Wheaton also ranked 20th in the world for gender equality and is now ranked in the Top 10 in the United States for gender equality in their most recent ranking.

U.S. News and World Report
Ranked #84 overall and #53 best value among all liberal arts colleges and #126 on the guidebook’s list for Top Performers for Social Mobility.

Princeton Review
Included in the Best 386 Colleges: 2020 Edition and The Top 200 Best Value Colleges.

Niche
Ranked in the top 100 Best Liberal Arts Colleges in America (84th) and among the Best Colleges for Film and Photography in America (96th) in Niche 2021 Best Colleges.

Kiplinger
Ranked #87 among the 282 institutions listed in Kiplinger’s 2019 list of the nation’s Best Value College and Universities.

Forbes
Ranked in the Top 100 in Forbes‘ Grateful Graduates Index: Top 200 Best-Loved Colleges. This list analyzed a college’s median private donations, gifts per student over 10 years, and alumni participation rate.

Satisfaction with the value of their education

Stats from recent Wheaton and off-campus student surveys, including the National Survey of Student Engagement, Association of American Colleges and University Employer Survey, Graduate Outcomes Survey

95%

of graduating seniors

said their Wheaton education enabled them to think critically and analytically

90%

of employers

say your ability to think critically, communicate clearly and solve complex problems is more important than a major

97%

of Wheaton alumni

have secured employment, advanced graduate study or fellowship opportunities

Advanced study

Top 10 Graduate Programs
(Ranked by attendance since 2006)

Harvard University
Boston University
Northeastern University
Simmons College
Lesley University
New York University
Boston College
University of Massachusetts Boston
Tufts University
University of New England

Contributions that make the world a better place

These are a just a few examples of Wheaton changemakers making a social impact locally and globally.

Turning on the power

In March 2018, Katelyn Brewer ’07 and USA gymnast Aly Raisman launched the “Flip the Switch” campaign. This campaign provides free training—designed and created by Darkness to Light—for all adults involved in youth sports.