Kenyon prepares you for the challenges of a changing and unpredictable world, equipping you to assess and solve problems, and to communicate along the way. See where Kenyon grads land for their first jobs and where they go in their careers.

First Destinations

Inspired by internships and connections at Kenyon, these graduates landed first jobs in the industries they hope to shape.

  • Financial Advisor

    Economics major Michael Asuncion ’22 earned his first job at Morgan Stanley after interning there as a Kenyon student. He is growing his career and building his own community in Milwaukee while staying connected to his college friends and teammates.

  • Data Scientist

    Math major Seth Colbert-Pollack ’19 returned to his hometown of Minneapolis to work as a data scientist for UnitedHealth Group before relocating to the Bay Area to join the team at Picnic Health,  a healthcare app startup.

  • Documentary Filmmaker

    Natalie Berger ’20, filmmaker and writer, applies the writing and listening skills she honed as a Kenyon English major to tell the story of one of the most responsibly regulated fishing industries in the world. 

  • Molecular Biologist

    Biology major David Anderson ’19 is a doctoral student researching gene therapy at Harvard Medical School. He credits his Kenyon professors for introducing him to the program through a summer internship.

  • New York Times Journalist

    Working for the Kenyon Collegian as editor-in-chief helped prepare Spanish major Becca Foley ’20 for her first job with The New York Times, where she landed a post-graduation job building pages for the print edition. She since has been promoted from news assistant to news technology specialist.

  • Communications Manager

    For English major Amy Shirer ’18, a job shadow with a Kenyon alumna at Cardinal Health in Columbus, Ohio, turned into an internship, which turned into a full-time position. Now she works as a communications manager for the Fortune 500 company.

  • Fashion and Costume Designer

    Drama major Lucas O’Brien ’18 channeled his love of design at Kenyon into an internship with Tony Award-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell on “Hamilton." Since then, he's worked as a costume production assistant at HBO and assistant market editor at Vogue. 

  • Cosmetics Marketer

    Since interning in the sky-high offices of L’Oréal USA in New York City, sociology major George Halliday ’19 has been on an upward track, rapidly moving from marketing associate to assistant manager to his current role, senior marketing manager.

Graduate and Professional School

About 18 percent of Kenyon graduates go directly to graduate or professional schools. Many more pursue advanced degrees after a few years of professional work. Kenyon’s dedicated team of graduate and professional school advisors serve both students and recent graduates.

Professional and Graduate School Advising Health Professions Advising Committee

  • 99%of Kenyon students who apply to business or law school are accepted.

  • 98% of Kenyon students who apply to graduate school are accepted into one of their top three choices.

  • 95%of Kenyon students who applied to medical school last year were accepted.

    Typically, more than 90% with a 3.25+ GPA get in from Kenyon. 

  • 60%of Kenyon grads further their education within five years.

Where might your major take you?

Explore a recent sampling of first jobs and established careers by major.

92nd Street Y

Abbott Nutrition

AllianceBernstein

American Museum of Natural History

American University

Archer Daniels Midland

Arevon Energy

Boston Consulting Group

Boston University

Brown University

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

Candlewick Press

Carnegie Mellon University

Central Park Conservancy

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Museum of Art

Columbia University

The Corcoran Group

Deloitte

Federal Reserve Board

FOX Sports

George Washington University

Georgetown University

Good Deed Entertainment

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Humana

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Institute for Policy Studies

JP Morgan Chase

Lieber Institute for Brain Development

Massachusetts Attorney General's Office

Massachusetts General Hospital

Merrill Lynch

Morningstar

National Education Association

National Football League

National Institute of Health

National Park Service

New York Classical Theater

New York University

Office of National Drug Control Policy

Oracle

Orion Worldwide

Paramount Pictures

Paul Weiss

Penguin Random House

Planned Parenthood

Primordial Labs

Rutgers University

Scholastic

Smithsonian Associates

Stitcher

Teach for America

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Chicago

University of Michigan

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

University of Virginia

U.S. Attorneys’ Office

U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division

U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Valera Health

Vanderbilt University

Wells Fargo

Western Reserve Academy

Fast-forward four years

What does life look like after Kenyon? As you decide where to spend your next four years, get a glimpse of life beyond Gambier through the eyes of recent graduates.