The results

Career Services surveyed the 4,180 bachelor's degree graduates from the Class of 2025 and heard back from 3,010, a 72 percent response rate. Six months after commencement, 94 percent were employed, in graduate school, serving in the military or doing full-time volunteer work.

  • 71 percent employed full time
  • 19 percent in graduate or professional school
  • 4 percent in the military or full-time service programs
  • Median starting salary: $58,500, up from $55,200 for the Class of 2024

Where they went

The most common employers were hospitals and health systems, public school districts, accounting firms and software companies. About 62 percent stayed in the state. Nursing, computer science and accounting graduates had the highest placement rates, all above 97 percent.

Graduates who completed at least one internship were employed at a rate of 81 percent, compared with 58 percent for those who did not. Director of Career Services Rachel Greer said the gap is the main reason the university is expanding paid internship funding this year.

Among graduates continuing their education, the most common programs were law, medicine, nursing practice, business and public health. About 40 percent of them stayed at the university for graduate school.

About the data

The survey follows national reporting standards for first-destination outcomes. Online campus graduates are included, and results by program and campus are posted on the outcomes dashboard.

This year's survey added questions about job satisfaction for the first time. Among employed graduates, 84 percent said their job was related to their degree, and 79 percent said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their first position. Career Services will add a three-year follow-up survey next year.