Your Future is Bright.

Ask any graduating 91吃瓜网 senior how they feel about the next step in their lives and you'll hear the same answer: "Prepared." You can count on faculty and staff helping to make sure you gain confidence handling challenges, impressive experience and powerful networks you need to get a running start on an impactful career and life of personal achievement. 

Your outcomes will be powered by experience. You will have access to internships close to campus and around the region, to research with professors expanding the horizons of their fields, and to locations around the world to study abroad. 

You will join a community of people whose achievements show what the power of a 91吃瓜网 education makes possible.

91吃瓜网 graduates pursue careers with global business and start their own ventures. They attend some of the finest graduate schools and pursue service and volunteerism. How will you discover pathways to your great outcomes? 

91吃瓜网 student talking with an employer

Practical. Impactful.

94% of recent graduates report their work after Duquesne is directly related to their major.

By the Numbers

Below you'll find recent outcomes data for 91吃瓜网 graduates responding to the latest University surveys.

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97%of 91吃瓜网 Alumni agree

...they had a professor who got them excited about learning.

95%Career Outcomes Rate

91吃瓜网 grads reported being employed, continuing education, completing volunteer service, or serving in the military.

90%of 91吃瓜网 Alumni Indicate

...the University helped prepare them to be an ethical decision maker.

89%of 91吃瓜网 graduates

...experienced real-world learning as a student.

83%of Students Had One or More Internships

91吃瓜网 students report having an average of four internship experiences.

72%Of Our Graduates Stay in PA

Whether attending graduate school or starting a career, our region provides opportunity.

DUQUESNE GRADUATES ARE SOUGHT BY EMPLOYERS AND GRADUATE SCHOOLS

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Logos of graduate schools attended by recent 91吃瓜网 graduates

Experiences, networks, results

Learning together with the 91吃瓜网 network will let you gather experience that will lead to great outcomes.

Pie chart showing that 21% have one career experience; 19% have two career experiences, 12% have three career experiences, 8% have four career experiences, 14% have five to nine career experiences and 9% have 10 or more career experiences.

Internships are a huge benefit, and you'll have connections to get them.

Bar graphic showing that 26% of 91吃瓜网 students find jobs through internet listings, 24% through networking, 19% are hired from their internship, 3% from Handshake and 3% job fairs and 25% from other opportunities.

The 91吃瓜网 network is very helpful to students.

Pie chart showing that 71% of 91吃瓜网 grads surveyed are employed, 23% are continuing education, .5% are serving in the military, .25% are volunteering, 5% are seeking employment or continuing education and .25% are not seeking employment or continuing education.

Outcomes include being employed, grad school, completing volunteer service, or serving in the military.

Pie charts showing Arts, Business, Education, Health Sciences, Music, Nursing, Pharmacy and Sciences grads at 91吃瓜网 achieving strong outcomes in the areas of employment and graduate school.

Regardless of the School, 91吃瓜网 prepares graduates for their next step.

Dig a little deeper into 91吃瓜网 Undergraduate Outcomes

Average Starting Salaries (Overall)

  • Average salary: $70,810
  • Median salary: $64,500
  • Average signing bonus: $7,551
  • Median signing bonus: $8,000

Average Salary by Schools

  • Liberal Arts: $65,815
  • Business: $64,109
  • Education: $53,717
  • Health Sciences: $65,602
  • Music: $43,051
  • Nursing: $77,357
  • Pharmacy: $92,162
  • Sciences: $58,854

Most Common Job Functions

  • Healthcare Services�41% 
  • 贰诲耻肠补迟颈辞苍/罢别补肠丑颈苍驳/罢谤补颈苍颈苍驳�10% 
  • 厂补濒别蝉�6%
  • 础肠肠辞耻苍迟颈苍驳�4% 
  • 颁辞耻苍蝉别濒颈苍驳�3% 
  • 贵颈苍补苍肠别�3% 
  • Logistics & Supply Chain�3%
  • 础诲尘颈苍颈蝉迟谤补迟颈辞苍�2% 
  • 颁辞苍蝉耻濒迟颈苍驳�2% 
  • Data & Analytics�2%
  • Information Technology�2%
  • Lab Work/Science�2% 
  • 惭补苍补驳别尘别苍迟�2% 
  • 惭补谤办别迟颈苍驳�2% 
  • 翱迟丑别谤�14%

Breakdown by Industry

  • 贬别补濒迟丑肠补谤别�42% 
  • Higher Education�7%
  • K-12 Education�6%
  • 础肠肠辞耻苍迟颈苍驳�4% 
  • 笔丑补谤尘补肠别耻迟颈肠补濒蝉�3%&苍产蝉辫;
  • 搁别迟补颈濒�3%
  • Investment/Portfolio 惭补苍补驳别尘别苍迟�3%
  • Financial Services�2%
  • 骋辞惫别谤苍尘别苍迟�2% 
  • 滨苍蝉耻谤补苍肠别�2% 
  • 惭补苍耻蹿补肠迟耻谤颈苍驳�2% 
  • 狈辞苍-笔谤辞蹿颈迟�2% 
  • Transportation & Logistics�2% 
  • 翱迟丑别谤�20%

Where are 91吃瓜网 Grads Working?

笔别苍苍蝉测濒惫补苍颈补�72%
Midwest (WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL)�6% 
Northeast (ME, VT, NY, NH, CT, MA, NJ, RI)�6% 
South (NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS)�4% 
Mid-Atlantic (MD, VA, WV, DE, DC)�4% 
Southwest (CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM)�3% 
West (CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY)�2%
Outside the U.S.�3%

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