Sewanee Career Readiness empowers students with resources for successful professional development, leveraging competencies, confidences, and connections to successfully launch their early career journey.

Sewanee graduates' first destinations after graduation demonstrate that with a liberal arts education, major doesn't always equal path. The graphics below illustrate the relationship between major and the known first destination career outcomes for Sewanee alumni from the classes of 2010–2023.

View more detailed information about the first destinations of graduates from the classes of 2018–2023.

Here you can see where Sewanee graduates in each major found their first experiences after graduating going back to 2010.

FIRST DESTINATIONS BY FIELDS (2010–2023)

Explore this infographic by using the arrows at the top to view different career fields. Within each career field, hover over a portion of the circle to see the percentage of graduates within each major or group of majors were in that career field within six months of graduation.

 

First Destinations FIELD by Major (2010–2023)
Explore this infographic by using the arrows at the top to view outcomes data of different majors. Within each major, hover over a portion of the circle to see the percentage of graduates within that specific major who are working in the field noted within six months of graduation.

Industries

In recent years, the most popular sectors for Sewanee graduates to begin their early career journey are business, finance, and consulting. The top career fields for Sewanee Alumni are education, legal, medical, finance/investment, and environmental. 

Employers

Employers who often hire Sewanee graduates include Accenture, the U.S. Senate, A Bar A Ranch, Nolan Transportation Group, Gallagher, William Morris Endeavor, JumpCrew, Grayback Forestry, NTT Data, Deloitte Consulting, Cumberland Trust, BlackRock, BrightHouse, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan, Regions Bank, TransitScreen, and many others.

Fellowships

Sewanee graduates have recently participated in the following post-graduate fellowships: Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, Teach for America, Japanese Exchange Teaching Fellowship, Peace Corps, and AmeriCorps programs including FEMA, City Year, Impact America, and VISTA. Additional information about fellowships can be found here.

Graduate and professional schools

Sewanee graduates enroll in graduate and professional schools in a wide array of subjects and fields including business, accounting, law, education, social work, medicine, health, nursing, and more. Some graduates go straight on to graduate or professional school while others pursue graduate degrees later in their careers.