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Outcomes

Mount Holyoke women do a lot of cool stuff. Here are some facts about the class of 2005.

Overview

  • 90.4% of 2005 graduates were working or in school 6-12 months after graduation.
  • 57.8% were employed full-time.
  • 8% were in graduate or professional school full-time.

Graduate and Professional School
Of those in graduate or professional school:

  • 31.7% were pursuing a Master’s Degree in the Arts and Sciences;
  • 27.1% were pursuing a Ph.D.;
  • 14.3% were pursuing a Professional Master’s Degree;
  • 9.5% were pursuing a Law Degree;
  • 4.8% were pursuing a Medical Degree.

Internships

  • 47% of all graduating seniors have done a domestic internship.
  • 12% of all graduating seniors have done an internship abroad.
  • 200+ Mount Holyoke students participated in summer internships (2005).   
  • $121,200 in internship/scholarship funding was provided by MHC
  • 60 students participated in January internships (2006). 

Fellowships and Scholarships
Major Fellowships and Scholarships won by MHC students and alumnae (2005-2006):     

  • Churchill
  • Datatel
  • Fulbright (5)
  • Congress-Bundestag
  • Goldwater (2)
  • Huntington (Finalist)
  • Luce (Finalist)  

More Outcomes data

Recruiting and Employment
While at MHC, students have direct access to 1300+ corporations and organizations, including (sample, 2005–2006):

Advertising:
Leo Burnett, Ogilvy & Mather
Arts: Glimmerglass Opera, New York Metropolitan Opera
Banking: Bank of America, Federal Reserve Bank, Fleet, M&T Bank
Communications: ESPN, MTV, NPR
Computer Science: AT&T, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, MIT, Motorola, Oracle, Sun Microsystems
Consulting: Accenture, Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Deloitte & Touche, KPMG,    PricewaterhouseCoopers, Marketing & Planning Systems (MaPS), McKinsey, National     Economics Research Associates (NERA)
Education: Carney, Sandoe & Associates, Educational Resources Group, Teach For America, Independent Educational Services, Readak, World Teach
Finance: American Express, CitiGroup, Credit Suisse, Forester Capital, Forest Park Capital, GE Financial, Goldman Sachs, JPMorganChase, Lehman Brothers, MassMutual, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Salomon Smith Barney
Government: Peace Corps, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Department of Housing, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of State
Health/Medicine: American Cancer Society, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins, Mass General, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Human Services: Bright Horizons, New England Center for Children, NOW, Pro-Choice Public  Education, Save the Children, United Way, Youth Alliance International
Insurance: John Hancock, Mass Mutual
Legal: Skadden, Arps, Shearman & Stearling, Paul Weiss Rifkin, Sidley Austin
Manufacturing: Gillette, Pratt & Whitney
Marketing/Sales/Retail: Abercrombie & Fitch, Hasbro, Polo Ralph Lauren, Louis Vuitton, Saks Fifth Ave.
Museums: Corcoran Gallery, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Smithsonian
Publishing: Boston Globe, Disney Publishers, Harper Collins, McGraw Hill, Random House, Simon & Schuster, Yale University Press
Public Relations: Alice Marshall Public Relations, NoonanRusso
Science: Amgen, Bristol Myers, Glaxo Smith Kline, Pfizer, Smith Kline Beecham
Graduate and Professional School
Graduate programs (sample):  Columbia, Duke, Harvard, London School of Economics, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, University of California, Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, Yale 
 
Law: In Fall 2005, 33 Mount Holyoke alumnae were admitted to law school. Sample law schools: Boston University, Duke, New York School of Law, Stanford, University of California.

Health studies: Eighteen Mount Holyoke alumnae matriculated to medical school in Fall 2005. Sample medical schools: Albert Einstein, Boston University, Case Western Reserve, Cornell, Dartmouth, Drexel, Mount Sinai, New York Medical College, Penn State, Temple, Tufts, Tulane, University of Chicago, University of Rochester.

Internships
Some organizations hosting MHC interns:

Arts and Museums: City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, International Museum of Women, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MOCA), Paul Taylor Dance Company, Pierogi Gallery, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Victoria and Albert Theatre Museum (England)
Business/Finance: Bulgarian-America Credit Bank AD (Bulgaria), Diguang Electronics (China), J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (Seoul),  MAX Consulting/Memorable Events, Merrill Lynch, Principal Profits Asset Management, Inc., Travelers Life & Annuity/MetLife
Communications/Media: ABC/The Walt Disney Company, CNBC Asia Pacific, Cobblestone Publishing, Cone Inc., Country Living, Daily Hampshire Gazette, The Daily Star (Lebanon), Fairchild Publications Inc., FoodNetwork.com, MacKenzie Communications, NBC Universal, Sony Urban Music, WBGH Children’s Programming
Education: Beijing Yucai Elementary/Middle School, The Children’s Institute, Children’s Hospital Autism Intervention, Columbia University (Center for the Study of Human Rights), Escuela Samara (Costa Rica), Gorse Child Study Center, Network for Family Life Education, Sookmyung Women’s University (Korea), Tokyo Women’s Christian University, UNFPA (Costa Rica), Urban Scholars Program
Government (City/Local): Berkshire County (Office of the District Attorney), City and County of San Francisco (Mayor’s Office of Public Policy and Finance), City of New York (Commission on Women’s Issues), Hawaii State Capitol, State of New Hampshire (State House), United States Congressman Tom Allen (District Office)
Government (National): Medicaid, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, United States Congressman Leonard Boswell (Washington Office), United States Congressman Michael G. Fitzpatrick (Washington Office)
Government (International): Embassy of the United States (Berlin), Republic of Bulgaria (Varna Municipality Education Department), Republic of Ghana (Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development), Republic of India (Government of India Planning Commission), Romania (Programmatic Adjustment Loan Program Management Unit), United Nations Office in Nairobi (Environmental Program)
Law: Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Commission Against Discrimination), Flynn, Delich, & Wise, MFV Legal Services, Inc.
Non-Profit: ActionAid International (Thailand), American Anti-Slavery Group, Center for International Policy, Channel G (and Urban Voice), Creative Arts Workshops for Kids Inc., Massachusetts Higher Education Consortium, NGO Committee on Disarmament at the UN, Planned Parenthood, United Nations Office for Project Services (Kenya)
Health/Health Science: Asian Psychological Services Inc., Bowdoin College (Department of Psychology), The Center for Young Women’s Health, Delaware Health and Social Services (Office of the Chief Medical Examiner), Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies, National Mental Health Project, University of Minnesota (Institute of Child Development), Yale University Child Conduct Clinic
Science: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Study of Adult Development), Genzyme Corporation, Hawaii State Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Institute for Investigation of Natural Resources, Johns Hopkins University (Lab for Child Development), New England Aquarium, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Massachusetts at Amherst (Electrical and Computer Engineering Department), Yale University.

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