Your future is bright.

Ask any graduating Duquesne 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 a meaningful 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 Duquesne education makes possible.

Duquesne 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? 

Duquesne student talking with an employer

Practical. Meaningful.

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 Duquesne University graduates responding to the latest University surveys.

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97%of Duquesne Alumni agree

they had a professor who got them excited about learning.

95%Career Outcomes Rate

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

90%of Duquesne Alumni Indicate

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

89%of Duquesne graduates

experienced real-world learning as a student.

83%of Students Had One or More Internships

Duquesne 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

numerous logos of national corporations
Logos of graduate schools attended by recent Duquesne graduates

Experiences, networks, results

Learning together with the Duquesne 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 Duquesne 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 Duquesne network is very helpful to students.

Pie chart showing that 71% of Duquesne 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 Duquesne achieving strong outcomes in the areas of employment and graduate school.

Regardless of the School, Duquesne prepares graduates for their next step.

Dig a little deeper into Duquesne 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% 
  • Education/Teaching/Training—10% 
  • Sales—6%
  • Accounting—4% 
  • Counseling—3% 
  • Finance—3% 
  • Logistics & Supply Chain—3%
  • Administration—2% 
  • Consulting—2% 
  • Data & Analytics—2%
  • Information Technology—2%
  • Lab Work/Science—2% 
  • Management—2% 
  • Marketing—2% 
  • Other—14%

Breakdown by Industry

  • Healthcare—42% 
  • Higher Education—7%
  • K-12 Education—6%
  • Accounting—4% 
  • Pharmaceuticals—3% 
  • Retail—3%
  • Investment/Portfolio Management—3%
  • Financial Services—2%
  • Government—2% 
  • Insurance—2% 
  • Manufacturing—2% 
  • Non-Profit—2% 
  • Transportation & Logistics—2% 
  • Other—20%

Where are Duquesne Grads Working?

Pennsylvania—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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