Outcomes: Your Future

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Career Paths

Class of 2024 Plans

The best evidence of the soundness of Pomona’s educational philosophy is the success of its graduates. Pomona alumni have served in positions of leadership in practically every field of human endeavor – from medicine, public policy, and the arts to scientific research, journalism, business, and the law, as well as almost every field of academic research and teaching.

In preparing and planning for their life after Pomona, students can lean on faculty mentors, a pool of successful alumni, and a talented Career Development Office staff who are committed to their success.

Sagehens at Work

Check out videos about the thriving careers of six Pomona graduates, from across the nation, who are working to make a difference in a variety of fields.

Watch Alumni Career Stories

Career Paths by Major

There is no one path for a Pomona student in any major, but here is a sampling of some of the careers our alumni are engaged in, as well as specific companies that senior students self-reported they would be entering upon graduation.

Sample Career Paths

Meet our Recent Alumni

Recent graduates reveal how a Pomona College education helped prepare them to enter the workforce and where they see themselves in five years.

First Destination Report

The Class of 2024 First Destination Report features data that was gathered through surveys and data mining. The College's Career Development Office collects data through the end of the calendar year to reflect opportunities obtained by recent graduates following The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards. This report highlights the career destinations for our most recent alumni who graduated between July 1, 2023, and June 30, 2024.

Per NACE standards, the KNOWLEDGE RATE is the percentage of the graduating class for whom an outcomes destination is known based on reasonable and verifiable information concerning their post-graduate career activities.

Class of 2024 Plans

For the class of 2024, we had a 75% knowledge rate. Of that knowledge rate, 92% of those graduates are participating in career activities (a job, internship, service opportunity, further education, fellowship, or other).

Career Outcomes

Job

Further Education

Fellowship

Other

Service

Mattel, U.S. House of Representatives, NIH: National Institute of Health, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, pwc, Boston Children's Hospital, The Carter Center, Peace Corps

Select Employers

Alphasights
Amazon
American Express
At&t
Bain & Company
Boston Consulting Group
Capital One
Cedars-Sinai
City of Hope
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Deloitte
Goldman Sachs

Google
L’Oreal
Mattel, Inc
Microsoft
National Institutes of Health
Netflix
Oracle
Peace Corps
PwC
Teach for America
The Associated Press
The Carter Center

SHINE Associate for Clients & Markets Growth at Deloitte

Gabriela Camacho ’24

I believe that having a liberal arts background allows you to feel comfortable connecting with different people, regardless of their role or sector. My education at Pomona gave me a diverse skill set which has benefited me in the rotational program that I am in now.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Philip Kong ’24

My molecular biology education, grounded in the liberal arts, has provided me with a broad knowledge of scientific reasoning and experimental design. For example, my biochemistry lab course was instrumental in creating an independent research project, from forming the hypothesis to analyzing the data that came from the experiments. A philosophy I continue to use in my current role at Dana-Farber is to be collaborative with others, particularly those with different experiences than mine.

Select Fellowships and Global Awards

Highlights for the Class of 2024

Fulbright U.S. Student Program

Downing Scholarship

Goldwater Scholarship

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

National Science GRFP

CORO Fellowship

Churchill Fellowship

Payne Fellowship

Princeton in Asia Fellowship

Applicant Totals

Total Fellowship Applicants

Unique Fellowship Applicants

Total Finalists

Total Fulbright Alternates

Total Fellowships Received

Graduate and Professional School Destinations

The Office of Institutional Research gathers data through surveys that help inform the mission of Pomona College, including information about recent graduates and alumni who are five and 10 years out.

According to recent data, 65% of alumni were either pursuing or had completed an advanced degree within 10 years of graduating Pomona. While many work or pursue other opportunities before entering graduate or a professional degree program, many head straight there after graduation.

For the Class of 2024, some of the graduate/professional school destinations included:

Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
Georgetown University
Georgia Tech
Harvard University

London School of Economics
New York University
Northwestern University
University of Cambridge
University of California at Davis
University of California Los Angeles

UNC – Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Southern California
Villanova University
Yale University

Top 10 Industries for the Class of 2024

Internet & Software/Technology

Financial Services/Investment Banking/Management

Higher Education

Management Consulting

Healthcare

Non-Profit

Government

Research

Legal/Law Enforcement

Journalism

Interactive Dashboard

Where do Pomona College graduates go? Through this interactive dashboard you will learn where members of the Class of 2024 work, intern, serve or where they pursue graduate and professional degrees. Select various elements to filter the visualization or search by keywords. All data is self-reported by Pomona College alumni.

View the Interactive Dashboard

To further explore Pomona College through data, please explore the Information Center.

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Sagehens at Work

Career Paths by Major

Meet our Recent Alumni

First Destination Report