The minute you get to college, everyone will already be asking, “What do you want to do after you graduate?” “Be successful” might be the easiest answer.
And if you want to be successful at any one of the most successful organizations on the planet—like Google, Sotheby’s, Apple, L.L.Bean, Microsoft, JPMorgan Chase, Amazon, Amnesty International, Lazard, Eli Lilly, NBCUniversal, Nvidia, NASA, World Wildlife Fund or Nike—Dickinson can help you get there.
OLIVIA LANES '14 | IBM, Global Lead & Manager for Quantum Advocacymore>>
LAUREN ASHLEY SMITH ’06 | TV writer, actor, comedian more››
$62K
EARLY CAREER SALARY
for a Dickinson grad(Payscale.com)
96%
LAW SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATE
(compared to the 75% national average, according to the Law School Admissions Council)
92%
MEDICAL SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE RATE
(compared to the 39% national average, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges)
VINCENT PATERSON '72 | acclaimed Hollywood & Broadway choreographermore>>
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JUDITH FAULKNER '65 | Founder & CEO of EPIC, the world's largest medical software companymore>>
OLIVIA HARPER WILKINS '15 | astrochemist at NASA Goodard Space Flight Centermore>>
ANNE HELMREICH '85 | director of the Smithsonian Archives of American Artmore>>
STEVE TUSA '97 | JPMorgan Chase managing director & CNBC commentatormore>>
EDWARD RICOURT '95 | film & TV writer (Wayward Pines, Now You See Me)more>>
LIMITLESS OPPORTUNITIES
In addition to the alumni highlighted on this page, Dickinsonians are at the tops of their fields in business, tech, science and medicine, finance, art, education and entertainment and have graduated from and are currently attending top graduate and professional schools around the world.
Graduate & Professional Schools
Boston University School of Law
Brown University
City University London
College of Charleston (Grice Marine Laboratory)
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Duke University
George Washington University School of Medicine
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University and Harvard Law School
Johns Hopkins University
London School of Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Theater Institute
New York University
Northwestern University
Ohio State University
Oxford University
Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Penn State College of Medicine
Pratt Institute
Princeton University
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rutgers School of Dental Medicine
Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Stanford University and Stanford University School of Medicine
University College London
University of Bologna
University of Edinburgh
University of Maryland School of Medicine
University of Michigan Law School
University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
University of Rochester Simon Business School
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Wake Forest University
Yale University
Companies Where Our Grads Thrive
Barclays
BlackRock
Campbell's
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Chase
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Christie's
Conde Nast
Creative Artists Agency
Deloitte
Deutsche Bank
Disney
ESPN
FXFowle
GE
Gene One Life Sciences
Google
HBO
J.P.Morgan
LinkedIn
L.L.Bean
National Academy of Sciences
National Geographic
NBC News
New York Knicks
NFL Network
Northwestern University's International Institute for Nanotechnology
NPR
Oculus
Pfizer
PGA Tour
Philadelphia Phillies
Prada
Smithsonian
The New York Times
Utz
Vanguard
World Wildlife Fund
A liberal-arts education makes you a well-rounded individual who can explore problems from all angles and see the connections. That’s important, because in tech you come across ambiguous situations that don’t have much clarity. —Amara Anigbo ’20 (computer science), product manager at Google
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1. JENNIFER HAIGH ’90 | PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD–WINNING AUTHOR 2. FRANK JAMES ’79 | MEDIA STRATEGIST, FORMER JOURNALIST FOR NPR AND THE WALL STREET JOURNAL 3. LEON ROSE ’83 | PRESIDENT OF THE NY KNICKS AND FORMER CAA AGENT 4. LISA SHERMAN ’79 | AD COUNCIL CEO 5. LAURA POTTER ’89 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF OF INTELLIGENCE, U.S. ARMY 6. YVONNE BUYSMAN ’93 | APPLE, NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF SALES & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 7. JOHN FREEDMAN ’92 | TOMMY HILFIGER, VP OF NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCT OPERATIONS & DEVELOPMENT 8. MICHAEL SNYDER ’03 |AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER AND DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER
From choosing classes and declaring a major to exploring internships and building your resume, Dickinson’s Integrated Academic Success team helps you navigate toward your future and identify how your academic and career interests connect.
From NASA to the Lincoln Center and beyond, Dickinson alumni are leading in a wide range of fields. Learn how they got there in these Alumni in Action profiles.