Sheena Joyce posing in front of two movie posters

Outcomes: The Bryn Mawr Difference

At Bryn Mawr College, students turn a passion for learning into a life of purpose.

Emmy-nominated documentarian Sheena Joyce '98 (above) directed films on Jason Kelce and Taylor Swift.

 

The Bryn Mawr community is unique: academically inspired, civically engaged, and always deeply committed. Mawrters know their stuff and choose their lives intentionally. They are agents of change in every arena—and forever members of a community founded on respect for the individual.

Find out where a Bryn Mawr education can take you.

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Leaders in their Fields

Isabel Montañez ’81
Isabel Montañez ’81, director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of California, Davis

Standing Up for Science

Montañez was one of 1,900 scientists who signed an open letter calling out the Trump administration for its “wholesale assault on U.S. science.” 

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Laurent Kurtz '06
Lauren Kurtz ’06, executive director of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund

Fighting for the Future

A biology and economics double-major at Bryn Mawr, Kurtz went to law school at the University of Pennsylvania, where she specialized in environmental law, and joined the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund  in 2014 after working as a defense attorney for the law firm Dechert. 

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Kiki Aranita M.A. ’11
Kiki Aranita M.A. ’11, co-founder of Poi Dog sauces

Aloha

In addition to co-founding Poi Dog sauces, Kiki Aranita M.A. ’11 is a chef, food writer, fiber artist, sauce entrepreneur, and recipe developer She was a senior editor at New York Magazine’s “The Strategist” and a contributor to The Guardian. She was a 2022 James Beard Media Award nominee and the 2023 recipient of the M.F.K. Fisher Prize.

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A Top Fulbright Producer

Each year, multiple Bryn Mawr College students are named Fulbright Scholars through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. 

Zoe Kaufmann at a library desk

Zoë Kaufmann

Fulbright Location: Howest University in Bruges, Belgium

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Hanna de Lorenzi

Fulbright Location: Germany

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Syalomee Pradhan

Fulbright Location: Champasak Technical Vocational College, Pasak, Laos

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Primary post-graduation plans were compiled from Bryn Mawr College graduates within one year after graduation.

Ninety-seven percent of those for whom one-year post-grad data was gathered had a positive career outcome. Of those employed (54%), 90% were employed in a full-time position.

Three percent of respondents were seeking employment, applying for graduate school, or taking time off.

Response Rate

  • Graduating Class: 318
  • Known Outcome: 264
    • Self-Reported 64%
    • Knowledge Rate: 19%
  • Unknown: 54

97% - The percentage of students with a positive career outcome one year after graduating

  • Employed: 54%
  • Graduate School: 31%
  • Fellowship: 6%
  • Volunteer/Military: 2%
  • Traveling: 1%
  • Seeking Employment: 1%
  • Applying to Grad. School: 2%
  • Taking Time Off: 0%

Employed Data

  • Employed Full-Time (30+ hrs/wk): 90%
  • Employed Part-Time (<30hrs/wk): 10%
  • Employed Other: 0%
  1. Pennsylvania
  2. New York
  3. Massachusetts
  4. Washington, D.C.
  5. International
    Maryland
    Minnesota
    New Jersey
    Oregon
    Texas
  • 10 Barrel Brewing
  • 22V Research
  • Al Hidayah Islamic School
  • Americorps
  • Artisan Wine and Spirits
  • ArtistYear, AmeriCorps
  • Asian Americans for Equality
  • B & B Rare Books, Ltd
  • Barclays
  • BASIS Tucson North
  • Beaumont @ Bryn Mawr
  • BNP Paribas
  • Books & Books
  • Boston Children's Hospital
  • Boston Public Schools
  • Brown University
  • Bryn Mawr College
  • Burlington
  • Butler Hospital
  • Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School
  • CEMML Colorado State University
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Choice Logistics
  • CHOIR at Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Chopt Creative Salad Company
  • City of Philadelphia
  • Clark Associates
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Community Bridges Inc
  • Delaware Riverkeeper Network
  • Diocese of West Texas- Camp Capers
  • Drexel University
  • ENT and Allergy Center of Austin
  • Epic
  • Farestart
  • Festival at Sandpoint
  • Fidelity
  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  • Friendly Dental
  • Garfield Refining
  • Gift of Life Donor Program
  • Gladwyne Montessori
  • GLG
  • Hachette Book Group
  • Hamilton Lane
  • Hartford Hospital
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Haverford Incubator
  • Hee Sook Kim
  • Henkel
  • Hidden Gems Archery
  • i2 Education
  • Idea College Preparatory
  • Innodata Inc.
  • Iovance Biotheraputics
  • Kaplan International Pathways
  • Little City Montessori
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Mavey Books
  • Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
  • MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Multnomah Education Service District
  • National Institute of Education
  • National Institutes of Health, Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
  • Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory
  • New Jersey Department of Health
  • Niskanen Center
  • OIC of America
  • Outside In
  • PepsiCo
  • Perelman Medical School
  • Philadelphia Chinatown Development Corporation
  • Philadelphia FIGHT
  • Phoenixville Area School District
  • Plato's Closet
  • Policy Equity Group
  • Private Collection
  • Private Practice
  • Produce Row Cafe
  • PTS Diagnostics
  • Public Health Management Corporation
  • RCHP-AHC
  • Reformation
  • RITA Corp
  • Riverbend Environmental Educational Center
  • Salem Academy Charter School
  • School District of Philadelphia
  • ScribeAmerica
  • Self-Employed
  • SeniorLAW Center
  • Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, Inc.
  • SITE Program - Lombardy
  • Smithsonian Early Enrichment Center
  • Solstice Consulting
  • Sommerville High School
  • SpiderSmart Learning Center
  • Spotlight Safety Inc.
  • Sprout Press
  • StandWithUs
  • Starbucks
  • Stowers Institute for Medical Research
  • Study Abroad Association
  • TAPIF-Teaching Assistant Program in France
  • Temple University
  • TGR Foundation
  • The Gravity Vault Indoor Rock Gym Radnor
  • The Jamestown Foundation
  • The Legal Aid Society
  • The School District of Philadelphia
  • Tidelines Institute
  • Uber
  • UNITE HERE!
  • United Nations
  • University of California Davis
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Vascular & Surgical Care NW
  • Washington Spirit
  • Wesleyan University
  • YMCA of Greater Seattle
  • Young Dance
  • Zendesk
  1. Education (25%)
  2. Health, Medicine (16%)
  3. Business (15%)
  4. Non-Profit Agency/NGO (15%)
  5. Science (11%)
  6. Communications, Media (4%)
  7. Sports, Hospitality, Recreation (3%)
  8. Arts (3%)
  9. Law (2%)
  10. Technology (2%)
  11. Engineering (1%)
  12. Government (1%)
  13. Other (2%)

Locations

  • Belgium
  • Colombia
  • France
  • Germany
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Laos
  • Morocco
  • South Korea
  • Taiwan
  • United States

Select Fellowship Awards

  • Fulbright Fellowship
  • Boren Scholarship
  • Peace Corps
  • Alaska Fellows Program
  • JET Program
  • 12-Plus Fellowship
  • North Carolina Governor's School Fellowship
  • TAPIF: Teaching Assistant Program in France

Degree Programs

  • Doctorate (Ph.D., Ed.D., etc): 22%
  • Master's (M.A., M.Ed., etc): 67%
  • Professional (M.D., D.O., etc): 1%
  • Professional Law (J.D., etc): 7%
  • Certificate: 1%
  • Other: 1%

Areas of Study

  • Arts & Sciences: 52%
  • Engineering: 9%
  • Education: 9%
  • Law: 9%
  • Medicine: 2%
  • Business: 2%

*Ten percent of graduates were grouped in an area of study called "Other." This includes graduates who elected to double major or pursue an independent major that did not fall within the categories provided.

  • Boston University
  • Brown University
  • Bryn Mawr College
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Dartmouth College
  • Duke University
  • Free University Berlin
  • Georgetown University
  • Harvard University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Lehigh University
  • Lesley University
  • New York University
  • Northwestern University
  • Portland State University
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Rice University
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Temple University
  • Tufts University
  • UC Berkeley
  • UCLA
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Maryland
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Washington
  • University of Waterloo
  • University of Wisconsin Madison
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Washington University

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