Outcomes and Placement

While the value of an education cannot be measured simply in dollars and cents, you can be sure that the bottom line of a Creighton education is sound. Creighton graduates are considered highly regarded, desirable candidates as they search for employment or post-graduate education. Just look at the numbers:

• 95% Success Rate
  With 95 percent of our students employed, volunteering, or attending graduate or professional school within eight months of graduation, Creighton graduates go places with their degrees. (This success rate includes the group of students in this graduation class year that were accepted into professional school before completing their baccalaureate degrees at Creighton.)
• 54% Arts & Sciences
  Post-graduate Study Rate
  About half of the students in the College of Arts and Sciences pursue graduate or professional degrees immediately following their undergraduate programs.
• 200 Companies Represented
  More than 200 companies recruit on campus each year, and thousands more list their professional and internship positions with us.

2008 – 2009 Graduates by Undergraduate College

2008 – 2009 Graduate Salaries by Undergraduate College

 Highlights

• The overall percentage of successful outcomes nine months after graduation is nearly 93% for all undergraduate colleges.  A more significant figure is that this is based on an almost 80% response rate of graduates from DEC, 2008 through AUG, 2009.  
• Successful outcomes of graduates are 92% for CoBA, 92% for CCAS and 94% for SON.  These percentages are significantly better than most other US colleges and universities.  
• Starting salaries for Creighton College of Business graduates increased by 2% overall in a year where average salaries for business school graduates declined nationally.  
• Acceptance to graduate and professional school for graduates from the College of Arts and Sciences is nearly 54%, an increase of 5% over last year.   As in most years, this percentage exceeds 60% when including graduates that pursue advanced study one year after their undergraduate degree. 
• The College of Business rate of grad/professional school enrollment increased by 6% to 23%.   This is significantly higher than most business schools.   
• Salary averages for all undergraduates are very competitive with national salary data despite geographic placements being primarily in the Midwest where the cost of living is much lower than the national average.  

Special note: Despite the challenges in the current economy, campus recruiting activity of employers that hire Creighton interns and graduates has not slowed during the 2008-09 academic year. This is outstanding evidence of the quality of a Creighton education as perceived by employers who hire Creighton students.