Student Outcomes

Outcomes

Let’s put your future in focus

Whatever your passion, the University of Richmond will prepare you for a successful, meaningful future. Within one year of graduation, 95% of Spiders looking for employment have landed a job. 

It’s all about connections — to opportunities, to internships, to employers, to other institutions. We employ our far-reaching web to help you build those connections. It’s up to you what you do with them.

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Career Services

Charting your career path? Finding your first internship or job? Developing your professional skills? Check, check, and check. We’re here to help. We work one-on-one with Spiders to help you navigate your individual path to success.

  • Top 50"Best Colleges for Long-Term Career Success in the U.S."
    LinkedIn 
    (2026)
  • #9"Best Schools for Internships"
    (Private Schools)
    The Princeton Review
    (2025)
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The Richmond Guarantee

Every undergraduate student is eligible to receive a fellowship of up to $5,300 for an unpaid (or underpaid) summer internship or faculty-mentored research project. That means you can skip the “what if…?” contingency planning and get to the fun part.

Class of 2025: Employers Sampling

  • AlphaSense, Inc.
  • AlphaSights
  • Amazon
  • AmeriCorps
  • Bank of America
  • Barclays
  • Berkeley Research Group
  • Bloomberg
  • Bon Secours Health Systems
  • Capital One
  • Collins Aerospace
  • Deloitte
  • Dominion Energy
  • EY
  • FTI Consulting
  • Fulbright ETA
  • Genworth
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Guidepoint
  • Harris Williams
  • Japan Exchange & Teaching Program (JET)
  • Jefferies
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • KCIC
  • KPMG
  • League of Women Voters of the City of New York
  • LOFT
  • L'Oreal
  • Mass General Brigham
  • McKinsey & Company
  • Minnesota Vikings Football, LLC
  • National Institutes of Health
  • NBC Sports & Olympics
  • New York State Unified Court System
  • Peace Corps
  • PwC
  • Ralph Lauren
  • Stifel
  • Teach For America
  • The Martin Agency
  • Thermo Fisher Scientific
  • Timmons Group
  • U.S. Senate
  • Virginia Office of the Attorney General
  • Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
59%

of our recent class participated in an internship during their time at Richmond

35%

of our recent class participated in research with faculty during their time at Richmond

96%

of our recent graduates seeking employment upon graduation were employed within one year 

Class of 2025: Graduate Schools Sampling

  • Brown University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • College of William and Mary
  • Columbia University
  • Cornell University
  • Duke University
  • Georgetown University
  • Harvard University
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Northeastern University
  • Northwestern University
  • Rice University
  • Stanford University
  • The New School
  • Tufts University
  • University of Barcelona
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Virginia
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Yale University
A student points to a large map showing where students have completed Fulbright fellowships around the world.

Fellowships

A national leader in academic fellows and scholarships the University of Richmond connects Spiders to resources and experiences that go well beyond the classroom. These often come through a fellowship or scholarship, providing opportunities for national and international study, research, and service.