Undergraduate Outcomes

At Fordham, students receive a rigorous education in one of the world’s greatest cities—an education that will sharpen your talents, widen your vision, and prepare you to embrace and create change.

And being in New York City means you won't have to wait until the summer to intern. Fordham students have internships year-round, easily navigating between our campuses and the top industries that make NYC their home. In fact, 89% of Fordham students have at least one internship before they graduate (and many have two, three, four, and five!).

It’s an undergraduate education that works—our graduates go out into the world to pursue meaningful careers and build lives that reflect Fordham’s spirit of passionate engagement.

First Destinations

Each year, the Office of Career Services reaches out to every member of the previous year's graduating class to find out where they landed and to offer their assistance if needed. For the Class of 2022, they were able to confirm the "first destination" of 86% of the graduates (an exceptionally high knowledge rate).

96% of the Class of 2022 was employed, continuing their education, or engaged in public service or other meaningful endeavors within six months of graduation.
$70,000 average starting salary for the Class of 2022

Fordham Graduate Outcomes Chart 2020 - 2022

More Points of Pride

95% law school acceptance rate for 2020 applicants (higher than the national average of 78%)*
76% health professional school acceptance rate (higher than the national average of 45%)
89% of Fordham Students complete at least one internship before graduation
* Rates of admission to JD programs are computed based on the number of Fordham applicants from all graduating classes applying for admission in the fall, not solely Class of 2021 applicants.

Supporting Success Through Access

Fordham graduates not only have a network of over 175,000 alumni worldwide to call upon, they have the life-long support of the Career Center. Their diligent work and extensive connections ensure access to top employers and institutions so that students pursue meaningful work after graduation, whether that be starting a career, pursuing further education, or devoting time to public service.

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Alumni Stories

For John and Barbara Costantino, Philanthropy Is a Team Sport

For John and Barbara Costantino, Philanthropy Is a Team Sport

John Costantino remembers school spirit surging during his student days at Fordham. The reason? After a 10-year hiatus, football came back—as a club sport in 1964 and a varsity sport in 1970. “The restoration of football changed the entire dynamic of the University,” energizing students and prompting many alumni to reengage with Fordham, said Costantino, [...]

Fordham ‘Superfan’ Phil Cicione Is Forever Learning

Fordham ‘Superfan’ Phil Cicione Is Forever Learning

When his students are looking ahead to college, high school English teacher Phil Cicione asks them two pretty simple questions: What’s going to make you stand out? And will you be happy doing it? Cicione, a 1987 graduate of Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH), believes that college is about learning how to think and [...]

Catching Up with John Kilcullen, Creator of the ‘For Dummies’ Book Series

Catching Up with John Kilcullen, Creator of the ‘For Dummies’ Book Series

When John Kilcullen graduated from Fordham in 1981, a leading New York ad agency where he interned wanted to hire him as a media planner. Instead, he took a job as a traveling textbook salesman for Prentice-Hall, which offered $3,000 more per year, plus a company car. “I needed to earn and save every penny,” [...]

‘A Charmed Existence’: Scholarship Giving and Other Joys of the Jesuit Life

‘A Charmed Existence’: Scholarship Giving and Other Joys of the Jesuit Life

Thomas J. Regan, S.J., always seemed destined for the Jesuits. He wanted to be a priest “very early on, from third grade,” he recalled. He loved education and he loved service work. And then there was the example set by his father’s first cousin, a Jesuit who taught at Boston College—“the coolest guy I’d ever [...]

Marcella Barry Is Passionate About Helping Students Succeed

Marcella Barry Is Passionate About Helping Students Succeed

A New Jersey native, Marcella Barry, FCRH ’92, GSE ’96, knew she wanted to stay in the tri-state area for college, but it was Fordham’s strong Jesuit tradition, its New York City location, and its expansive network that really pulled her in. It’s a decision she’s never regretted making. To this day, she thanks the University for [...]

Megan Zuckerman Wants Current Students, Recent Grads to Know All About Fordham’s Young Alumni Committee

Megan Zuckerman Wants Current Students, Recent Grads to Know All About Fordham’s Young Alumni Committee

Size, New York City location, academic variety, internship opportunities: Fordham had everything Megan Zuckerman was looking for when, after spending her first year of college at a small, liberal arts school in upstate New York, she realized it wasn’t quite for her. After graduating from Fordham College at Lincoln Center in 2016 and launching a [...]

Gabelli Graduate Jason Caldwell Wants Students to Take Risks, and He’s Here to Help

Gabelli Graduate Jason Caldwell Wants Students to Take Risks, and He’s Here to Help

Growing up in Baltimore, Jason Caldwell had what he calls the stereotypical “African American in an inner city” experience—until his athletic prowess earned him a scholarship and a chance at a different life. Today, he’s a three-time Fordham graduate and vice president of private wealth management at Goldman Sachs. “I stand on the shoulders of [...]

In Toppeta Scholarship Fund, a Family Legacy and Family-Like Bonds

In Toppeta Scholarship Fund, a Family Legacy and Family-Like Bonds

The story of the John and Rita Toppeta Endowed Scholarship began eight decades ago with two young people who, in earning Fordham degrees, were reaching beyond their station: John was the son of Italian immigrant parents, a seamstress and a public utility employee with little formal schooling; Rita, after earning her undergraduate degree from Fordham, [...]

Deanna Howes Spiro, Fordham’s Alumni Leader in Washington, D.C., Reflects on the ‘Extraordinary Moments’ of Being a Ram

Deanna Howes Spiro, Fordham’s Alumni Leader in Washington, D.C., Reflects on the ‘Extraordinary Moments’ of Being a Ram

The first time Deanna Howes Spiro heard the name Fordham was during an assembly at her all-girls Catholic high school in Kensington, Maryland. Everything she learned about the University—from its New York location and strong academics to its core Jesuit values—resonated with her. When she stepped onto the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx a [...]

Behind Campus Center Gift, a Story of Career Guidance with a Jesuit Bent

Behind Campus Center Gift, a Story of Career Guidance with a Jesuit Bent

Looking back on his education at Fordham and all that it opened up for him, James Rowen is grateful—and perhaps a little amazed—that everything turned out the way it did. Going to Fordham “sent my life on a trajectory that I could never have imagined,” said Rowen, who went on to a successful career as [...]

‘I Never Did It Alone’: Former NFL Kicker Patrick Murray Shares How Family and Community Have Shaped His Life

‘I Never Did It Alone’: Former NFL Kicker Patrick Murray Shares How Family and Community Have Shaped His Life

Family. Football. Fordham. These have been the hallmarks of Patrick Murray’s life, from his family’s Gaelic football roots, which fed his interest in sports even before he could walk, to his three-season career in the NFL and beyond. Now a client services associate at UBS, the 2013 Gabelli School of Business graduate and former pro [...]