The UGA Career Outcomes Initiative

The Career Outcomes Initiative provides insight into the employment and continuing education status of UGA graduates within an average of 6 months of their graduation date. Additionally, this self-reported data details employment, salary, and graduate school information. These reports constitute the only centralized employment data collection for the University of Georgia and are used by current students, employers, colleges/schools, departments, and other stakeholders. Data from our survey is published in the UGA Fact Book and reported to various organizations that rank colleges, such as US News and World Report.


Career Outcomes Rate

The Career Outcomes Rate is calculated using the number of students who are employed, continuing their education, or not seeking employment within an average of 6 months after graduation. UGA’s 96% Career Outcomes Rate is based on the known career outcomes of 8,616 graduates from the Class of 2023.


UGA's Career Outcomes rate is 96 percent

Career Outcomes Breakdown - 64 percent employed full-time, 23 percent continuing education, 5 percent post graduation internship, 4 percent still seeking, 3 percent employed part-time, and 1 percent not seeking

OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED GRADUATES...

70 percent obtained employment before graduation

93 percent obtained employment within three months of graduation

98 percent obtained employment within six months of graduation

Class of 2023 graduates have been hired by 3130 unique employers

Class of 2023 graduates are working across all sectors of the economy. 70 percent of full-time employed graduates are working in the business sector, 21 percent are working in the education sector, 5 percent are working in the government sector and 4 percent are working in the non-profit sector.

OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED OR THOSE WHO SECURED A POST-GRAD INTERNSHIP OR FELLOWSHIP, 86 PERCENT REPORTED THAT THEIR EMPLOYMENT ALIGNS (MOSTLY OR VERY MUCH) WITH THEIR CAREER ASPIRATIONS WHILE IN COLLEGE

How graduates found jobs - 24% Career Center - 9% Experiential Learning - 24% Networking (Outside UGA) - 33% Online Resources - 10% UGA Campus Resources

TOP 25 EMPLOYERS FOR THE CLASS OF 2023

Top 25 employers hiring the most class of 2023 graduates
Accenture
ADP
AT&T
Bank of America
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Deloitte
Delta Air Lines
Emory University
EY
Georgia-Pacific
Grant Thornton
KPMG
Lockheed Martin
Manhattan Associates
NCR Corporation
Piedmont Healthcare
PricewaterhouseCoopers
RSM US LLP
State Farm
The Home Depot
The Walt Disney Company
Truist
University of Georgia
UPS

TOP GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS FOR THE CLASS OF 2023 §

Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia
Duke University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Mercer University/Mercer School of Medicine
University of Georgia
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Texas at Austin
Vanderbilt University
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CLASS OF 2023 GRADUATES ARE PURSUING CAREERS IN 48 STATES AND 19 COUNTRIES

67 percent of full-time employed Class of 2023 graduates accepted employment in the state of Georgia

TOP U.S. DESTINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2023

Top In-State destinations for the class of 2023 - Alpharetta, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Duluth, Gainesville, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Savannah and Winder

Top Out-of-State destinations for the class of 2023 - Austin, Texas - Boston, Massachusetts - Charlotte, North Carolina - Chicago, Illinois - Dallas, Texas - Denver, Colorado - Nashville, Tennessee - New York, New York - Tampa, Florida - Washington, DC

OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED OR THOSE WHO SECURED A POST-GRAD INTERNSHIP...

34 percent indicated that their schedules are hybrid

59 percent are working in person

7 percent are working remotely

INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2023

Bahrain
China
Costa Rica
Ecuador
England
Germany
Greece
Iceland
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Singapore
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Taiwan
The Netherlands
Turkey
Vietnam

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UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CLASS OF 2023 CAREER OUTCOMES

* NACE considers a full-time job to be 30+ hours per week
† Post-Grad Internship category includes internships, fellowships, post-doc positions, residencies, & any other traineeships
‡ Public school systems not included (for a list of top school systems hiring UGA Class of 2023, please visit: career.uga.edu/outcomes/summary23)
§ A selected representation of the top graduate/professional schools at which UGA Class of 2023 graduates have enrolled