Hampden-Sydney College participates in The Outcomes Survey, a national survey of recent graduates' first-destination outcomes. It allows H-SC to gather important data on our graduates' career outcomes, which are an integral part of program rankings, such as U.S. News & World Report and Business Week.
What are recent H-SC graduates doing?
- 80% of the class of 2023 entered graduate school or were employed within six months of graduation
- Of the 70% of the class of 2024 responding to the most recent “First Destination” survey:
- 37% of students accepted a job offer or are in the military
- 18% of students are planning to enter Master’s, PhD, or MD programs
- The average salary for class of 2024 at graduation is $55,000 | $100,000 is the highest salary
- H-SC graduate earnings are in the top 7% in national Payscale ranking:
- Early Career Pay: $71,300
- Mid-Career Pay: $138,500
Top Employment Industries
of graduates (2019-23)
- construction
- commercial banking and credit
- real estate
- insurance
- healthcare
Who Hires Hampden-Sydney Men?
Better Question: Who Doesn't?
Employers include:
3M ∙ AbbVie ∙ Acertitude ∙ Advance Auto Parts ∙ Aetna ∙ Aflac ∙ AIG ∙ Alcoa ∙ Allstate ∙ Ally Financial ∙ Altria GroupAmazon ∙ American Electric Power ∙ American Express ∙ American Woodmark ∙ Amerigroup ∙ Ameriprise Financial Amgen ∙ Apple ∙ Anthem ∙ Apex Systems ∙ Apple Archer Daniels Midland ∙ Arc’teryx ∙ Arthur J. Gallagher ∙ AT&TAtlantic Union Bank ∙ Avis Budget Group ∙ Bank of America ∙ Barnes & Noble ∙ Baxter International ∙ Beacon Holding Inc.Biogen ∙ Booz Allen Hamilton ∙ Boy Scouts of America ∙ BrownGreer PLC ∙ Brunswick GroupBurlington Stores ∙ BWX Technologies ∙ CACI International ∙ Capital One ∙ Cardinal Health ∙ Carilion Clinic ∙ CARITASCarMax ∙ Carolina Panthers ∙ CBRE Group ∙ CBS ∙ CDW ∙ Centra ∙ Cisco Systems ∙ Citigroup ∙ CNN ∙ Coca-Cola Comcast Commonwealth Oral & Facial Surgery ∙ Computer Sciences Corporation ∙ ConocoPhillips ∙ Corning ∙ CSRA ∙ CSXCummins ∙ CVS Davenport & Company LLC ∙ Deloitte ∙ Denver Broncos ∙ Discovery Capital ManagementDiscovery Communications ∙ Disney ∙ Dominion Resources ∙ DuPont ∙ Elephant Insurance Services, LLC ∙ EMCEstes Express LinesExelon ∙ English Construction Company, Inc ∙ Expeditors International ∙ Exxon Mobil ∙ Fannie Mae ∙ Ferguson EnterprisesFidelity Investments ∙ Fidelity Partners ∙ First Data ∙ Foot Locker ∙ Ford ∙ Formula One ∙ Fox News ∙ Freddie MacFreeport-McMoRan ∙ Gap ∙ General Dynamics ∙ GE ∙ GM ∙ Genuine Parts ∙ Genworth Financial ∙ Global PartnersGoldman Sachs ∙ Golf Channel ∙ Goodyear ∙ Google ∙ Graybar Electric ∙ Harris Williams ∙ Henry Schein ∙ Hershey Hilton ∙ Home Depot ∙ Honeywell ∙ Hourigan ∙ HP Humana ∙ Huntington Ingalls Industries ∙ IBM ICF ∙ Infrasafe ∙ Insight Enterprises ∙ Intel International Paper ∙ JEAR Logistics, LLC ∙ JPMorgan Chase James River Insurance Company Jefferies Group ∙ John Deere Johnson & Johnson Johnson Controls Jones Day ∙ Jones Financial Jones Lang LaSalle Joyner Fine Properties ∙ Kellogg Kinder Morgan ∙ Kinsale Insurance KPMG ∙ Kroger ∙ Lennar ∙ Lincoln Lockheed Martin Long & Foster ∙ Los Alamos National Lab Lyft ∙ ManTech International Markel ∙ The Martin Agency Marriott International ∙ Marsh & McLennan MassMutual ∙ Maximus ∙ MCI ∙ McKesson ∙ Mercedes-Benz ∙ Merck ∙ MetLife MicroBac Laboratories, Inc. ∙ Microsoft Morgan Stanley ∙ Mutual of Omaha Insurance ∙ National Association of Manufacturers ∙ Navy Federal Credit Union Netflix ∙ New York Life Insurance ∙ New York Times ∙ Newell Brands ∙ NextEra Energy ∙ Nike ∙ Norfolk Southern Northrop Grumman Northwestern Mutual ∙ NVR ∙ Osaic Wealth, Inc ∙ Oracle ∙ Owens & Minor Paramount Pictures ∙ Patient First Peace Corps ∙ Performance Food Group ∙ Pfizer ∙ PIEtech ∙ Politico ∙ PRA Group ∙ Procter & Gamble Progressive ∙ PwC ∙ Quest Diagnostics ∙ Ralph Lauren ∙ Raytheon ∙ RBC Regions Financial ∙ Reynolds American ∙ Riot Games RiverFront Investment Group ∙ S&P Global ∙ SAIC ∙ Scott Insurance ∙ Sentara Healthcare ∙ Serco ∙ Smithfield Foods Southwest Airlines ∙ Spectra Energy ∙ State Farm ∙ Steel Dynamics ∙ Stryker SunTrust ∙ Symantec Sysco ∙ Target ∙ Tenneco Thompson Hospitality ∙ Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy ∙ TIAA ∙ Time Warner ∙ Twenty-First Century Fox Under Armour ∙ UnitedHealth Group Universal Leaf ∙ Universal Studios ∙ UBS ∙ UPS ∙ US Chamber of Commerce ∙ US Department of Justice ∙ US Foreign Service US Congress ∙ US Marine Corps ∙ US Army ∙ US Navy ∙ Vencore ∙ Verizon ∙ VF ∙ Virginia Asset Management ∙ Virginia Credit Union ∙ Virginia State Police ∙ Waste Management ∙ Wells Fargo ∙ Williams Mullen ∙ Willis Towers Watson ∙ Wrangler Jeans ∙ Xcel Energy
Graduate and professional studies locations include:
Babson College ∙ Charleston Southern University ∙ Clayton State University ∙ College of William and Mary ∙ Eastern Virginia Medical School ∙ George Washington University ∙ Harvard Law School ∙ Jacksonville University School of Law ∙ Ohio State University ∙ Northwestern University ∙ North Carolina State University ∙ Radford University ∙ State University of New York System-Stony Brook University ∙ Texas A&M University ∙ University of Alabama ∙ University of Baltimore ∙ University of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign ∙ University of Lynchburg ∙ The University of Texas School of Law ∙ University of Virginia ∙ Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine ∙ Washington & Lee University