Arts & Communication

Axios Media Trends

Axios Media Trends is a weekly newsletter focused on the business, technology, and cultural shifts driving the digital media ecosystem.

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Self-Directed Courses

This course library houses free and low-cost online training programs tailored for journalists, media professionals, students, and educators worldwide.

Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (often referred to as PW) is the primary news source and trade publication for the global book publishing …

Axios Communicators

Axios Communicators is a weekly newsletter focused on the key topics, trends, and strategies shaping the modern communications industry.

Assistants vs. Agents

Assistants vs. Agents (AvA) is a media, newsletter, and career platform built for young professionals, assistants, and early-career individuals working …

Dispatches from the Future of Museums

Dispatches from the Future of Museums (published by the American Alliance of Museums’ Center for the Future of Museums) collects …

Full Networking How-To Guide

New to networking? Start with the Beginner Networking How-To Guide to build your foundation.

Looking for more advanced strategies? Review …

Axios Media Trends

Axios Media Trends is a weekly newsletter focused on the business, technology, and cultural shifts driving the digital media ecosystem.

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Self-Directed Courses

This course library houses free and low-cost online training programs tailored for journalists, media professionals, students, and educators worldwide.

Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (often referred to as PW) is the primary news source and trade publication for the global book publishing …

Axios Communicators

Axios Communicators is a weekly newsletter focused on the key topics, trends, and strategies shaping the modern communications industry.

Assistants vs. Agents

Assistants vs. Agents (AvA) is a media, newsletter, and career platform built for young professionals, assistants, and early-career individuals working …

Full Networking How-To Guide

New to networking? Start with the Beginner Networking How-To Guide to build your foundation.

Looking for more advanced strategies? Review …

Axios Media Trends

Axios Media Trends is a weekly newsletter focused on the business, technology, and cultural shifts driving the digital media ecosystem.

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Self-Directed Courses

This course library houses free and low-cost online training programs tailored for journalists, media professionals, students, and educators worldwide.

Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (often referred to as PW) is the primary news source and trade publication for the global book publishing …

Axios Communicators

Axios Communicators is a weekly newsletter focused on the key topics, trends, and strategies shaping the modern communications industry.

Assistants vs. Agents

Assistants vs. Agents (AvA) is a media, newsletter, and career platform built for young professionals, assistants, and early-career individuals working …

Full Networking How-To Guide

New to networking? Start with the Beginner Networking How-To Guide to build your foundation.

Looking for more advanced strategies? Review …

Axios Media Trends

Axios Media Trends is a weekly newsletter focused on the business, technology, and cultural shifts driving the digital media ecosystem.

Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas Self-Directed Courses

This course library houses free and low-cost online training programs tailored for journalists, media professionals, students, and educators worldwide.

Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly (often referred to as PW) is the primary news source and trade publication for the global book publishing …

Axios Communicators

Axios Communicators is a weekly newsletter focused on the key topics, trends, and strategies shaping the modern communications industry.

Assistants vs. Agents

Assistants vs. Agents (AvA) is a media, newsletter, and career platform built for young professionals, assistants, and early-career individuals working …

First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

Find career data by selecting keywords Keyword Search

or, by filtering for industry and occupation Industry Search

Type in a keyword to select a relevant occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)

GoinGlobal

Conduct a search for jobs and internships abroad and read the specific country guides to learn where to search for …

Big Interview

Big Interview is an online platform that combines training AND practice to help improve your interview technique and build your …

Interstride

Interstride is an interactive career platform designed to enhance the career exploration and job-search experience for international students. Create an …

Toggle charts

Each year, the Loeb Center for Career Exploration and Planning at Amherst College conducts a first-destination survey with graduates asking about their first steps six months after graduation. The responses we collect help future students prepare for their career and post-graduation goals.

The following information represents outcomes data collected by the Loeb Center in accordance with the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards. Our knowledge rate was 91% for the class of 2025, 90% for the class of 2024, 85% for the class of 2023, 89% for the class of 2022, 90% for the class of 2021, 91% for the class of 2020, and 93% for the class of 2019. Knowledge rate includes data collected through surveys, employers, staff, fellow graduates, LinkedIn profiles, or other online sources.

First Destination

Mammoths pursue an array of plans after graduation. This graph depicts what recent graduates do within six months after degree completion.

Employment Locations

Amherst graduates can be found all over the nation and the globe.

United States

World

Top Universities

A sampling of graduate schools/professional schools attended by Amherst graduates.

Degree Types

Amherst graduates pursue a variety of educational options after degree completion.

Fields of Study

Only a small percentage of Amherst alumni attend graduate programs directly after graduation, but most do eventually attend graduate school, most commonly 3 to 5 years later. Of the group that do matriculate immediately, there is a range of fields of study represented.