The Benefit of Honors
St. Mary’s College of Maryland students are taught to think critically, carefully, and thoroughly — skills valued highly by employers. In fact, 74% of employers recommend a liberal arts education as the best way to prepare for success in today’s global economy.
Career Outcomes
The Career Outcomes Rate is calculated from the percentage of students (class of 2022) who are either employed, continuing their education, engaged in a gap year program, or serving in the military within an average of 6 months after graduation. Learn more about our institution.
![SMCM has a 94% Career Outcome rate, eight percentage points higher than the national average, pie graph image](https://s7445.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pie-graph-v0a.png)
96%
SMCM has a 96% Career Outcome rate
![28% of graduates continued their education within first six months](https://s7445.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pie-graph-v1b.png)
28%
28% of graduates continued their education within first six months / schools listed below
![66% of grads were employed or in a service/gap year position within 6 months](https://s7445.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/pie-graph-v2a.png)
67%
67% of grads were employed or in a service/gap year position within 6 months / employers listed below
Top Industries
Education
Healthcare
Government/Politics
Business/Finance
Research
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Graduate Schools
American University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, University of Cambridge, University College Dublin, University of Chicago, University of Maryland (UMD) College Park, University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt University, Rice University, Salisbury University, Yale University
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Top Employers
Apple Inc., AstraZeneca, Booz Allen Hamilton, BNY Mellon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Defense, Department of the Navy, Department of State, Discovery Channel, GlaxoSmithKline, JP Morgan, Kennedy Krieger Institute, KBR, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Microsoft, National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, National Park Service, Northrop Grumman, Ulman Cancer Fund, Smithsonian, Wolf Pack Theatre Company
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