Outcomes
The world approaches.
We’ll get you ready.
Life is a series of important decisions. At Colby you’ll never have to make them alone. Whether picking classes in your first year, choosing a major, finding the perfect internship, or nailing your dream job interview, you’ll be guided by advisors who know you, professors who believe in you, and career counselors with the knowledge and connections to get you ready for the big stage.
Since its inception in 2017, DavisConnects has provided more than $6M for student internships, research opportunities, and global experiences.
This sampling of internships gives a sense of the opportunities that can complement any major or career path:
Art Institute of Chicago | Bank of America | Cincinnati Children’s Hospital | General Electric | Goldman Sachs | Hearst Magazines | IBM | Library of Congress | Maine Film Center | Major League Baseball | Merrill Lynch | NBCUniversal | PepsiCo | Prudential Financial | Smithsonian Institution | Swarovski | TD Securities | The Atlantic | The Nature Conservancy | Wayfair | WGBH Boston
Colby is a springboard,
offering networks and experiences
that help our graduates start their lives after college with a strong sense of purpose and considerable momentum.
Advising for Graduate and Professional Schools
Expert guidance.
Compelling experience.
Meaningful access.
Alumni Outcomes
The extraordinary value of the Colby education—and the power of its reputation in the world—is seen in the successes enjoyed by our graduates. Colby alumni find early opportunities in careers and graduate school and go on to lead, build, shape, and excel in every profession, field, and industry.
Rising stars. Emerging leaders.
The faces of the future.
“We were really fortunate to get the support of tech founders and foundations who, clearly, understand that software scales and software is an incredibly powerful tool to change systems.”
“Professor Tarja Raag really gave me skills like critical thinking. When I see a problem, I learn as much as I can. And I talk to people, and then my immediate thought is, ‘What is the thing I can do now?’”
“Growing up in an economically disadvantaged community, one doesn’t have much opportunity. Being at Colby, there was a huge amount of possibility. It was doing experimental research as an undergraduate that was transformative for me.”
“I definitely got a lot more biology experience working here with cancer cells and also being able to see in real time how the chemicals that I make affect them.”
“You can’t just be in math classes all the time. You have to take language classes and learn to communicate ideas effectively. My Colby computer science degree helped me right off the bat. It’s the type of thing where you can just get thrown into a new situation and adapt.”
Colby students enjoy consistent success — across a remarkable array of industries.
Employers for the Classes of 2018-20 include:
Amazon | Barclays Capital | Boston Red Sox | Citigroup | Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Department of Justice | Gagosian Gallery | Goldman Sachs | Google | Massachusetts General Hospital | Microsoft | Penguin Random House | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Teach for America | Tesla | The Jackson Laboratory | Vox Global
Approximately 60% of Colby alumni attend graduate or professional school, including many of the nation’s most respected programs.
Graduate and professional schools attended by recent Colby graduates include:
Brown | Cambridge | Carnegie Mellon | Columbia | Cornell | Dartmouth | Duke | Emory | Georgetown | Harvard | Johns Hopkins | London School of Economics | MIT | Northwestern | NYU | Oxford | Princeton | Stanford | Tufts | Berkeley | UCLA | University of Chicago | University of Michigan | University of Pennsylvania | University of Virginia | Vanderbilt | Yale
Your insider guide to the
Colby community.
