Life After Marywood

A good graduate education will advance your life. It will enable you to get a promotion, make a better living, move to the next level…achieve something you could not otherwise do.

Career Services

Marywood’s Career Services Office provides essential resources for graduate students as they pursue professional goals beyond graduation. Technologically sophisticated software and experienced career advisors help students craft a focused plan for fulfilling their ambitions. The many resources available to students include:

• Career Workshops
• Mock Interviews
• On-campus Recruitment by Major Employers
• Electronic Databases
• Alumni Career Network
• University Job Announcement Service

Outcomes of a Marywood Graduate Degree

At Marywood, our committment goes beyond helping you earn a degree. Whatever your career path, with a Marywood degree you will be well equipped to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future. Marywood graduates are distinguished by their professional accomplishments, ethics, and consistent strength of character. These qualities prepare Marywood graduates to earn positions of leadership while gaining the respect of their colleagues.

Some employers who have hired Marywood graduates include:

• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Federal Judicial Center, U.S. Government
• Lord & Taylor
• MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Merrill Lynch
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
• Prudential Financial
• Sanofi Pasteur
• U.S. Probation Service
• Plus school psychologists, reading specialists, and
  educators are employed in school districts across the nation

Earning Power…by the Degree

Just six percent of people in the United States earn a master’s degree; even fewer—2.5 percent—earn a Ph.D. or professional degree. Those who earn advanced degrees become part of a select group with increased opportunities for career advancement, personal enrichment, professional achievement, community leadership, and financial rewards. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, mean income increased as follows in 2005:

Individual figures are for workers over 18; household figures are for householders aged 25 and above.