Career Focus

• The average starting salary for a Stevens 2012 graduate is $62,850.
• Many student internships lead directly to permanent placement upon graduation.
• Top companies recruit heavily at Stevens. They know the value that a Stevens graduate brings to their organization.
• 39% of the graduating Class of 2012 chose from more than one job offer.

With cooperative education, internships and undergraduate research opportunities, virtually 100% of Stevens students get the real-life experience they need to hit the ground running in the workforce or in graduate school.

At Stevens, we believe that the best way to learn is to take your lessons from the classroom and apply them to situations in the real world, challenging you to devise working solutions to problems that professionals in your field face every day. The best way to accomplish this? To offer you every opportunity to learn from the people who do the work you aspire to do.

Experiential Learning

Cooperative Education

The premier form of pre-professional development, Cooperative Education is the hands-on experience with state-of-the-art technologies, taking what you learn from our faculty in the classroom and applying it in the workplace. It's working alongside professionals in business or industry. A unique academically-based program that allows you to gain valuable work experience before you graduate, Stevens' co-op program has both four- and five-year options. Currently, 40 percent of Stevens Institute of Technology undergraduates participate in the program, using their academic preparation to solve real-world problems and create innovative products.

The theory-practice approach of the Stevens programs differs from that of other institutions, because at Stevens you alternate semesters of classroom study with full-time semesters of paid, professional employment that is directly related to your major field of study and your career goals. By blending the two, you get the best of both worlds – outstanding academic preparation and impressive hands-on experience – to yield an education unlike any other.

This year, a Stevens senior was named Co-op Student of the Year by the New Jersey Cooperative Education and Internship Association.

Internships

Stevens is extremely successful in connecting students to summer internships with many of the world's leading companies. Our Office of Career Development has relationships with hundreds of companies who recruit Stevens students precisely because our rigorous, one-of-a-kind training has a proven record for helping companies achieve their corporate goals.

At Stevens, you have the opportunity to take on a challenging paid internship in a professional position the summer after your freshman year. Thanks to our partnerships with Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, you'll start building a network of colleagues and take what you've learned in the classroom onto the job site, where you will gain experience and build an impressive resume.

Research

Research opportunities at Stevens are numerous, as our faculty members are constantly working on new, exciting projects in their areas of specialization. Students at Stevens are able to get involved in this research as early as the summer after their first year, a relatively rare opportunity at the undergraduate level.

Outcomes: Class of 2012

Industry Breakdown

Stevens graduates go on to successful careers across many industry sectors. Industries that welcomed the Class of 2012 include:

Graduate and Professional School

17% of the Class of 2012 chose to continue their education.

14% of the Class of 2012 are entering Ph.D programs directly from their undergraduate studies, a 6% increase over 2011.

Ph.D Programs

• NYU - Chemistry
• NYU Stern School of Business - Information Systems
• Northeastern University - Structural Engineering
• Stevens Institute of Technology - Computer Science
• Stony Brook University - Physics and Astronomy
• University of California, Irvine - Organic Chemistry
• University of Arizona - Physiology
• University of Minnesota - Mechanical Engineering and Energy Systems
• Vanderbilt University - Philosophy

Medical School

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Dental School

• University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey

Law School

• Columbia University Law School
• New England Law School
• Seton Hall Law School

Master's Degree Programs

• Columbia University - Applied Physiology
• Hunter College - Music Composition
• Montclair State University - Biology with Physiology concentration
• Rutgers University - Biochemical Engineering
• Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Business Intelligence and Analytics
  • Chemical Biology
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Construction Management
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering Management
  • Financial Engineering
  • Information Systems
  • Management
  • Maritime Systems
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Networked Information Systems
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Practices
  • Project Management
  • Pure and Applied Mathematics 

• University College of Dublin - International Business
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Oral Biology
• University of Southern California - Transportation Engineering
• University of Texas at Austin - Mechanical Engineering
• Yale University - MBA (Silver Scholars Program)