Measurable Success

• Typically, 95 percent of graduates are employed or pursuing graduate studies within six months of graduation. Providence College has many successful alumni, including Arthur F. Ryan, CEO of the Prudential Insurance Company of America; Robert C. Gallo, MD, founder and director of the Institute of Human Virology; Senator Christopher Dodd, a presidential candidate for 2008; and NBA Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens, former coach of the New York Knicks.

• The college’s career services office actively helps students throughout their time at Providence to prepare for joining the workforce. Career services staff maintain a database of about seven hundred internships, coordinate career shadowing and networking programs, and conduct numerous workshops to prepare students for employment or graduate school.

• More than forty-five thousand Providence College alumni extend the reach of the college community to every corner of the nation and to many countries throughout the world. The ongoing support and involvement of alumni is strong, and the donor participation rate is among the highest in the country.