Prospective Students
Your Path to Success Begins Here... As a prospective student, you may be wondering how Brandeis will help prepare you for your future career. At the Hiatt Career Center, we empower students to explore their passions, gain real-world experience, and confidently pursue their goals.
Our career hubs offer comprehensive resources for career exploration, internships, and job searches across diverse industries. With personalized career advising, extensive career resources, alumni mentoring, career fairs, and more than 250 career-focused events each year, we equip students with the tools they need to navigate their unique career journeys.
Whether you have a clear direction, a few interests you’re eager to explore, or are unsure where to begin, our dedicated team is here to guide and support you every step of the way.
As a liberal arts institution, Brandeis helps students build a strong foundation in critical thinking while exploring their interests broadly and deeply. That is why “career” is about more than just finding one job or making a single decision—it is about developing the skills and confidence to pursue meaningful opportunities throughout your life.
Find Where Brandeisians Go
Brandeis graduates are hired by top employers in a variety of sectors and industries. Employers connect with students through classes, workshops and programs, networking events, treks, job postings, career fairs, and virtual events.
Top Employers Hiring Brandeis Students 
Within six months of graduation, nearly 98% of Brandeis graduates are employed, in graduate school or engaged in other meaningful activities year after year.
Brandeis graduates consistently meet or outperform their peers on nationally reported surveys of similar institutions.
| Brandeis 3-Year Average | 3-Year Average of Peer Institutions | |
|---|---|---|
|
Employed |
57% |
60% |
|
Graduate School |
44% |
24% |
|
Seeking |
3% |
13% |
Graduate Schools
Brandeis graduates are admitted to top graduate and professional programs worldwide. About one-third of Brandeis graduates pursue graduate school immediately after graduation, with top programs in biological and physical sciences, financial services and banking, and management.
Sample Graduate Schools and Programs
We support students in all fields of study, providing dedicated advising for those pursuing law through our pre-law advisor and collaborating closely with Brandeis Pre-Health Advising to assist students interested in healthcare professions.
Explore Outcomes
Our Beyond Brandeis pages feature interactive dashboards that allow you to explore students' first destinations after Brandeis.
Internships & Experiential Opportunities
Brandeis students make the most of the summer with a wide-range of career-building activities.
Career Happens Everywhere at Brandeis
Utilizing Hiatt’s Career Hubs and Affinity Groups students have the opportunity to explore resources across industries and interests with members of the career team.
We work to integrate stakeholders on and off-campus into our career hubs, working with students, alumni, faculty, staff, community partners, and employers.
Faculty Support
Across campus, Hiatt connects students with alumni, faculty, staff, and employers who support their career preparation. Hiatt recognizes nearly 200 Brandeis Career Heroes—faculty and staff members nominated by students for their significant contributions to students' professional and career goals.
Alumni Support
Brandeis boasts a strong, connected, and supportive alumni network dedicated to helping current students achieve their career aspirations. The Rise Together Mentor Network provides a virtual space for students to build confidence in their networking skills and connect with alumni mentors.
Clubs & Organizations
Students gain hands-on experience through classrooms, labs, and research projects across campus. Additionally, campus clubs, organizations, and athletics offer valuable opportunities to develop transferable skills that employers highly value.
Hiatt Career Team
Hiatt helps students identify their goals and provides the tools they need to achieve them.
The Hiatt career team includes professional staff members, industry-specific graduate assistants, and peer Hiatt Advisors. Committed to fostering an inclusive environment, Hiatt ensures that all Brandeis students have access to career support. Students can typically meet with a professional staff member within a week for career exploration discussions or connect with a Hiatt Advisor the same day for a resume review. Nearly half of all first- and second-year students engage with the career team, and Brandeis alumni have access to Hiatt’s services for life.
Explore our Career Team to learn more about the professionals dedicated to supporting student's career journeys.