Last May, the class of 2024 departed from the Hilltop with various ambitions, aspirations, and goals to shape their future. With these in mind, Saint Anselm College’s class of 2024 quickly found success in a post-graduate world. While some Anselmians knew their next steps before graduation others have found opportunities since crossing the commencement platform.
Of the graduating class, 99% are reported as being employed, pursuing further education, in the military, or volunteering. Of these, 81% are securely employed. Nine of the top 12 employers of Saint Anselm graduates were hospitals, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Tufts Medical Center. Other major employers of graduates included S&P Global, Fidelity Investments, and Saint Anselm College itself.
Among the 301 alumni who reported the location of their employment, 22% are working in New Hampshire, 56% in nearby Massachusetts, and 12% in other New England states. The remainder are scattered as far as Washington, Arizona, and even Ireland and Italy.
Seven graduates reported working for volunteer service organizations including Americorps, the Sitka Conservation Society, and Colorado Vincentian Volunteers. An additional four graduates are serving in the US Army or Navy.
Communications major Alex Costa ’24 is employed as an Associate at Chamber Hill Strategies in Washington, D.C. Her position deals with covering congressional events, MedPAC and MACPAC meetings, supporting client initiatives, and managing the MLTSS Partnership Program.
During her time at the Hilltop, Costa was an intern in the college’s communication office and later co-chair of the New Hampshire Institute of Politics (NHIOP) Student Ambassador Program. She credits Professor Jennifer Thorn, Ph.D., Professor Adam Walton and the NHIOP program itself as key resources at Saint Anselm that contributed to her success.
“Neil Levesque and Ann Camann were amazing mentors for me and really pushed me to network at Institute events and go out of my comfort zone,” says Costa, “It was also great exposure for me to already meet US Congressional members, so I wasn’t so intimidated in D.C. If I did not join the NHIOP program, I never would have moved to D.C.”
Costa is also applying to pursue a master's degree in health policy and administration.
Biology major Haley Portlock ’24 is pursuing further education at Tufts University to study veterinary medicine, emphasizing the impact her first dog Harper had upon herself and her family, particularly after her brother unfortunately passed away. She credits her mentors at Saint Anselm for her success, specifically her Pre-Health advisor Professor Carolyn Weinreb, Ph.D. and the professors she participated in research alongside, Professor Bill Ryerson, Ph.D. and Prof. Victoria DiBona, Ph.D.
“I was accepted to 7 different programs,” shares Portlock, “Including the #1 program for Veterinary Medicine in the world and while I worked extremely hard to get here, I could not have done it without the support of my peers and faculty advisors and mentors from St. A’s!”
Communications major Piper Bilich ’24 has secured a position as a research coordinator at Trane Technologies in Wilmington, MA. The job involves coordinating the dispatch of HVAC technicians to corporate sites and speaking with customers to schedule HVAC problems with technicians.
Physics major Mike Rochette ’24 is pursuing his Ph.D. in Physics: Applied Science at University of Colorado in Colorado Springs. He will also be working as a lab instructor for undergraduates while there. Rochette decided to pursue a doctorate after receiving advice from his mentor and co-workers during a research engineering internship at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. In the future, he wishes to do research and have a good baseline network, both of which are helped greatly by having a Ph.D.
“I received advice and help from all of my professors in the physics department,” says Rochette, “My advisor, Dr. Nicole Gugliucci, helped out the most by talking to me about the transition and workload it typically brings.”
Fourteen majors found that 100% of their graduates had jobs or were committed to graduate programs including: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry, Classical Archaeology, Community and Public Health, Computer Science Business, Forensic Science, Great Books, Health Sciences, International Relations, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Spanish, and Theology.