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2022-23 Lindner graduates secure jobs at record rate
Co-op participants earned more than $12.5M during last academic year
For the third successive academic year, Lindner undergraduate and graduate students achieved new records for job placement post-graduation.
Within three months of graduating from the Carl H. Lindner College of Business and the University of Cincinnati, 93% of 2022-23 undergraduate students secured employment, a 6.5% increase since 2018. The placement rate for graduate students (98%) was even higher.
Undergraduate students also sported an average starting salary of $61,137, a 7.5% climb from 2021-22. Graduate students’ starting salaries ($103,541) increased by 6% during the same period.
Leading co-op business school
During the 2022-23 academic year, 1,004 Lindner students participated in co-op, logging a total of 1,228 co-op placements across fall, spring and summer semesters. Collective earnings totaled to over $12.5 million.
“Lindner Career Services is student-focused, partner-powered and thought leader-driven,” said Sandra English, assistant dean of Career Services. “Our office continues to look for ideas, benchmarking and best practices that will aide us in leading co-op nationally.”
In fall 2023, Lindner implemented a new universal co-op program. Once fully enacted, all students will be required to complete a baseline of two co-ops, with the minimum number of paid, professional experiences needed depending on the student’s specific circumstances.
The Lindner Career Services team. Top row, left to right: Bella Gullia, Crystal Pfander, Brandon Prew, Weston Atchison, Susan Bailey, Calvin McDaniel, Kate Heustis and Holly Woods. Bottom row: Andy Wellendorf, Keith Sun, Sandra English, Michael Nuttle and Sharon Love. Not pictured: Antonique Flood.
Employer partners
2022-23 Lindner graduates were employed by an array of companies. Eighteen companies hired at least five undergraduate students: Fifth Third Bank, Kroger, Great American Insurance Group, Medpace, Divisions Maintenance Group, Procter & Gamble, Western & Southern, Total Quality Logistics, Cintas, Fidelity Investments, Deloitte, PNC Financial Services, EY, GE Aerospace, 84.51, The Cincinnati Insurance Companies, Fischer Homes and USI Insurance Services.
Thirteen companies hired or were the existing employers of at least five graduate students: the University of Cincinnati, Amazon, Procter & Gamble, Deloitte, Kroger, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Fifth Third Bank, EY, JPMorgan Chase, GE Aerospace, Great American Insurance Group, Capital One and Western & Southern.
Employment and co-op figures from the 2022-23 academic year were recently finalized through Career Services’ annual survey of student placement and co-op data.
Student recognition
The following Lindner students were recognized for their outstanding 2022-23 performance on professional assignments and co-op:
- Santiago Garcia, BBA ’23, Accounting
- Roan Zappanti, BBA ’23, Business Analytics
- Samuel Fischer, BBA ’22, Business Economics
- Joe Kroger, BA ’23, Economics
- Lucy Cruz, BBA ’23, Entrepreneurship
- Patrick McNamara, BBA ’23, Finance
- Jacob Bruening, BS ’23, Industrial Management
- Shirin Jain, BBA ’23, Information Systems
- Fatema Alyahya, BBA ’23, MS ’24, Insurance and Risk Management
- Georgia Croci, BBA ’23, International Business
- Alexandra Wasylenki, BBA ’23, Marketing
- Donovan Pugh, BBA ’23, Operations Management
- Max Murphy, BBA ’23, Real Estate
“Lindner Career Services serves as a critical component of the Lindner strategic plan of excellence and Dean Marianne Lewis’ commitment to experiential learning, career exploration and corporate partnerships — all of which continue to advance the center that connects employers with top student talent,” English said.
Featured image at top: Students in the Lindner Hall atrium. Photo by Lauren Meisberger.
Linking Top, Diverse Talent with Top Employers
Together with faculty, staff, industry professionals and UC alumni, Lindner Career Services enhances the professional acumen of Lindner students and fosters mutually beneficial relationships with employers. Get to know Career Services by connecting with a career coach or exploring the many resources available for students and employers.
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