The Growing Rate: ORU Grads Now 97% Employed

97% is a huge number regardless of what one is measuring, but when it applies to ORU's post-graduation employment rate, it's a cause for celebration.

The University’s Student Success Office arrived at that number after examining the career paths of the graduating class of 2017. After an exhaustive survey, only 3% of ORU's 2017 graduates are still seeking employment. The remaining 97% are either employed or continuing their education in some way.

"We're ecstatic about this employment rate," says Sergio Matviuk, Associate Vice President of Student Success. "It's really a testament to the work our students do, as well as what we do as a university to make sure they succeed outside the walls of ORU."

Student Success credits the spike in job placement to a strategic effort to increase employment through ORU's Career Fair, with both a local and a regional focus, along with select national and international career opportunities.

In addition to their surge in employment rate, the 2017 graduating class started careers at a variety of prestigious companies, including Google, Apple, The Walt Disney Company, Verizon, Phillips 66, JP Morgan Chase, and Bank of America.

"Our numbers are good," says President William M. Wilson. "Our retention has gone up, our student success rate has gone up, our placement of students after graduation is at an all-time record high to where this year 97% of our graduates either obtained a job or are continuing their education, and that's against a national norm of 81%.”

"If you come to ORU, you're going to get a job."