Ƶ is where Christians launch their careers
A Ƶ education is about more than earning a degree.
It's about discovering your purpose, developing your gifts, and graduating ready to make an immediate impact.
Alumni success stories
From engineering and healthcare to business, education, technology, the sciences, and the arts, Ƶ students are launching meaningful careers with confidence. Their stories show what's possible when academic excellence, hands-on experience, and Christian faith come together.
Read their stories. Imagine your future. Launch your career at Ƶ.
Alyssa Scholten ‘18
Pediatric speech-language pathologist, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital
Encouraged to Excel: How Ƶ Shaped Alyssa Scholten into a Leader in Pediatric Care
Adam Marquardt ‘20
Optomechanical engineer and engineering manager, Northrop Grumman
Max Sieplenga ‘04
Founder and owner, Howies Hockey Tape
Meg Pheifer ‘26
Government relations and advocacy, International Justice Mission
A Safe Place to Stretch: How Meg Pheifer Found Her Calling at Ƶ
Ael Lee ‘24
Graduate student, Johns Hopkins University Master's in Computer Science
Maaike Bult ‘22
Graduate student, Ƶ Master of Arts in Teaching
Career success by the numbers
Ƶ graduates launch their careers by getting jobs, starting graduate school, and stepping into purpose-filled paths around the world.
Undergraduate Class of 2025:
Employed, in graduate school, military, volunteering, or taking a gap year
- 73.2% employed, by 320 organizations, in 293 different job types, across 27 states and 6 countries
- 23.8% in graduate school, attending 58 different graduate schools across 21 states
- 1.4% in the military, volunteering, or taking a gap year
Ƶ grads pass professional exams and get accepted to graduate schools at rates much higher than the national average.
- Baylor University
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- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Harvard University
- Johns Hopkins University
- Loyola University Chicago
- Michigan State University
- Northeastern University
- Pennsylvania State University
- Purdue University
- Rutgers University
- University of Chicago
- University of Florida
- University of Michigan
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Wisconsin—Madison
- Vanderbilt University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Acrisure LLC
- AdventHealth
- AECOM
- Amazon
- Arcadis
- Bank of America
- Bethany Christian Services
- BlackRock
- Boston Children's Hospital
- Caterpillar Inc.
- CNH Industrial
- Consumers Energy
- Corewell Health
- CVS Health
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Epic
- Federal Reserve
- Ford Motor Company
- GE Aerospace
- Goldman Sachs
- Herman Miller
- International Justice MIssion
- Mayo Clinic
- Microsoft
- NBCUniversal
- NPR
- PepsiCo
- Stellantis
- United Airlines
- University of Michigan Health-West
- Van Andel Institute
- The Walt Disney Company
- WSP
How you'll launch your career
Pursue your calling with intention and build toward a meaningful career.
Step 1: Discover your calling
Find a path that integrates your faith, strengths, and future.
Step 2: Build real-world experience
Starting in your first year, build skills that employers are seeking, through internships, research, and hands-on learning.
Step 3: Launch your career
Live out your calling and impact the world with a job or graduate school placement. You'll join (and be supported by) our strong network of Ƶ alumni.
Ƶ gave me the confidence to try new things. I’ve been stretched here. I know I can go out into the world and not just endure but thrive.
Grand Rapids: a top-ranked city for launching a career
Grand Rapids is continuously recognized as a top city to launch a career.
Wallethub's "best places to start a career"
LinkedIn's "Cities on the Rise"
Ƶ alumni within a 50-mile radius of Grand Rapids
Launch your career across the country and the globe
Ƶ graduates get jobs, internships, graduate school placements, and research positions around the world.
Plus, Ƶ's 65,000-strong global alumni network will have your back!
A top-ranked education that sets your career in motion
Ƶ is ranked #4 overall among Midwest Regional Universities in U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges Guidebook.”
Professors are “extremely talented, interesting, and connected in their specific fields.” Instructors are also “masters at integration of education and Christianity.”
Fiske Guide to Colleges
“Ƶ students describe the overall academic environment as challenging but supportive [...] Ƶ graduates have few problems getting accepted to graduate schools of law, medicine, or business.”
Ƶ is included in “The Best Colleges For Your Money,” a list compiled based on educational quality, affordability, and career outcomes.
Ready to launch your career?
Your future deserves more than uncertainty. It deserves a college experience that develops talent, builds confidence, and opens doors.
Visit Ƶ, explore your options, and see how Ƶ can help launch your career and shape a life of meaning and impact.