Placements in jobs and graduate schools
Careers and Placement for Business Graduates
According to a recent NACE Job Outlook, over half of the top 10 majors in demand were in business. Over 97% of WWU business majors are placed in jobs or graduate schools within 12 months of graduation.
Graduates get excellent jobs in many fields:
- Accounting: Fraud investigator, financial planner, tax consultant, auditor, corporate accountant, budget manager, public accountant (CPA)
- Entrepreneurship: Cutting-edge start-up, innovative venture, small-business owner and/or manager
- Finance: Investment advisor, retirement planner, financial manager, banker, insurance or real estate professional
- Management: human resources, operations, department managers, executives
- Marketing: Advertising, public relations, marketing management, sales, consumer behavior, market research
- Global Development: Disaster relief, development specialist, NGO manager, country director
- Information Systems: Computer support, network administration, database management, web maintenance
- Automotive management: shop service manager or technician
- Aviation Management: Pilot or aviation service manager
Graduates have been employed in a variety of organizations, such as:
- Investment Banker, JP Morgan Chase, New York
- CFO, Starbucks Headquarters, Seattle
- Finance Director, Walt Disney Company
- Senior Manager, Corporate Financial Planning, Walmart Headquarters
- Executive Director, UBS Investment Bank, New York
- President/CEO, Bank of Idaho
- CEO, Boeing Company, Parts Division, Seattle
- CFO, Washington Hospital
- Director of Online Marketing, One Planet Ops.com
- VP of Finance, Walla Walla Community College
- Staff Editor, Entertainment Weekly, New York
- Sales Management, Twitter
- Director of Operations, Olo.com, Seattle
- Analyst, Columbia Sportswear Co.
- Chief Judge, Washington State Court of Appeals, Div. III
- VP of Financial Counseling, Goldman Sachs/Ayco
- VP of Communications, Seattle Symphony
- Product Manager, Google/Fitbit
- Founder/President, Campground Automation Systems
- CEO/Founder, Pocketinet Communications
- Director of Business Management, Microsoft
- Vice President, Watertower Group, Venture Capital
- President/CEO, Adventist Health System
- President & CEO, Risk Underwriting, Inc., New York
- Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Portland OR
- Assistant Vice President, Baker Boyer Bank
- General Manager, KEEH/104.9 Spokane
- Fashion Manager, Forever 21, Los Angeles
- Financial Analyst, Tripwire.com, Portland OR
- Senior Portfolio Manager, Russell Investments, Seattle
- Senior Executive, Life Care Centers of America
- CFO, Ryonet Corp., Vancouver, WA
- Senior Counsel, Morrison & Foerster Attorneys, Los Angeles
- Financial Advisor, Cetera Networks
- President/CEO, Florida Hospital
- President, Providence Alaska Foundation
- President/CEO, Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Partner, KPMG, Seattle WA
- Partner, Deloitte, Ohio
- Vice President, Thompson & Associates, Planned Giving Consultants
- CFO, Aquameta, Software Development, Seattle
- Honorary Consulate, Republic of Philippines in Palau; Executive VP, Surangel & Sons
- Founder/Chairman, Generations Senior Housing
- Attorney, Tamaki Law
- CFO, Manchester Memorial Hospital
- Director of Projects, Maranatha Volunteers International
- Corporate Director of Financial Performance, Adventist Health
- Business Operations Manager, Boeing, Seattle
- Attorney, Social Security Administration
- CFO, AdventHealth
- VP of Marketing, Key Technology
- Legislative Director, U.S. House of Representatives
- Manager, Commercial Real Estate, Wilson Group
- President/CEO, Shady Grove Medical Center
Alums have been accepted into many graduate programs, including:
- UW Foster School of Business
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- UCLA Anderson School of Management
- Harvard Law School
- Claremont Graduate University, Drucker School of Management
- Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
- University of Virginia, Darden School of Business
- Dartmouth University Tuck School of Business
- IMD Business School, Switzerland
- UC Davis Graduate School of Management
- Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business
- University of Rochester, Simon Business School
- Oxford University Said Business School
- University of Minnesota Carson School of Management
- University of Michigan Ross School of Business
- Washington State University Carson College of Business
- University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business
- Gonzaga University School of Business
- Willamette University School of Law
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
- Loma Linda University School of Medicine