Six months after graduating from Pomona College, 90% of the Class of 2025 is engaged in career activities such as jobs and internships, service opportunities, further education or fellowships, according to the latest First Destination Report.
Employers of Pomona’s newest alumni include Apple, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan, the Los Angeles Times, Microsoft, the National Cancer Institute (NIH), the National Park Service, the Peace Corps and Wells Fargo.
Careers in management consulting and financial services—positions not typically associated with a liberal arts education—account for 17% of the top industries represented.
“The Career Development Office (CDO) supported me throughout my time as a student, particularly as I navigated finance recruiting from a liberal arts background,” says David Arias ’25, an investment banking analyst with Wells Fargo. “They helped me refine my narrative, prepare for interviews, and think intentionally about next steps.”
In addition to jobs and internships, graduates are pursuing further education through programs at Harvard, Oxford, Princeton and Stanford universities, UC Berkeley, and the University of Michigan.
The Class of 2025 also received 41 total fellowships, including Pomona’s first Rhodes Scholarship since 2003. Shark Mutulili ’25 was the 13th Rhodes Scholar in College history and the second woman at Pomona to win the award.
After graduating with a degree in history, Emma Grace Howlett ’25 started her career as a congressional intern in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Now a legislative intern in the U.S. Senate, Howlett says Pomona’s liberal arts education—and an internship with the City of Claremont as a Sagehen Civic Scholar—prepared her well for her interdisciplinary, fast-paced and research-based role.
“I use my writing and critical thinking skills to deliver briefs and correspondence, conduct independent research to analyze bills on the House floor, and present findings to the legislative team,” she says. “These skills were developed while completing my senior history thesis. Working in a congressional office requires clear and proactive communication, which I learned by collaborating with classmates and professors.”
The First Destination Report highlights the career destinations of those who graduated between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025.
The College’s Career Development Office collects data through the end of the calendar year to reflect opportunities obtained by recent graduates following The National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards.