A few places you’ll find Calvin grads
Our grads land jobs at places like Google, the United Nations, and Lockheed Martin in their first year out of school. We’re not surprised. At Calvin, they had opportunities to research alongside faculty, lead student organizations, be mentored by the best and travel the world.
You can expect great things from your investment in Calvin.
With an average class size of 24, faculty committed to your development, plus leadership opportunities on campus and off, you’ll step into a connected community that’s ready for you.
45%
of Calvin students graduate with no debt
99.6%
of 2022 grads report being professionally employed or in grad school
100+
academic programs at Calvin University
Step onto campus, step into opportunities
Really. During orientation, you’ll meet with your faculty adviser and together you’ll chart your path through Calvin’s comprehensive liberal arts curriculum.
LIFEWORK
Discover what life after college looks like. Our innovative Calvin LifeWork program will give you skills for success in a future infused with God’s plans. We believe in this program.
FUTURE FRAMEWORK
Everything we do at Calvin University is grounded in an educational framework. Our purpose extends way beyond “job readiness.” We’ve thought through how you’ll be ready for a life of faithfulness.
CAREER CENTER
Maybe you have no idea what your future holds or maybe you need help jumpstarting your dream job. Whatever the case, our Career Center can thoughtfully and prayerfully guide you and provide the tools you need for the future.
VALUABLE EXPERIENCE
With hundreds of on-campus jobs and research opportunities, countless internships in Grand Rapids, and a well-connected faculty and staff, your resume will thank you.
You’ll catch a vision at Calvin.
It’s a vision for the renewal of the world and how your life of faith, learning, and action is a piece of that renewal. Our alumni are doing this every day—unleashing their fresh ideas for Christ’s kingdom in every field all over the world.
With our 100+ programs, your passion becomes your life’s work
Our grads are blazing trails in every field. Our alumni are entrepreneurs, researchers, pastors, doctors, storytellers, artists, lawyers, social workers, engineers, teachers, musicians, journalists, and computer programmers. Read their stories and see your future self among them.
A SPHERE JUST FOR YOU
Business
Think big—your future is more than just a career. A mix of classes, real-world learning, leadership development opportunities, and global study will empower you to see business as a powerful tool to cultivate a better world for Christ.
Communication & media
Learn to think critically, build a team, organize ideas, and present them to the world. These skills will serve you long after you’ve graduated from Calvin, in businesses, schools, media companies, and the nonprofit world.
Stage Managing from Calvin to NYC
She’s using her liberal arts education as a stage manager in New York City.
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Calvin College alum wins Pulitzer Prize at 23
Identifying skills, gifts, and passions was what led to his prize-winning career.
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Every picture tells a story
“Calvin had the most impressive filmmaking resources of any of the schools I visited.”
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Communication
Education
Become a well-rounded educator who’s able to teach students of all backgrounds, abilities, and personalities. You will come away from your Calvin education able to be a significant role model in a child’s life—and you will make a difference in the world, one life at a time.
From college to elementary school
A kinesiology graduate with an emphasis in physical education, Alivia made PE courses boost school performance.
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Going where God leads
Special education training allows her to help students from every grade.
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Bringing philanthropy to his hometown
His involvement at Calvin led to a position as a CEO of a foundation.
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A Renewed Perspective on People
She uses different support methods to help students that are struggling.
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Education | Graduate Studies in Education | Science Education Studies
Fine arts
Cultivate excellence in your craft as you look for wonder everywhere. And blaze trails with your own work as you catch a vision for how the arts can help the world recover a lost sense of loveliness and justice.
La La Alumnus: Kiff Vanden Heuvel
A '97 graduate, Kiff plays a minor role in the awardwinning film La La Land.
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A hunger for justice
Using her art degree as a nonprofit director to help in a broken world.
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Humanities
Engage in the rich, often messy, reality we face in the created order. Studying the humanities will give you a unique perspective that is valuable to employers in fields as diverse as marketing, Web design, teaching, archeology and journalism.
Jen Vos ’12, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
A museum internship led to a job as a Digital Technician.
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A Confident Pursuit of Interests Over Careers
She studied English and linguistics at Calvin, and now she’s working as a writer and editor.
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Uniting Illinois with Talk Show Education and Conversation
Philosophy and psychology major is now a public radio talk show host.
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Learn more about:
Congregational and Ministry Studies | Economics | English | History | Philosophy | Religion
Languages & cultures
Glimpse the richness of God’s kingdom, seeing his truth displayed in another culture’s language, linguistics, literature, psychology and theology.
Providing protection
He helps children looking for protection after they have fled their country.
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Building community in Honduras
Supporting a school and its families, she helps address poverty struggles.
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From Learning Japanese to Teaching in Japan
“My work is highly rewarding and I have grown so much as a person since I moved here.”
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Learn more about:
Asian Studies | Chinese | Classics | Dutch | French | German | Global Studies | International Development Studies | Japanese | Spanish
Science, technology, engineering & mathematics
Look closely, discern well and discover much in this wonderful universe the Creator has entrusted to our care. Delve into everything from the expansion of the universe to the tiniest microorganisms, from cutting-edge CAD to studies of the environment.
Dressing up Anna and Elsa
A focus on many educational areas came together in a digital career.
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Walking Boldly: Lauren Manck
She’s researching the ecosystem in the West Antarctic Peninsula.
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Learn more about:
Biology | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Computer Science | Engineering | Geology, Geography and Environmental Studies | Kinesiology | Mathematics and Statistics | Nursing | Physics and Astronomy | Pre-Professional Health | Science Education Studies | Speech Pathology and Audiology
Social sciences
Integrate a deeply Christian worldview with research-based academic exploration—and be agents of renewal in our fallen world. Balance science, faith and practice as you ultimately work for change around the world.
Engaging the Church in Global Justice Through Media
Director of Micah Challenge worked on film that focuses on climate change.
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Morgan Mansa ’07, working towards affordable housing
Sometimes just one college class can change a life direction.
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Walking Boldly: Brianna Marshall
She studied Spanish and social work and is now with the Peace Corps in Guatemala.
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Help for the Alzheimer’s family
A psychology major, he explore the interplay of faith and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Learn more about:
Global Studies | International Development Studies | Political Science | Psychology | Social Work | Sociology
Three words you’ll hear around Calvin: “Every square inch”
The idea is that we become Christ’s hands and feet, ready to go out to every square inch of this earth to bring his redemption and healing to all. But this isn’t just a static concept we talk about in a classroom—it’s a way of life here in Grand Rapids and all over the world.