They’re getting graduate degrees from top universities. They’re hitting career highs with tech leaders and NFL teams. And they’re wowing audiences at renowned performing arts venues like Lincoln Center. With LAUNCH, our grads are ready for anything because during their time at Drew they expand their horizons and connect with what they learn in class. While they're here, they ground themselves in a tree-filled, close-knit campus and learn to think beyond borders. And it all means they leave with practical skills, real experience, and a community they can call on. Take a look at just some of the places where LAUNCH could lead you.
Drew grads are building brilliant futures.
Surefire Success
You’ll also rack up at least two fully immersive, resume-ready experiences before you graduate. We guarantee it. Think internships, high-level research, and volunteer work that makes a real, measurable difference. And you’ll do it all in a community that has your back and is rooting for your success.
Drew has opened the door to many new opportunities for me through experiential learning, networking opportunities, and leadership development. The connections I've made with students, professors, coaches and alums have helped launch my career in finance while continuing my education here at Drew. ”
Our recent alums are employed by organizations like:
Amazon
American Museum of Natural History
Apple
Bloomberg
CNN
Deloitte
Google
Lincoln Center
Merrill Lynch
Metropolitan Opera
Michael Kors
Morgan Stanley
MTV
New England Patriots
Pfizer
Roche
Samsung
Smithsonian Institution
Sony
TD Bank
Teach for America
Verizon
Walt Disney Company
City Semesters
Immerse yourself in a major world city for a full semester, with Drew professors and classmates at your side. With our semester-long city programs, you earn academic credit while gaining exclusive access to rarefied professional realms.
London
Live, study—and even work!—in London. Navigate British life (from your flat to the pub to the Tube) and complete 16 credits across a wide selection of courses and internships.
Learn More About our London Programs
New York
Spend two days a week in the city, in classes taught on site by faculty experts and industry leaders.
COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA
Meet the Madison Avenue message makers: publishers, broadcasters, advertisers, filmmakers, digital media creators and more.
CONTEMPORARY ART
Discuss business and creativity with gallery owners, museum curators and working artists in their own work spaces.
MUSEUMS AND CULTURAL MANAGEMENT
Go behind the scenes with professionals at the Museum of Modern Art, The Met, the 9/11 Memorial, and more to sample the many culture-centric careers.
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Speak with and work alongside social change organizations that address issues such as inequality, poverty, conflict, the environment and human rights.
THEATRE
Collaborate with a major NYC professional theater company to produce and perform an original performance piece.
UNITED NATIONS
Have a front-row seat to the realities of international relations and global politics.
WALL STREET
Learn from investment bankers, brokers and economists in the Financial District.
Traditional study abroad? Sure. But if you have a few weeks, you can take a shortTREC. These travel-study courses whisk students around the world for intensive, embedded scholarship, from Italy to China to Belize.
Success Stories.
Political Science/English Double Major
Baldwin Honors Scholar → London Semester → United Nations Semester → Internship with American Civil Liberties Union → Internship with Congress member → Internship with Family Promise → Phi Beta Kappa → JD, Harvard Law School → Law Fellow at Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem
Financial Analyst, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Wall Street Semester → CFO, Student Investment Group → Internship, Bank of America Merrill Lynch → Internship, Bank of New York Mellon → Men's Soccer Team → Two Job Offers Before Graduation → Private Wealth Analyst, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Economics Major
President, International Students Association → Externship, Tumblr → Research assistant to Professor Jennifer Kohn → Analyst for student-run investment group → Omnicron Delta Epsilon (Economics Honor Society) → Mentored by Professor Marc Tomljanovich → Microeconomics and macroeconomics tutor → Wall Street Semester → ESL tutor for resettled Middle Eastern high schoolers → Internship NASDAQ
Pursuing a Master's Degree at Oxford
United Nations Program → Internship, NJ Statehouse → Internship, County Courthouse → Internship, Grassroots Campaign → Baldwin Honors Scholar → Civic Scholar → Phi Beta Kappa → Master's Degree, Oxford University → Analyst, Third Bridge Group Limited
Political Science/Spanish Double Major
Civic Scholar → Baldwin Honors Scholar → Van Houten Writing Fellow → Phi Alpha Theta → Phi Beta Kappa → Study Abroad, South Africa → Study Abroad, Dominican Republic → Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice, UNC Chapel Hill → PhD Student, NYU
Assistant Stage Manager, Lincoln Center
“Had I gone to another college, I doubt that I would have developed the extensive resumé that got me the internship with Lincoln Center. Drew gives you the opportunity to be extremely involved and devote yourself to what you’re passionate about in a very real way.”
Biochemistry Major
Civic Scholar → RISE Program → Mentored by Professors Adam Cassano and Stephen Dunaway → Drew Summer Science Institute → Captain, Lacrosse Team → Gamma Sigma Epsilon (Chemistry Honors Society) → Baldwin Honors Scholar → Dr. George deStevens Award for RISE Research → Internship, Special Needs Athletics Program → Phi Beta Kappa → PharmD Student, University of North Carolina
Chief Investment Officer, BNY Mellon
“My Drew professors provided guidance in the classroom and helped me find internships that propelled me toward my career in finance. This is in part a function of Drew’s smaller classrooms, tight-knit campus and dedicated faculty. I can reel off the names and faces of my professors from 35 years ago.”