Job Placement & Graduate Programs
Thomas More University tracks graduate activities six months following graduation in accordance with the University’s Strategic Plan, the Higher Education Opportunity Act, and best practice as outlined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers. Data is collected through online and paper surveys of graduates conducted by the Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment, faculty information regarding graduates, and contacts by the Thomas More Success Center. The Office of Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment tracks both the knowledge rate (percentage of students for which we have information) and the career outcome rate (percentage employed, continuing education, in the US Armed Forces, or in a volunteer program). Targets are based on the Strategic Plan and historical data.
Career Outcome Rates by Graduating Class
| Graduating Class | Knowledge Rate (Goal: >65%) | Career Outcome Rate based on primary and other activities of all graduates | Career Outcome Rate based on primary activity only for baccalaureate undergraduates (Goal: >90%) |
| 2023-2024 | 66% | 99% | 97% |
| 2022 – 2023 | 62% | 97% | 96% |
| 2020 – 2021 | 3.92% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
| 2019 – 2020 | 43.90% | 94.30% | 92.80% |
| 2018 – 2019 | 86.70% | 96.90% | 97.30% |
| 2017 – 2018 | 80.40% | 97.30% | 96.60% |
| 2016 – 2017 | 75.30% | 94.90% | 94.30% |
Career Outcome Rates by Degree Level
Based on primary and other activities of graduates
| 2017-2018 Graduates | 2018-2019 Graduates | 2019-2020 Graduates | 2020-2021 Graduates | 2022-2023 Graduates | 2023-2024 Graduates | |
| All Bachelor Graduates | 97% | 98% | 93% | 100% | 96% | 97% |
| All Master Graduates | 98% | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Career Outcome Rates by Program
based on primary and other activities of graduates
Disaggregated rates are not disclosed if the number of graduating students is less than five. The most recent two years are combined to provide sufficient data for disclosure.
| Program | 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 Graduates | 2023-2024 Graduates |
| DGP Business Administration – BBA | 80% | 100% |
| DGP Organizational Leadership – BAC | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| DGP Individualized Program – BAC | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| DGP Psychology – BAC | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| DGP Nursing – BSN | 100% | Not applicable |
| Graduate Business Administration – MBA | 100% | 100% |
| Graduate Education – MAT | Not disclosed | 100% |
| Graduate Organizational Leadership – MA | 100% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Accountancy – BA | 88% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Art – BA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Art – BFA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Biology – BA | 100% | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Biology – BS | 93% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Business Administration – BA | 100% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Chemistry – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Chemistry – BS | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Communication – BA | 100% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Computer Information Systems – BA | 100% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Criminal Justice – BA | 89% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Economics – BA | 100% | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: EDST – BA | 100% | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: EDUE – BA | 100% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: EDUM – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: ENGS – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: Mathematics – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: Physics – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: Social Studies – BA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: Spanish – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Education: Theatre – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate English – BA | 100% | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Environmental Science – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Exercise and Health Strategies – BS | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Exercise Science – BS | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Finance – BS | – | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate History – BA | 33% | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Individualized Program – BA | Not disclosed | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate International Studies – BA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Law – BA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Management Information Systems – BA | 100% | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Mathematics – BA | Not applicable | No applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Nursing – BSN | 100% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Organizational Leadership – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Philosophy – BA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Physics – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Physics – BS | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Political Science – BA | 67% | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Psychology – BA | 87% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Sociology – BA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Spanish – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
| Traditional Undergraduate Special Education – BA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Sports/Entertainment Marketing – BA | 100% | 100% |
| Traditional Undergraduate Theatre – BA | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Traditional Undergraduate Theology – BA | Not disclosed | Not applicable |
Types of graduate and professional education in which baccalaureate graduates enroll:
- Business
- Education
- Engineering
- Graduate Arts and Sciences
- Law
- Medical
Occasionally, the university obtains additional information regarding how our graduates are doing. Although the university does not consistently monitor such information, it is reviewed and discussed when the information is published. For example, Payscale College ROI reports have listed Thomas More as the top school in Kentucky for best value four years in a row, 2015 – 2018 (see College ROI Report online). In addition, the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University published a report based on the College Scorecard data. In the 2015 report, Ranking Your College: Where You Go and What You Make, Thomas More College ranked fourth from among Kentucky colleges for highest earnings (the full report is online).