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After IU

At IU, you'll gain a solid academic background and the tools and experience necessary to find valuable work in the world. When you graduate, you'll become part of a network of nearly 450,000 alumni around the world.

IU Alumni Lead Their Fields

From boardrooms to classrooms, our graduates have earned national and international acclaim. They include celebrated musicians, Olympic and professional athletes, best-selling novelists, business leaders, movie and television executives, and a Nobel Prize winner.

  • Nearly 100 School of Education alumni have become college or university presidents, and close to 400 graduates hold leadership positions in our nation’s schools.
  • IU's students promote world peace and friendship by volunteering for the Peace Corps. In 2002, IU ranked in the top 10 nationally of universities with the most alumni serving in the Corps.
  • More than 100 Jacobs School of Music graduates appear on the rosters of renowned opera houses, and more than 100 graduates play in 32 major orchestras.
  • More than 3,000 Kelley School of Business alumni hold top leadership positions such as president, chairman, CEO, CFO, COO, founder, owner, or partner.
  • Eighty-seven percent of IU seniors who applied to law school were accepted for the fall of 2002. The national average is 78 percent.

Notable IU Alumni

Discover some of the accomplished men and women who were educated at IU and have risen to the top of their respective fields.

    Mary Beth Anderson, '01, researcher for Trading Spaces
    Joshua Bell, '89, violinist
    John Chambers, '76, president and CEO of Cisco Systems
    Mark Cuban, '81, owner of the Dallas Mavericks
    Anthony DeCurtis, '77, director of SPIN PR
    John Eck, '82, president of broadcast and network operations for NBC
    Dick Enberg, '59, sportscaster
    Robert Gates, '66, U.S. Secretary of Defense
    Trent Green, '92, quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs
    Kevin Kline, '70, Academy Award-winning actor
    Raju Narisetti, '91, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal Europe
    Rod Paige, '62, U.S. Secretary of Education
    Jane Pauley, '72, broadcaster
    Amy Spindler, '85, former style editor for the New York Times
    Mark Spitz, '72, nine-time Olympic gold medalist
    Michael Uslan, '73, producer of the Batman movies
    James Watson, '50, Nobel Prize-winning scientist

Recruiters on Campus

At IU, we bring the jobs to you. In a typical year, well over 2,000 hiring organizations actively recruit IU students. Those who choose to visit campus conduct more than 10,000 interviews annually. Included are regional, national, and international employers from Fortune 500 corporations, small businesses, governmental organizations, school systems, and not-for-profit agencies. Here’s just a sampling:

Abercrombie & Fitch
ACNielsen BASES
AFLAC
AMS Global Business and IT Consultants
Blue Horseshoe Solutions, Inc.
C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
Carson Pirie Scott & Company
CDW Corporation
Central Intelligence Agency
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
CNA Insurance
Consolidated Graphics
Eli Lilly and Company
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
ExxonMobil
Federated Department Stores, Inc.
May Department Stores Company
Green Corps
Humana Inc.
Hyatt Corporation
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Kelly, Scott & Madison
Kohl’s Department Stores

Peace Corps
Philip Morris USA
Procter & Gamble
Quad/Graphics
SCORE!
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Sherwin-Williams
Standard Textile
Starcom Worldwide
State Public Interest Research Groups
Steak n Shake
Target Corporation
Teach For America
Technical Youth, LLC
The Bradford Group
The Buckle
Travelers Property Casualty Corporation
U.S. Census Bureau
Walgreens
Walker Information
Woodbury Financial Services
Mutual of Omaha
National Security Agency
Neiman Marcus

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