After Graduation
The professors gave me focused attention, support and encouragement, and opened doors for me with personalized research and study abroad opportunities. The curriculum honed my skills in critical thinking, analytical writing and cross-cultural engagement – all of which contributed to my acceptance to Oxford University for graduate studies in museum anthropology.
Susan Degnan
Class of 2016
My time at Christopher Newport more than prepared me for law school. It taught me how to think, how to analyze and how to dissect. I developed my legal abilities and got a job with the chief judge of a U.S. Court of Appeals and a leading law firm.
Brandon McCune
Class of 2015
From Harvard to Georgetown, the department provided the tools necessary for a successful academic career. Thanks to the encouragement and instruction I received I can, with confidence and wisdom, work toward building healthy Muslim-Christian interactions and understandings in the U.S. and abroad.
Shelton Nalley
Class of 2012
I had incredible mentors who encouraged me to explore unconventional ideas in class and during independent research opportunities. This support combined with personal instruction contributed immensely to my admission to graduate school at the College of William & Mary.
Kit Bauserman
Class of 2022
The faculty were attentive to me as an individual and fostered genuine community. Their support was instrumental in attaining a Fulbright grant to Bulgaria, and in my acceptance to the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
Sydney King
Class of 2022
I had no idea what philosophy really was as a subject. After my first class I realized it's everything! What I learned in these classes gave me essential knowledge of everyday life that is applicable to every career, regardless of where my life takes me.
Charlie Bloedorn
Class of 2022
At Christopher Newport, philosophy and religious studies majors are uniquely qualified for life after graduation in a variety of ways:
- The nature of philosophical and religious inquiry invites you to reflect on how a vocation is not just a job, but a calling. Our majors cultivate both the job skills and life commitments that lead to more fulfilling careers.
- Our emphasis on critical-thinking skills, analytic problem solving and holistic analysis helps our majors score among the highest of all majors on admissions tests for law school, medical school and graduate school.
- These same skills uniquely prepare you for lasting success in any career path you pursue, placing you among the highest mid-career salary earners of all majors in fields outside of science, technology, engineering and math.
Drawing on this multi-level vocational development, philosophy majors regularly pursue exciting careers in:
- Writing
- Publishing
- Political strategy
- Teaching
- Criminology
- Law
- Advertising
- Marketing
- Research
- Counseling
- Technology
- Government
Religious studies and pre-seminary students regularly pursue meaningful careers as a:
- Minister
- Counselor
- Advocate
- Crisis manager
- Teacher
- Denominational publisher
- Religious education director
- Church administrator
- Missionary