Student Outcomes
Uncommonly bright, driven, and unconventional, Sam Fox School students distinguish themselves not just by their excellence in art, architecture, and design, but by their diverse intellectual curiosity, and their deep engagement with the pressing issues of our time.
Student Completion Rates
MFA rates are calculated on a 2-year program length. Graduate Architecture program rates are calculated on varied program lengths up to 4+ years including dual and joint degree programs.
Career Outcomes
Graduates of the Sam Fox School at WashU pursue a variety of careers after graduation. The Sam Fox School collects and reports employment data on alumni of our graduate programs annually. Data on alumni of our undergraduate programs is collected and reported by WashU’s Center for Career Engagement.
Graduate Architecture Programs - Class of 2023
Employment
- As of May 2025, 100% of MArch, MLA, MUD, and MS graduates with a known status and seeking employment have accepted a job.
Top Titles
Graduates are known to hold the following representative titles:
- Architectural Associate
- Architectural Designer
- Architectural Lab Manager
- Landscape Architect/Designer
- Project Coordinator
- Urban Planner
- Wood Shop Faculty
Representative Employers
- Albert Kahn Associates
- Allied Works
- Alloy Architecture
- Arbolope Studio
- BNIM
- BRIBURN
- BVH Architecture
- Coen + Partners
- CORE10 Architecture
- Cushman & Wakefield
- Dattner
- Duvall Decker
- Full Circle Design Works
- Hanbury
- HKW Architects
- HKS Architects & Designers
- HOK
- HT Design LLC
- Jacobs
- JW Architects
- Lamar Johnson Collaborative
- Mackey Mitchell
- Manske Dieckmann Thompson PLLC
- Mott MacDonald
- Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC)
- SWA Group
- WSP
Top Locations
Graduating students are known to be located most frequently in California, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Shanghai, and Beijing.
Percentage of MArch, MLA, MUD, and MS graduates for whom we have postgraduate information is 67%. Graduation year was 2023. This report represents employment status as of May 2025.
Graduate Art Programs - Class of 2023
Professional Engagement
MFA-IVC
- As of April 2025, 100% of 2023 graduate program alumni with a known status and seeking employment are professionally engaged in the art and design field.
MFA-VA
- As of April 2025, 90% of 2023 graduate program alumni with a known status and seeking employment are professionally engaged in the art and design field.
Representative Titles
MFA-IVC
- Published Author
- Freelance Illustrator
- Graphic Designer
- Illustration Faculty
- Fine Arts and Humanities Faculty
- UX Design Faculty
MFA-VA
- Artist
- Head Preparator
- Art Fairs Coordinator
- Public Arts Instructor
- Food and Sound Experience Designer
- Studio Assistant
- Photography Assistant
- 3D Character Sculpting Faculty
- Communications Manager
Representative Employers
MFA-IVC
- Chesterton Academy of St. Louis
- Earthbound
- Studio Bahubhashi
- Urban Wild Studio
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Webster University
MFA-VA
- Illinois Wesleyan University
- Intersect Arts Center
- NothingSacred Kitchen
- South Broadway Art Projects
- South Dakota State University
- Stove Works Residency
- Van de Weghe Gallery
- Washington University in St. Louis
Top Locations
Graduating MFA students are known to be located most frequently in California, Illinois, Missouri, New York, Bengaluru, Paris, and Beijing.
Percentage of MFA-IVC graduates for whom we have postgraduate information is 69%. Graduation date was May 2023. This report represents employment status as of May 2025.
Percentage of MFA-VA graduates for whom we have postgraduate information is 92%. Graduation date was May 2023. This report represents employment status as of May 2025.
Undergraduate Programs
Career outcome data for undergraduate programs is tracked and reported by the Center for Career Engagement.