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Student Pathways

Incoming Arrupe College students and their families attend Arrrupe Night.

STUDENT PATHWAYS TO SUCCESS

Alumni Profiles

Arrupe graduates choose many different pathways after receiving their 硃莽莽棗釵勳硃喧梗s degrees喧娶硃勳眶堯喧 into the workforce, motherhood, certificate programs, technical training development programs and trade schools, while others continue onto bachelor and graduate degrees. Read more about our graduates and their journeys post-Arrupe to find someone 滄堯棗s taken the path 聆棗喝r梗 considering. What will your pathway be? 

Student Stories

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JOSHUA ADAMS (AA 17)

Associate's to Year Up Workforce Preparation to Bachelor's Program

I was surrounded by people that I considered family that didnt want me to give up.

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Jeo Alva Lemus (AA 25)

Associate's Degree to Bachelor's Program

Family is very important [to me]. Having a community that I could connect to was also important. Thats the main reason why I decided to go to Arrupe.

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CAMERON ANDERSON (AA 22, BS 24)

Associate's Degree to Bachelor's Program

Youll have tons of support. You can do it, too.

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John Cooke (AA 23, MD/PhD 27)
John Cooke (AA 23, MD/PhD 27)

Associate's Degree to Doctoral Program

"Arrupe allowed me to branch out and see myself in a better light. It allowed me to reach different goals I didnt see myself reaching.

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Judy Dominguez (AA 18, BBA 20)

Associate's Degree to Bachelors Degree to Workforce

Youll find the support you need at Arrupe if you ask for it. If 聆棗喝r梗 unsure, its a great place to start.

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JOAQUIN GUZMAN (AA 21, BA '23, MA '24)

Associate's Degree to Bachelors and Masters Degrees

I have a strong desire to share my knowledge with others. Whether this involves pursuing a PhD or exploring other paths, Im keeping my options open.

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JOSH MORGAN (AA 18, BA 20, MA 23)

Associate's Degree to Bachelors and Masters Degrees and Full-Time Instructional Assistant

All of the staff and faculty make it their individual mission to make sure students can do their best.

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STEPHANIE RAMOS (AA 18); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BA)

Associate's Degree to Doctoral Program

"Arrupe has networked me with great people

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XIMENA RODRIGUEZ (AA 22); 做厙輦⑹Maryland (BA)

Associate's Degree to STEM Scholarship for Bachelor's Program

The idea of engineering started to open up as a possibility for me.

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KAREN ROMERO (AA 21)

Associate's Degree to Year Up Workforce Preparation to Workforce

Arrupe helps you become your best self.

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53%

of Students Employed or Who Participate in Internships while at Arrupe

96%

of Arrupe students who graduate with $0 debt

74%

of Arrupe Graduates who go on to a BA Degree Program

49%

of Arrupe Students who Graduate with an AA within 3 Years (more than twice the National average)

Arrupe graduates have earned BA degrees from:

  • Aurora University - George Williams College 
  • Columbia College Chicago 
  • Concordia Chicago 
  • DePaul University 
  • Dominican University 
  • Eastern Illinois University 
  • Elmhurst University 
  • Georgetown University 
  • Governors State University 
  • Illinois College 
  • Illinois State University 
  • Lake Forest College 
  • Loras College 
  • 做厙輦⑹Chicago 
  • 做厙輦⑹Maryland 
  • 做厙輦⑹New Orleans 
  • Marquette University 
  • National Louis University 
  • North Park University 
  • Northeastern Illinois University 
  • Northern Illinois University 
  • Regis University 
  • Ripon College 
  • Robert Morris University 
  • Roosevelt University 
  • St. Xavier University 
  • University of Illinois at Chicago 
  • University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign 
  • University of Scranton 
  • University of Southern California 
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison 
  • Western Illinois University 

Employers of Arrupe graduates:

  • Accenture 
  • Ada S. McKinley Community Services 
  • AIM Specialty Healt 
  • AmeriCorps City Year 
  • Berkshire Hathaway Home Services 
  • Cannon Cochran Management Services Inc 
  • Centers for New Horizons 
  • Chicago Community Trust 
  • Chicago Fire FC 
  • Chicago Public Schools 
  • Civic Consulting Alliance 
  • Code of the North 
  • Come To Believe Network 
  • Cook County Sherriffs Department 
  • Cristo Rey Jesuit High School 
  • Cultivate Behavioral Health and Education 
  • Defend Them All Foundation 
  • Environmental Systems Design, Inc. 
  • Fifth Third Bank 
  • Grant Thornton 
  • Help at Home LLC 
  • Illinois Housing Development Authority 
  • Jewel Osco 
  • Lakeshore Food Advisors 
  • LM Consultants, Inc. 
  • Loadsmart  
  • 做厙輦⑹Chicago 
  • Mazars USA 
  • MedTec 
  • National Immigrant Justice Center 
  • Northwest Flyers 
  • Oak Park & River Forest High School 
  • Our Lady of Tepeyac Grade School 
  • PepsiCo 
  • Prairie State Legal Services 
  • Proviso East High School 
  • Redwood Logistics 
  • Relativity 
  • SAGA Education 
  • Santander Global Solutions 
  • Serving People with a Mission 
  • Society of Helpers 
  • Target 
  • TD Ameritrade 
  • The Anti-Cruelty Society 
  • Tiny Giants Early Learning Center 
  • Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare 
  • Walgreens Boots Alliance 
  • Wintrust Financial Corporation

Graduates have completed job training programs and full-time volunteer work from:

  • City Year Volunteer
  • Jesuit Volunteer Corps 
  • Year Up
  • ISACorps
Loyolas promise is to prepare people to live extraordinary lives and I plan to do exactly that... I plan to do the unexpected. Jaymilla Booker (AA 22, BA 24)

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The opportunities that have been given to me at Arrupe have allowed me to become the person I am today. Kira Ibarra (AA 22, BBA 24)