• Home
  • Latest
  • Fortune 500
  • Finance
  • Tech
  • Leadership
  • Lifestyle
  • Rankings
  • Multimedia

Exclusive

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

An hour in the Oval Office with President Trump.

Leadership100 Best Companies to Work For

These 6 Great Employers Hired More Than 1,000 New Graduates Last Year

By
Michal Addady
Michal Addady
Down Arrow Button Icon
By
Michal Addady
Michal Addady
Down Arrow Button Icon
March 9, 2016, 1:49 PM ET
<> at the Royal Festival Hall on July 15, 2014 in London, England.
<> at the Royal Festival Hall on July 15, 2014 in London, England.Photograph by Dan Kitwood—Getty Images

This story has been corrected. See below.

While we continue to worry about the state of both our global and national economy, we always seem to come back to the same questions: is college still worth the trouble? Many of us graduate deep in debt with degrees that we worry may end up being useless considering the apparent scarcity of jobs, but these six employers help put some of those fears to rest.

Goldman Sachs

100 Best Companies rank: 51
New Graduates Hired: More than 1,000

It’s harder to get a job at Goldman Sachs (GS) than it is to get into Harvard, but it looks like new graduates have a bit of a leg up. In the last 12 months, more than a fifth of the investment bank’s new hires were recent graduates. It recruits new employees on college and university campuses and hosts webinars throughout the year to educate students about opportunities at the company. About three quarters of recent graduate hires come from undergraduate institutions, and a majority are hired on as full time, salaried employees. If they choose to pursue another degree, employees can apply to receive up to $10,000 per year in tuition reimbursement.

Accenture

100 Best Companies rank: 84
New Hires: 9,162
New Graduates Hired: 1,951

Last year, Accenture (ACN) hired more than 90,000 millennials globally. The professional services company says it recruits students with highly varied academic interests. Graduates with MBAs tend to fit well in its strategy and consulting businesses, those with Masters of Public Health can find a place in its health and public service operating group, and STEM-focused students are a good match when it comes to client delivery and operations. The company certainly has room for those without graduate degrees as well. In fact, in fiscal 2015 about 1,725 of Accenture’s new hires came from undergraduate institutions. Though it doesn’t top the list on tuition reimbursement, many companies cap theirs way below the Accenture Strategy Scholarship’s $100,000 maximum.

KPMG

100 Best Companies rank: 43
New Hires: 7,389
New Graduates Hired: 2,583

Approaching ten years on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies list, the professional services firm headquartered in New York hired more than 2,500 recent graduates, making up over a third of the company’s new hires from the last 12 months. Almost evenly split between graduate and undergraduate students, most of the new employees have joined the KPMG team full-time, and all of them have been hired into salaried positions. The company offers a “competitive base pay” which can be supplemented by incentive compensation and spot awards. It focuses on recruiting students that “are committed to ongoing development and improvement,” both for themselves as well as for the team and their clients.

EY

100 Best Companies rank: 49
New Hires: 15,052
New Graduates Hired: 4,156

The professional services firm formerly known as Ernst & Young has been on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies list for nearly two decades. It boasts a “culture of inclusiveness and mentoring,” a characteristic that’s attractive to recent students just starting out on their career paths. What may be even more attractive is its offer of unlimited tuition reimbursement, which is particularly good news for the 40% of its newly graduated employees who have earned (likely expensive) graduate degrees. In addition to the recent graduates who received full-time, salaried positions, EY also hired 4,000 interns in fiscal 2015.

Deloitte

100 Best Companies rank: 90
New Hires: 17,118
New Graduates Hired: 5,479

The New York-based professional services firm likely has the most intensive recruitment strategy of the six companies, including what it refers to as “early ID conferences. One of those is its Deloitte National Leadership Conference, and Deloitte proudly tells Fortune that nearly two-thirds of the students who attend that program go on to accept full-time employment at the company. In addition to the more than 5,000 recent graduates it employed in the last 12 months, in the current fiscal year Deloitte plans to hire another 700 MBAs and 12,000 full-time students and interns.

PwC

100 Best Companies rank: 53
New Hires: 17,484
New Graduates Hired: 5,579

Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PWC) focuses mainly on accounting and similar professional services, so it tends to gravitate towards students with MBAs and Ph.Ds in related areas of study. But as tech skills become more important in nearly every field, PwC is snatching up some STEM students as well. Fortune reported earlier this year that the company plans to hire 1,000 more people in 2016, many of which will be new graduates, to focus specifically on cyber security. The vast majority of recent grads tend to be hired on as full time, salaried employees and can receive up to $10,000 per year in tuition reimbursement.

Check out the full list of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work for at fortune.com/best-companies, where you’ll find dozens of job searching tips and secrets from their recruiters on how to get hired.

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Accenture offers a $100,000 limit on tuition reimbursement per year. Accenture’s Strategy Scholarship program offers $100,000 in tuition reimbursement maximum.

About the Author
By Michal Addady
See full bioRight Arrow Button Icon

Latest in Leadership

Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025

Most Popular

Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Finance
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam
By Fortune Editors
October 20, 2025
Fortune Secondary Logo
Rankings
  • 100 Best Companies
  • Fortune 500
  • Global 500
  • Fortune 500 Europe
  • Most Powerful Women
  • World's Most Admired Companies
  • See All Rankings
  • Lists Calendar
Sections
  • Finance
  • Fortune Crypto
  • Features
  • Leadership
  • Health
  • Commentary
  • Success
  • Retail
  • Mpw
  • Tech
  • Lifestyle
  • CEO Initiative
  • Asia
  • Politics
  • Conferences
  • Europe
  • Newsletters
  • Personal Finance
  • Environment
  • Magazine
  • Education
Customer Support
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Customer Service Portal
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms Of Use
  • Single Issues For Purchase
  • International Print
Commercial Services
  • Advertising
  • Fortune Brand Studio
  • Fortune Analytics
  • Fortune Conferences
  • Business Development
  • Group Subscriptions
About Us
  • About Us
  • Press Center
  • Work At Fortune
  • Terms And Conditions
  • Site Map
  • About Us
  • Press Center
  • Work At Fortune
  • Terms And Conditions
  • Site Map
  • Facebook icon
  • Twitter icon
  • LinkedIn icon
  • Instagram icon
  • Pinterest icon

Latest in Leadership

Inside Trump’s vision of the U.S. as a shareholder in American companies: ‘I should have asked for more’
NewslettersCEO Daily
Inside Trump’s vision of the U.S. as a shareholder in American companies: ‘I should have asked for more’
By Diane BradyMay 18, 2026
17 minutes ago
How a mom-and-pop car wash chain went from sticky notes to AI-powered operations that are upleveling every part of the company
AIAutomation
How a mom-and-pop car wash chain went from sticky notes to AI-powered operations that are upleveling every part of the company
By Sage LazzaroMay 18, 2026
2 hours ago
Outnumbered: At $4 billion ClickUp, a 3:1 agent-to-human ratio is rewiring work itself
AIAI agents
Outnumbered: At $4 billion ClickUp, a 3:1 agent-to-human ratio is rewiring work itself
By Sage LazzaroMay 18, 2026
2 hours ago
Solo founders are using AI to do the work of entire teams—but going it alone has limits
AIEntrepreneurs
Solo founders are using AI to do the work of entire teams—but going it alone has limits
By Beatrice NolanMay 18, 2026
2 hours ago
Donald J. Trump
C-SuiteDonald Trump
EXCLUSIVE: An hour in the Oval Office with the CEO-in-Chief, President Trump
By Alyson ShontellMay 18, 2026
3 hours ago
shyam
CommentaryHealth
World Economic Forum: women’s health gets only 20% of R&D funding. We must seize this $1 trillion opportunity
By Shyam BishenMay 18, 2026
6 hours ago

Most Popular

Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI
AI
Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI
By Jake AngeloMay 16, 2026
2 days ago
The top foreign holders of U.S. debt may soon dump Treasury bonds and bring their money back home, potentially spiking borrowing costs
Economy
The top foreign holders of U.S. debt may soon dump Treasury bonds and bring their money back home, potentially spiking borrowing costs
By Jason MaMay 17, 2026
17 hours ago
The Bezos family just donated $100 million to help achieve one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top campaign promises
Politics
The Bezos family just donated $100 million to help achieve one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top campaign promises
By Jake AngeloMay 12, 2026
6 days ago
'No one was coming to save me': How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn't fix
Success
'No one was coming to save me': How Reese Witherspoon built a $900 million company from a problem Hollywood wouldn't fix
By Sydney LakeMay 17, 2026
23 hours ago
Former top Russian official admits the country is over Putin and can 'imagine a future without him' — even elites bail as Kremlin seizes their assets 
Politics
Former top Russian official admits the country is over Putin and can 'imagine a future without him' — even elites bail as Kremlin seizes their assets 
By Jason MaMay 16, 2026
1 day ago
SpaceX heads into a record-shattering IPO with the 'deepest moat that exists today' as investors vow to 'never bet against Elon'
Innovation
SpaceX heads into a record-shattering IPO with the 'deepest moat that exists today' as investors vow to 'never bet against Elon'
By Jason MaMay 16, 2026
2 days ago

© 2026 Fortune Media IP Limited. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy | CA Notice at Collection and Privacy Notice | Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information
FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries. FORTUNE may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.