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Outcomes - Department of Biblical, Religious and Philosophical Studies

Check out what our grads are up to

Our students continue to do great things after they’ve graduated, whether they are working on advanced degrees, serving in local churches and organizations, or managing in small businesses. They carry our distinctives of their education into an exciting variety of places and vocations.

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Where they work

  • Autism Learning Partners
  • Brethren In Christ World Missions
  • Country Meadows Retirement Communities
  • Fellowship Baptist Church
  • Kiddie Academy of East Brunswick
  • King Street Church
  • Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalya University
  • Manor Church
  • Missionary Athletes International
  • Oasis Center
  • Smithsonian Institution - Museum of the American Indian
  • Technology Advancement Group
  • The Shalom Project
  • Thompson Memorial Presbyterian
  • Wyndamere Heights Church
  • Youth With A Mission (YWAM)

What they do

  • Behavior Technician
  • Director of The Gathering
  • Director of Youth Ministries
  • English Teacher
  • Minister of Music
  • Network Analyst
  • Outreach Coordinator
  • Pastor-in-Residence
  • Pastoral Resident
  • Regional Coordinator to the Caribbean
  • Staff Member
  • Student Ministry Administrative Assistant
  • Urban Eagles Missionary
  • Volunteer
  • Youth Pastor
  • Youth and Family Ministries Director

Graduate school

  • Divinity Ashland Theological Seminary
  • Divinity Biblical Theological Seminary
  • Divinity Drew Theological Seminary
  • Divinity Princeton Theological Seminary
  • Divinity University of Notre Dame
  • Evangelical School of Theology
  • Fuller Theological Seminary
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Law University of Pittsburgh - School of Law
  • Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
  • Marquette University
  • Messiah University
  • Princeton Theological Seminary
  • Public Policy
  • Tai Sophia Institute
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100% of the Class of 2023 Biblical, Religious and Philosophical Studies survey respondents were employed or in graduate school within 6-9 months of graduation.

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  • Ben Stolz-
    Ben Stolz ’10

    Ben Stolz, a 2010 Philosophy major, went on to become part of the highly competitive Americorps Program, Teach for America.

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  • Derrick Whitmore-
    Derrick Whitmore ’02 Youth Pastor at Shepherd of the Hills Church

    Derrick has served as a youth pastor in two different churches—first at St. Paul United Methodist Church in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and currently at Shepherd of the Hills Church (United Churches of Christ) in Bechtelsville, Pennsylvania.

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  • Keith Miller-
    Keith Miller Leader of LifePath Church

    Keith's passion is to plant the seeds for a multi-generational faith community, to help people experience the freedom of living in God’s kingdom, and to make disciples of Jesus who can walk with others through the same process.

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  • Patrick McCullough-
    Patrick McCullough ’02 President of the Society of Biblical Literature Student Association

    Pat graduated from our department in 2002. He later completed a masters of divinity at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, California, and is now writing his dissertation on Christian origins at UCLA.

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  • Scott Forbes-
    Scott Forbes ’04 Business Systems Analyst

    After graduating with a major in philosophy in 2004, Scott took a position as a business systems analyst in May, 2005 for Stallion Oilfield Services, Houston Texas, where he is currently employed.

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