Thousands of students graduate from Pittsburgh’s colleges and universities around this time each year. Are you a recent graduate of a local school? PublicSource wants to hear from you. 

The pandemic disrupted many students’ educational goals, career plans and personal lives. On top of that, landing the right job after graduation can be difficult. One study found that more than half of recent graduates of four-year institutions are “underemployed” a year later. 

With all of this in mind, we’re looking to chat with alumni who graduated between 2019 and 2024 to learn about their post-graduation career paths and satisfaction with their degrees. We’re hoping to collect a wide range of perspectives. If you’re happily climbing the career ladder, working in a field unrelated to your major or feel uncertain about your next steps after graduation, we’d love to hear from you.  

If you’d like to be interviewed, please fill out the form below. Emma Folts, our higher education reporter, may reach out to you for a follow-up interview. Then, we may publish your account alongside others.

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Emma is a higher education reporter for PublicSource. In her role, she collaborates with Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on bolstering higher education coverage in local communities. Emma is...