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1-6-1　Undergraduate career option trends

In AY2025, the rate of grasping the career path of graduates was 96.4%.
With the restoration of companies’ willingness to hire graduates, the employment rate of students seeking employment rose for five consecutive years from AY2020, and in AY2025 remained largely unchanged from the previous year.

Faculties (Humanities): Faculties other than the Faculty of Science and Technology
Faculties (Sciences): Faculty of Science and Technology

1-6-2　Employment trends by industry by Faculty

The number of graduates who find a job in “IT/Telecommunications” was close to one fourth of all graduates who found jobs (23.3%), and many students have found employment in the popular industry of consulting. By faculty, about one third of graduates of the Faculty of Humanities and one fourth of graduates from the Faculty of Liberal Arts moved into the field of “IT/Telecommunications”,  a relatively high percentage of graduates of the Faculty of Theology found jobs in “Wholesale and Retail ,” graduates from the Faculty of Foreign Studies and the Faculty of Law secured employment in “Manufacturing” and “Wholesale and Retail,” and graduates from the Faculty of Economics the Faculty of Global Studies found employment in the category of “Investigation and professional services”.
Moreover, the service industry, medical and welfare services, electricity and gas services and other services are classified under “Other industries.” The reason why many graduates of the Faculty of Human Sciences found jobs in “Other industries” is that most graduates of the Department of Nursing take employment in the medical service sector.

1-6-3　Graduate career option trends

The percentage of graduate students who found employment among those seeking employment decreased by 2 points from last year. In graduate schools specializing in Humanities and Social Sciences, “Education”, “Investigation and professional services”, and “IT/Telecommunications” each accounted for approximately 20% of employment destinations.
The percentage of students from the Graduate School of Science and Technology finding jobs in “Manufacturing” and in “IT/Telecommunications” was similar, standing at around 32%.

Graduate schools: Humanities (predoctoral and master’s programs other than Science and Technology)
Graduate schools: Sciences (predoctoral program in science and technology)

1-6-4　Successful candidates of National Public Employee Recruitment Examinations

Although applicants for national public employees nationwide continue to decline, the number of successful applicants from Sophia University increased slightly for the second year in a row. Sophia University has produced successful Certified Nurse and Public Health Nurse examinees from AY2014, when the Department of Nursing was completed.
Statistics for the national exams for Certified Midwives have been accumulated since AY2016, when its first group of enrollees completed the Course of Midwifery.

1-6-5　Employment in companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market

Many students who were hired by private enterprises were employed by companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market, that is, 29.6% of undergraduate students with humanities degrees, 31.5% of undergraduate students with science degrees, and 48.4% of graduate students with science degrees.
Until AY2021, the number of students employed by companies listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange was counted, and since AY2022, the number of students employed by companies listed on the Prime Market has been counted. The number of companies listed on the Prime Market is smaller than those listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange,(*) so the percentage of employment of undergraduate students by listed companies is low.

* The number of companies listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange as of March 2022: 2,176; those listed on the Prime Market as of March 2025: 1,634

1-6-6　Satisfaction with career decisions

The level of satisfaction with career decisions was asked as an optional question on the career decision questionnaire but has been asked as a mandatory question from AY2020. The overall level of satisfaction increased slightly, with 86.8% of undergraduates indicating that they were “Satisfied” or “Somewhat satisfied” with their career decision, and 79.8% of graduates responding “Satisfied” or “Somewhat satisfied” with their career decision, a decrease of 0.2 points.
Employment satisfaction of students who studied abroad is particularly high at 94.8%.