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See which careers fit your traits — based on what 118+ Lincoln alumni actually went on to do.

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What Lincoln grads actually do

Based on 118 notable Lincoln alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

politician
36
lawyer
13
diplomat
9
writer
9
journalist
9
physician
9
university teacher
8
minister
6
judge
6
educator
5
poet
5
singer
5

Notable Lincoln alumni

Kwame Nkrumah
Kwame Nkrumah
diplomat · politician
William Abraham Creditt
William Abraham Creditt
minister · founder
William Thomas Amiger
William Thomas Amiger
military personnel · university president
Pinckney Warren Russell
Pinckney Warren Russell
classical scholar · pastor
Roscoe Lee Browne
Roscoe Lee Browne
television actor · stage actor
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes
opinion journalist · writer
Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
jazz musician · stage actor
Robert Friend
Robert Friend
aircraft pilot · ufologist

Salary outlook for top Lincoln career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
diplomat
10th–90th percentile: $45,950$210,890
$148,910
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
journalist
10th–90th percentile: $31,550$160,360
$57,500
median / yr

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About Lincoln

Lincoln University (LU) is a public state-related historically black university (HBCU) in Lower Oxford Township, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as the private Ashmun Institute in 1854, it has been a public institution since 1972. Lincoln is also recognized as the first college-degree-granting HBCU in the country. Its main campus is located on 422 acres (170.8 ha) in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. The university has a second location in University City, Philadelphia. Lincoln University provides undergraduate and graduate coursework to approximately 2,000 students. It is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. While a majority of its students are African Americans, the university has a long history of accepting students of other races and nationalities. Women have received degrees since 1953, and made up 66% of undergraduate enrollment in 2019.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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