2025 IRT Cohort News

Congratulations to the 2025 Cohort! These scholars join the more than 3,000 IRT Alumni who continue to affect education through their work. The next chapter in their academic journey is about to begin, and we are excited to see their impact in the years ahead.

2025 IRT Cohort Matriculation Highlights

The top graduate fields of study include African American Studies, Education, Educational Psychology, English, History, Literature, History and Sociology.

71% of students reported matriculating to graduate programs
15% of students reported acceptance to four or more programs
57% of students reported receiving partial-to-full funding
41% of students reported receiving full funding

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Taking the Next Steps in Their Academic Journey

The IRT congratulates the fortitude and perseverance of its latest cohort as they plan to begin their graduate studies in the constantly evolving educational landscape. These scholars will engage and challenge one another in their graduate programs. The IRT team wishes scholars abundant success and fulfillment in this next step.

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IRT Cohort Finalizes Graduate School Plans

IRT Scholars have worked closely with their advisors reviewing admissions offers and fielding invitations for interview and campus visits in order to make the most informed matriculation decisions they can. Decisions have been made! We congratulate all of our current scholars for their work and energy throughout these past months. Congratulations and best wishes in your next step on your professional journey!

Being a part of the IRT program has been transformative not only for how prepared I am to pursue doctoral studies, but also fundamentally how I see myself.

Sophie D’Souza, IRT ’22
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2020 Cohort Matriculation

Congratulations to all IRT 2020 Cohort Scholars on their future plans. We celebrate your accomplishments and perseverance during this incredible journey and welcome you as the newest members of the IRT alumni base! We are excited to share the list of colleges and universities the 2020 Cohort will be heading to in the coming months.

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2019 IRT Cohort Matriculation

Congratulations to the 2019 IRT Cohort as they begin their journey to graduate school. Our students will be matriculating to the consortium and non-consortium institutions listed in the chart below. For additional details by student, refer to our earlier post –A Big Congratulations to the 2019 IRT Cohort!

2019 IRT Student Matriculation

Boston College - 2
Boston University - 1
Brown University - 4
Brown University/University of Wisconsin - 1
California State University, Long Beach* - 1
Central Michigan University* - 1
City University of New York* - 1
Columbia University - 2
Duke University - 2
Emory University - 1
George Washington University - 1
Harvard University - 4
Harvard Divinity School* - 1
Howard University* - 1
London School of Economics* - 1
Michigan State University, Education - 1
New York University - 3
Northwestern University - 3
Pennsylvania State University* - 2
Princeton University - 1
Purdue University - 2
Rutgers University - 1
San Francisco State University* - 1
Seattle University* - 1
Stanford University - 5
SUNY Albany* - 1
Teachers College, Columbia University - 3
The Ohio State University* - 2
University of California, Berkeley - 2
University of California, Davis - 5
University of California, San Diego - 2
University of California, San Diego/San Diego State University* - 1
University of California, Los Angeles* - 4
University of California, Santa Cruz* - 1
University of Georgia* - 1
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign* - 1
University of Kansas* - 1
University of Maine - 1
University of Maryland, College Park - 3
University of Michigan - 6
University of Minnesota* - 1
University of Pennsylvania - 4
University of Rhode Island - 1
University of Rochester - 2
University of Vermont - 1
University of Virginia - 2
University of Washington - 1
University of Wisconsin-Madison - 2
Vanderbilt University - 2
Washington State University - 2
Yale University - 2
* denotes non-consortium institution. 100 students from the 2019 cohort are matriculating to graduate school.13 students are not matriculating; 12 students' plans are unknown; Total of 125 students in the 2019 cohort.