After 2U
- 33%Joined a startup8
- 21%Joined a big company5
- 46%Elsewhere
Shares of those who moved on, by their next stop.
People who leave 2U most often go to a long tail of companies. Of them, 33% go somewhere small. The median tenure is 2y 1m
Not 2U's headcount: these are the engineers in the Zelcast network and the profiles run through the Eng Scorer. 31 people on a map of 67,181, No. 797 on it by people. Updated September 30, 2026.
- People on the map
- 31Under 0.1% of everyone on the map
- There now
- 413% of the people here
- Moved on
- 2787% of the people here
- Median tenure
- 2y 1mmiddle half 1y 1m to 3y 9m
Came from, went to
Ribbon width is the number of people who made the move.
Not enough recorded moves to draw a river for 2U yet.
How long people stay
18%<1y
29%1-2y
29%2-4y
11%4-7y
14%7y+
28 stays with both a start and an end on the record.
Who comes and goes, by year
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0<314
<3015
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3317
6<318
5<319
3<320
5621
3422
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joined left2026 is a partial year
2013 to 2026: 32 joined, 28 left.
Caliber
Not enough scored profiles here yet (17).
Titles held here
- Software Engineer5
1 most common titles, by people who held them.
First job on the record for 10% of people here.
Where they studied
- University of Maryland12.9%
- Georgia Tech9.7%
The 2 most listed schools among the 31 people here with a school on file.
4 of the 31 people here with a school on file list University of Maryland and 3 list Georgia Tech. A person can list more than one, so these overlap.
Public work
one square is one in a hundred
48%have a public GitHub account on their profile
15 of the 31 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts. An account the check missed reads the same as no account, so this is a floor.
31% is the median across the 857 companies that can show this figure.
Where they are now
42% of the people who have worked at 2U and list a location live in New York today, against 18% of everyone on the map.
2U
Everyone on the map
- 42%New York13 · map 18%
- 23%Washington DC7 · map 13%
- 10%SF Bay Area3 · map 41%
- 26%Somewhere else8
All 31 people who worked at 2U list a location, and every share here is over them.
Where they live now, from the profile as it reads today, not where they sat while working at 2U: a metro here isn't an office there. The lower strip is the same metros across the whole map.
On the same resumes
Companies that show up most often alongside 2U, at any point in a career.
Key facts
- 31 people on the Zelcast alumni map have worked at 2U: 4 are there now, 27 have moved on.
- Median tenure at 2U: 2y 1m, middle half 1y 1m to 3y 9m.
- Of the people with a recorded next move after 2U, fewer than 3 went to a founder title next, 33% joined a company of 200 or fewer, and 21% joined one of 10,000 or more.
- Most common title held here: Software Engineer.
- Top school: University of Maryland, listed by 4 of the 31 people here with one on file (12.9%). Then Georgia Tech (3).
- 42% of the 31 people here who list a location live in New York today, against 18% across the map. Where they live now, not the office they sat in while they worked here.
- 48% of the 31 people here whose profile was checked for public accounts have a public GitHub.
About this data: built from 352,028 jobs across 67,181 engineers in the Zelcast network and Eng Scorer reads, updated September 30, 2026. A move counts when the next role starts within 24 months of leaving. Companies under 20 people on the map aren't shown, and destinations under 3 people fold into the totals. Caliber is the Eng Scorer score.
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