<p>Pennmom, I feel the same. So much work that my D has done since graduating her BFA program has been due to networking via faculty, fellow students and alum. It has been a huge positive resulting from having attending her BFA program. My D has also gotten other people work. She has turned down jobs due to overload and has recommended her peers who graduated her college instead and they have been hired. As well, she has also cast shows, and while not everyone in the cast went to her college, several of them did. The networking through her alma mater (a BFA program) has been one of the big positive benefits actually in her life so far. She has also been paid for several different professional jobs by her college now that she is out of college. (she is still in the same city) That is in addition to what else I was referring to.</p>