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Old 04-06-2011, 12:37 AM   #1
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University Graduate Career Surveys

Some universities survey their graduates to see what they ended up doing shortly after graduation -- employed (and how much they are being paid if employed), still looking for a job, going to graduate school, or "other" (some only show pay of employed graduates). The most useful surveys break down the results by major.

Methodology does differ somewhat, so be careful about making comparisons across universities.

Cal Poly SLO: Graduate Status Survey index - Career Services - Cal Poly
CMU: Post-Graduation Survey Results-Career and Professional Development Center - Carnegie Mellon University
Georgia Tech: Georgia Institute of Technology :: Salary Reports
MIT: Graduating Student Survey - MIT Careers Office
Purdue: https://www.cco.purdue.edu/Student/PostGradData.shtml
RPI: Center for Career and Professional Development (CCPD) for Students :: Recruiting Stats (does not include by major breakdown of destinations, but does include pay of employed graduates by major)
RIT: Students - Salary Data | Office of Co-op and Career Services (pay of employed graduates only)
San Jose State: http://careercenter.sjsu.edu/Downloa...ary_Survey.pdf (pay of employed graduates only)
UC Berkeley: https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm
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Old 04-06-2011, 12:38 AM   #2
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Moderators: would this be useful as a sticky thread?
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Old 04-12-2011, 02:09 PM   #3
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It would be a useful thread, but nobody seems to want to sticky it.
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Old 04-16-2011, 01:25 AM   #4
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University of Pennsylvania: Career Services, University of Pennsylvania
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Old 04-17-2011, 10:03 PM   #5
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it is also important to realize that most, if not all, of these surveys depends on optional student response. Obviously the students that are currently satisfied with their post-college plans are more likely to respond.
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Old 04-18-2011, 06:17 PM   #6
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Is that necessarily true? In some cases, the results look very bad for 2009 graduates in many majors (high percentage still "seeking employment").
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Old 04-18-2011, 11:14 PM   #7
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IMO that speaks to the depth of the problems facing new grads
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Old 05-20-2011, 02:45 PM   #8
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Florida State: Get Started Accessing Statisctics on FSU Students and Communication - Matching Majors to Occupations - The Career Center – Linking Futures
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Old 05-24-2011, 02:04 PM   #9
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A study on the "value of college majors" that may be relevant:

Center on Education and the Workforce -
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Old 07-24-2011, 10:40 PM   #10
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CMU's survey is now here: Post-Graduation Survey: Salaries & Destinations-Career and Professional Development Center - Carnegie Mellon University
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Old 08-06-2011, 12:37 AM   #11
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NYU: Wasserman Center for Career Development - Center for Career Development
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Old 08-22-2011, 11:23 PM   #12
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Arizona State University: http://students.asu.edu/career/gradstats
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Cal Poly SLO's survey results are now here: Graduate Status Report - Career Services - Cal Poly
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Stanford: Career Development Center - Stanford Salary Statistics | Student Affairs
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Virginia Tech: Post-Graduation Survey and Report | Career Services | Virginia Tech
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