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The
Career Services Post-Graduation Report is the result of Career
Services' annual survey to learn the post-graduation plans of
Virginia Tech bachelor's degree graduates. See methodology
for details. |
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At
six months following graduation (see methodology
for survey process) status was unknown for 14.8% of the university's
graduates. |
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Status
is known for 85.2% of the graduating class. |
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For
those whose status is known - 85.2% of graduates: |
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62% were
employed full-time, 6.5% were employed part-time or had other
plans; 7.3% were still seeking employment. |
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24% entered
graduate school full-time. |
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For
employed graduates: |
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83.5% of
employed graduates indicated their position was related to their
career goals. See post-graduation
status and career-related employment for college and major
statistics. |
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Most employed
graduates were working in Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida and New Jersey. See state
locations of employed graduates. |
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Personal
contacts / networking (43.8%) was the primary method by which
employed graduates found their job, followed by Career Services
(16.5%), previous experience with the employer (11.9%), Internet
(9.2%), and other methods (9.2%). ("Other" includes
career fairs / job fairs.) See how
graduates found jobs to see differences between colleges. |
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71% reported
having career-related experience during college (summer job, internship,
cooperative education position or other experience) that was a
factor in obtaining employment after graduation. See experience
before graduation for details. |
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Comparison
to Class of 2001: |
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For
the university as a whole: |
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Employment
down by 6 percentage points. |
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Graduate
school attendance up by 7 percentage points. |
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Those still
seeking employment up by 1.4 percentage points. |
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(Those with
part-time or other plans vary year to year and by college.) |
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By
college: |
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Agriculture
and Life Sciences: |
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Employment
up 4 percentage points. |
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Graduate
school attendance up 8 percentage points. |
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Seeking
employment up 4 percentage points. |
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Architecture
and Urban Studies: |
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Employment
down 18.8 percentage points. |
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Graduate
school attendance up 15.4 percentage points. |
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Seeking
employment up 10 percentage points. |
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Arts
and Sciences: |
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Employment
down 4 percentage points. |
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Graduate
school attendance down 4 percentage points. |
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Seeking
employment up by 2 percentage points. |
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Business: |
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Employment
down 7.5 percentage points. |
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Graduate
school attendance up 5.3 percentage points. |
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Seeking
employment up 2.5 percentage points. |
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Engineering: |
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Employment
down 5.8 percentage points. |
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Graduate
school attendance up 7.5 percentage points. |
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Seeking
employment percentage unchanged. |
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Human
Resources and Education: |
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Employment
down 3.5 percentage points. |
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Graduate
school attendance up 9.2 percentage points. |
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Seeking
employment down 1 percentage points. |
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Natural
Resources: |
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Employment
down 6.3 percentage points. |
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Graduate
school attendance up 2.3 percentage points. |
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Seeking
employment up 5.2 percentage points. |
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Class of
2002 report published on-line July 2003 |
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Questions
about the Post-Graduation Report should be directed
to
Ms. Pam Herrmann: herrmann@vt.edu |
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