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- The Career Services Post-Graduation Report is
a study of Virginia Tech graduates and reports what bachelor's degree recipients are doing
after they leave the university. See methodology
for details.
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- 91% of the Class of
2000 bachelor's degree
graduates responded to the annual follow-up survey.
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- Compared to the
previous class, the Class of 2000 graduates university-wide experienced a 6% decrease in employment and a
1% increase in graduate
school attendance. Those graduates still seeking employment
rose 3.8%. Generally, this was the picture across the individual colleges.
See Post-Graduation Status (PDF)
for details.
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- It appears the Class of
2000 was more selective in choosing among options and took more time
to decide on their plans. Eighty-one percent of those surveyed
reported having a plan following graduation, compared to 84% for the
class of 1999.
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- Experiential education (i.e., summer job, internship, cooperative education) during
college continues to be an important factor in obtaining employment after graduation.
Eighty-three percent
of the Class of 2000 reported having relevant experience (no
significant change from the 84% for the previous class). See previous
relevant experience for details.
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- University-wide,
personal contacts/networking (40%) continues to be the
primary method students said they used in finding employment, followed by Career Services
(22.4%), job fairs (10.2%), working for an employer with whom they
had previous experience (9.8%), and the Internet (9.4%). The
data for each job search source varied among colleges. See how graduates found jobs
for details.
This was our first
survey that asked specifically about the Internet as a source:
The Internet proved most effective for students in three
colleges: Architecture and Urban Studies (18.4%), Agriculture
and Life Sciences (12.5%), and Arts and Sciences (11.7%).
Career Services
continues to be the primary method for finding employment for two
colleges: Business (43.5%) and Engineering (37.3%).
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- The average salary for
the bachelor's
degree Class of 2000 from Virginia Tech was $34,759 -- a 7.5% increase over
the previous class. See the Salary Report (PDF)
for details.
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- The highest numbers of Virginia Tech
Class of 2000 graduates accepted employment in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina,
and Washington, DC, followed by Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida and
California. The top 10 are the same as the previous class year
with a slight shift in order. See geographic locations of employed
bachelor's degree graduates for details.
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| Bottom Line for the Class of
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- 81% indicated a post-graduation plan;
19%
were still seeking employment
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- 86.3% of employed students indicated
positions were career-related
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- 83% of Virginia Tech students participated in
experiential education opportunities (i.e. internship, cooperative
education,
summer job)
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