| What and why: |
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The Post-Graduation Report is based on our Post-Graduation Survey
of Virginia Tech students who were awarded B.A. and B.S. degrees during
the academic year.
The survey is conducted annually with the graduates for that academic
year. |
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2006-2007 graduates are those awarded bachelor's degrees in December 2006, May 2007 & summer 2007. |
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2005-2006 graduates are those awarded bachelor's degrees in December 2005, May 2006 & summer 2006 |
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2004-2005 graduates are those awarded bachelor's degrees in December
2004, May 2005 & summer 2005. |
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2003-2004 graduates are those awarded bachelor's degrees in December
2003, May 2004 & summer 2004. |
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... and so on.... |
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The primary purpose of the survey is to learn the post-graduation
status or plans of graduates — whether they have accepted employment,
been admitted to graduate school, or are in process of pursuing one
of these goals. We also ask graduates how they prepared for life after
college, and much, much more. |
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| Methodology: |
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An on-line survey is used that is opened just prior
to commencement and closed six months later. |
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Each student must use his/her Virginia Tech PID and password to
log in to the survey to ensure that only students completing degrees
in the pertinent terms have access to the survey. |
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The December graduates' survey opens late-November prior to commencement
and closes early June. |
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The May and summer graduates' survey opens
late-April prior to commencement and closes late November. |
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All graduates with available e-mail addresses are e-mailed inviting
them to complete the survey. Periodic reminders are sent to non-respondents; one reminder is to students
in each academic college from their respective academic
deans or associate deans. The survey is also continuously available via the home page of Career
Services' web site. |
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Students who report that their post-graduation status is not firm have opportunity to update their responses throughout the period of time the survey remains open. Periodic e-mail reminders invite them to do so. Students who update their responses do not have to re-enter their previous responses to survey items; they simply may update responses as needed. |
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The survey takes students an average of about five minutes to complete.
The survey was designed so that a student's answer to a particular
question determines the next question asked; for example a student
who responded that she was admitted to graduate school was asked to
name the degree being pursued, but was not asked questions relating
to employment, which would not be applicable. |
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| History of the survey and report, and comparisons year-to-year: |
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This survey and report has origins in the 1970s. In those early years, the survey was conducted via in-person exit interviews with graduating seniors. Methods have changed since then. |
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Reports for 1995-1996 through 2002-2003 are archived on-line, accessible at Post-Graduation
Reports. The most recent of those reports gives
comparison data for multiple years. |
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For the 2003-2004 graduates, Career Services redesigned the survey
and developed a new online survey instrument in use for each academic year's graduates beginning with 2003-2004. Data in the 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 reports can be compared. Each of these reports is also accessible at Post-Graduation
Reports. |
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See highlights with select comparison information drawn from the latest completed reports. |
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