| How many of the graduates responded? |
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By grad year:
73.7% response from the 2006-2007 grads.
59% response from the 2005-2006 grads.
56% response from the 2004-2005 and 2003-2004 grads. |
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Numbers and percentages vary by college.
Response by college for the 2006-2007 grads: |
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N |
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College: |
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294 |
71% |
Agriculture & Life Sciences |
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203 |
69% |
Architecture & Urban Studies |
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692 |
74% |
Pamplin Business |
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859 |
78% |
Engineering |
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764 |
68% |
Liberal Arts & Human Sciences |
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547 |
71% |
Science |
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95 |
75% |
Natural Resouces |
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| When do most of the academic year's grads finish? |
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A little over 18% complete in December. |
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The majority, about 72%, complete in May. |
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The smallest percentage, about 9%, wrap up degree requirements in summer. |
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| Who employs the most graduates? |
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The simple and most accurate answer is "not one
or even several." |
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The 2006-2007 graduates reported over 1000 employers. Over 700 employers were reported by the 2005-2006 grads, and over 800 employers were reported by the 2004-2005 graduates. |
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For 2006-2007, the top-reported 37 employers —
who employ six or more — account for 27% of all responding employed
grads. (So the remaining 960+ employers were reported by the majority — 73% — of the grads.) |
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View
list of TOP employers — those employing five or more responding
graduates. |
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View
sortable list of ALL employing organizations, showing undergrad
major, job titles, locations. |
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| Can I get contact names for the
employers of graduates? |
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We do not ask graduates for this information when they
complete the survey. For many reasons we believe it would be unproductive
to do so. |
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Three info sources you may find helpful, depending on
your purposes: |
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In the sortable
list of ALL employing organizations (showing undergrad
major, job titles, locations) each organization name is linked to
a google search. This is simply to provide you a way to learn more
about these organizations. |
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Employers who actively recruit at Virginia Tech and
who choose to list contact information for students do so through
their recruiting activities. For that information, see Career
Services' recruiting employers and contacts. However, it is very
important to note that graduates of Virginia Tech do not limit themselves
to employment with only those employers who actively recruit on the
campus. |
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Many Virginia Tech graduates have volunteered to be
networking contacts for students seeking career information and job
search advice. You can find those individuals in Career
Services' alumni networking service: VT CareerLink. VT CareerLink
has several search features (undergrad major, occupation, work setting),
including employing organization. |
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| Where do most graduates go to
graduate school? |
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For 2006-2007, over 153 institutions
were reported by the 874 grads who responded that they planned to
attend or had accepted admission to graduate or professional school
(or other additional education).
Some graduates (13.27%, N=116) did not report their institution. |
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The top-reported institution consistently is Virginia Tech. For the last four academic years, of graduates reporting continuing education, 35-43% indicated they are pursuing another degree at Virginia Tech after completion of the bachelor's (or associate's) degree. |
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For 2006-2007, less than one percent of the responding
grads reported institutions abroad; the rest are in 30 states and
the District of Columbia. |
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View
list of TOP grad schools — the 58 institutions attended by
two or more grads, accounting for 69% of all responding grads furthering
their education. |
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| How many and what percent pursue certain types of degrees, like master's, law, medicine, etc.? |
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See numbers / percents attending graduate or professional school. |
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The default view is for the whole university, but you can opt to view a particular college or major. |
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| Where
do grads of each undergrad MAJOR go, and what GRADUATE DEGREES are
they pursuing? |
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View
sortable list of ALL graduate institutions, showing undergraduate
major, and grad degrees being pursued. |
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| When will the next report be
done? |
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The survey for the 2007-2008 graduates will be completed
by December 2008, and that report will be published during early 2009. |
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| Can I look at the survey raw
data? |
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Career Services, in conducting the survey, gives graduates
our word that individual responses are kept confidential and are not
published or disclosed to anyone. Therefore, we will not share the
raw data. |
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| I have additional questions that
are not answered in the report. Whom can I contact? |
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Call Career Services at (540) 231-6241 or e-mail Catherine
Copeland at copeland@vt.edu.
Please state your full name and affiliation in your e-mail, and please
include a subject line that indicates that you have a question about
the Post-Graduation Report. |
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