First Destination Report: 2020-2021 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Whole University

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
7364 Not Applicable Total Graduates
4737 64% Reported first destination / respondents
2627 36% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

2349 50% Working
147 3% Military
25 1% Volunteering
919 19% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
982 21% Still Seeking Employment
293 6% Still Seeking Continuing Education
22 0% Not Seeking (traveling, gap year, taking time off, other)

Continuing Education Details

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Working Details

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Salary and Bonus

Question for working and military respondents.
Medians are shown when four or more individuals reported salary or bonus.
See Salary Detail Report which includes 25th and 75th percentiles where sufficient Ns were reported.
See Bonus Detail Report which provides more detail on numbers and percentages reporting.
1768 71% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $63000
564 23% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median: $5000

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

Regarding the job you accepted: Which best describes the way you first made contact with this employer?

289 12% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
377 16% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
511 22% Career fair.
176 7% Handshake.
31 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
240 10% Went directly to employer website.
262 11% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
85 4% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
40 2% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
338 14% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?

1447 62% Very
540 23% Somewhat
70 3% Not
292 12% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?

1422 61% Very
505 21% Somewhat
131 6% Not
291 12% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?

990 42% One
570 24% Two
294 13% Three
86 4% Four
91 4% Five or more
318 14% Did not answer

Career Planning and Preparation

Learned Job Search Skills | Source of Learning

Questions for working and still seeking employment respondents.

Which best describes the extent to which you learned job search skills during college?

976 29% Learned most that I needed.
1675 50% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
310 9% Learned nothing, or very little
370 11% Did not answer

If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.

1239 37% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
293 9% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
223 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
1309 39% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
1088 33% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
160 5% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
1434 43% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
394 12% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
1586 48% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
1877 56% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
1559 47% Peers.
545 16% Did not answer

Advising on Continuing Education

Question for continuing education respondents only.

Where did you get advice about graduate or professional school? Check all that apply.

518 56% Professors at Virginia Tech.
357 39% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
70 8% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
57 6% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
345 38% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
286 31% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
416 45% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
293 32% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
407 44% Parents, adult relatives
394 43% Peers.
46 5% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
62 7% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?

3579 76% Yes
683 14% No
475 10% Did not answer

If yes, what types of experience did you have? Check all that apply.

1090 23% Volunteer work
1405 30% Part-time job
1359 29% Summer job
654 14% Unpaid internship
2511 53% Paid internship
216 5% Co-op
992 21% Undergraduate research
452 10% Field study
1072 23% Did not answer

If you checked "UNPAID internship," how many did you have?

606 13% One
146 3% Two
31 1% Three
17 0% Four or More
3937 83% Did not answer

If you checked "PAID internship," how many did you have?

1076 23% One
714 15% Two
339 7% Three
120 3% Four or More
2488 53% Did not answer

Used Career Center

Question for all respondents.

As you recall: During college, did you use any resources provided by the Virginia Tech career center? (could include advising, books, workshops, publications, website, Handshake, employment interviews, etc.)

840 18% Never
574 12% Don't recall or unsure
2392 50% Yes, but not often
465 10% Yes, often
466 10% Did not answer

Regrets

Question for all respondents.

If you could start over in college, is there anything you would do differently related to career planning

1787 38% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
2464 52% Yes. I would do something differently.
486 10% Did not answer

If yes, please check all that apply.
I wish I had...

1742 37% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
982 21% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
1414 30% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
1695 36% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
1313 28% Started my job search earlier.
787 17% Used more or different job search resources.
2028 43% Did not answer