First Destination Report: 2020-2021 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for College of Science

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
1163 Not Applicable Total Graduates
690 59% Reported first destination / respondents
473 41% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

217 31% Working
10 1% Military
5 1% Volunteering
173 25% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
161 23% Still Seeking Employment
121 18% Still Seeking Continuing Education
3 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.
131 58% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $45000
26 11% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median: $5500

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

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

27 12% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
44 20% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
18 8% Career fair.
13 6% Handshake.
3 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
19 9% Went directly to employer website.
32 15% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
8 4% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
2 1% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
51 24% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

116 53% Very
45 21% Somewhat
11 5% Not
45 21% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

87 40% Very
62 29% Somewhat
23 11% Not
45 21% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

101 47% One
39 18% Two
19 9% Three
3 1% Four
3 1% Five or more
52 24% 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?

63 17% Learned most that I needed.
205 54% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
53 14% Learned nothing, or very little
57 15% Did not answer

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

123 33% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
26 7% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
26 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
159 42% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
103 27% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
14 4% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
128 34% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
42 11% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
140 37% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
184 49% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
163 43% Peers.
85 22% 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.

86 50% Professors at Virginia Tech.
65 38% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
25 14% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
13 8% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
68 39% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
57 33% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
103 60% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
72 42% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
76 44% Parents, adult relatives
82 47% Peers.
10 6% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
13 8% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

494 72% Yes
119 17% No
77 11% Did not answer

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

251 36% Volunteer work
236 34% Part-time job
208 30% Summer job
91 13% Unpaid internship
217 31% Paid internship
1 0% Co-op
235 34% Undergraduate research
65 9% Field study
178 26% Did not answer

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

81 12% One
20 3% Two
6 1% Three
1 0% Four or More
582 84% Did not answer

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

103 15% One
39 6% Two
16 2% Three
4 1% Four or More
528 77% 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.)

141 20% Never
90 13% Don't recall or unsure
332 48% Yes, but not often
50 7% Yes, often
77 11% 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

191 28% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
422 61% Yes. I would do something differently.
77 11% Did not answer

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

294 43% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
239 35% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
267 39% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
312 45% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
202 29% Started my job search earlier.
133 19% Used more or different job search resources.
241 35% Did not answer