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

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
2062 Not Applicable Total Graduates
1435 70% Reported first destination / respondents
627 30% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

803 56% Working
42 3% Military
3 0% Volunteering
281 20% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
274 19% Still Seeking Employment
27 2% Still Seeking Continuing Education
5 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.
674 80% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $70500
269 32% 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?

108 13% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
101 13% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
256 32% Career fair.
57 7% Handshake.
9 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
92 11% Went directly to employer website.
59 7% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
24 3% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
12 1% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
85 11% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

544 68% Very
182 23% Somewhat
3 0% Not
74 9% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

548 68% Very
162 20% Somewhat
20 2% Not
73 9% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

347 43% One
208 26% Two
105 13% Three
34 4% Four
30 4% Five or more
79 10% 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?

354 33% Learned most that I needed.
552 51% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
81 8% Learned nothing, or very little
90 8% Did not answer

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

455 42% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
120 11% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
78 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
479 44% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
349 32% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
54 5% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
423 39% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
121 11% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
537 50% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
649 60% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
557 52% Peers.
140 13% 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.

182 65% Professors at Virginia Tech.
119 42% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
7 2% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
11 4% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
90 32% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
88 31% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
97 35% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
73 26% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
129 46% Parents, adult relatives
122 43% Peers.
11 4% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
17 6% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

1131 79% Yes
193 13% No
111 8% Did not answer

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

171 12% Volunteer work
285 20% Part-time job
349 24% Summer job
101 7% Unpaid internship
930 65% Paid internship
179 12% Co-op
417 29% Undergraduate research
26 2% Field study
287 20% Did not answer

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

119 8% One
22 2% Two
7 0% Three
2 0% Four or More
1285 90% Did not answer

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

384 27% One
302 21% Two
176 12% Three
58 4% Four or More
515 36% 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.)

218 15% Never
181 13% Don't recall or unsure
789 55% Yes, but not often
139 10% Yes, often
108 8% 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

603 42% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
718 50% Yes. I would do something differently.
114 8% Did not answer

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

476 33% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
226 16% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
383 27% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
503 35% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
410 29% Started my job search earlier.
264 18% Used more or different job search resources.
637 44% Did not answer