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

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Response Rate

Number of Respondents %
Category
369 Not Applicable Total Graduates
245 66% Reported first destination / respondents
124 34% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

144 59% Working
4 2% Military
1 0% Volunteering
47 19% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
43 18% Still Seeking Employment
6 2% Still Seeking Continuing Education
0 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.
120 81% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Salary median for working and military: $86200
63 43% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Not Applicable Not Applicable Bonus Median: $10000

Job Source

Question for working respondents.

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

18 13% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
18 13% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
43 30% Career fair.
9 6% Handshake.
2 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
25 17% Went directly to employer website.
10 7% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
4 3% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
3 2% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
12 8% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents.

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

101 70% Very
32 22% Somewhat
0 0% Not
11 8% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents.

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

122 85% Very
11 8% Somewhat
0 0% Not
11 8% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents.

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

56 39% One
41 28% Two
24 17% Three
2 1% Four
7 5% Five or more
14 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?

57 30% Learned most that I needed.
108 58% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
9 5% Learned nothing, or very little
13 7% Did not answer

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

101 54% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
19 10% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
13 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
96 51% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
66 35% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
7 4% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
59 32% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
22 12% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
90 48% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
108 58% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
103 55% Peers.
18 10% 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.

22 47% Professors at Virginia Tech.
7 15% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
0 0% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
2 4% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
6 13% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
16 34% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
19 40% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
11 23% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
24 51% Parents, adult relatives
27 57% Peers.
0 0% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
1 2% Did not answer
Experience during College
Questions for all respondents.

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

198 81% Yes
33 13% No
14 6% Did not answer

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

28 11% Volunteer work
58 24% Part-time job
45 18% Summer job
23 9% Unpaid internship
174 71% Paid internship
21 9% Co-op
60 24% Undergraduate research
5 2% Field study
43 18% Did not answer

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

25 10% One
5 2% Two
0 0% Three
0 0% Four or More
215 88% Did not answer

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

66 27% One
64 26% Two
32 13% Three
10 4% Four or More
73 30% 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.)

26 11% Never
34 14% Don't recall or unsure
152 62% Yes, but not often
19 8% Yes, often
14 6% 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

102 42% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
129 53% Yes. I would do something differently.
14 6% Did not answer

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

80 33% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
41 17% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
62 25% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
91 37% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
84 34% Started my job search earlier.
53 22% Used more or different job search resources.
102 42% Did not answer