First Destination Report: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Degree Recipients

College of Science

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The number of respondents (N) and percentage of respondents (%) are shown for each topic and question.

Response Rate
%
957 Total Graduates
476 50% Reported first destination / respondents
481 50% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
%
192 40% Working
16 3% Military
3 1% Volunteering
119 25% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
105 22% Still Seeking Employment
39 8% Still Seeking Continuing Education
2 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.

%
164 79% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Salary median for working and military: $49795
32 15% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
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?
%
21 11% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
30 16% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
24 13% Career fair.
19 10% Handshake.
2 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
21 11% Went directly to employer website.
23 12% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
1 1% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
2 1% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
49 26% Did not answer

Job Related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?
%
96 50% Very
45 23% Somewhat
7 4% Not
44 23% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?
%
77 40% Very
50 26% Somewhat
21 11% Not
44 23% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?
%
64 33% One
45 23% Two
24 13% Three
6 3% Four
8 4% Five or more
45 23% 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?
%
53 18% Learned most that I needed.
151 51% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
32 11% Learned nothing, or very little
61 21% Did not answer
If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.
%
100 34% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
43 14% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
21 7% Other books, magazines, print materials.
122 41% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
62 21% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
2 1% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
91 31% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
41 14% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
124 42% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
144 48% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
137 46% Peers.
75 25% Did not answer

Advising on Continuing Education

Questions for continuing education respondents only.

Where did you get advice about graduate or professional school? Check all that apply.
%
61 51% Professors at Virginia Tech.
40 34% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
14 12% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
13 11% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
46 39% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
41 34% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
56 47% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
29 24% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
32 27% Parents, adult relatives
40 34% Peers.
2 2% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
7 6% Did not answer

Experience During College

Questions for all respondents

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?
%
332 70% Yes
64 13% No
80 17% Did not answer
If yes, what types of experience did you have? Check all that apply.
%
133 28% Volunteer work
142 30% Part-time job
165 35% Summer job
0 0% Unpaid internship
179 38% Paid internship
5 1% Co-op
167 35% Undergraduate research
41 9% Field study
134 28% Did not answer
If you checked "UNPAID internship," how many did you have?
%
54 11% One
14 3% Two
2 0% Three
2 0% Four or More
404 85% Did not answer
If you checked "PAID internship," how many did you have?
%
89 19% One
48 10% Two
14 3% Three
4 1% Four or More
321 67% Did not answer

Used Career Center

Questions for all respondents.

As you recall: During college did you use any resources provided by Virginia Tech Career and Professional Development)? (could include advising, workshops, publications, website, Handshake, employment interviews, etc.)

%
78 16% Never
56 12% Don't recall or unsure
233 49% Yes, but not often
34 7% Yes, often
75 16% Did not answer

Regrets

Questions for all respondents.

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

%
136 29% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
262 55% Yes. I would do something differently.
78 16% Did not answer

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

%
174 37% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
132 28% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
163 34% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
183 38% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
113 24% Started my job search earlier.
71 15% Used more or different job search resources.
193 41% Did not answer