First Destination Report: 2018-2019 Undergraduate Degree Recipients

College of Engineering

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

Response Rate
%
1873 Total Graduates
1155 62% Reported first destination / respondents
718 38% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
%
815 71% Working
29 3% Military
2 0% Volunteering
141 12% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
151 13% Still Seeking Employment
13 1% Still Seeking Continuing Education
4 0% Not Seeking (traveling, gap year, taking time off, other)

Continuing Education Details

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Working Details

View list by undergrad major of employers, job titles, and locations

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.

%
741 88% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Salary median for working and military: $70000
356 42% 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?
%
88 11% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
99 12% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
295 36% Career fair.
46 6% Handshake.
18 2% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
76 9% Went directly to employer website.
21 3% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
16 2% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
7 1% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
149 18% Did not answer

Job Related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?
%
549 67% Very
126 15% Somewhat
7 1% Not
133 16% Did not answer

Job Related to Major

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?
%
548 67% Very
128 16% Somewhat
9 1% Not
130 16% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?
%
235 29% One
188 23% Two
130 16% Three
69 8% Four
56 7% Five or more
137 17% 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?
%
312 32% Learned most that I needed.
444 46% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
60 6% Learned nothing, or very little
151 16% Did not answer
If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.
%
337 35% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
125 13% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
56 6% Other books, magazines, print materials.
380 39% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
278 29% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
47 5% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
351 36% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
84 9% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
483 50% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
526 54% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
477 49% Peers.
195 20% 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.
%
105 74% Professors at Virginia Tech.
63 45% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
2 1% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
5 4% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
42 30% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
41 29% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
52 37% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
23 16% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
53 38% Parents, adult relatives
43 30% Peers.
3 2% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
12 9% Did not answer

Experience During College

Questions for all respondents

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?
%
881 76% Yes
102 9% No
172 15% Did not answer
If yes, what types of experience did you have? Check all that apply.
%
136 12% Volunteer work
187 16% Part-time job
256 22% Summer job
0 0% Unpaid internship
743 64% Paid internship
166 14% Co-op
312 27% Undergraduate research
19 2% Field study
262 23% Did not answer
If you checked "UNPAID internship," how many did you have?
%
83 7% One
13 1% Two
3 0% Three
4 0% Four or More
1052 91% Did not answer
If you checked "PAID internship," how many did you have?
%
284 25% One
296 26% Two
129 11% Three
46 4% Four or More
400 35% 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.)

%
190 16% Never
139 12% Don't recall or unsure
547 47% Yes, but not often
104 9% Yes, often
175 15% 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

%
506 44% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
467 40% Yes. I would do something differently.
182 16% Did not answer

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

%
316 27% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
151 13% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
240 21% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
322 28% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
273 24% Started my job search earlier.
165 14% Used more or different job search resources.
622 54% Did not answer