First Destination Report: 2013-2014 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Whole University

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First destinations: What grads are doing after graduation:

Number of Respondents %
Category
5430 Not Applicable Total Graduates
3275 60% Reported first destination / respondents

TAKING TIME OFF after graduation (more than 1 month, less than 1 year)

1688 52% No
1213 37% Yes, one to less than three full months
211 6% Yes, three to less than six full months
150 5% Yes, six months to less than a full year

FIRST DESTINATION AFTER GRADUATION

0 0% U.S. military service commitment.
0 0% Service/volunteer program (non-military).
63 2% Self-employed or working in a family-owned business.
1780 54% Employed or have accepted a job offer (not employed by self or family).
51 2% Have job offer(s), but undecided on accepting.
386 12% Seeking employment, but don't yet have a job offer.
70 2% Plan to seek employment later.
638 19% Admitted to continuing education.
140 4% Plan to continue education, but details not firm yet.
82 3% Both seeking employment and applying to continue education.
9 0% Other having nothing to do with employment or continued education.

Continuing education: Graduate, professional school, or other:

View list by undergrad major showing cont. educ. degree / program / institution / location

778 23% Plan to attend OR have accepted admission.

ADVICE SOURCES about continuing education (check ALL that apply)

From what sources did you seek advice about graduate or professional school (or other additional education)?

119 16% Print information such as books or magazines.
532 72% Websites / online information.
443 60% Professors at Virginia Tech.
304 41% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
92 13% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
406 55% People who work in the field or profession I'd like to pursue.
339 46% Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends.
317 43% Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters.
62 8% Career & Professional Development.
237 32% Faculty or staff at graduate or professional schools you considered.
11 1% Other

Employment:

View list by undergrad major showing employer /job title / location

1899 58% Number / percent of respondents reporting they are employed (Employed, Self-employed, Volunteer and Military)
1705 94% Number / percent of total employed who are employed full-time (if indicated)
116 6% Number / percent of total employed who are employed part-time (if Indicated)

SALARY DATA for graduates who accepted FULL-TIME employment

1514 79% Number / percent of employed reporting salaries
Not Applicable Not Applicable 25th percentile (25% make this amount or less): $40000
Not Applicable Not Applicable 50th percentile (50% make this amount or less; 50% make more): $53000 (Median)
Not Applicable Not Applicable 75th percentile (75% make this amount or less; 25% make more): $63000
Not Applicable Not Applicable (Percentiles not reported if fewer than 12 graduates reported salary)

BONUS WITH JOB OFFER

Did your job offer include a signing bonus?

1610 85% Number / percent of employed who reported whether or not they received bonuses
448 28% Yes
1162 72% No
Not Applicable Not Applicable 25th percentile (25% of bonuses were this amount or less): $2500
Not Applicable Not Applicable 50th percentile (50% of bonuses were this amount or less; 50% make more): $5000 (Median)
Not Applicable Not Applicable 75th percentile (75% of bonuses were this amount or less; 25% make more): $7500
Not Applicable Not Applicable (Percentiles not reported if fewer than 12 graduates reported a bonus)

Employment RELATED to CAREER GOALS

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals and/or to be an entry-level avenue to reach your career goals?

1197 74% VERY related to career goals
430 26% SOMEWHAT related to career goals
0 0% NOT related to career goals

Employment RELATED to MAJOR

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

1166 66% VERY related to major
455 26% SOMEWHAT related to major
156 9% NOT related to major

JOB / EMPLOYER SOURCE

Which best describes the source of your first contact with the employer (organization, company, agency) whose job you accepted?

480 27% Worked for or volunteered with this employer in the past.

Referral or contact through:

72 4% Current or former employer.
67 4% Professor or other faculty or staff member in your department.
192 11% Friend or family member.
40 2% Alumnus/alumna (a graduate) of Virginia Tech.
31 2% Fellow member of club, sorority or fraternity to which you belong.
34 2% Email or posted information from your academic department.
318 18% Career fair or job fair.
160 9% On-Campus Interviewing Program or Hokies4Hire.
122 7% The employer's website.
127 7% Website for job seekers (such as Monster.com, on-line classifieds, etc.).
4 0% Print publication (newspaper, etc.).
103 6% Other.

WHEN JOB SEARCH STARTED

About when did you actively start your job search for your post-graduation job?
(Asked of employed graduates and those with an offer or offers.)

December 2013 graduates
63 20% During spring semester 2013 (more than 6 months prior to degree completion)
80 25% Summer 2013 (4-6 months prior to degree completion)
105 33% September or October 2013 (2-3 months prior to degree completion)
43 14% November or December 2013 (0-1 month prior to degree completion)
25 8% January, February or March 2014 (0-3 months after degree completion)
1 0% After March 2014 (4 or more months after degree completion)
0 0% Not applicable; I obtained an offer without an active job search.
May and Summer 2014 graduates
638 40% Between July and October 2013 (more than 6 months prior to May commencement)
419 26% Between November 2013 and January 2014 (4-6 months prior to May commencement)
327 20% February or March 2014 (2-3 months prior to May commencement)
113 7% April or May 2014, prior to May commencement (0-1 month prior to commencement)
90 6% May commencement to August 2014 (0-3 months after commencement)
13 1% September 2014 or after (4 or more months after May commencement)
0 0% Not applicable; I obtained an offer without an active job search.

NUMBER OF JOB OFFERS

To the best of your recollection, how many job offers have you received?
(Asked of employed graduates and those with an offer or offers.)

804 45% One
528 29% Two
291 16% Three
95 5% Four
73 4% Five or more

WHEN OFFER RECEIVED

About when did you receive the job offer you accepted?

December 2013 graduates
64 30% Before September 2013
56 26% September or October 2013
67 31% November or December 2013
26 12% January, February or March 2014
2 1% After March 2014
0 0% Other
May - summer 2014 graduates
558 44% Before January 2014
203 16% January 2014 through Spring Break 2014
364 28% After Spring Break 2014 - May 2014
124 10% June, July or August 2014
30 2% After August 2014
0 0% Other

Career-related learning and experience during college:

Did you have any kind of career-related experience prior to graduation (types listed)?

2826 92% Yes
255 8% No

TYPES OF CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCE (check ALL that apply)

2798 85% Respondents to this question: number and percent of total respondents

What kind of experience did you have? (check ALL that apply)

How many of each?

Number of Respondents
%
Category
 1 2 3 4 5+
1229 44% Volunteer work 294 273 192 72 414
1224 44% Part-time job 572 339 208 57 61
1389 50% Summer job 532 461 254 89 65
631 23% Unpaid internship 458 124 33 11 10
1419 51% Paid internship 771 432 171 41 11
160 6% Co-op 98 31 20 9 3
706 25% Undergraduate research 466 170 42 15 17
370 13% Field study 256 98 14 2 6
92 3% Other Not Applicable

EXTENT to which graduates LEARNED JOB SEARCH SKILLS

Which best describes the extent to which you learned job search skills during college?
I learned..

1026 34% Most job search skills I needed.
1223 40% Some job search skills, but not all I needed to know.
780 26% Nothing or very little.

SOURCES of LEARNING JOB SEARCH SKILLS (check ALL that apply)

If you did learn job search skills,where do you believe you learned them? Please check all that apply.

1051 42% Career & Professional Development programs, publications, website, advising, workshops, etc.
1040 41% Academic-credit course or seminar in your major department or college.
171 7% Not-for-credit programs or seminars in your major department or college.
1235 49% Advisors, professors or staff in your major department or college.
399 16% Other faculty or staff in the university, but not in your major department or college.
1497 59% Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends.
1418 56% Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters.
1063 42% Websites with job search advice (other than Career & Professional Development).
293 12% Books, magazines or other print materials.
81 3% Other

USED CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING COLLEGE:

As best as you can recall: During college did you use any the resources provided by Career & Professional Development?

516 18% Never
372 13% Don't recall or unsure
1689 59% Yes, but not often
293 10% Yes, often

Regrets:

If you had to do it over again, is there anything related to planning for life after college that you would do differently?

1388 46% No. For the most part, I did what I needed to do to achieve my goals.
1639 54% Yes. I wish I had done something differently.

If yes, please check ALL that apply. (Percentages are of "Yes" respondents, not total respondents.)
I wish I had...

605 37% Learned more about graduate or professional school earlier.
974 59% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
840 51% Learned more about career options and/or learned earlier.
674 41% Started my job search earlier.
430 26% Used more or different job search resources.
708 43% Asked professors and/or other advisors for advice (more often, earlier, or at all).
96 6% Other