First Destination Report: 2017-2018 Undergraduate Degree Recipients for Mechanical Engineering
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First destinations: What grads are doing after graduation: |
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Number of Respondents | % |
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346 | Not Applicable | Total Graduates | ||||||
230 | 66% | Reported first destination / respondents | ||||||
TAKING TIME OFF after graduation (more than 1 month, less than 1 year) |
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82 | 36% | No | ||||||
131 | 57% | Yes, one to less than three full months | ||||||
10 | 4% | Yes, three to less than six full months | ||||||
5 | 2% | Yes, six months to less than a full year | ||||||
FIRST DESTINATION AFTER GRADUATION |
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8 | 3% | U.S. military service commitment. | ||||||
8 | 3% | Service/volunteer program (non-military). | ||||||
0 | 0% | Self-employed or working in a family-owned business. | ||||||
158 | 69% | Employed or have accepted a job offer (not employed by self or family). | ||||||
7 | 3% | Have job offer(s), but undecided on accepting. | ||||||
18 | 8% | Seeking employment, but don't yet have a job offer. | ||||||
3 | 1% | Plan to seek employment later. | ||||||
25 | 11% | Admitted to continuing education. | ||||||
5 | 2% | Plan to continue education, but details not firm yet. | ||||||
3 | 1% | Both seeking employment and applying to continue education. | ||||||
1 | 0% | Other having nothing to do with employment or continued education. | ||||||
Continuing education: Graduate, professional school, or other: |
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30 | 13% | Plan to attend OR have accepted admission. | ||||||
ADVICE SOURCES about continuing education (check ALL that apply) |
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From what sources did you seek advice about graduate or professional school (or other additional education)? |
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2 | 7% | Print information such as books or magazines. | ||||||
17 | 61% | Websites / online information. | ||||||
21 | 75% | Professors at Virginia Tech. | ||||||
14 | 50% | Academic advisors at Virginia Tech. | ||||||
1 | 4% | Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech. | ||||||
10 | 36% | People who work in the field or profession I'd like to pursue. | ||||||
10 | 36% | Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends. | ||||||
16 | 57% | Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters. | ||||||
3 | 11% | Career & Professional Development. | ||||||
8 | 29% | Faculty or staff at graduate or professional schools you considered. | ||||||
0 | 0% | Other | ||||||
Employment: |
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168 | 73% | Number / percent of respondents reporting they are employed (Employed, Self-employed, Volunteer and Military) | ||||||
161 | 99% | Number / percent of total employed who are employed full-time (if indicated) | ||||||
1 | 1% | Number / percent of total employed who are employed part-time (if Indicated) | ||||||
SALARY DATA for graduates who accepted FULL-TIME employment |
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147 | 87% | Number / percent of employed reporting salaries | ||||||
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 25th percentile (25% make this amount or less): $60187 | ||||||
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 50th percentile (50% make this amount or less; 50% make more): $65000 (Median) | ||||||
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 75th percentile (75% make this amount or less; 25% make more): $72000 | ||||||
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | (Percentiles not reported if fewer than 12 graduates reported salary) | ||||||
BONUS WITH JOB OFFER |
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Did your job offer include a signing bonus? |
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149 | 89% | Number / percent of employed who reported whether or not they received bonuses | ||||||
76 | 51% | Yes | ||||||
73 | 49% | No | ||||||
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | 25th percentile (25% of bonuses were this amount or less): $3000 | ||||||
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): $6250 | ||||||
Not Applicable | Not Applicable | (Percentiles not reported if fewer than 12 graduates reported a bonus) | ||||||
Employment RELATED to CAREER GOALS |
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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? |
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127 | 79% | VERY related to career goals | ||||||
31 | 19% | SOMEWHAT related to career goals | ||||||
2 | 1% | NOT related to career goals | ||||||
Employment RELATED to MAJOR |
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Do you consider your job to be related to your college major? |
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123 | 77% | VERY related to major | ||||||
33 | 21% | SOMEWHAT related to major | ||||||
4 | 3% | NOT related to major | ||||||
JOB / EMPLOYER SOURCE |
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Which best describes the source of your first contact with the employer (organization, company, agency) whose job you accepted? |
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49 | 31% | Worked for or volunteered with this employer in the past. | ||||||
Referral or contact through: |
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7 | 4% | Current or former employer. | ||||||
0 | 0% | Professor or other faculty or staff member in your department. | ||||||
9 | 6% | Friend or family member. | ||||||
0 | 0% | Alumnus/alumna (a graduate) of Virginia Tech. | ||||||
1 | 1% | Fellow member of club, sorority or fraternity to which you belong. | ||||||
3 | 2% | Email or posted information from your academic department. | ||||||
65 | 41% | Career fair or job fair. | ||||||
7 | 4% | On-Campus Interviewing Program or Hokies4Hire. | ||||||
4 | 3% | The employer's website. | ||||||
4 | 3% | Website for job seekers (such as Monster.com, on-line classifieds, etc.). | ||||||
0 | 0% | Print publication (newspaper, etc.). | ||||||
8 | 5% | Other. | ||||||
WHEN JOB SEARCH STARTED |
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About when did you actively start your job search for your post-graduation job?
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December 2017 graduates | ||||||||
0 | 0% | During spring semester 2017 (more than 6 months prior to degree completion) | ||||||
0 | 0% | Summer 2017 (4-6 months prior to degree completion) | ||||||
2 | 100% | September or October 2017 (2-3 months prior to degree completion) | ||||||
0 | 0% | November or December 2017 (0-1 month prior to degree completion) | ||||||
0 | 0% | January, February or March 2018 (0-3 months after degree completion) | ||||||
0 | 0% | After March 2018 (4 or more months after degree completion) | ||||||
0 | 0% | Not applicable; I obtained an offer without an active job search. | ||||||
May and Summer 2018 graduates | ||||||||
93 | 59% | Between July and October 2017 (more than 6 months prior to May commencement) | ||||||
38 | 24% | Between November 2017 and January 2018 (4-6 months prior to May commencement) | ||||||
24 | 15% | February or March 2018 (2-3 months prior to May commencement) | ||||||
1 | 1% | April or May 2018, prior to May commencement (0-1 month prior to commencement) | ||||||
1 | 1% | May commencement to August 2018 (0-3 months after commencement) | ||||||
0 | 0% | September 2018 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 |
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To the best of your recollection, how many job offers have you received?
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67 | 40% | One | ||||||
46 | 28% | Two | ||||||
35 | 21% | Three | ||||||
13 | 8% | Four | ||||||
5 | 3% | Five or more | ||||||
WHEN OFFER RECEIVED |
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About when did you receive the job offer you accepted? |
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December 2017 graduates | ||||||||
2 | 67% | Before September 2017 | ||||||
1 | 33% | September or October 2017 | ||||||
0 | 0% | November or December 2017 | ||||||
0 | 0% | January, February or March 2018 | ||||||
0 | 0% | After March 2018 | ||||||
0 | 0% | Other | ||||||
May - summer 2018 graduates | ||||||||
81 | 55% | Before January 2018 | ||||||
25 | 17% | January 2018 through Spring Break 2018 | ||||||
37 | 25% | After Spring Break 2018 - May 2018 | ||||||
3 | 2% | June, July or August 2018 | ||||||
1 | 1% | After August 2018 | ||||||
0 | 0% | Other | ||||||
Career-related learning and experience during college: |
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Did you have any kind of career-related experience prior to graduation (types listed)? |
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198 | 90% | Yes | ||||||
21 | 10% | No | ||||||
TYPES OF CAREER-RELATED EXPERIENCE (check ALL that apply) |
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197 | 86% | 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? |
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Number of Respondents |
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Category
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5+ | |
48 | 24% | Volunteer work | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 9 | |
50 | 25% | Part-time job | 26 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
68 | 35% | Summer job | 42 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | |
14 | 7% | Unpaid internship | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
145 | 74% | Paid internship | 63 | 48 | 25 | 6 | 2 | |
62 | 31% | Co-op | 31 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
66 | 34% | Undergraduate research | 41 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
2 | 1% | Field study | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | 5% | Other | Not Applicable | |||||
EXTENT to which graduates LEARNED JOB SEARCH SKILLS |
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Which best describes the extent to which you learned job search skills during college?
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75 | 35% | Most job search skills I needed. | ||||||
108 | 50% | Some job search skills, but not all I needed to know. | ||||||
33 | 15% | Nothing or very little. | ||||||
SOURCES of LEARNING JOB SEARCH SKILLS (check ALL that apply) |
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If you did learn job search skills,where do you believe you learned them? Please check all that apply. |
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97 | 50% | Career & Professional Development programs, publications, website, advising, workshops, etc. | ||||||
52 | 27% | Academic-credit course or seminar in your major department or college. | ||||||
11 | 6% | Not-for-credit programs or seminars in your major department or college. | ||||||
80 | 41% | Advisors, professors or staff in your major department or college. | ||||||
19 | 10% | Other faculty or staff in the university, but not in your major department or college. | ||||||
120 | 62% | Parents and/or other adult relatives or family friends. | ||||||
114 | 59% | Peers such as friends and/or brothers or sisters. | ||||||
79 | 41% | Websites with job search advice (other than Career & Professional Development). | ||||||
15 | 8% | Books, magazines or other print materials. | ||||||
13 | 7% | Other | ||||||
USED CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DURING COLLEGE: |
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As best as you can recall: During college did you use any the resources provided by Career & Professional Development? |
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40 | 18% | Never | ||||||
23 | 11% | Don't recall or unsure | ||||||
133 | 61% | Yes, but not often | ||||||
21 | 10% | Yes, often | ||||||
Regrets: |
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If you had to do it over again, is there anything related to planning for life after college that you would do differently? |
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121 | 56% | No. For the most part, I did what I needed to do to achieve my goals. | ||||||
95 | 44% | Yes. I wish I had done something differently. | ||||||
If yes, please check ALL that apply. (Percentages are of "Yes" respondents, not total respondents.)
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21 | 22% | Learned more about graduate or professional school earlier. | ||||||
57 | 59% | Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals. | ||||||
41 | 42% | Learned more about career options and/or learned earlier. | ||||||
40 | 41% | Started my job search earlier. | ||||||
33 | 34% | Used more or different job search resources. | ||||||
42 | 43% | Asked professors and/or other advisors for advice (more often, earlier, or at all). | ||||||
5 | 5% | Other |