First Destination Report: 2021-2022 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
%
1162 Total Graduates
591 51% Reported first destination / respondents
571 49% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
%
233 39% Working
9 2% Military
2 0% Volunteering
137 23% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
129 22% Still Seeking Employment
79 13% Still Seeking Continuing Education
2 0% Not Seeking (traveling, gap year, taking time off, other)

Continuing Education Details

Respondents who indicate continuing education are asked to report their institution, location, degree level, and program of study. View list by undergrad major of continuing education degrees, institution, and locations

Working Details

Respondents who indicate working are asked to report their employer, position title, and location. 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.

%
162 67% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Salary median for full-time working and military: $60000
47 19% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Bonus Median: $7500

Job Source

Question for working respondents

Regarding the job you accepted: Which best describes the way you first made contact with this employer?
%
23 10% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
43 18% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
11 5% Career fair.
24 10% Handshake.
2 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
29 12% Went directly to employer website.
56 24% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
6 3% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
0 0% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
39 17% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?
%
140 60% Very
49 21% Somewhat
8 3% Not
36 15% Did not answer

Job related to Major

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?
%
103 44% Very
74 32% Somewhat
20 9% Not
36 15% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?
%
80 34% One
53 23% Two
25 11% Three
10 4% Four
10 4% Five or more
38 16% 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?
%
71 20% Learned most that I needed.
195 54% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
45 12% Learned nothing, or very little
51 14% Did not answer
If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.
%
123 34% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
18 5% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
23 6% Other books, magazines, print materials.
144 40% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
89 25% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
13 4% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
130 36% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
46 13% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
131 36% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
181 50% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
142 39% Peers.
82 23% 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.
%
72 53% Professors at Virginia Tech.
45 33% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
14 10% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
10 7% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
53 39% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
49 36% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
73 53% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
0 0% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
63 46% Parents, adult relatives
57 42% Peers.
4 3% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
9 7% Did not answer

Experience During College

Questions for all respondents

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?
%
367 62% Yes
133 23% No
91 15% Stated prefer not to answer OR did not answer

Types of Experience Other Than Internships

Questions for all respondents.

If you had any of the following types of experience, check all that apply.
%
144 24% Volunteer work
205 35% Part-time job
193 33% Summer job
10 2% Co-op (cooperative education)
183 31% Undergraduate research
35 6% Field study
0 0% Study abroad
232 39% Did not answer

Internship Experience

Questions for all respondents.

Did you have any type of internship during college (including paid, unpaid, or both)?
%
193 33% Yes
160 27% No
195 39% Stated prefer not to answer OR did not answer
Question asked to those who responded “yes” to had internship: How many unpaid internships did you have? ("unpaid" meaning no monetary compensation, such as wage, salary, or stipend)
%
124 21% None
51 9% One
15 3% Two
4 1% Three or more
397 67% Did not answer OR question not applicable
Question asked to those who responded “yes” to had internship: How many paid internships did you have? ("paid" meaning monetary compensation, including wage, salary, or stipend)
%
38 6% None
106 18% One
34 6% Two
16 3% Three or more
397 67% Did not answer OR question not applicable

No Internship; Reasons

Questions asked to those who responded "no" to had internship.

You said you did not have any internships during college. Please check any of the following that are applicable to you.
%
127 21 I did not need an internship. I had other forms of experience relevant to my career goals and/or major
82 14 I did not know all the possible sources to find an internship
65 11 I did not have all the job search skills I needed to secure an internship
70 12 I did not have all the qualifications employers required
42 7 Unpaid internships are the norm in my field, and I could not afford to work without pay
50 8 I could not find an internship in the geographic location I wanted
69 12 I could not find an internship with timing that worked for my schedule
13 2 I was offered an internship, but it was cancelled by the employer (due to economic issues, such as the pandemic, or other causes)
4 1 I was offered an in-person internship at a location to which I could not relocate due to costs
305 52 Did not answer OR question not applicable

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.)

%
87 15% Never
69 12% Don't recall or unsure
313 53% Yes, but not often
49 8% Yes, often
73 12% 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

%
188 32% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
339 57% Yes. I would do something differently.
64 11% Did not answer

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

%
240 41% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
183 31% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
195 33% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
244 41% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
174 29% Started my job search earlier.
105 18% Used more or different job search resources.
213 36% Did not answer