First Destination Report: 2022-2023 Undergraduate Degree Recipients

Whole University

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

Response Rate
%
7991 Total Graduates
5110 64% Reported first destination / respondents
2881 36% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
%
2867 56% Working
130 3% Military
13 0% Volunteering
1020 20% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
867 17% Still Seeking Employment
188 4% Still Seeking Continuing Education
25 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.

%
1976 66% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Salary median for full-time working and military: $70000
784 26% 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?
%
365 13% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
491 17% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
64 2% Career fair.
161 6% Handshake.
23 1% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
359 13% Went directly to employer website.
306 11% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
58 2% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
34 1% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
540 19% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?
%
1674 58% Very
666 23% Somewhat
53 2% Not
474 17% Did not answer

Job related to Major

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?
%
1650 58% Very
607 21% Somewhat
136 5% Not
474 17% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?
%
872 30% One
617 22% Two
406 14% Three
135 5% Four
127 4% Five or more
495 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?
%
1066 29% Learned most that I needed.
1730 46% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
378 10% Learned nothing, or very little
560 15% Did not answer
If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.
%
1277 34% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
175 5% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
190 5% Other books, magazines, print materials.
1347 36% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
1062 28% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
121 3% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
1357 36% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
383 10% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
1627 44% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
1908 51% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
1511 40% Peers.
823 22% 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.
%
581 57% Professors at Virginia Tech.
408 40% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
49 5% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
7 1% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
314 31% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
262 26% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
395 39% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
0 0% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
424 42% Parents, adult relatives
409 40% Peers.
28 3% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
74 7% Did not answer

Experience During College

Questions for all respondents

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?
%
3517 69% Yes
700 14% No
893 17% 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.
%
902 18% Volunteer work
1646 32% Part-time job
2251 44% Summer job
196 4% Co-op (cooperative education)
1015 20% Undergraduate research
458 9% Field study
0 0% Study abroad
1713 34% Did not answer

Internship Experience

Questions for all respondents.

Did you have any type of internship during college (including paid, unpaid, or both)?
%
2814 55% Yes
651 13% No
1464 31% 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)
%
2012 39% None
573 11% One
155 3% Two
67 1% Three or more
2303 45% 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)
%
284 6% None
1320 26% One
824 16% Two
379 7% Three or more
2303 45% 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.
%
505 10 I did not need an internship. I had other forms of experience relevant to my career goals and/or major
319 6 I did not know all the possible sources to find an internship
306 6 I did not have all the job search skills I needed to secure an internship
300 6 I did not have all the qualifications employers required
177 3 Unpaid internships are the norm in my field, and I could not afford to work without pay
231 5 I could not find an internship in the geographic location I wanted
292 6 I could not find an internship with timing that worked for my schedule
33 1 I was offered an internship, but it was cancelled by the employer (due to economic issues, such as the pandemic, or other causes)
26 1 I was offered an in-person internship at a location to which I could not relocate due to costs
3841 75 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.)

%
839 16% Never
675 13% Don't recall or unsure
2457 48% Yes, but not often
401 8% Yes, often
738 14% 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

%
2037 40% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
2439 48% Yes. I would do something differently.
634 12% Did not answer

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

%
1837 36% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
957 19% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
1464 29% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
1671 33% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
1379 27% Started my job search earlier.
800 16% Used more or different job search resources.
2270 44% Did not answer