First Destination Report: 2022-2023 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
%
1268 Total Graduates
738 58% Reported first destination / respondents
530 42% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
%
306 41% Working
16 2% Military
3 0% Volunteering
190 26% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
152 21% Still Seeking Employment
67 9% Still Seeking Continuing Education
4 1% 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.

%
179 56% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Salary median for full-time working and military: $50000
53 16% 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?
%
44 14% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
49 16% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
1 0% Career fair.
27 9% Handshake.
1 0% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
35 11% Went directly to employer website.
50 16% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
10 3% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
1 0% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
70 23% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?
%
160 52% Very
75 25% Somewhat
10 3% Not
61 20% Did not answer

Job related to Major

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?
%
125 41% Very
89 29% Somewhat
31 10% Not
61 20% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?
%
83 27% One
62 20% Two
42 14% Three
10 3% Four
8 3% Five or more
65 21% 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?
%
87 19% Learned most that I needed.
219 48% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
81 18% Learned nothing, or very little
71 16% Did not answer
If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.
%
139 30% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
21 5% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
18 4% Other books, magazines, print materials.
162 35% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
132 29% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
16 3% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
141 31% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
55 12% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
143 31% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
228 50% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
181 40% Peers.
116 25% 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.
%
100 53% Professors at Virginia Tech.
65 34% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
15 8% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
1 1% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
53 28% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
45 24% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
95 50% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
0 0% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
77 41% Parents, adult relatives
68 36% Peers.
6 3% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
19 10% Did not answer

Experience During College

Questions for all respondents

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?
%
455 62% Yes
144 20% No
139 19% 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.
%
185 25% Volunteer work
239 32% Part-time job
248 34% Summer job
8 1% Co-op (cooperative education)
234 32% Undergraduate research
37 5% Field study
0 0% Study abroad
293 40% Did not answer

Internship Experience

Questions for all respondents.

Did you have any type of internship during college (including paid, unpaid, or both)?
%
259 35% Yes
179 24% No
237 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)
%
156 21% None
80 11% One
16 2% Two
7 1% Three or more
479 65% 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)
%
49 7% None
134 18% One
54 7% Two
22 3% Three or more
479 65% 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.
%
138 19 I did not need an internship. I had other forms of experience relevant to my career goals and/or major
98 13 I did not know all the possible sources to find an internship
81 11 I did not have all the job search skills I needed to secure an internship
67 9 I did not have all the qualifications employers required
56 8 Unpaid internships are the norm in my field, and I could not afford to work without pay
38 5 I could not find an internship in the geographic location I wanted
64 9 I could not find an internship with timing that worked for my schedule
3 0 I was offered an internship, but it was cancelled by the employer (due to economic issues, such as the pandemic, or other causes)
5 1 I was offered an in-person internship at a location to which I could not relocate due to costs
426 58 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.)

%
123 17% Never
93 13% Don't recall or unsure
352 48% Yes, but not often
60 8% Yes, often
110 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

%
226 31% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
415 56% Yes. I would do something differently.
97 13% Did not answer

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

%
311 42% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
220 30% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
237 32% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
304 41% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
215 29% Started my job search earlier.
114 15% Used more or different job search resources.
275 37% Did not answer