First Destination Report: 2022-2023 Undergraduate Degree Recipients

Computer Science

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

Response Rate
%
523 Total Graduates
331 63% Reported first destination / respondents
192 37% Unreported / non-respondents

Outcome

What are you primarily doing after graduation?
%
190 57% Working
1 0% Military
0 0% Volunteering
65 20% Continuing Education
0 0% Fellowship
68 21% Still Seeking Employment
7 2% Still Seeking Continuing Education
0 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.

%
138 72% Number and percent of working and military who reported salary.
Salary median for full-time working and military: $90000
65 34% Number and percent of working who reported receiving a bonus above $0.
Bonus Median: $10000

Job Source

Question for working respondents

Regarding the job you accepted: Which best describes the way you first made contact with this employer?
%
30 16% Worked / volunteered with this employer in the past.
29 15% Knew / met the employer through someone I know (networking).
9 5% Career fair.
15 8% Handshake.
0 0% On-Campus Interviewing Program (employer interviewed in Smith Career Center).
22 12% Went directly to employer website.
17 9% Used job-seeker website, other than Handshake.
2 1% Information posted or messaged from my academic department.
1 1% Employer spoke at a presentation I attended.
31 16% Did not answer

Job related to Career Goals

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your career goals?
%
131 69% Very
32 17% Somewhat
0 0% Not
27 14% Did not answer

Job related to Major

Question for working respondents

Do you consider your job to be related to your major?
%
149 78% Very
12 6% Somewhat
2 1% Not
27 14% Did not answer

Number of Job Offers

Question for working respondents

As best as you recall, how many job offers have you received?
%
75 39% One
38 20% Two
19 10% Three
11 6% Four
12 6% Five or more
28 15% 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?
%
51 20% Learned most that I needed.
146 57% Learned some, but not all, that I needed.
29 11% Learned nothing, or very little
32 12% Did not answer
If you learned job search skills, where did you learn them? Check all that apply.
%
83 32% Career & Professional Development; advising, presentations, website, resource center.
10 4% Career Planning Guide; booklet free to VT students from CPD.
7 3% Other books, magazines, print materials.
128 50% Websites external to Virginia Tech.
73 28% Academic-credit course in my major or college.
13 5% Not-for-credit program in my major or college.
55 21% Advisors, staff, professors in my major or college.
15 6% Other VT advisors, staff, professors, NOT in my major or college.
101 39% Employers, mentors at jobs, internships.
127 49% Parents, adult relatives, family friends.
110 43% Peers.
60 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.
%
33 51% Professors at Virginia Tech.
24 37% Academic advisors at Virginia Tech.
0 0% Pre-professional school advisors at Virginia Tech.
2 3% Career center advisors at Virginia Tech.
11 17% Professionals working in the field I want to pursue.
10 15% Faculty or staff at the graduate or professional schools I considered.
17 26% Websites of the graduate or professional schools I considered.
0 0% Websites about professions and graduate schools.
27 42% Parents, adult relatives
33 51% Peers.
3 5% Print information: books, magazines, etc.
10 15% Did not answer

Experience During College

Questions for all respondents

Did you have any type of career-related experience during college?
%
219 66% Yes
63 19% No
49 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.
%
36 11% Volunteer work
79 24% Part-time job
132 40% Summer job
19 6% Co-op (cooperative education)
62 19% Undergraduate research
3 1% Field study
0 0% Study abroad
132 40% Did not answer

Internship Experience

Questions for all respondents.

Did you have any type of internship during college (including paid, unpaid, or both)?
%
198 60% Yes
20 6% No
92 33% 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)
%
157 47% None
27 8% One
7 2% Two
5 2% Three or more
135 41% 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)
%
4 1% None
103 31% One
62 19% Two
28 8% Three or more
134 40% 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.
%
11 3 I did not need an internship. I had other forms of experience relevant to my career goals and/or major
24 7 I did not know all the possible sources to find an internship
38 11 I did not have all the job search skills I needed to secure an internship
33 10 I did not have all the qualifications employers required
1 0 Unpaid internships are the norm in my field, and I could not afford to work without pay
9 3 I could not find an internship in the geographic location I wanted
27 8 I could not find an internship with timing that worked for my schedule
3 1 I was offered an internship, but it was cancelled by the employer (due to economic issues, such as the pandemic, or other causes)
0 0 I was offered an in-person internship at a location to which I could not relocate due to costs
257 78 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.)

%
47 14% Never
39 12% Don't recall or unsure
186 56% Yes, but not often
20 6% Yes, often
39 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

%
103 31% No. Mostly I did what I needed to achieve my goals.
185 56% Yes. I would do something differently.
43 13% Did not answer

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

%
134 40% Learned more, or earlier, about career options.
56 17% Learned more, or earlier, about graduate or professional school.
92 28% Asked advisors, staff, professors for advice, earlier, or more often.
134 40% Gotten more experience related to my major or career goals.
155 47% Started my job search earlier.
96 29% Used more or different job search resources.
125 38% Did not answer