SUNY Oswego Class of 2015 Graduate Report Employer highlights, graduate & professional study data, geographic distribution, alumni recommendations

BEYOND SUNY OSWEGO

Beyond SUNY Oswego is an initiative of Career Services providing the latest information on SUNY Oswego’s Class of 2015 within one year of graduation. All calculations are based on knowledge of 1,057 graduates. These graduates represent 65% percent of the total 1,626 graduates of the Class of 2015.

Employed and/or Continuing Education 94%

*Of the employed grads at left,

of those working full-time EMPLOYED 86% 62% are in their field of choice. 64%* work in the state of New York.

CONTINUING CONTINUING EDUCATION EDUCATION & EMPLOYED 20% 10%*

North Country Still Seeking Not Seeking 28 GRADUATES (4%) Out-of-State Employment + 5% + 1% Distribution 116 EMPLOYED OUTSIDE OF NYS (11%)

Mohawk Midwest U.S. Valley 8 GRADUATES (7%) Central 28 GRADUATES (4%) Capital Northeast U.S. Finger Lakes New York GRADUATES (28%) Region 33 58 GRADUATES (9%) 243 G R ADUATE S (37%) 45 GRADS South U.S. GRADUATES (44%) (7%) 51 West U.S. Western New York Southern Tier 14 GRADUATES (12%) 23 GRADUATES (3%) 37 GRADUATES (6%) Abroad 9 GRADUATES (8%) Hudson Valley Hawaii 43 GRADUATES 1 GRADUATE (1%) New York State (7%) Employment Distribution 658 EMPLOYED IN NEW YORK STATE

New York City Long Island 98 GRADUATES 55 GRADUATES (8%) (15%) 678 Graduates • Information on 424 (62.5%) Top Advice College of Liberal Arts 232 Employed (54.7%) • 115 Graduate School (27.1%) from the and Sciences 38 Employed & Graduate School (9%) • 32 Still Seeking (7.5%) • 7 Not Seeking (1.7%)

Class of 2015 Sample of Employers Total Graduate Employed Still Not Responding Employed *148 respondents Graduates Study and Study Seeking Seeking Advocacy Center of American Studies 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 Tompkins County Anthropology 11 7 5 0 1 1 0 AmeriCorps NCCC Applied Mathematics 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 150 ArcLight Cinemas Biochemistry 11 10 4 5 0 1 0 44% BAE Systems Biology 58 31 11 12 6 1 1 Chemistry 10 7 1 5 1 0 0 Booz Allen Hamilton Cinema & Screen Studies 11 6 5 1 0 0 0 Bristol Myers Squibb Cognitive Science 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 100 Cayuga Counseling Services Computer Science 13 7 7 0 0 0 0 Creative Writing 31 19 13 3 1 2 0 Crouse Hospital Economics 12 9 5 3 0 1 0 Delta Air Lines English 33 22 12 6 2 2 0 Eye Surgeons of Central NY French 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 50 27% Keuka College Geochemistry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13% 16% Geology 13 11 6 1 3 1 0 Little Lukes Global & International Studies 15 8 7 1 0 0 0 Medline Industries History 33 20 10 6 2 1 1 Microsoft Human Development 42 29 14 9 5 1 0 Information Science 9 6 5 0 0 1 0 *0 Novelis Language & International Trade 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 One Group Linguistics 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 Network Start Early Oswego County Opportunities Mathematics 8 5 3 1 1 0 0 Use Resources Use Get Experience Paradigm Environmental Services Meteorology 11 7 4 3 0 0 0 Online Public Justice 9 5 2 2 1 0 0 PepsiCo Philosophy 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 Rosamond Giford Zoo Philosophy-Psychology 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 Spirit AeroSystems Physics 10 8 5 2 1 0 0 Don’t waste any time in Political Science 18 13 7 4 0 1 1 SUNY Maritime school. Have goals with Psychology 127 85 39 32 6 6 2 Target Public Justice 89 47 34 5 2 6 0 an action plan to achieve Vanderbuilt Museum Sociology 18 10 6 1 1 2 0 those realistic goals. WMF Photography Software Engineering 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 Spanish 6 4 1 2 0 0 1 Women’s Studies 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Zoology BA 49 29 17 5 3 4 0 Contact and communicate with as many people as School of Business 404 Graduates • Information on 266 (65.8%) possible, you never know 208 Employed (78.2%) • 22 Graduate School (8.3%) 19 Employed & Graduate School (7.1%) • 12 Still Seeking (4.5%) • 5 Not Seeking (1.9%) who can help you fnd a

great job. Total Graduate Employed Still Not Responding Employed Graduates Study and Study Seeking Seeking Accounting 57 37 18 10 6 1 2 Accounting / Management 5-year 32 21 20 0 1 0 0 It is difcult to discover Business Administration 168 113 94 8 7 3 1 what you love without Finance 46 30 27 1 1 1 0 Human Resource Management 24 14 12 0 0 2 0 actually doing it. Management Accounting 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Marketing 62 41 29 2 3 5 2 Operations Mgmt & Info. Systems 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 Risk Management & Insurance 10 7 6 1 0 0 0 Develop your LinkedIn network. I wouldn’t have Sample of Employers my job now if it wasn’t for A.L. Stuart Financial Services Brown and Brown Insurance Fust Charles Chambers New York Life Insurance Pyramid Management Group connections I made on Accenture Credit Services Cadaret, Grant Great American Insurance Company Sherwin Williams Ameriprise Financial Constellation Brands Informa Investment Solutions Noble Health Services Target LinkedIn. AT&T CXtec JDX Consulting NorthStar Financial Terakeet AXA Advisors Deloitte & Touche KPMG Northwestern Mutual Textron Ayco-Goldman Sachs Co Dermody, Burke & Brown Manning & Napier Advisors Pacifc Islands Club The Sutherland Company Bank of New York Mellon Enterprise Holdings Marcum LLP Paychex Turning Stone Bowers & Company Ernst & Young Moody’s Corporation PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Wegmans Food Markets Broadridge Financial Solutions Frito Lay National Geographic Prudential 227 Graduates • Information on 162 (71.4%) School of Education 74 Employed (45.7%) • 50 Graduate School (30.9%) 35 Employed & Graduate School (21.6%) • 3 Still Seeking (1.9%) • 0 Not Seeking (0%)

Total Graduate Employed Still Not Responding Employed Graduates Study and Study Seeking Seeking Selected Positions ) 12 - Biology 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 ( Teaching Chemistry 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 61% TEACHER (ALL GRADES / DISCIPLINES) 12 7 2 1 4 0 0 English 23% SUBSTITUTE (ALL GRADES / DISCIPLINES) French 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 9% TEACHING ASSISTANT Math 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 7% TEACHING AIDE Social Studies 15 10 5 4 0 1 0 Non-Teaching 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHILDREN’S DIRECTOR MEDICAL ASSISTANT ADOLESCENCE EDUCATION Spanish CONSTRUCTION NANNY TECHNOLOGY COORDINATOR PATIENT CARE TECHNICIAN Arts 5 4 2 2 0 0 0 DAY REHAB COUNSELOR SAFETY, HEALTH & WELLNESS 4 4 0 2 2 0 0 EMT COORDINATOR Biology HUMAN RESOURCES WELLNESS COACH )

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- Chemistry 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 ( Earth Science 6 5 2 2 1 0 0 Sample of Employers English 28 22 2 10 10 0 0 French 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 TEACHING NON-TEACHING Albany City School District Math 6 5 1 4 0 0 0 Blink Fitness Anne Arundel County School District Breathe Yoga 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Physics Cartwright School District Fresenius Medical Care CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EDUCATION CHILDHOOD Social Studies 26 24 9 10 4 1 0 Central Square Central School District DCMO BOCES Heritage Farms Spanish 5 4 3 0 1 0 0 Hempstead Elementary School MINDBODY Software Horseheads High School NYS Department of Health Agricultural Education 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Indian River Central School District NOVA Jeferson Lewis BOCES Technical Education 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Liverpool Central School District Southside Physical Therapy 26 19 11 5 3 0 0 Technology Education Manhattan District 1 TNT Consulting Technology Management 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 Mexico Central School District Peru Central School District TESOL Clinically Rich K-12 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 Prince George’s County School District Trade Education 5 4 2 1 1 0 0 Prince William County Schools Saint Michael’s Catholic School Wellness Management 63 39 24 7 7 1 0 Success Academy Charter School Unadilla Valley Central School District Watertown Central School District

317 Graduates • Information on 205 (64.7%) School of Communication, 158 Employed (77.1%) • 25 Graduate School (12.2%) Media and the Arts 10 Employed & Graduate School (4.9%) • 11 Still Seeking (5.4%) • 1 Not Seeking (0.5%)

Total Graduate Employed Sample of Employers Responding Employed Still Seeking Not Seeking Graduates Study and Study ABC News EverPresent (Art) Art History Emphasis 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 Amazon Fat Guy Media (Art) Graphic Design Emphasis 29 17 12 3 0 2 0 Americorps Fox 35 Orlando, WOFL-TV (Art) Studio Emphasis 6 2 0 1 0 1 0 Assante Design Fox Syracuse Broadcasting & Mass Comm. 101 67 57 7 0 3 0 Brawn Media Futurethink Communication & CBS 7 FYI Brand Communications 58 37 29 3 3 1 1 Social Interaction Ceisler Media GroupM Direct Fine Arts 11 8 4 2 2 0 0 CGI Communication Hudson Global Graphic Design 28 17 14 2 0 1 0 CNY Central Kellen Journalism 18 16 12 1 2 1 0 Community Health Care Lion Television Music 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 Cornell University MediaCom Public Relations 48 30 23 4 2 1 0 Corning Museum of Glass MLB Network Theatre 9 5 5 0 0 0 0 Crown Press NBC Dixon Schwabl NeuLion E & I Corporation Norfolk Tides Equinox Broadcasting OneShot Marketing ESPN Owens Illustration Graduate School Distribution New York State Out-of-State

Capital (10%)1 Mohawk Valley (2%)1 Northeast (25%)2 Aesthetics Science Institute Herkimer Community College Does not include NYS distribution Albany Law School Utica College Berklee College of Music West (12%)2 Sufolk University Law School 1 Boston College Cinema Makeup School SUNY Albany New York City (13%) College of Saint Joseph Hope International University City College of New York The Sage Colleges Edinboro University San Juan College CUNY Brooklyn College Lake Erie College of Osteopathic University of California, Davis 1 CUNY Queens College Central (52%) Southern New Hampshire University of Colorado Crouse Hospital School of Nursing Fordham University University University of Utah Le Moyne College Hunter College Springfield College SUNY Cortland Manhattan College 2 Temple University Abroad (12%) SUNY Environmental Science and Mercy College Tufts University Glasgow School of Art Forestry New York Law School University of Bridgeport Roehampton University SUNY Oswego New York University University of New England University of Aberdeen SUNY Upstate Medical Pace University University of New Haven University of Kent Syracuse University St. John’s University Vermont Law School University of Manchester Teachers College Columbia 1 University of St. Andrews Finger Lakes (7%) University South (15%)2 Nazareth College 2 Touro College Florida A&M University Online (24%) Roberts Wesleyan College George Washington University Concordia University Rochester Institute of Technology (2%)1 North Country University of Baltimore School Grand Canyon University St. John Fisher College SUNY Plattsburgh of Law SUNY Polytechnic SUNY Brockport SUNY Potsdam University of Maryland University of Maryland University of Rochester 1 University of North Carolina at University of Phoenix Southern Tier (4%) Walden University Hudson Valley (2%)1 Binghamton University Greensboro College of New Rochelle Cornell University University of Tampa Dominican College Ithaca College University of Texas at Dallas Manhattanville College SUNY Binghamton Midwest (12%)2 SUNY New Paltz Western (5%)1 Bowling Green State University Long Island (3%) 1 Canisius College Ohio State University Adelphi University D’Youville College University Of Illinois at Urbana- LIU Post Niagara University Champaign Long Island University SUNY Bufalo Wright State University SUNY Stony Brook

1 THE % OF GRADUATES ATTENDING GRADUATE SCHOOL IN NEW YORK STATE 2 THE % OF GRADUATES ATTENDING GRADUATE SCHOOL OUT-OF-STATE

Sample of Graduate Schools Visiting the Oswego Campus Adelphi University Daemen College Roberts Wesleyan College The College of Saint Rose Albany College of Pharmacy & Fordham University Rochester Institute of Technology The New York Film Academy Health Science Hofstra University Roger Williams University The Ohio State University Albany Law School John Jay College of Criminal Justice Ross University The Sage Colleges Alfred University Manhattan College Sacred Heart University Touro Law Center American University Massachusetts College of St. John’s University Union Graduate College St. Maarten School of Medicine Pharmacy and Health Sciences St. Joseph’s College University at Albany Binghamton University, Medaille College Stony Brook University University at Bufalo School of Social Work Mercy College College of Business University of New Hampshire Boston Architectural College Nazareth College Sufolk University University of Rochester City College of New York New York Institute of Technology SUNY Geneseo Warner School of Education Clarkson University New York Law School SUNY Oneonta Western New England University CUNY Queens College Niagara University SUNY Oswego School of Law CUNY School of Law Pace University Syracuse University Widener University Commonwealth D’Youville College Quinnipiac University The College of New Rochelle Law School

Ofce of Career Services • 145 Marano Campus Center • Oswego, New York 13126 • 315.312.2255 • oswego.edu/careerservices Words of Wisdom

• Advice from the SUNY Oswego Class of 2015 •

1 ORIENT YOUR ATTITUDE 2 CULTIVATE NETWORKS 3 GAIN EXPERIENCE 4 SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCH Always keep your future in mind Get your name out there in a Employers love to see what you've Every interview is an incredible while studying in college. It is positive way. done outside of the classroom. learning experience, even if you essential to have a plan, and to don't get a job offer from it. Set a work towards the aforementioned Take advantage of all that the I would advise everyone to goal and take all the steps neces- plan. Be involved, seek assistance, Career Services office at SUNY participate in an internship. sary to get there. build relationships, gain experience, Oswego has to offer. The endless My advice would be to pay and thrive as a professional. opportunities in which this Keep applying for jobs and don’t get department provides students and attention to building your resume discouraged. and gaining experience as much as Don't waste any time offers to those seeking professional guidance, align nearly every you can before you graduate. Use Career Services and give in school. Have goals student with success. They truly everything you do your full effort. with an action plan will help guide you in attaining the It is difficult to discover Start applying for jobs before professional career in the field in to achieve those what you love without graduation! realistic goals. which you have always wanted to actually doing it. work. I called my current manager and Use Career Services, do internships Internships are a great way to get asked him for 15 minutes at a coffee related with to you want to Contact and your foot in the door and show a shop to discuss the position. The rest do outside of college and give communicate with prospective employer the real you. is history. everything you do your full effort. as many people as Learn as much as you can from Take advantage of the Compass Take the time to find yourself. possible, you never your internship. and the services that they provide know who can help you for job and internship searches. Be involved, seek assistance, build Studying Abroad played a key role relationships, gain experience, and find a great job. in landing my current job. Develop your LinkedIn thrive as a professional. Take any job or volunteer position Stay connected with professors and that keeps your 'foot in the door' network. I wouldn't Don't settle. classmates, the more connections with your career. have my job now if it the better. Broaden your horizons. Choose a wasn't for connections I minor that is not entirely related to Network with instructors and made on LinkedIn. your major. advisors for professional advice. It is important to have a plan laid Oswego is what you make it, all Join local associations related to out for the immediate months fol- opportunities are available to you. your field. lowing graduation. Work the plan.

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