Yeshiva University CLASS OF 2017 Career Center Post-Graduation Destinations Survey

Susan Bauer Interim Executive Director May 2018

The Yeshiva University Career Center conducted a post-graduation survey of 580 undergraduate students, who completed YU in the 2016-2017 academic year as indicated by Banner and the Registrar’s office. Through the Career Center’s outreach efforts, in collaboration with the Office of Institutional Research, including online and phone surveys, internal data on YU employment and graduate school enrollment, as well as reliable external sources such as LinkedIn, the overall results are included for 88% (513 graduates) of the Class of 2017. This year’s methodology included data for Summer 2016, January 2017, and May 2017 graduates, consistent with recent guidelines set by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).

SUMMARY

Top Industries of of undergraduate Class of 2017 had post- Employment 93% graduation destinations either at graduation • Accounting or within six-months of graduating • Education • Finance • Healthcare • Non-profit/Social Service 88% of graduates responded to survey or were accounted for • Real Estate through reliable internal and external sources (knowledge rate) 88% Top Areas of Graduate/ Professional Study • Dentistry • Education • Law 85.6% 77% • Medicine • Nursing of graduates of graduates • Social Work reported that their position was held one or more internships/ strongly or moderately related part-time jobs during their to their field of interest time at YU CLASS OF 2017 CAREER OUTCOMES

OVERALL 9% 2% 45% employment 37% 2% 4% 37% graduate school 93% 9% both of graduates 2% other have post-graduation 2% none destinations 45% 4% not seeking

BY COLLEGE 93% 87% 97% of Stern College for of Sy Syms School of of Yeshiva College (YC) Women (SCW) graduates Business (SYMS) graduates graduates have post- have post-graduation have post-graduation graduation destinations destinations destinations

33% employment 65% employment 38% employment 50% graduate school 13% graduate school 47% graduate school 8% both 8% both 10% both 2% other 1% other 2% other 2% none 10% none 2% none 4% not seeking 3% not seeking 1% not seeking

1% 2% 4% 3% 2% 2% 2% 10% 10% 8% 1% 33% 38% 8%

13% 65%

50% 47% BY MAJOR/CONCENTRATION (for majors/concentrations reporting at least 10 instances)

Accounting 91% 61% 13% 17% 8% 1% (71 respondents) employment grad school both none not seeking

Biology 95% 24% 59% 8% 4% 1% 4% (93 respondents) employment grad school both other none not seeking

Business Intel 73% 73% 18% 9% Marketing Analytics employment none not seeking (11 respondents)

Economics 96% 48% 38% 10% 5% (21 respondents) employment grad school both none

Education 92.9% 50% 14.3% 28.6% 7.1% (14 respondents) employment grad school both not seeking

English 88% 44% 31% 13% 6% 6% (16 respondents) employment grad school other none not seeking

Finance 89% 84% 5% 11% (37 respondents) employment grad school none

Jewish Studies 99% 21% 71% 7% (14 respondents) mployment grad school both

Management 85% 62% 19% 4% 12% 4% (26 respondents) employment grad school other none not seekng

Marketing 87% 52% 26% 6% 3% 6% 6% (31 respondents) employment grad school both other none not seeking

Mathematics 100% 60% 20% 20% (15 respondents) employment grad school both

Political Science 93% 62% 31% 8% (13 respondents) employment grad school not seeking

Psychology 98% 34% 48% 14% 2% 3% (65 respondents) employment grad school both other none

Shaped Major 96% 32% 64% 5% (22 respondents) employment grad school not seeking

Speech Pathology/ 92% 14% 71% 7% 7% Audiology employment grad school both none (14 respondents) BY GENDER 2% 2% 3% 7% 2% 2% 7%

10% 42% 49%

30% 43%

49% employment 42% employment 91% 30% graduate school 94% 43% graduate school of women graduates 10% both of men graduates 7% both have post-graduation 2% other have post-graduation 2% other destinations destinations 7% none 2% none 2% not seeking 3% not seeking

EMPLOYMENT AND GRADUATE SCHOOL STATISTICS

Top industries (by percent of employed graduates Full-time vs. part-time employment working in them: 277 respondents) (by percentage of employed graduates: 277 respondents)

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Full-time

Part-time 21.5% 1.9%

11.8% 11.8% Faculty/Staff 15.8% 11.7% Internship

Top methods graduates 8.1% Job Fair used to find jobs (310 11.7% respondents; could provide 18.4% Job Sites/Social Media multiple answers) 33.1% Networking (Other Contacts) 15.8% On-Campus Recruiting 8.1% 21.5% Relatives/Alumni

33.1% 1.9% YU CareerLink 18.4%

Salary Range Overall SCW SYMS YC

Less than $20,000 3.8% 7.1% 0% 6.9% $20,000 to $29,999 9.9% 16.7% 6.7% 6.9% $30,000 to $39,999 20.6% 35.7% 15% 10.3% Starting $40,000 to $49,999 19.1% 26.2% 13.3% 20.7% salaries (131 $50,000 to $59,999 14.5% 9.5% 16.7% 17.2% respondents) $60,000 to $69,999 19.8% 0% 36.7% 13.8% $70,000 to $79,999 3.8% 2.4% 3.3% 6.9% $80,000 and more 8.4% 2.4% 8.3% 17.2%

Relevance to career field of interest and major field of study (211 respondents) 79.7% 94.2% 76.7%

85.6% 79.7% of SCW graduates 94.2% of SYMS graduates 76.7% of YC graduates of graduates reported that reported that their position reported that their position reported that their position their position was either was either strongly or was either strongly or was either strongly or strongly or moderately related moderately related moderately related moderately related to their field of interest 73.5% 67.8% 87.2% 54.5% of graduates reported that their position was either 67.8% of SCW graduates 87.2% of SYMS graduates 54.5% of YC graduates reported that their position reported that their position reported that their position strongly or moderately related was either strongly or was either strongly or was either strongly or to their major(s) moderately related moderately related moderately related Internships and Part-time Jobs (391 respondents) 77% 59.8% 32.6% of graduates of graduates of graduates held one or more internships held two or more internships held three or more internships or part-time jobs during their during their time at YU during their time at YU time at YU

65.8% of SCW 52.8% of SCW 28.6% of SCW graduates held one graduates held two or graduates held three or more internships or more internships or or more internships or part-time jobs during part-time jobs during part-time jobs during their time at YU their time at YU their time at YU

87.1% of 70.5% of SYMS 41.7% of SYMS SYMS graduates graduates held two or graduates held three held one or more more internships or or more internships or internships or part-time jobs during part-time jobs during part-time jobs during their time at YU their time at YU their time at YU

82% of YC 57% of YC 27% of YC graduates held one graduates held two graduates held three or more internships or or more internships or more internships or part-time jobs during or part-time jobs part-time jobs during their time at YU during their time their time at YU at YU

Top fields of graduate/professional study (by percent of enrolled graduates in them: 232 respondents)

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0 Medicine Dentistry Law Nursing Social Work Education Accounting

9.5% 8.6% Degree Level Percentage 8.6% 7.8% DDS 8.6% 4.7% JD 7.8% Degrees sought 6.9% Master’s 47% (275 respondents) MD 10.3%

10.3% Other 6.9% 47% Other-Nursing 4.7% PhD 8.6% Semicha 9.5%

CAREER CENTER USAGE STATISTICS

OVERALL

89.2% of SCW graduates 87.2% used the Career Center 93.8% of SYMS graduates of graduates used the Career Center used the Career 75% of YC graduates Center during their used the Career Center years at YU

FIRST-TIME USAGE

Year First Used the Career Center Overall SCW SYMS YC

First Year on Campus 45.7% 39.7% 53.8% 43.7% Second Year on Campus 27.8% 29.4% 29.1% 22.5% Third Year on Campus 17.3% 19.9% 13.7% 18.3% Fourth Year on Campus or Later 9.3% 11% 3.4% 15.5% CAREER CENTER USERS’ BREAKDOWN OF SERVICES UTILIZED (could provide multiple answers)

Career Counseling Appointment 91% Career Center Web Site 27.2% Walk-in Hours 66% On-campus Recruiting 22.4% YU CareerLink Job Postings 45.7% Weekly Email 17.3% Career Fair 37.3% Workshop/Panel 23%

CONCLUSION

The Yeshiva University Class of 2017 undergraduate graduating students demonstrate great promise as evidenced by the 93% post-graduation destinations career outcomes rate. Whether employment or graduate school was their intended goal, Yeshiva University recent graduates have achieved positive career results. Full-time employment increased by 5% from last year, with 87% (N= 242) of those employed holding full-time positions. Additionally, 89% of those employed who were not also in graduate school were employed full time (N= 208). In the graduate education outcomes data, medicine led as a top chosen field of study, and 47% of those students seeking graduate education were entering Master’s programs. Overall, 46.6% of graduates reporting starting salaries indicated they were earning $50,000 or more. Sixty-five percent of Sy Syms School of Business graduates were at starting salaries earning $50,000 or more. Stern College graduates continue to have an increase in salaries, and the Yeshiva College graduates had a sizable starting salary increase from 23.1% to 55.2% earning in the $50,000 – $80,000+ range. It should be noted that the sample size for salary data continues to be somewhat small for these analyses (N=131). The overall Career Center usage rate of 87.2% signifies impressive student engagement for a non-required office on campus.

EMPLOYER SAMPLING

Accenture Chabad.org Hospital for Special Surgery New York State Assembly Actinium Pharma Citigroup Hudson Bay Capital Management LP Orthodox Union Alliance Bernstein CohnReznick Intralinks.com PHD Media (Omnicom) Analysis Group Columbia University Jones Lang LaSalle PwC Associated Hebrew School Cornell Hospital JPMorgan Chase & Co. Rockefeller University AxiomSL Cross River Bank KPMG Signals Analytics Bank of America Deloitte Loeb and Troper Sony BDO Deutsche Bank Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Starcom BlackRock Duff and Phelps Mazars USA LLP UJA Federation of New York Bloomberg LP Ernst & Young Moelis & Company United Airlines BNY Mellon GeneID - Advanced Molecular Diagnostics Morgan Stanley Yeshiva University Booz Allen Hamilton Goldman Sachs Mount Sinai Hospital Brand Sonnenschine Google MTA Broadridge Grant Thornton NBCUniversal Centers Health Care Harborview Capital Partners NCSY

GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL SAMPLING

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Hofstra University Technion American Medical School Bank Street College New York University University of Pennsylvania Baruch College Pratt Institute Yale University Carnegie Mellon University - Silicon Valley Rutgers University Yeshiva University Columbia University Sackler School of Medicine Fordham University Seton Hall University Harvard University St. John’s University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine SUNY Stony Brook