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3M Corp. BF Goodrich Aerospace CM Architecture Falkirk Mining Co., The Hansen Lind Meyer Design Kinder Care Learning Abbott Northwestern Biolife Plasma Services ConAgra Foods, Inc. Famous Footwear Harris Thermal Transfer Center Hospital Bismarck, City of Control Concepts Fargo Assembly Co. Products Kindred Public School Abercrombie & Fitch BKBM Engineers, Inc. Control Products, Inc. Fargo Automation, Inc. HDR Engineering, Inc. District Accenture Black & Veatch Coon Rapids Pet Hospital Fargo Cass Public Health & Head Start SENDCAA - SE Kmart Adams Thermal Systems, Bloomington Public Schools Cooperstown Medical Home Health Care Human Service Center Kohl’s Inc. Bobcat Co. - Ingersoll Rand Center Fargo Country Club Hensel Phelps Construction KPMG LLP Co. ADC Telecommunications Bolton & Menk, Inc. Corporate Technologies, Fargodome Kraft Foods, Inc. Heritage Homes Ag Country Farm Credit Bonestroo Rosene Anderlik LLC Fargo Park District Kraus-Anderson Services & Assoc. Coteau Des Prairies Fargo Public School District Heyer Engineering Construction AGCO Ag-Chem Bonestroo, Williamson, Hospital Farm Credit Services of Higher Ground Academy Kristi Hanson Architect, Equipment Co. Kotsmith Crow Wing Highway Dept. America Hillsboro Medical Center Inc. Agriliance Border States Electric Supply Custom Mortgage & Farmers Insurance Group HLA Group Landscape Kroshus Landscaping, Inc. AGSCO, Inc. Border States Paving, Inc. Investment Farmers Union Oil Co. Architects KVRR-TV-Fox AgStar Financial Services Bor-Son Construction Dairy Queen - Orange Fast Enterprises LLC Hormel Foods Corp. Lakeland Veterinary Julius Hospital Albany School District Brown & Saenger Business Fastenal Co. Hornbacher’s Foods Alliant Energy Interiors Dakota Boys & Girls Ranch Hunt Technologies, Inc. Lakes & Prairies Floor To Ceiling Store Community Action Allina Health System Buth Engineering Dakota Clinic, Ltd. Hurley & Assoc. Foss Assoc. Architecture Lakes Area Charter School Anderson Architecture Buz Manufacturing Dakota Gasification Co. Engineers & Interiors Hutchinson Technology Inc. Landmark Consultants, Inc. Andover Public School C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Dakota Plains Co-op Gaffaney’s Furniture Group Hyatt Hotels & Resort & Landplan Engineering System Inc. Dakota Plate & Glass Garven, Inc. Casino Angus Palm Industries, Inc. Cannon Technologies Dakota Prairie Public School IBM Corp. Larson, Allen, Weishair & Gate City Bank Co., LLC Appareo Systems Cargill Financial Service Dakota Western Bank Geneva Capital Group Immanuel St. Joseph’s Mayo Health System Lejeune Steel Co. Applied Engineering, Inc. Center Daktronics Glenwood School District Innovis Health Center Lightowler Johnson Assoc. Archer Daniels Midland Cargill, Inc. Davis Partnership Architects Golden Plains Ag. Integrity Windows and LS Engineers ARCTCO (Arctic Cat) Case New Holland Deere & Co. Goldmark Property Artesyn Technologies Cass County Electric Co-op Delano School District Doors Lurie Besikof Lapidus & Management Co. LLP Ashby Public Schools Casselton Veterinary Digi-Key Corp. Interstate Engineering Grand Forks Public School M & E Engineering, Inc. Ashland, City of Services Divide County Public District Jacobson Engineers & Surveyors M. A. Mortenson Co. Avera St. Luke’s Child Caterpillar, Inc. School District Granite City Development Center Cedar Ridge Treatment DLR Group James River Correctional Maintenance Engineering Granite Construction Center BAE Systems Center Drayton Enterprises, LLC Maro & Assoc., Inc. Grant’s Mechanical, Inc. Jennie-O Turkey Store Baker Hughes, Inc. Cenex Harvest States Duininck Companies Marriott Corp. Green Mountain JLG Architects Bank of the West Centex Homes Dura Supreme, Inc. Engineering Marshall and Ilsley Corp. John T. Jones Construction Barr Engineering Co. Central MN Mental Health Eagle Creek Software Greenskeeper Marshall Bank Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson Basin Electric Power Co-op Center Services Gremada Industries Mayo Clinic Kelly Services Battle Lake Veterinary Central Montana Co-op Edge Sports Training Grouser Products, Inc. McNeilus Companies Kiewit Construction Co. Clinic Central Valley Co-op Eide Bailly, LLP Hagen Christensen & McCarthy Building Baxter Healthcare Corp. Chaska Public School Enterprise Rent-A-Car McIlwain Architects Kiewit Industrial Co. Companies Beauchamp Engineering, District Extendicare Health Service, Haines Gipson & Assoc., Kiewit Mining Group, Inc. McGladrey & Pullen LLP Inc. Ciavarella Design Inc. Inc. Kimley-Horn and Assoc., Medcenter One Health Beckman Coulter, Inc. Cities Edge Architects Fairview-University Medical Halliburton Inc. Systems Bethany Homes Clay County Social Services Center Halling Engineering Medtronic, Inc. (continued on inside) pointS of intereSt AnnuAl employment The NDSU Career Center sponsors career events throughout the report HigHligHtS CAreer Center school year to connect employers with students and alumni seeking Data for this report was collected through mail surveys, follow-up north dakota state university, fargo full-time positions, part-time jobs and internships. telephone calls and inquiries to academic departments. The Career August Center surveyed graduates of baccalaureate degrees from NDSU for terms ending in December 2005, May 2006 and August 2006. This Part-Time Jobs Fair report is based on responses from 1,206 graduates (73.4% of the September reported 1,642 undergraduate degrees granted). Meet the Firms (Accounting) Engineering & Tech Expo Of the 1,206 respondents: 2006 annual October • 864 (71.6%) reported “Employed.” Agriculture Career Day • 277 (23.0%) reported “Post Baccalaureate & Professional.” Tri-College Graduate School Day (Students connect with representatives from regional and national post-baccalaureate • 65 (5.4%) reported still “Active in Job Search.” schools.) EmploymEnt November Of the 864 employed respondents: Tri-College Career & Internship Fair • 782 (90.5%) reported: “Employed Related to Major/Minor.” (Business & Liberal Arts majors) • 35 (4.1%) reported employed in part-time positions.

February • The average annual “related” reported salary of respondents was rEport Summer Jobs Fair $38,000. The highest reported salary was $78,000. Spring Career Fair (all majors) • Graduates reported accepting employment in 37 states and three March foreign countries. Design Expo (Architecture & Landscape Architecture) • 437 respondents (50.6%) reported accepting employment in April North Dakota. ND Education Connection • 259 respondents (30.0%) reported accepting employment in Minnesota. Cooperative Education The Cooperative Education program is a structured, paid work • 463 respondents reported their original home state as North experience for academic credit affording students an opportunity Dakota, of which 327 reported accepting employment in North to gain relevant, professional experience in the career they have Dakota (70.6% retention). chosen to pursue upon graduation. Co-op students accept work • Of this year’s employed graduates from the College of Agriculture, assignments locally, regionally and nationally and the work can be Food Systems, and Natural Resources, 21.1% have chosen to farm full or part time during the summer and/or academic semester. or ranch. NDSU Career Center The Career Center is a comprehensive employment information and resource center connecting students and alumni with employers. The NDSU Career Center supports and implements state and federal laws in the matter of Equal Employment Opportunity and nondiscriminatory practices. Services are available only to employers who submit assurance that they are equal opportunity employers.

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CompAnieS tHAt employed ndSu grAduAteS (continued) Menards, Inc. ND Seed Commission Pedigree Technologies Schwan’s Sales Enterprises Taxman WA Dept. of Transportation Mercy Hospital NDSU Center for Nanoscale Pella Corp. Scimed Life Systems (Boston Technology Crops Intl. Wadena Community Center MeritCare Medical Center Science and Engineering Pepsi Co. Scientific) Tecton Products, LLC Wahpeton Canvas Metro Sales NDSU Extension Service Performance Contracting Scripps Memorial Hospital Tharaldson Enterprises Walgreens Meyer Borgmen & Johnson New England Public School Group Sebeka Public School Property Management Wallwork Truck Center Microsoft Corp. District Peterson Farms Seed, Inc. District Thompson School District Wanzek Construction, Inc. Mid-Valley Grain Co-op New York & Co. PetSmart Securian Financial Group Thomson West WDAZ TV Miller Architects Nodak Mutual Insurance Phoenix Intl. Corp. Silverman Olson Thorvilson Titan Machinery Weis Builders, Inc. Co. Kaufmann Ltd. Minn. Office of the State Pioneer Hi-Bred Intl., Inc. TKDA & Assoc. Weiss Construction Co. Auditor Nordstrom Planned Parenthood Sioux Falls Public School Traill County Sheriff Dept. District Wells Fargo & Co. Minnehaha County Noridian Mutual Insurance Polaris Industries, Inc. Trane Co., The Co. Sioux Valley Hospital Wenck Assoc. Minnesota Farm Bureau Pope County Highway Trinity Medical Center Nortel Networks, Inc. Slumberland Furniture Wenger Corp. Minnesota Zoo Dept. Ulteig Engineers Inc. West Fargo Public School North American Bison PRACS Institute Ltd. Small Wonders Preschool & Minnwest Bank Co-op Child Care Center Unisys District Prairie St. John’s Minot Public School North Brady Animal SnoBear Industries United Agronomy Western Products District Prairie Restorations, Inc. Hospital Solien & Larson United Parcel Service (UPS) Wild & Assoc. Missouri Valley Montessori North Branch School Protient, Inc. Engineering University of Minnesota Wilson & Co., Inc. School District Pulte Homes of Minnesota Solutions Behavioral University of New Mexico Wold Architects & Missouri Valley Veterinary North Dakota Historical Qwest Communications Healthcare Upper Great Plains Engineers Clinic Society R&S Casework, Inc. Southgate Veterinary Transportation Institute Worthington Indep. School MN Dept. of Revenue North Dakota Farmers Rainmaker Group, Inc. Hospital Upstream District MN Dept. of Transportation Union RDO Equipment Southwest Health US Air Force Xcel Energy MO Dept. of Transportation North Dakota State Red River Animal Sportsmans Warehouse US Army YMCA/YWCA MT Dept. of Transportation University Emergency Clinic SRBL Architects US Bank YWCA School Program Montana State University North Star Co-op - Cavalier Red River Grain Co. St. Agnew School US Bureau of Reclamation Agronomy Center Moore Engineering Redline, LLC St. Alexius Medical Center US Fish & Wildlife Service Northern Improvement Co. Moorhead Public School Richland County St. Cloud Hospital US Navy District Northern Plains Ag Riverside Building Center Research St. John’s Catholic Church US Dept. of Treasury - IRS Moorhead, City of RKJB Architectural Group Northern Technologies St. Joseph’s Hospital USDA Agricultural Mott Equity Exchange RLK Kuusisto Ltd. Research Service Oakes Public Schools State Bank & Trust of Fargo MTS Systems Rochester Public Schools USDA Farm Service Agency O’Day Equipment, Inc. State of SD - Banking Mutchler Bartram Architects Rockwell Collins Division USDA Natural Resources O’Day Tank & Steel Co. NASA/Johnson Space Roers Construction Strasburg Public School Conservation Service Center Opus Architects & Rosemount, Inc. District Van Sickle, Allen & Assoc., Nash Finch Co. Engineers, Inc. RS Architects Strata Corp. Inc. Naval Research Laboratory Otter Tail Power Co. RSP Architects, Ltd. Structural Design Group, Vanity NAVTEQ Otto Assoc. Engineers, Inc. S & S Landscaping Inc. Veterans Administration ND Air National Guard Owatonna Public Schools Medical Center SD Dept. of Transportation Sundt Construction ND Dept. of Health Packet Digital, LLC Village Green Golf Course S.E.H. Corp. Sungold Foods ND Dept. of Transportation Paddock Laboratories Voller Brakey Lee Stillwell Schauer & Assoc. Support Systems, Inc. ND Game and Fish Park Nicollet Health System Swanson Health Products Seuss CPAs Department Peaks to Plains Design Scheels Volt Technical Resources Schlumberger OFS Target Corp. Career Center

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(1,000’s) (1,000’s) (1,000’s) Employment Summary Undergraduate Degrees 2006

Degrees IssuedMale Female Employed RelatedEmployed to Major/Minor Unrelated to Major/MinorPercent EmployedLowest ReportedAverage Salary Reported Salary Minority Unable to SurveyPost BaccalaureateEntering & Professional Job Market Active in Job Search Highest Reported Salary College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources Agribusiness 9 7 2 0 2 1 6 5 1 0 100% 27 34 40 Agricultural Economics 26 22 4 0 4 1 21 19 2 0 100% 30 35 40 Agricultural Systems Management 21 21 0 0 2 0 19 17 1 1 95% 22 35 43 Agriculture, General 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Animal and Range Sciences 25 10 15 0 6 6 13 12 0 1 92% 23 32 38 Biotechnology 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Crop and Weed Sciences 20 17 3 0 2 2 16 14 2 0 100% 34 37 43 Economics 5 3 2 0 1 0 4 2 0 2 50% N/A Equine Studies 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 100% N/A Food Safety 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Food Science 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 100% N/A Horticulture 13 3 10 0 1 0 12 10 2 0 100% 19 29 42 Microbiology 20 10 10 1 9 4 7 5 2 0 100% 21 34 45 Natural Resources Management 7 6 1 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 100% N/A Soil Science 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Sports, Urban Turf Management 6 6 0 0 1 0 5 3 2 0 100% 19 25 30 Veterinary Technology 21 0 21 0 4 4 13 13 0 0 100% 20 25 34

College Totals 183 108 75 1 36 20 127 108 15 4 97% 19 32 45

College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Anthropology 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 50% N/A Art 5 1 4 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0% N/A Criminal Justice 43 22 21 0 14 7 22 12 6 4 82% 17 32 60 Emergency Management 4 1 3 0 0 1 3 2 1 0 100% N/A English 9 4 5 0 3 2 4 2 2 0 100% N/A History 12 7 5 0 5 2 5 1 3 1 80% N/A Humanities/Philosophy 5 4 1 0 0 1 4 3 1 0 100% 20 28 35 Languages 4 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Mass Communication 48 16 32 0 19 7 22 16 2 4 82% 18 28 40 Music 5 2 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 100% N/A Political Science 23 13 10 1 12 5 6 2 2 2 67% N/A Public History 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Social Science 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Sociology 18 3 15 1 8 3 7 3 4 0 100% 25 29 32 Speech Communication 6 2 4 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 100% 32 55 77 Theatre Arts 5 3 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0% N/A

College Totals 193 80 113 3 76 33 84 48 22 14 83% 17 31 77

College of Business Accountancy 20 12 8 0 7 0 13 12 0 1 92% 28 40 46 Accounting 20 9 11 1 9 1 10 10 0 0 100% 21 38 46 Business Administration 135 86 49 5 59 5 71 56 5 10 86% 18 32 57 Management Information Systems 34 32 2 2 18 0 16 14 1 1 94% 18 35 51

College Totals 209 139 70 8 93 6 110 92 6 12 89% 18 34 57

College of Engineering and Architecture Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering 11 11 0 0 4 0 7 7 0 0 100% 45 51 57 Architecture 38 26 12 0 4 2 32 28 1 3 91% 29 35 42 Civil Engineering 83 73 10 2 5 2 76 75 1 0 100% 30 42 60 Computer Engineering 6 5 1 0 1 2 3 3 0 0 100% 55 Construction Engineering 7 7 0 0 1 0 6 6 0 0 100% 37 52 78 Construction Management 41 38 3 0 5 0 36 34 1 1 97% 25 43 57 Electrical Engineering 65 54 11 0 13 2 50 46 0 4 92% 33 51 74 Environmental Design 51 29 22 0 2 49 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Industrial Engineering and Management 18 17 1 2 3 1 14 14 0 0 100% 40 48 58 Landscape Architecture 17 14 3 0 6 0 11 9 0 2 82% 31 39 48 Manufacturing Engineering 7 7 0 0 1 0 6 6 0 0 100% 40 48 54 Mechanical Engineering 87 80 7 0 12 8 67 66 1 0 100% 26 48 60 College Totals 431 361 70 4 57 66 308 294 4 10 97% 25 45 78

College of Human Development and Education Apparel and Textiles 37 1 36 1 12 0 25 18 5 2 92% 20 26 34 Athletic Training 4 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Child Development and Family Science 46 0 46 1 14 3 29 26 0 3 90% 15 23 35 Dietetics 17 1 16 0 4 2 11 8 2 1 91% 28 34 41 Facility Management 5 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 100% 28 44 65 Hospitality/Tourism Management 12 3 9 0 4 0 8 5 1 2 75% 16 27 35 Human Performance and Fitness 27 16 11 0 7 4 16 12 4 0 100% 21 30 38 Interior Design 17 0 17 0 2 0 15 8 2 5 67% 23 26 34 Recreation Management 10 4 6 0 4 1 5 3 2 0 100% 17 22 25 School of Education 60 34 26 0 20 4 36 30 4 2 94% 12 28 42 College Totals 235 64 171 2 69 18 148 113 20 15 90% 12 27 65

College of Pharmacy, Nursing, and Allied Sciences Clinical Laboratory Science 13 2 11 0 4 0 9 9 0 0 100% 31 35 38 Nursing 58 7 51 0 7 0 51 50 0 1 98% 35 44 55 Pharmaceutical Sciences 77 28 49 0 0 77 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Radiologic Sciences 6 2 4 0 2 0 4 4 0 0 100% 35 38 44 Respiratory Care 16 1 15 2 10 0 6 5 1 0 100% 29 33 40 College Totals 170 40 130 2 23 77 70 68 1 1 99% 29 42 55

College of Science and Mathematics Biological Sciences 16 9 7 0 2 5 9 7 1 1 89% 21 29 40 Biotechnology 6 3 3 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 50% N/A Botany 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Chemistry 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Computer Science 33 32 1 1 14 1 18 16 2 0 100% 35 48 60 Geology 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 100% N/A Mathematics 8 4 4 0 2 2 4 2 1 1 75% N/A Physics 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Psychology 51 17 34 1 17 16 18 15 2 1 94% 17 26 40 Statistics 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Zoology 61 32 29 1 20 22 19 10 5 4 79% 15 22 33 College Totals 183 104 79 3 59 51 73 53 12 8 89% 15 33 60

College of University Studies College Totals 38 17 21 1 23 6 9 6 2 1 89% 20 34 49

North Dakota State University College Totals 1,642 913 729 24 436 277 929 782 82 65 93% 12 38 78

NDSU Professional and graduate Programs Master’s Level and Ed. S. Degrees 251 132 119 36 107 25 119 111 3 5 96% 16 42 80 Ph. D. Degrees 48 35 13 15 29 0 19 18 0 1 95% 30 56 95 Pharmacy Doctorate 88 28 60 0 32 0 56 56 0 0 100% 36 85 117 Totals 387 195 192 51 168 25 194 185 3 6 97% 16 57 117

Footnotes: Undergraduate degree programs not listed had no graduates during the time period of this report. The Pharmacy Doctorate Program and Graduate Programs data are not included in the North Dakota State University data totals. N/A = Not Available Employment summary column explanations Data for the 2006 NDSU Annual Employment Report covering Post Baccalaureate & Professional Employed Unrelated to Major/Minor semesters ending December 2005, May 2006 and August 2006 Includes graduates who are pursuing post baccalaureate or profes- Full-time and part-time employment information collected from were retrieved from the NDSU student database, mail surveys, sional education or additional undergraduate majors. graduating student survey. follow-up telephone calls and inquiries to academic departments. The data include only baccalaureate degrees. Entering Job Market Active in Job Search Only graduates who have entered or are ready to enter the job market Information collected from graduating student survey indicating Graduates are included. graduates were unemployed and were seeking employment. Information derived from the student database. Includes: Percent Employed Male, Female “Employed Related to Major/Minor” Number of graduates employed (“Employed Related to Major/ Information reported by student. “Employed Unrelated to Major/Minor” Minor” and “Employed Unrelated to Major/Minor”) divided by Minority “Active in Job Search” “Entering Job Market.” Information reported by student. Does not include: Salary Range (Low - Average - High) Unable to Survey “Post Baccalaureate & Professional” Only base salaries of full-time positions reported as “Employed Graduates not responding to surveys and were unable to be “Unable to Survey” Related to Major/Minor” were used. Commissions, bonuses, located or contacted. Employed Related to Major/Minor incentives and fringe benefits were not included. For privacy Full-time and part-time employment information collected from reasons, some salary amounts are not shown in majors with graduating student survey. minimal data returns.