UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH Graduate Follow-up Report 2008—2009 2008-2009 UMD Graduate Follow-up Report Table of Contents Highlights of the Class of 2008-2009 .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Annual Statistics Comparison ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Internship and Study Abroad Participation .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Baccalaureate Statistics ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Baccalaureate Teaching Statistics ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Reported Annual Salaries...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Follow-up of Majors ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 Follow-up of Teaching Majors ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 31 Job Relevance to Major as Reported by Respondents—All Majors.................................................................................................................................................... 34 Job Relevance to Major as Reported by Respondents—College of Education & Human Service Professions ................................................................................... 35 Job Relevance to Major as Reported by Respondents—College of Liberal Arts ................................................................................................................................. 36 Job Relevance to Major as Reported by Respondents—Labovitz School of Business & Economics .................................................................................................. 37 Job Relevance to Major as Reported by Respondents—School of Fine Arts ...................................................................................................................................... 38 Job Relevance to Major as Reported by Respondents—Swenson College of Science & Engineering ................................................................................................ 39 Job Relevance to Major as Reported by Respondents—Teaching Majors ......................................................................................................................................... 40 On-Campus Recruiters ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 41 Career Services Staff ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 The mission of Career Services is to help UMD students and alumni develop, evaluate and implement career plans. Highlights of the Class of 2008-2009 The data for this report were collected through internet and e-mail surveys and follow-up telephone calls. Staff from the office of Career Services surveyed alumni who received undergraduate degrees from UMD between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. This report is based on responses from 1467 graduates (87% of the reported 1680 undergraduate students granted degrees during the time frame). Of the 1467 respondents, 1309 (89%) reported “employed” or “continuing education,” 1034 (70%) reported “employed,” 275 (19%) reported “continuing education.” Of the 1034 employed, 1027 (99%) responded to a question about the relevance of their jobs to their majors, with 808 (78%) reporting employment “related” or “somewhat related” to major, 554 (54%) reported employment “related” to major, 254 (25%) reported employment “somewhat related” to major. Of the 1034 employed, 1008 indicated a location and, of those, 799 (79%) reported accepting employment in Minnesota. Of the 1467 respondents, 136 (9%) reported they were still seeking employment. 470 (42%), of 1108 respondents, indicated they had completed an internship or co-op experience. 221 (20%), of 1104 respondents, indicated they had participated in a study abroad program. 1 UMD 2008-2009 Graduate Follow-up Report Annual Statistics Comparison July 1 to June 30 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 Students Granted Baccalaureate Degrees 1339 1503 1575 1554 1490 1691 1680 1095 1184 996 1212 1232 1387 1467 Baccalaureate Degree Respondents 82% 79% 63% 78% 83% 82% 87% 856 867 677 975 930 1048 1034 Respondents Employed 78% 73% 69% 80% 75% 76% 70% 164 173 160 187 218 197 275 Respondents Continuing Education 15% 15% 16% 15% 18% 14% 19% 2 UMD 2008-2009 Graduate Follow-up Report Internship and Study Abroad Participation No Yes No Response Completed an internship or co-op experience (not student teaching). 42% 58% 470 630 359 Received academic credit for it. 71% 29% 330 135 5 Received an offer of employment from the internship or co-op site. 36% 64% 163 292 15 Participated in a study abroad program. 20% 80% 221 883 363 3 UMD 2008-2009 Graduate Follow-up Report Baccalaureate Statistics Baccalaureate Employed Awarded Degree Cont Ed Cont Ed Not Actively No with Place Employed in % Employed Majors1 Respondents2 Employed3 Undergrad Grad/Prof Seeking4 Seeking Info % Placed5 Indicated Minnesota in Minnesota Labovitz School of Business and Economics (LSBE) Accounting 76 54 45 3 1 2 3 8 94% 43 39 91% Economics (CLA) 19 14 10 1 1 0 2 3 86% 10 6 60% Finance 90 70 59 1 2 0 8 5 89% 57 47 82% Financial Markets - 16 15 14 0 0 0 1 0 93% 13 11 85% Finance Health Care 28 19 15 0 0 0 4 5 79% 15 12 80% Management Management - Human 28 24 20 0 1 0 3 1 88% 20 18 90% Resources Management - 71 52 41 1 1 1 8 14 85% 41 33 80% Organizational Management 10 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 86% 5 4 80% Information Systems Marketing 90 79 70 1 2 0 6 5 92% 67 60 90% College of Education & Human Service Professions (CEHSP) Athletic Training 6 6 3 0 3 0 0 0 100% 3 3 100% Communication Sciences 30 29 5 0 20 2 2 0 93% 5 5 100% and Disorders Elementary/Middle 62 51 48 1 0 1 1 11 98% 48 42 88% School Ed (K-8) Exercise Science 34 28 16 1 8 1 2 6 93% 15 13 87% Family Life Education 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0% Health Education - 19 17 11 1 3 1 1 1 94% 11 9 82% Community Psychology (CLA & 146 110 69 5 27 4 5 23 95% 69 63 91% CEHSP) Recreation 19 15 15 0 0 0 0 4 100% 15 6 40% Secondary Education 105 80 68 2 2 1 7 13 91% 67 49 73% (SFA & CEHSP) 4 UMD 2008-2009 Graduate Follow-up Report Baccalaureate Employed Awarded Degree Cont Ed Cont Ed Not Actively No with Place Employed in % Employed Majors1 Respondents2 Employed3 Undergrad Grad/Prof Seeking4 Seeking Info % Placed5 Indicated Minnesota in Minnesota College of Education and Human Service Professions (CEHSP) - Continued Unified Early Childhood 24 21 18 0 1 0 2 3 90% 18 17 94% Studies School of Fine Arts (SFA) Art (CLA & SFA) 36 27 20 1 3 1 2 7 93% 20 15 75% Graphic Design 52 40 32 0 1 0 7 7 83% 32 26 81% Music (CLA & SFA) 19 17 10 0 5 0 2 1 88% 8 5 63% Theatre (CLA & SFA) 16 13 11 0 1 0 1 3 92% 11 6 55% College of Liberal Arts (CLA) American Indian Studies 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 67% 2 1 50% Anthropology 16 15 9 1 4 0 1 0 93% 9 7 78% Communication 106 86 67 1 4 0 14 14 84% 66 52 79% Criminology 98 65 45 6 7 0 7 19 89% 45 35 78% English 41 32 18 0 8 3 3 5 91% 18 14 78% Environmental Studies 30 17 9 3 1 1 3 5 82% 8 3 38% Geography 21 18 14 1 1 0 2 2 89% 13 5 38% German Studies 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 100% 2 0 0% History 36 24 15 3 3 0 3 5 88% 13 8 62% Interdisciplinary Studies 5 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 80% 3 1 33% International Studies 23 17 14 2 0 0 1 1 94% 13 10 77% Philosophy 11 7 5 0 0 0 2 1 71% 5 4 80% Political Science 40 27 13 4 6 1 3 3 89% 12 9 75% Sociology 42 31 24 0 3 1 3 7 90% 24 20 83% Spanish 25 15 11 0 4 0 0 1 100% 11 8 73% Urban and Regional 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 67% 2 2 100% Studies Women's Studies 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 100% 3 1 33% 5 UMD 2008-2009 Graduate Follow-up Report Baccalaureate Employed Awarded Degree Cont Ed Cont Ed Not Actively No with Place Employed in % Employed Majors1 Respondents2 Employed3 Undergrad Grad/Prof Seeking4 Seeking Info % Placed5 Indicated Minnesota in Minnesota Swenson College of Science and Engineering (SCSE) Biochemistry and 37 22 5 2 14 0 1 0 95% 5 5 100% Molecular Biology Biology (CLA & CSE) 105 89 44 6 35 2 2 9 98% 44 39 89% Cell Biology 38 35 12 2 19 0 2 2 94% 12 11 92% Chemical Engineering 18 18 13 0 4 0 1 0 94% 13 6 46% Chemistry (CLA & CSE) 28 16 9 0 6 0 1 2 94% 9 6