Class of 2018 First Destination Outcomes Report Alumni Outcomes within Six Months of Graduation Executive Report Office of Institutional Research & Assessment March 22, 2019 Dear Colleague, Last academic year, Wheaton College sent 345 new alumnae/i out into the world to pursue their dreams. The Office of Institutional Research is pleased to report that, for the fourth year in a row, over 96 percent of respondents to the First Destination Survey were engaged in activities such as full-time employment, part- time employment, graduate school, internships or service, and competitive national fellowships within six months of graduation. Wheaton gathered information from 228 of the 345 members of the Class of 2018 through surveys, social media searches, graduate school enrollment records, and personalized contacts with alumni. Among respondents, 81 percent were employed, 7 percent were in graduate school, and 10 percent were involved in competitive fellowships, internships or national service as their primary activity as of December 2018. A number of offices and methods helped Wheaton to achieve a knowledge rate of 66% for the Class of 2018. Starting in 2015, IR has worked with the Advancement division to deliver the First Destination Survey. After the survey closes, National Student Clearinghouse data is used to check for graduate school enrollment. The Filene Center for Academic Advising and Career Services also help to determine missing alumni activities. Additionally, social media such as LinkedIn allowed us to further increase the knowledge rate of the Class of 2018. Customized reports have been generated for each academic area and made available for internal use. The reports provide comparative data for the five classes that have taken the First Destination Survey so far: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 graduates. We hope that this information will help faculty better understand the opportunities their students pursue after Wheaton. Outcomes data will also inform discussions with prospective students and families. If you have any questions, please contact the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. Kimberly Puhala, Ph.D. Allison McMaster Director Assistant Director Class of 2018 Class Comparisons All Years Volunteer or national service (Peace Fellowship (Fulbright, Rhodes, Full and Part-time Employment Graduate or professional school Corps, Americorps, Teach for Other Activities Watson etc.) America, etc.) 81% 80% 73% 60% 40% 20% 15% 7% 7% 7% 3% 3% 3% 0% 2% *First Destination Success Rate All Years 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 97.3% 97.7% 96.5% 98.9% 96.1% 97.4% *Success Rate: number of students in the first 7 categories below out of the number of students in all categories. All Years All Years Primary Activity (Six Months Post Graduation) 2014 % 2014 # 2015 % 2015 # 2016 % 2016 # 2017 % 2017 # 2018 % 2018 # % # Employment Full-time 54% 142 64% 183 67% 178 77% 180 75% 171 67% 854 Employment Part-time 10% 26 4% 10 7% 19 6% 14 6% 13 6% 82 Graduate or professional school 21% 56 16% 47 17% 46 9% 22 7% 17 15% 188 Volunteer or national service 6% 15 4% 10 0% 1 1% 3 3% 6 3% 35 Fellowship (Fulbright, Rhodes, Watson etc.) 4% 11 4% 10 3% 7 1% 2 2% 4 3% 34 Internship 3% 8 5% 14 5% 13 1% 2 5% 11 4% 48 Serving in the Military 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0% 2 Seeking employment, but not currently employed 1% 3 2% 6 1% 3 3% 8 2% 5 2% 25 **Seeking admission to grad/profess. school 1% 2 1% 4 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 1% 7 Additional undergraduate coursework 0% 1 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 Not employed, not seeking employment 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0% 1 Grand Total 100% 264 100% 285 100% 267 100% 233 100% 228 100% 1,277 **Includes those planning to seek a graduate or professional degree in the next five years. Grand Total of Known Alumni All Years # 2014 # 2015 # 2016 # 2017 # 2018 # 1,277 264 285 267 233 228 Class Size All Years # 2014 # 2015 # 2016 # 2017 # 2018 # 1,801 370 346 378 362 345 ***First Destination Knowledge Rate All Years 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 70.9% 71.4% 82.4% 70.6% 64.4% 66.1% ***Knowledge Rate: number of students about whom we have collected post-graduation data out of the total number of students in the class. Alumni Full-Time Employment and Graduate School by Major ≥ 10% Fellowships as primary activity (Includes 1st and 2nd majors with 10 or more responses since 2014) ≥ 10% Internships as primary activity 90% Career-Minded High Achievers (Above average FT Employment, below average Grad School) (Above average FT Employment and Grad School) Business and Management Computer Science Biochemistry 80% Environmental Science Women's and Gender Studies Philosophy Education (All) History Political Science Music Neuroscience Film and New Media Studies Chemistry 70% Sociology French Studies Hispanic & Italian Studies International Relations Economics Psychology Art History Mathematics English Physics Biology 60% Anthropology time Employment time Scholars - German Studies (Above average Grad School, Theatre and Dance Studies below average FT Employment) % Full Bioinformatics Classics 50% Creative Writing & Literature Art, Studio 40% Pathfinders (Below average FT Employment and Grad School) 30% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% % Graduate or Professional School First Destination Department Summary: Graduate Schools Executive Report List of Graduate Schools Note: List includes all graduate schools (including for graduates who did not list graduate study as their primary activity). Aempts have been made to standardize the list but duplicates may still be present. 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Aarhus University, Denmark 1 American University of Antigua College of Medicine, Antigua 1 Assumption College, Massachuses 1 Bentley University, Massachuses 1 Boston College, Massachuses 2 Boston University, Massachuses 1 1 1 2 Brandeis University, Massachuses 2 1 Bridgewater State University, Massachuses 1 1 Brown University, Rhode Island 1 1 Butler University, Indiana 1 Campbell University, North Carolina 1 Carnegie Mellon University, Pennsylvania 2 Case Western Reserve University, Ohio 1 1 Central Connecticut State University, Connecticut 1 Central European University, Hungary 2 City College Dublin, Ireland 1 College of Staten Island , New York 1 College of William and Mary, Virginia 1 Columbia University in the City of New York, New York 1 Cornell University, New York 2 Coventry University International, England 1 CUNY Brooklyn College, New York 1 1 CUNY Graduate Center, New York 1 CUNY Lehman College, New York 1 Dartmouth College, New Hampshire 1 Drexel University, Pennsylvania 1 Duke University Medical, North Carolina 1 Endico College, Massachuses 1 ESCP Europe, France 1 Escuela Universitaria Real Madrid Universidad Europea, Spain 1 Fairfield University, Connecticut 1 Fitchburg State University, Massachuses 1 Florida International University, Florida 1 Florida State University, Florida 1 Fontbonne University, Missouri 1 Fordham University, New York 2 Franklin Pierce University, New Hampshire 1 George Mason University, Virginia 1 1 Georgetown University, District of Columbia 1 Georgia Institute of Technology - Scheller College of Business, Georgia 1 Harvard Divinity School, Massachuses 1 Harvard extension school, Massachuses 1 Harvard University Faculty Of Arts And Sciences, Massachuses 1 Harvard University, Massachuses 1 Harvard University, Massachuses 4 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York 1 IHEID, Swi erland 1 Ilinois Institute of Technology, Illinos 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 First Destination Department Summary: Graduate Sc1 hools 1 Executive Report 1 List of Graduate Schools 1 Note: List includes all graduate schools (including for graduates who did not list graduate study a4s their primary activity). Aempts have been made to standardize the list but duplicates may still be present. 1 2014 2015 2016 20117 2018 Ilinois Institute of Technology, Illinos 1 Indiana University-Bloomington, Indiana 1 Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York 1 Karolinska Institute, Sweden 1 Lehigh University, Pennsylvania 1 Lesley University, Massachuses 2 1 Maryland Institute, College Of Art, Maryland 1 Massachuses College Of Pharmacy, Massachuses 1 Mayo Graduate School 1 Merrimack college , Massachuses 1 Merrimack College, Massachuses 1 MGH Institute of Health Professions, Massachuses 1 1 Middlebury College, Vermont 1 1 Midwestern University, College of Veterinary Medicine , Arizona 1 New England College - 15 Week, New Hampshire 1 New England College of Optometry, Massachuses 1 New England Institute of Technology, Rhode Island 1 New England School of Law, Massachuses 1 1 New York Medical College, New York 1 New York University, New York 2 2 Nichols College - Graduate & Professional Studies, Massachuses 1 Nichols College, Massachuses 1 Northeastern University School of Law, Massachuses 1 Northeastern University, Massachuses 4 2 2 Northwestern University, Illinois 1 Oxford University, Great Britain 1 Princeton University, New Jersey 1 Quinnipiac University, Connecticut 3 Regis College, Massachuses 1 1 Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island 1 RMIT University, Australia 1 Rutgers University, New Jersey 2 Sacred Heart University, Connecticut 1 1 San Diego State University, California 1 San Francisco State University, California 1 Seton Hall University - Law