- 2019 POST-GRADUATION DESTINATION REPORT Prepared By: Career and Post-Graduate Development 0 Table of Contents POST-GRADUATION STATUS ................................................................................................... 1 Trends 2010-2019 .................................................................................................................... 2 EMPLOYMENT ............................................................................................................................ 3 Type and Category ................................................................................................................... 3 Top 10 Hiring Organizations ..................................................................................................... 3 Geographical Information ......................................................................................................... 3 Full-Time Salary Information .................................................................................................... 4 GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL & ADDITIONAL EDUCATION ................................... 5 Top Colleges and Universities Attended ................................................................................... 5 Fields of Study Graduates Are Pursuing................................................................................... 5 Institutions Attended by Field of Study ..................................................................................... 6 Geographical Information ......................................................................................................... 7 Appendix A – Post-Graduation Status According to Major Appendix B – Employment Summary Appendix C – Graduate/Professional School or Additional Education Summary Appendix D – Service/Volunteer/Military Summary Appendix E – Applied for Continuing Education but Not Yet Enrolled POST-GRADUATION STATUS Information obtained about graduates from the previous graduating class is compiled and presented each year in the Ursinus College Post-Graduate Destination Report. This report provides detailed information on employment patterns and graduate/professional school placements for the Class of 2019. Sources of information for this report include graduate self-reports (i.e., written survey, online survey, phone survey, and email), social media and faculty and staff reports of student status. The National Association of Colleges and Employers has established national standards and protocols to guide higher education institutions in collecting and disseminating data on career outcomes of graduates. The standards provide a common deadline and consistent metric to be used in reporting and comparing summary outcomes from higher education institutions across the country. Data is collected six months after graduation. Information for the Class of 2019 report is based on data collected by December 31, 2019 with a knowledge rate of 84.4%1. The Ursinus career outcomes rate is 94.4%.2 The information below depicts the post-graduation status of 270 members of the Class of 2019. For a breakdown according to major, please see Appendix A. Knowledge Rate Knowledge Rate STATUS # Graduates % Graduates Total Employed 170 63.0% Full-time Employment 151 55.9% Part-time Employment 19 7.0% Graduate/Professional School or Additional Education 71 26.3% Applied for Continuing Education but not yet enrolled 7 2.6% Service or Volunteer Program 11 4.1% U.S. Military 2 0.7% Unemployed & seeking employment 8 3.0% Not seeking employment or continuing education at 1 0.4% this time 1 Knowledge Rate: This is the percentage of the graduating class for which an outcomes destination is known. 2 Career Outcomes Rate: This is the number of graduates who have landed in any of the employment categories plus servic e and military plus continuing education divided by the number of students for whom an outcome is known. 1 63.0% Destination Status 26.3% 4.1% 2.6% 0.7% 3.0% Employed Graduate/Professional Service or Volunteer Applied for Continued U.S. Military Seeking Employment School or Additional Program Education but not yet Education enrolled Trends 2010-2019 10 YEAR TREND 70 60 Employed 50 40 Graduate School/ Additional Education 30 Service/Volunteer 20 Seeking Employment 10 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 The following table compares the results from the 2019 survey with results from studies conducted over the previous ten years. Class 3 Grads Knowledge Knowledge Additional Employed 4 Service/ Seeking (#) Data (#) Rate (%) Education (%) Volunteer Employment (%) (%) (%) 2019 320 270 84 26 63 4 3.0 2018 383 325 85 23 65 5 3.0 2017 360 305 85 26 64 3 3.0 2016 366 316 86 23 64 5 3.8 2015 360 313 87 21 68 4 3.2 2014 360 306 85 23 69 3 2.3 2013 406 351 86 27 64 6 2.0 2012 464 382 82 28 63 4 2.6 2011 381 331 87 31 60 7 1.8 2010 319 260 82 34 56 7 1.2 3 2015-2019 data collected 6 months’ post-graduation, 2010-2014 collected 1-year post-graduation 4 % Employed includes full-time and part-time employed 2 EMPLOYMENT Ursinus graduates were hired by 157 different organizations. Nine organizations hired more than one Ursinus graduate in 2019. Type and Category Top Hiring Organizations # of % of # of Type Graduates Graduates Organization Graduates Employed Employed Hired Full-Time 151 88.8% AXA Advisors 2 Part-Time/ Enterprise 2 19 11.2% Temporary JPMorgan Chase 2 Total Employed 170 100.00% Lockheed Martin 2 Main Line Health 2 Nationwide Insurance 2 Full-time Part-time Category QVC 2 (#) (#) Scribe America 3 Postgraduate Internship 6 1 SEI Investments 3 or Fellowship Temporary/ 18 7 Contract work Freelance 0 0 Entrepreneur 1 0 All Other 123 11 EMPLOYMENT BY CATEGORY EMPLOYMENT BY CATEGORY FULL-TIME PART-TIME Postgraduate Internship Entrepreneur Postgraduate Internship or Fellowship 1% or Fellowship 4% 5% Temporary/ Temporary Contract Work / Contract 12% All Other Work 58% All Other 37% 83% 3 Geographical Information 170 graduates reported they are employed. Of those who reported the location, approximately 58% are working in Pennsylvania. Location/ Location/ Graduates (#) Graduates (%) Graduates (#) Graduates (%) State State CA 2 1.2% VA 4 2.4% CO 1 0.6% WA 1 0.6% DC 4 2.4% International* 5 2.9% DE 3 1.8% * Chile, China Hong Kong, Japan Spain FL 3 1.8% GA 2 1.2% EMPLOYMENT LOCATION IL 2 1.2% IN 1 0.6% International MA 4 2.4% 3% MD 5 2.9% Other NC 1 0.6% 16% NH 1 0.6% PA NJ 17 10.0% DE/MD/ 58% NY 14 8.2% NJ/NY 23% OH 1 0.6% PA 98 57.6% TX 1 0.6% Full-Time Salary Information 63 graduates, or 42% of graduates who are employed full-time, provided salary information. Salary Mean: $46,466 Salary Median: $42,000 Graduates Salary (%) Reported Earnings Full-time Employment <19,999 4.8% Number of Graduates $20,000 - $29,999 12.7% 26 $30,000 - $39,999 11.1% $40,000 - $49,999 41.3% $50,000 - $59,999 7.9% 8 7 5 6 5 $60,000 - $69,999 9.5% 3 3 $70,000 - $79,999 7.9% <19,999 $20,000 - $30,000 - $40,000 - $50,000 - $60,000 - $70,000 - > $80,000 $29,999 $39,999 $49,999 $59,999 $69,999 $79,999 > $80,000 4.8% 4 GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL OR ADDITIONAL EDUCATION 71 graduates (26.3%) indicated that they are pursuing additional education on a full-time or part- time basis. Of these graduates, 15% reported that they were awarded graduate assistantships and 21% reported that they were awarded scholarships or fellowships. Top Colleges and Universities Attended Graduates Attending College/University (#) Thomas Jefferson University 4 Villanova University 4 West Chester University 4 Columbia University 3 Drexel University 3 Temple University 3 Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine 2 Rowan University 2 Salus University 2 University of Virginia 2 William & Mary 2 Fields of Study Graduates Are Pursuing Graduates Pursuing Additional Graduates by Field of Graduate Study Education (#) Field of Study (%) Allied Health 6 8.5% Athletic Training & Coaching 1 1.4% Biological & Life Sciences 11 15.5% Business & MBA 6 8.5% Education & Teaching 7 9.9% Engineering 4 5.6% Interdisciplinary 1 1.4% Law & Criminal Justice 6 8.5% Liberal Arts & Humanities 4 5.6% Math & Computer Science 3 4.2% Medicine 8 11.3% Nursing & Physician Assistant 4 5.6% Physical Science 5 7.0% Public Health 1 1.4% Social & Behavioral Sciences 3 4.2% Not Provided 1 1.4% 5 Institutions Attended by Field of Study Allied Health Graduates (#) Engineering Graduates (#) Northampton Community Case Western Reserve 1 1 College University NYU 1 Columbia University 2 Salus University 1 Rowan University 1 Thomas Jefferson University 1 University of New England 1 Interdisciplinary Graduates (#) Middlebury Institute of 1 Athletic Training & Coaching Graduates (#) International Studies West Chester University 1 Law & Criminal Justice Graduates (#) Villanova University 1 Biological & Life Sciences Graduates (#) Widener Delaware Law School 1 Albert Einstein College of 1 Medicine Montgomery County Police 1 Drexel University 2 Academy College of William and Mary 2 Eastern Mennonite University 1 University of Akron 1 Geisinger Commonwealth 2 School of Medicine Reading hospital school of 1 Liberal Arts & Humanities Graduates (#) health sciences Brandeis University 1 Temple University 1 Simmons University 1 Thomas Jefferson University 1 Temple University 1 Touro College of Osteopathic 1 University of Groningen Medicine 1 University of Oregon 1 Math & Computer Science Graduates (#) Business & MBA Graduates (#) Boston University 1 Cedar Crest College 1 Montgomery County 1 Community College Drexel University 1 Villanova University 1 Durham University