2018 - 2019 FIRST DESTINATION STUDY % 94of baccalaureate graduates are employed or continuing education % 96knowledge rate JEAN BERRY–Administrative Support KRISTINA MONTELONGO–Assistant Director KRYSTLE DORSEY–Assistant Director JANET PESEK–Administrative Support KIM DUNN–Assistant Director SARAH PETERS–Administrative Support KEN HARDING–Director of Employer Testing BROOKE POLING–Graduate Assistant LISA HINTHORN–Administrative Support KIRSTEN RINGEL–Administrative Support DAWN KOELTZOW–Director, Springer DAVID SCHWARTZ–Associate Director, Center for Internships Springer Center for Internships DAVE KOKANDY–Assistant Director RICK SMITH, PH.D.–Senior Director of Employer Services CARMEN KREMITZKI–Assistant Director ASHLEY TOTTEN–Administrative Support TESS MARCORDES–Graduate Assistant KENDALL WELCH–Graphic Designer JON C. NEIDY, PH. D.–Executive Director, Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs 2018 - 2019 BACCALAUREATE GRADUATES FIRST DESTINATION STUDY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY % 15% 80 continuing education employed 5% still seeking baccalaureate used the participated in graduates services of experiential knowledge Smith Career activities 961 of 921 97% 96% Center 526 EMPLOYERS hired our ‘18 -’19 across 31 states and 6 countries baccalaureate graduates 2018 - 2019 BACCALAUREATE GRADUATES 87% 9% 4% $29,120 - $80,000 FOSTER salary offers range % COLLEGE The 2018-2019 recruiting year was a strong year for Foster College 38% of Business graduates, with a career outcomes rate exceeding salaries reported OF BUSINESS 96 five- and ten-year average rates, and the 2017-2018 outcomes rate. career Graduates reported accepting employment offers to work at 123 outcomes different organizations. Nine undergraduate majors reached a career outcomes rate of 100%. Organizations employing 2 or more graduates were: Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, C.H. Robinson, Caterpillar Inc., % Deloitte, HNI | HON | Allsteel, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Mounce 95 Automotive, Pekin Insurance, RSM, and Target Corporation. 82% 10% 8% $15,720 - $68,000 SLANE salary offers range COLLEGE OF % The 2018-2019 career outcomes rate of 92% for the Slane College 19% COMMUNICATIONS of Communications & Fine Arts exceeded both five- and ten- salaries reported year average rates and was up 7% from the previous year. 22 & FINE ARTS 92 undergraduate majors reached a career outcomes rate of 100%. career outcomes Data was gathered from 96% of the undergraduate class and collectively baccalaureate graduates are employed at 112 different organizations. Notable employers include: Blick Art Materials; % Chicago Blackhawks; Entercom (formerly CBS Radio); Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Maui Jim, Inc.,; S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.; 96 and The Walt Disney Company. 76% 19% 5% $24,000 - $66,560 COLLEGE OF salary offers range 207 students graduated from the College of Education and Health EDUCATION & 39% % Sciences. Data was obtained from 197 of them. Of those who HEALTH SCIENCES responded, 95% (187) are either employed or continuing education. salaries reported Graduates are employed at 107 different organizations. Of the 95 employed respondents, top employers include: Advocate Christ career outcomes Medical Center, Barnes Jewish Hospital, Maui Jim Inc., Peoria Public School, OSF, Unity Point, and Walgreen’s. Of the 37 graduates continuing their education, 25 are pursuing programs in Dietetics, Medical School, or Physical Therapy. Top schools attending include: % Bradley University, Eastern Illinois University, Northwestern 95 University Feinberg School of Medicine, and the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. 89% 8% 4% $40,000 - $109,000 CATERPILLAR salary offers range COLLEGE OF % Data was gathered from 99% of the undergraduate class (200 graduates, 197 responded); 88% (179) are employed. Engineering 60% ENGINEERING & 96 graduates are employed at 109 different organizations in 19 salaries reported TECHNOLOGY career states. Notable employers include Caterpillar Inc. (12), Deere & outcomes Company (9), as well as 4 each with CNH Industrial, Graycor, HNI | HON | Allsteel, Honda R&D, Illinois Department of Transportation, Milwaukee Tool, Precision Planting, and Strand Associates, Inc. % Graduate School was the destination of choice for 8% (15) of the 99 class -- up from 4% in 2017-18. 65% 27% 7% $12,000 - $96,000 COLLEGE OF salary offers range % Of the 210 LAS graduates, 94% responded to the survey (up 1% LIBERAL ARTS from 2017-2018). Graduates continuing their education, 27% 19% & SCIENCES (up 1% from 2017-2018), will do so at 34 schools. Notable areas salaries reported 93 of study include Medical-related (15), Psychology-related (11), career outcomes Law-related (7), Social Work (5), English (4), Business Related (2), Education Related (2), Mathematics (2), Chemistry related (1), and the Biological Sciences (1). Sixty-five percent of graduates (down 1% from 2017-2018) indicated they are employed. Many of the % employed graduates plan to remain in Illinois (72%); while 28% 94 are headed to other locations including 13 states, Puerto Rico, Career Outcome Rate and 2 countries including China and Chile. Knowledge Rate Employed Continuing Education Still Seeking 2018 - 2019 MASTERS & DOCTORAL GRADUATES 97% employed or continuing eduction 94% 95% 2%3% $25,000 - $100,000 GRADUATE salary offers range SCHOOL Graduates with data. Due to rounding, the % Career Outcomes does not always equal 100% 170 EMPLOYERS hired our ‘18 - ‘19 across states and 1 country masters & doctoral 28 graduates Knowledge Rate Employed or Continuing Education Employed Continuing Education Still Seeking 2018 - 2019 BACCALAUREATE GRADUATES EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES SUMMARY % EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES 96of baccalaureate includes internships, graduates participated co-ops, practica, in experiential activities faculty-led research, capstone projects, & study abroad BY COLLEGE CATERPILLAR % FOSTER % COLLEGE OF COLLEGE 100 100 ENGINEERING & experiential experiential OF BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY activities activities % SLANE % COLLEGE OF COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS 100 COMMUNICATIONS 90 experiential experiential & SCIENCES activities & FINE ARTS activities % COLLEGE OF 96 EDUCATION & experiential HEALTH SCIENCES activities Bradley University First Destination Study 2018-2019 Graduates TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .......................................................................................................................... 2 BACCALAUREATE DEGREE CAREER OUTCOMES 2018-2019 ......................................................... 3 BACCALAUREATE DEGREE CAREER OUTCOMES 2010-2019 ......................................................... 4 BACCALAUREATE AVERAGE RATES BY COLLEGE ........................................................................ 4 BACCALAUREATE CAREER OUTCOMES BY MAJOR ....................................................................... 5 Business .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Communications & Fine Arts ................................................................................................................... 6 Education & Health Sciences .................................................................................................................... 8 Engineering & Technology ....................................................................................................................... 9 Liberal Arts & Sciences .......................................................................................................................... 10 GRADUATE SCHOOL CAREER OUTCOMES 2018-2019 .................................................................... 12 GRADUATE SCHOOL CAREER OUTCOMES 2010-2019 .................................................................... 12 GRADUATE SCHOOL CAREER OUTCOMES BY MAJOR 2018-2019 ............................................... 13 SALARY OFFERS 2018-2019 ................................................................................................................... 15 Business .................................................................................................................................................. 15 Communications & Fine Arts ................................................................................................................. 16 Education & Health Sciences .................................................................................................................. 18 Engineering & Technology ..................................................................................................................... 19 Liberal Arts & Sciences .......................................................................................................................... 20 Graduate School ...................................................................................................................................... 22 EMPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS OF BACCALAUREATE GRADUATES ............................................. 24 TOP EMPLOYERS OF 2018-2019 ............................................................................................................ 25 Baccalaureate Degree Recipients ............................................................................................................ 25 Graduate Degree Recipients ................................................................................................................... 25 TOP EMPLOYERS BY COLLEGE and GRADUATE SCHOOL ...........................................................