2006 Employment Survey Results by Edd Tsing

2006 EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION SURVEY OF RECENT USU GRADUATES Craig Petersen Roy Sleight Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation

November, 2006

EMPLOYMENT/ EDUCATION SURVEY OF RECENT USU GRADUATES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During May and June, 2006, USU’s Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation worked with academic departments in conducting a telephone survey of employment and graduate study by recent recipients of USU degrees. Each department was given a list of students who received bachelor’s degrees from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. Telephone numbers and other contact information were also provided to assist the departments in locating their students. To facilitate uniformity in the data generated, a survey instrument was developed that specified dialogue to be used and the manner of recording responses. To make the task manageable, departments who awarded more than 50 degrees during the period were asked to survey a random sample of at least 50 students, while smaller departments were expected to contact as many of their students as possible. The response rate for a telephone survey was extremely high. A total of 1,612 alumni provided the requested information, which represents 84% of the individuals who were selected to be surveyed and over 50% of all those who received degrees during the period. Because of the sampling procedure used, college and university totals are based on weighted averages of departmental data. Among the important findings of the study are the following: • • • • • • • • •

About 30% of recent USU graduates are continuing their education as a full- or part-time student and 25% are enrolled in graduate degree programs. 69% of those continuing their educations are in masters programs and about 10% are in professional programs such as medicine, dentistry, and law. About 40% of the students in graduate degree programs are enrolled at USU. Business is the most popular field of study for those in graduate degree programs. About 14% of alumni who are not full-time students do not have a full- or parttime job, but many of these individuals are not seeking employment. The unemployment rate of recent alumni looking for jobs is estimated at 2.5%, which is slightly below the nationwide rate of 3.0% for college graduates. Of those with full-time jobs, about 20% indicated that their job is unrelated to their USU degree. Nearly two-thirds of those with full-time jobs are working in Utah. About 60% of those with full-time jobs are working in the private sector and 20% are employed in public or private education. Fifty-one percent of respondents with full-time jobs provided salary information and department median starting salaries range from $21,711 to $51,672

For many of the questions, there is substantial variation in the responses between colleges and between the departments in a college. College and departmental breakdowns are provided in Appendix C of this report.

EMPLOYMENT/ EDUCATION SURVEY OF RECENT USU GRADUATES Craig Petersen Roy Sleight Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation

NOVEMBER, 2006

Legislators, regents, and especially accreditation bodies are focusing more and more on assessment of university activities. Institutions are expected to be accountable for the resources they are provided and the students they have been entrusted to educate. One imperfect, but highly visible assessment measure is the experience of students after they have finished their studies. Questions to be answered include the following: What proportion of students go on to graduate school and where? Are recent alumni able to find employment and are their jobs related to their educational preparation? What proportion of students find jobs in Utah? What are starting salaries for the new graduates? These are important questions that a university should be able to answer. This document reports the findings of a survey that focused on these and related issues. SURVEY METHODOLOGY To assure uniformity in the questions posed to graduates, a standardized telephone survey instrument was used by all academic departments as they contacted their recent graduates. This instrument provided specific dialogue to be used and a logical structure for the questions asked. In addition to categorical questions (such as whether or not the person is employed or going to graduate school), it also requested descriptive information, such as what school is being attended, what subject is being studied, and who is the person’s employer. When completed, the survey instrument was designed so that it could be scanned and, after verification, the data inputted for analysis. A copy of the telephone questionnaire, showing the dialogue, is included as Appendix A. Recent graduates are highly mobile and it can be very difficult to locate them. A concerted effort was made to collect as much contact information as possible. The starting point was to obtain all of the information available on the recent graduates from the Alumni Association’s database. This included the Association’s most recent

information on street and email addresses, telephone numbers, and employers. The advantage of starting with Alumni Association data is that the unit’s mission is to maintain contact with former graduates, so the information should be current. The alumni data were supplemented by using USU’s BANNER Information System to obtain all the other contact information maintained by the university. In most cases this included several other addresses and telephone numbers, such as those for next-of-kin. All of this information was provided to the departments to assist them in making contact with their recent graduates. SAMPLE SELECTION The survey focused on students who received a bachelor’s degree from USU between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005. More than three thousand students received bachelor’s degrees over this twelve month period. The reason for the time lag between graduation and survey was to assure that students would have had a reasonable amount of time to find employment or to establish themselves in a graduate program. The amount of effort needed to conduct the surveys varied greatly among departments. Secondary Education had only five graduates (because prospective teachers obtain their degrees through another department, such as history or biology), while the department of Business Administration had 281. To make the task more manageable, those departments with more than 50 graduates were asked to complete survey forms for a random sample of at least 50 of their students. Those units with less than 50 graduates were asked to survey as many of their students as possible. In reporting aggregated results for individual colleges and for the university, the responses were weighted to reflect this sampling approach. COMPLETION RATES Survey information was distributed to departments in April, 2006 and completed forms were to be returned by early June. A review of the data indicated that the intended survey approach had been followed in the vast majority of cases. The number of bachelor’s degree recipients, the number of completed surveys, and the completion rates for each department are shown below. For departments with 50 or more degree recipients, the percent is based on the goal of 50 completed surveys that was established for the departments. Note that some of these departments completed more than 50 surveys because they wanted more complete information about their graduates. For example, Accounting collected information on 110 of its 129 graduates— 220% of the goal of 50 students. (For an explanation of the abbreviations used below, see Appendix B.)

UNIT

Number of Degrees

Depts. With < 50 Degrees: Completion Rate

AGRICULTURE ADVS ASTE NFS PSB College Total

27 39 43 76 185

BUSINESS ACCT BA BIS ECON MHR College Total

129 281 126 39 88 673

EDUCATION COM D ELEM ED FCHD HPER PSYCH SEC ED SPEC ED College Total

42 186 186 139 129 5 55 742

ENGINEERING BIE CEE ECE ITE MAE College Total

11 71 56 86 71 295

HASS ART ENGL HIST JCOM LAEP LANG & PHIL MUSIC OTHRHASS

95 94 50 101 26 65 36 216

23 19 41

10 28

Depts. With ≥ 50 Degrees: % of 50 Completed Surveys

85% 49% 95% 34

68%

110 78 59

220% 156% 118%

124%

71 49 51 79

142% 98% 102% 158%

84%

64 37 51 53

128% 74% 102% 106%

49 50 24 63

98% 100% 48% 126%

104%

140%

62%

74%

40%

82%

38% 78%

UNIT

Number of Degrees

POL SCI S, S, & A THEA College Total NATURAL RESOURCES AWER ENVS FRWS College Total SCIENCE BIOL CHEM CS GEOL MATH PHYS College Total USU TOTAL

Depts. With < 50 Degrees: Completion Rate

100 118 17 918

12 31 20 63

91 14 41 9 31 21 207

65%

7 29 17

58% 94% 85%

13 24 6 20 15

Depts. With ≥ 50 Degrees: % of 50 Completed Surveys 44 45

88% 90%

92%

93% 59% 67% 65% 71%

3083

The percentage of completed surveys was quite high. Of 23 departments with 50 or more degree recipients, 18 returned at least 90% of their goal of 50 forms. The mean completion rate for the 18 departments with less than 50 degree recipients was 70%. Because the large departments were only asked to contact 50 students, the target number of completed surveys for this project was 1,674. University-wide, the survey information was obtained for a total of 1,612 recent graduates. Adjusting for the fact that several of the large departments contacted more than 50 students (the aggregate “oversurvey” was 213 which was subtracted from the total of 1,612 ), it was determined that 84% of the targeted students were surveyed. This proportion is almost exactly the same as the percent for the previous year’s Employment/Education Survey. This is a high response rate for a telephone survey and reflects (1) a conscientious effort on the part of most departments to contact students and (2) the high level of trust and interest that recent alumni have in USU. RESULTS Selected aggregate results for the colleges and USU are presented and discussed in this section. The percentages shown for colleges are weighted averages of department data, with the weights being the proportion of total college degrees awarded by the 4

department. The USU percentages are also weighted averages, with the weights being the proportion of total USU degrees awarded by each college. For convenience, the Department of Economics, which is jointly administered by the colleges of Agriculture and Business, is included in the Business totals. Data for the individual academic departments are found in Appendix C. Sources of Information As part of the process, those conducting the survey were asked to indicate how they obtained the information reported on the form. The preferred respondent was the graduate, but she/he could not always be contacted. In some cases, surveyors may have spoken with a spouse or knowledgeable relative. In other cases, the source may have been a person in the student’s department who had maintained close contact with the recent graduate. Following is a breakdown of sources from which information was obtained. Sources of Information

Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

Student

Spouse

Parent

Other Unknown

21.4%

6.7%

16.6%

28.8%

26.5%

80.7%

4.4%

8.5%

2.7%

3.8%

32.4%

5.1%

21.0%

39.4%

2.0%

40.3%

6.8%

23.6%

26.6%

2.7%

60.6%

7.7%

14.8%

12.3%

4.6%

53.8%

8.7%

10.4%

18.3%

8.8%

53.5%

4.8%

12.2%

9.4%

20.1%

53.3%

6.0%

15.6%

19.0%

6.1%

More than half of the data was collected by direct telephone contact with the student. In most cases, “Other” means that a faculty or staff member in the department provided the information. “Unknown” indicates that the source of information was not recorded by the person filling out the form. Note that there are substantial variations in how the information was obtained. Some colleges were much more successful in making direct contact with their graduates than were others. Continued Education Continuing Their Education. Recent graduates were asked if they are currently continuing their schooling and, if so, whether they are full- or part-time students.

Continued Education Full-Time Student

Part-Time Student

FT/PT Not Reported

Not a Student

No Response

19.3%

4.5%

2.8%

73.4%

0.0%

12.8%

3.0%

16.4%

67.5%

0.3%

18.1%

3.9%

1.6%

76.4%

0.0%

10.7%

2.2%

0.0%

87.2%

0.0%

20.7%

5.3%

4.9%

67.9%

1.0%

22.1%

0.0%

76.2%

1.7%

55.3%

4.7%

1.7%

38.2%

0.0%

19.7%

4.0%

5.7%

70.2%

0.4%

Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

Nearly 30% of recent USU graduates are continuing their education as a full- or part-time student. There is substantial variation among the seven collegesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more than 60% of the respondents from the College of Science are in school either full- or part-time, but the proportions in the other colleges are much less. The numbers in the table above include students in graduate degree programs as well as those getting second bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degrees and those in non-degree programs. Using data from the tables above and below, it was calculated that about 25% of all the survey respondents are enrolled in graduate degree programs. Degree Sought. Those graduates continuing their educations were asked to indicate the degree they are seeking. Results are as follows:

Degree Sought Masters Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

Doctoral Professional*

Other

No None Response

68.2%

5.9%

11.7%

1.8%

3.6%

8.8%

83.6%

0.0%

7.8%

1.1%

0.0%

7.5%

63.6%

12.4%

1.3%

8.2%

0.0%

14.5%

66.9%

9.8%

8.8%

9.7%

0.0%

4.8%

66.5%

0.0%

12.9%

10.3%

0.7%

9.5%

100.0%

0.0%

46.5%

11.7%

37.3%

1.7%

1.1%

1.7%

69.0%

5.1%

9.9%

6.4%

0.5%

9.1%

*Professional includes medicine, dentistry, veterinary, pharmacy, chiropractic, and law.

About 70% of students continuing their education are in masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s programs and about 10% are pursuing professional degrees such as medicine, dentistry, and law. Most of those seeking professional degrees are from the College of Science. Only about 5% of those continuing their education are in doctoral programs. Institution and Subject. Graduates continuing their educations were asked to name the school they are attending and the subject being studied. As expected, USU was the most frequently reported choice. The portion of students continuing their education who are enrolled at USU is shown below. Appendix C lists schools where at least two members of a department are attending and also provides a breakdown of subjects studied.

Students Continuing Their Education at USU Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU

Percent 50.0% 55.2% 57.6% 44.4% 21.9% 30.0% 31.6% 40.7%

USU is, by far, the most frequent choice for continued study by recent graduates, with about 40% of all respondents who are enrolled in graduate study indicating they are at USU. Students from the Colleges of HASS, Natural Resources, and Science are least likely to be at USU. With USU providing a broad spectrum of undergraduate degrees to choose from, it would be expected that the choice of subject in graduate school would also be varied. For those students pursuing a masters or a doctoral degree at USU or elsewhere, the most common subjects being studied by recent graduates are as follows:

Graduate School Subjects Business Health (including medicine & dentistry) Sciences Psychology and Sociology Education Law Engineering and Computer Science Speech Pathology Agriculture (including veterinary med.) Other

23.3% 11.8% 8.2% 7.9% 7.7% 7.4% 7.0% 5.8% 4.6% 16.5%

In evaluating the table on the previous page, it is important not to use the data to estimate the total number of recent graduates studying in each field because the information comes from a sample, not the entire population. However, the percentages, should be representative of the most popular subject areas being pursued by recent USU graduates. Current Employment Currently Employed. Respondents were asked whether they are currently employed and, if so, if their employment is full-time or part-time and whether their job is related to their USU degree. In analyzing these data, it is important to distinguish between those who are continuing their educations full-time and those who are not students or who are studying part-time. For all respondents, (including students) results by college are shown below. Current Employment (all respondents)

Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

Full-Time Job

Part-Time Job

No No Job Response

64.5%

8.7%

26.8%

0.0%

61.1%

15.7%

18.1%

5.1%

59.9%

15.3%

19.9%

4.9%

82.2%

2.2%

11.6%

4.0%

58.8%

13.6%

24.1%

3.5%

78.6%

12.8%

7.0%

1.7%

39.3%

9.8%

48.5%

2.4%

61.2%

12.8%

22.0%

3.9%

Almost one-fourth of graduates indicated they did not have a full- or part-time job; however, this proportion includes those going to school. Note that nearly 50% from the College of Science said they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a job. This may reflect the high percentage of students from that college who are continuing their education. In evaluating employment, it is probably better to focus on those recent graduates who are not full-time students. For these graduates, employment findings are as follows: Current Employment (Not Full-Time Students)

Agriculture Business

Full-Time Job

Part-Time Job

78.7%

8.5%

12.8%

0.0%

69.4%

14.9%

11.7%

4.0%

No No Job Response

Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

66.8%

13.2%

18.3%

1.7%

91.6%

2.4%

1.8%

4.2%

69.7%

10.6%

16.6%

3.1%

94.2%

1.9%

3.9%

0.0%

74.8%

6.0%

14.8%

4.4%

72.4%

10.8%

13.9%

2.9%

About 14% of recent graduates who are not full-time students reported that they did not have a full-time or part-time job. The rates are much lower for the graduates from Engineering and Natural Resources than those from the other colleges. The percentages in the table should not be interpreted as unemployment rates. To be counted as unemployed by the federal government, a person must be looking for a job. It is likely that some of the respondents without jobs are those rearing children or students who have taken time off after school to pursue some other type of activity. For example, several recent graduates are now serving LDS missions or are engaged with other service organizations. Survey respondents were asked if they are currently looking for a full-time or part-time job. Focusing on those who are not full-time students and who do not already have a full-time job, the portions of respondents who said that they are currently looking for employment are shown below. Note that, university-wide, more than three-fourths of those not employed and who were not students, were not seeking employment. Looking for Job

Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

Looking for Full-Time Job

Looking for Part-Time Job

Not Looking No For a Job Response

17.9%

0.0%

80.2%

1.9%

32.5%

1.3%

57.2%

9.0%

10.1%

0.6%

86.0%

3.3%

8.7%

0.0%

83.0%

8.3%

15.7%

2.6%

77.6%

4.1%

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

5.6%

0.0%

94.4%

0.0%

16.5%

1.2%

77.4%

4.9%

It is possible to compute an estimated unemployment rate from the data. If about 18% of the respondents without a job and who are not in school are looking for work (full- or part-time) and if about 14% of those who are not students do not have a job (as reported above), then 18% x 14% = 2.5% of the recent graduates would roughly meet the

governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s criteria for being unemployed. This rate is comparable to the nation-wide unemployment rate for college graduates, which is about 3.0%. Degree-Related Employment. A salient question is whether the jobs of the recent graduates are related to their USU degrees. Although some students may choose to work in areas outside of their discipline, as a general rule, students pick a major because they expect to work in that field. The respondents with full-time jobs were asked if their job is related or somewhat related to their USU degree. About one-fifth of the respondents said that their jobs were not related to their degree. The rate was 6% for Engineering graduates, but about 30% for HASS and Natural Resources graduates. Job Related to Degree

Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

Related to USU Degree

Somewhat Related

Not No Related Response

80.6%

0.0%

14.2%

5.1%

60.0%

15.4%

19.2%

5.4%

75.1%

0.0%

18.1%

6.8%

82.5%

0.0%

6.4%

11.2%

61.5%

0.0%

28.3%

10.2%

67.9%

0.0%

30.1%

2.0%

75.6%

0.0%

12.2%

68.7%

3.4%

19.9%

8.1%

Job Location. In evaluating the effect of state resources used for higher education, the issue of where graduates take full-time jobs is relevant. Students who remain in the State of Utah add human capital to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work force and contribute to the tax base of the state. For those with full-time jobs, the table below shows where they were employed. Job Location

Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

Utah

Not Utah

No Response

46.4%

39.3%

14.3%

70.4%

17.9%

11.7%

73.0%

18.4%

8.7%

50.9%

39.4%

9.8%

65.0%

25.2%

9.8%

44.9%

43.3%

11.8%

58.8%

27.2%

14.0%

64.8%

24.7%

10.5%

Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents with full-time jobs reported that they are working in Utah. College of Education and College of Business graduates are most likely to have remained in the state, while those from Agriculture, Engineering and Natural Resources are more likely to have located elsewhere. Type of Employer. Graduates were asked to identify their employer. As would be expected, a large number of organizations were reported and the lists varied greatly by discipline. For convenience, employers are categorized as private sector, education (public or private), and other public sector employers. For those graduates with full-time jobs, the breakdown is as follows:

Type of Employer

Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

Private Sector

Education (Private or Public)

49.6%

18.5%

7.9%

24.0%

81.9%

7.8%

4.0%

6.3%

33.2%

48.5%

9.1%

74.2%

5.2%

14.2%

6.4%

61.7%

13.2%

12.7%

12.4%

34.3%

2.0%

49.6%

14.1%

58.2%

23.9%

8.3%

9.6%

58.9%

20.6%

10.2%

Public No Sector Response

Nearly sixty percent of respondents are working in the private sector. Variations among the colleges are predictable with College of Business graduates most likely to be in the private sector and Natural Resources graduates in the public sector. Starting Salary. Obtaining numbers on starting salaries for recent graduates is a difficult task. Students or their spouses are often reluctant to provide this information and relatives who may have been contacted as part of the survey may not know. It was anticipated that this part of the survey data would be less complete than other information collected and the forecast proved to be generally correct. However, a substantial proportion of the survey contacts were willing and able to provide salary data. The table below shows the percentage of respondents with full-time jobs who provided starting salary information and also the range of median salaries for the departments in each college. Appendix C provides detail on starting salaries by department.

Starting Salary

Agriculture Business Education Engineering HASS Natural Resources Science USU TOTAL

% With Jobs Who Provided Salary Data

Departmental Range of Median Salaries

61.1%

$26,416 to $35,624

74.7%

$28,044 to $44,008

21.8%

$21,711 to $31,120

53.1%

$32,526 to $51,672

54.6%

$21,934 to $48,415

34.9%

$26,480 to $33,280

56.0%

$22,617 to $46,856

51.0%

$21,711 to $51,672

Salary data were obtained for about half of those surveyed who had full-time jobs. The highest medians were reported in the departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and, surprisingly, Art. However, care should be used in comparing the median salaries because they represent small numbers of observations in some departments. SUMMARY The response rate for this study was quite high for a telephone survey. A total of 1,612 alumni provided the requested information, which represents 84% of those who were targeted to be surveyed and over 50% of all those who received degrees during the study period. Among the most important findings are the following: • • • • • • • • •

Nearly 30% of recent graduates are continuing their education as a full- or parttime student and 25% are enrolled in graduate degree programs. 69% of those continuing their educations are in masters programs and about 10% are in professional programs such as medicine, dentistry, and law. About 40% of the students in graduate degree programs are enrolled at USU. Business is the most popular field of study for those in graduate degree programs. About 14% of alumni who are not full-time students do not have a full- or parttime job, but many of these individuals are not seeking employment. The unemployment rate of alumni looking for jobs is estimated at 2.5%, which is comparable to the nationwide rate of 3.0% for college graduates. Of those with full-time jobs, about 20% indicated that their job is unrelated to their USU degree. Nearly two-thirds of those with full-time jobs are working in Utah. About 60% of those with full-time jobs are working in the private sector. About 20% are employed in public or private education. Fifty-one percent of those with full-time jobs provided salary information and department median starting salaries range from $21,711 to $51,672.

This was the third year of using a new survey instrument designed to standardize collection of data regarding employment and continued education of recent USU graduates. Once again, the effort was successful and useful information was obtained. The results of previous USU Employment/Education Surveys can be found by going to http://aaa.usu.edu/FactsFigures/Surveys.asp.

APPENDIX A EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION SURVEY INSTRUMENT

APPENDIX B DEPARTMENT ABBREVIATIONS AGRICULTURE ASTE ADVS NFS PSB

Agricultural Systems Technology and Education Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences Nutrition and Food Science Plants, Soil, and Biometeorology

BUSINESS ACCT BA BIS ECON MHR

School of Accountancy Business Administration Business Information Systems Economics (Jointly Administered with Agriculture) Management and Human Resources

EDUCATION COM D ELEM ED FCHD HPER IT PSYCH SEC ED SPEC ED

Communicative Disorders Elementary Education Family, Consumer and Human Development Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Instructional Technology (No undergraduate programs) Psychology Secondary Education Special Education

ENGINEERING BIE ECE ITE CEE MAE

Biological and Irrigation Engineering Electrical and Computer Engineering Industrial Technology and Education Civil and Environmental Engineering Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ART Art ENGL English HIST History JCOM Journalism and Communication LAEP Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning LAS Liberal Arts and Sciences LANG & PHIL Language, Philosophy and Speech Communication MUSIC Music OTHRHASS Other HASS: Interdisciplinary Studies and International Studies POL SCI Political Science

S, S, & A THEAT

Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology Theatre

NATURAL RESOURCES AWER ENVS FRWS SCIENCE BIOL CHEM CS GEOL MATH PHYS

Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources Environment and Society Forest, Range, and Wildlife Science

Biology Chemistry Computer Science Geology Mathematics and Statistic Physics

APPENDIX C DEPARTMENT-LEVEL DATA

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE Completion Rates # of Degrees ADVS ASTE NFS PSB

Dept with < 50 degrees: Completion Rate

# of Completed Surveys

Dept with >= 50 degrees: % of goal of 50

85%

n/a

49%

n/a

43 76

41 34

95%

n/a

68%

Student

Spouse

Parent

28 0

0 5

9 9

1 16

3 4

41 34

Sources of Information ADVS ASTE NFS PSB

Other No Response

Total

Note 1: The completion rate data suggest that the numbers in all the tables in this appendix should be interpreted in terms of the proportions in each category, rather than the actual number of students engaged in the activity. Note 2: College totals are not provided because the sampling procedure used for departments with more than 50 graduates makes it inappropriate to sum the numbers for the individual units in the college. Note 3: Data for the Department of Economics are included with the College of Business.

CONTINUED EDUCATION

Are You Currently Continuing Your Education? Yes

No Response

Total

13 7

28 27

0 0

41 34

Full-Time Student

Part-Time Student

No Response

Total

6 7

2 0

5 0

13 7

ADVS ASTE NFS PSB

Full or Part-Time Student?

ADVS ASTE NFS PSB

At What Institution? Institution #1 Washington State (6) ADVS ASTE USU(4) NFS USU(7) PSB USU (7)

In What Subject? Subject #1 Agriculture (10) ADVS ASTE Education (3) NFS Sciences (5) PSB Agriculture (4)

What Degree Are You Seeking? Masters 2 ADVS ASTE 3 NFS 8 PSB 6

Institution #2

Institution #3

Other (1 student)

USU (2)

No Response

Total 10 4

Subject #2

Subject #3

13 7

Other (1 student)

No Response

Total 10

1 Health (2)

5 3

13 7

Doctoral

Other

None

No Response

Total

0 1

1 0

2 0

13 7

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Are You Currently Employed? Full-Time Job 11 ADVS ASTE 15 NFS 23 PSB 23

Part-Time Job

No Job

No Response

Total

3 2

15 9

0 0

41 34

No Job

No Response

Total

9 3

0 0

35 27

No Response

Total

Are You Currently Employed? (Those who are not full-time students) Full-Time Part-Time Job Job 11 1 ADVS ASTE 15 2 NFS 23 3 PSB 22 2

Is Your Job Related to Your USU Degree? (Those with full-time jobs) Related to Somewhat Not Degree Related Related 8 0 2 ADVS ASTE 12 0 1 NFS 19 0 3 PSB 19 0 4

In Which State or Country Is Your Job Located? (Those with full-time jobs) Utah Not Utah No Response 4 6 1 ADVS ASTE 9 4 2 NFS 14 6 3 PSB 8 11 4

Who Is Your Employer? (Those with full-time jobs) Private Education Public Sector Sector (Priv or Pub) (not education) 5 0 1 ADVS ASTE 0 0 0 NFS 14 4 3 PSB 3 0 2

1 0

23 23

Total 11 15 23 23

No Response

Total

In Your Current Job, What Was Your Starting Salary? (Those with full-time jobs) # Providing Lowest Highest Reported Reported Median Salary Info $14,000 $72,000 $32,428 7 ADVS ASTE $28,000 $40,000 $32,846 13 $20,000 $114,400 NFS $35,624 19 $20,800 $31,200 PSB $26,416 5

No Response

Refused

Total

Are You Currently Looking for a Full- or Part-Time Job? (Those who do not have a full-time job and are not full-time students.)

ADVS ASTE NFS PSB

Full-Time

Part-Time

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know or No Response

Total

5 1

0 0

6 4

1 0

12 5

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Completion Rates # of Degrees ACCT BA BIS ECON MHR OTHRB

# of Completed Surveys

Dept with < 50 degrees: Completion Rate

Dept with >= 50 degrees: % of goal of 50

129

110

N/A

220%

281

N/A

156%

126

N/A

118%

62%

n/a

N/A

124%

90%

n/a

Student

Spouse

Parent

Other

No Response

Total

110

Sources of Information ACCT BA BIS ECON MHR OTHRB

CONTINUED EDUCATION Are You Currently Continuing Your Education?

ACCT BA BIS ECON MHR OTHRB

Yes

No Response

Total

110

Part-Time Student

No Response

Total

Full or Part-Time Student? Full-Time Student ACCT 39 BA 3 BIS 7 ECON 3 MHR 6 OTHRB 1

At What Institution? Institution #1 ACCT USU (34) BA BIS ECON MHR OTHRB

USU (8)

Institution #2

Institution #3

Other (1 student)

No Response

8 Texas A&M (2) U of U (2)

Total 42

USU (8)

USU (3)

USU (7)

Other (1 student)

No Response

Total

In What Subject? ACCT BA BIS ECON MHR OTHRB

Subject #1

Subject #2

Business (36)

Law (3)

Subject #3

Business (22) Business (7)

Education (2)

Business (4)

Law (3) Law (2)

Business (7)

What Degree Are You Seeking? Masters ACCT 37 BA 27 BIS 10 ECON 4 MHR 8 OTHRB 1

Doctoral

Other

None

No Response

Total

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Are You Currently Employed? Full-Time Job ACCT 67 BA 35 BIS 50 ECON 17 MHR 46 OTHRB 6

Part-Time Job

No Job

No Response

Total

110

No Job

No Response

Total

No Response

Total

Are You Currently Employed? (Those who are not full-time students) Full-Time Part-Time Job Job ACCT 61 4 BA 35 20 BIS 47 3 ECON 17 1 MHR 46 5 OTHRB 6 1

Is Your Job Related to Your USU Degree? (Those with full-time jobs) Related to Somewhat Not Degree Related Related ACCT 39 15 5 BA 17 5 12 BIS 36 2 7 ECON 14 3 0 MHR 32 11 3 OTHRB 5 1 0

In Which State or Country Is Your Job Located? (Those with full-time jobs) Utah Not Utah No Response ACCT 47 16 4 BA 23 4 8 BIS 41 8 1 ECON 12 4 1 MHR 32 13 1 OTHRB 4 2 0

Total 67 35 50 17 46 6

Who Is Your Employer? (Those with full-time jobs) Private Education Public Sector Sector (Priv or Pub) (not education) ACCT 57 6 2 BA 29 0 2 BIS 1 0 0 ECON 14 2 1 MHR 37 1 1 OTHRB 3 0 0

No Response

Total

In Your Current Job, What Was Your Starting Salary? (Those with full-time jobs) # Providing Lowest Highest Reported Reported Median Salary Info ACCT $20,200 $95,000 $34,821 41 BA $12,480 $90,000 $44,008 25 $16,000 $78,000 BIS $35,663 46 ECON $24,000 $60,000 $37,242 15 MHR $17,500 $60,000 $33,701 33 OTHRB $18,000 $42,000 $28,044 5

No Response

Refused

Total

Are You Currently Looking for a Full- or Part-Time Job? (Those who do not have a full-time job and are not full-time students.)

ACCT BA BIS ECON MHR OTHRB

Full-Time

Part-Time

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know or No Response

Total

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Completion Rates # of Degrees CDDE ELED FCHD HPER PSY SCED SPER

# of Completed Surveys

Dept with < 50 degrees: Completion Rate

Dept with >= 50 degrees: % of goal of 50

74%

n/a

186

n/a

142%

186

n/a

98%

139

n/a

102%

129

n/a

158%

40%

n/a

84%

Student

Spouse

Parent

Other

Sources of Information CDDE ELED FCHD HPER PSY SCED SPER

No Response

Total

CONTINUED EDUCATION Are You Currently Continuing Your Education? Yes

No Response

Full-Time Student

Part-Time Student

No Response

Total

CDDE ELED FCHD HPER PSY SCED SPER

Total

Full or Part-Time Student?

CDDE ELED FCHD HPER PSY SPER

At What Institution? Institution #1 USU (20) CDDE ELED FCHD USU (8) U of U (4) HPER PSY USU (18) SPER SUU (3)

Institution #2

Institution #3

Other (1 student)

No Response

2 USU (3)

Denver Co (2)

Total 2

In What Subject? Subject #1 CDDE ELED FCHD HPER PSY SPER

Subject #2

Subject #3

Other (1 student)

Speech (22) 1 Pyschology (10)

Total

Health (9)

Education (2)

Pyschology (12)

Education (9)

2 12

4 Agriculture (2)

Education (4)

What Degree Are You Seeking? Masters 16 CDDE ELED 1 FCHD 10 HPER 4 PSY 24 SPER 4

No Response

15 1

28 5

Doctoral

Other

None

No Response

Total

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Are You Currently Employed? Full-Time Job 7 CDDE ELED 55 FCHD 28 HPER 30 PSY 35 SCED 2 SPER 31

Part-Time Job

No Job

No Response

No Job

No Response

Total

Not Related

No Response

Total

Are You Currently Employed? (Those who are not full-time students) Full-Time Part-Time Job Job 4 0 CDDE ELED 54 4 FCHD 27 7 HPER 30 6 PSY 26 12 SCED 2 0 SPER 28 5

Is Your Job Related to Your USU Degree? (Those with full-time jobs) Related to Somewhat Degree Related 3 0 CDDE ELED 53 0 FCHD 19 0 HPER 17 0 PSY 28 0 SCED 1 0 SPER 28 0

In Which State or Country Is Your Job Located? (Those with full-time jobs) Utah Not Utah No Response 5 2 0 CDDE ELED 38 6 11 FCHD 20 6 2 HPER 21 6 3 PSY 27 8 0 SCED 0 2 0 SPER 30 1 0

Total 7 55 28 30 35 2 31

Total

Who Is Your Employer? (Those with full-time jobs) Private Education Sector (Priv or Pub) 3 0 CDDE ELED 2 50 FCHD 0 2 HPER 14 6 PSY 15 12 SCED 0 0 SPER 0 29

Public Sector (not education)

No Response

30 35

Total

# Providing

Salary Info

No Response

Refused

55 28

In Your Current Job, What Was Your Starting Salary? (Those with full-time jobs) Lowest Highest Reported Reported Median $16,640 $60,000 $31,120 CDDE ELED Insufficient data Insufficient data Insufficient data $12,480 $32,556 FCHD $21,711 $12,480 $41,600 HPER $28,906 No data No data PSY No data SCED $29,000 $29,000 $29,000 SPER $23,000 $33,000 $26,651

Total

Are You Currently Looking for a Full- or Part-Time Job? (Those who do not have a full-time job and are not full-time students.)

CDDE ELED FCHD HPER PSY SPER

Full-Time

Part-Time

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know or No Response

Total

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING Completion Rates # of Degrees BIE CEE ECE ETE MAE

# of Completed Surveys

Dept with < 50 degrees: Completion Rate

Dept with >= 50 degrees: % of goal of 50

82%

n/a

128%

n/a

74%

n/a

102%

n/a

106%

Student

Spouse

Parent

Other

No Response

Sources of Information BIE CEE ECE ETE MAE

Total

CONTINUED EDUCATION Are You Currently Continuing Your Education?

BIE CEE ECE ETE MAE

Yes

No Response

Total

Part-Time Student

No Response

Total

Full or Part-Time Student? Full-Time Student BIE 5 CEE 3 ECE 11 ETE 0 MAE 4

At What Institution? Institution #1 BIE CEE ECE USU (8) ETE MAE USU (2)

Institution #2

Institution #3

No Response

Total

In What Subject? Subject #1 Subject #2 BIE Engineering (4) CEE ECE Engineering (9) ETE Business (2) MAE Engineering (3)

What Degree Are You Seeking? Masters BIE 2 CEE 2 ECE 9 ETE 2 MAE 3

Other (1 student)

Subject #3

Other (1 student)

No Response

Total

1 2

Doctoral

Other

None

No Response

Total

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Are You Currently Employed? Full-Time Job BIE 5 CEE 59 ECE 25 ETE 44 MAE 44

Part-Time Job

No Job

No Response

Total

Are You Currently Employed? (Those who are not full-time students) Full-Time Part-Time No Job Job Job BIE 4 0 0 CEE 58 0 3 ECE 25 1 0 ETE 44 3 1 MAE 44 0 0

Is Your Job Related to Your USU Degree? (Those with full-time jobs) Related to Somewhat Not Degree Related Related BIE 4 0 0 CEE 56 0 0 ECE 23 0 1 ETE 36 0 6 MAE 28 0 3

In Which State or Country Is Your Job Located? (Those with full-time jobs) Utah Not Utah No Response BIE 2 1 2 CEE 30 28 1 ECE 12 8 5 ETE 25 17 2 MAE 21 18 5

Total

No Response

Total

Total 5 59 25 44 44

Who Is Your Employer? (Those with full-time jobs) Private Education Public Sector Sector (Priv or Pub) (not education) BIE 2 0 1 CEE 51 0 7 ECE 18 0 4 ETE 23 7 3 MAE 31 1 9

No Response

Total

In Your Current Job, What Was Your Starting Salary? (Those with full-time jobs) # Providing Lowest Highest Reported Reported Median Salary Info BIE No data No data No data 0 CEE $32,000 $45,000 $39,000 10 $30,000 $62,000 ECE $48,300 14 ETE $4,400 $97,760 $32,526 31 MAE $27,040 $106,000 $51,672 39

No Response

Refused

Are You Currently Looking for a Full- or Part-Time Job? (Those who do not have a full-time job and are not full-time students.)

CEE ECE ETE MAE

Full-Time

Part-Time

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know or No Response

Total

COLLEGE OF HASS Completion Rates # of Degrees ART ENGL HIST JCOM LAEP LPSC MUSC OTHRH POLS SSWA THAR

# of Completed Surveys

Dept with < 50 degrees: Completion Rate

Dept with >= 50 degrees: % of goal of 50

n/a

98%

n/a

100%

n/a

48%

101

n/a

126%

38%

n/a

104%

78%

n/a

216

n/a

140%

100

n/a

88%

118

n/a

90%

65%

n/a

Student

Spouse

Parent

Other

No Response

Total

Sources of Information ART ENGL HIST JCOM LAEP LPSC MUSC OTHRH POLS SSWA THAR

CONTINUED EDUCATION Are You Currently Continuing Your Education? Yes

No Response

Total

Full-Time Student

Part-Time Student

No Response

Total

ART ENGL HIST JCOM LAEP LPSC MUSC OTHRH POLS SSWA THAR

Full or Part-Time Student?

ART ENGL HIST JCOM LAEP LPSC MUSC OTHRH POLS SSWA THAR

At What Institution? Institution #1 ART ENGL HIST JCOM LAEP LPSC MUSC OTHRH POLS SSWA THAR

Institution #2

Institution #3

USU (2) Witchita State (2)

Other (1 student)

No Response

Total

USU (5) USU (2) U of U (2)

USU(4)

2 USU (5) U of U (3) USU (2) U Colorado Bolder(2)

BYU (2)

USU (7) USU (9)

George Mason (2) U of Arizona (2)

U of U (2)

In What Subject? Subject #1 ART Education (4) ENGL Education (7) HIST JCOM Business (3) LAEP LPSC MUSC OTHRH POLS SSWA THAR

Subject #2

Subject #3

Law (11)

Law (2)

Health (2) Business (2)

12 2

Doctoral

Other

None

No Response

Total

Part-Time Job

No Job

No Response

Total

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Are You Currently Employed? Full-Time Job ART 33 ENGL 29 HIST 15 JCOM 46 LAEP 9 LPSC 25 MUSC 11 OTHRH 39 POLS 20 SSWA 26 THAR 9

Total 14

Psychology (6)

What Degree Are You Seeking? Masters 10 ART ENGL 9 HIST 3 JCOM 10 LAEP 2 LPSC 8 MUSC 8 OTHRH 10 POLS 13 SSWA 9 THAR 2

No Response

9 10

Education (4) Health (4) Law (4) Business (3) Education (3) Law (3)

Other (1 student)

Are You Currently Employed? (Those who are not full-time students) Full-Time Part-Time Job Job ART 33 2 ENGL 27 5 HIST 15 1 JCOM 42 8 LAEP 9 0 LPSC 24 6 MUSC 10 7 OTHRH 38 6 POLS 14 1 SSWA 25 5 THAR 8 0

No Job

No Response

Total

No Response

Total

Is Your Job Related to Your USU Degree? (Those with full-time jobs) Related to Somewhat Not Degree Related Related ART 27 0 4 ENGL 20 0 7 HIST 8 0 6 JCOM 32 0 9 LAEP 9 0 0 LPSC 12 0 10 MUSC 9 0 2 OTHRH 21 0 12 POLS 8 0 8 SSWA 16 0 10 THAR 5 0 1

In Which State or Country Is Your Job Located? (Those with full-time jobs) Utah Not Utah No Response 16 8 9 ART ENGL 19 9 1 HIST 10 3 2 JCOM 39 6 1 LAEP 7 2 0 LPSC 13 9 3 MUSC 7 1 3 OTHRH 28 9 2 POLS 10 9 1 SSWA 16 6 4 THAR 8 1 0

Total 33 29 15 46 9 25 11 39 20 26 9

Who Is Your Employer? (Those with full-time jobs) Private Education Public Sector Sector (Priv or Pub) (not education) ART 4 5 0 ENGL 17 5 3 HIST 8 6 0 JCOM 37 4 1 LAEP 1 0 0 LPSC 15 4 3 MUSC 5 3 0 OTHRH 25 3 7 POLS 9 2 4 SSWA 6 2 1 THAR 2 4 0

No Response

Total

In Your Current Job, What Was Your Starting Salary? (Those with full-time jobs) Lowest Highest # Providing Reported Reported Median Salary Info $24,960 $166,400 $48,415 8 ART ENGL $24,000 $40,000 $30,000 11 HIST $25,000 $36,000 $30,722 8 JCOM $16,640 $80,000 $29,586 38 LAEP $29,120 $42,000 $37,180 9 LPSC $14,560 $38,000 $24,784 15 MUSC $10,000 $80,000 $32,406 10 $16,640 $55,000 $36,738 12 OTHRH $14,560 $42,000 $27,289 17 POLS $14,560 $35,000 $21,934 10 SSWA THAR $15,000 $32,000 $24,600 5

No Response

Refused

Total

Are You Currently Looking for a Full- or Part-Time Job? (Those who do not have a full-time job and are not full-time students.)

ART ENGL HIST JCOM LANG MUSC OTHRH POLS SSWA THAR

Full-Time

Part-Time

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know or No Response

Total

COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES Completion Rates # of Degrees AWER ENVS FRWS

# of Completed Surveys

Dept with < 50 degrees: Completion Rate

12 31 20

7 29 17

Student

Spouse

Parent

Other

4 11 13

0 4 1

0 5 1

1 7 2

Dept with >= 50 degrees: % of goal of 50

58% 94% 85%

n/a n/a n/a

Sources of Information AWER ENVS FRWS

No Response 2 2 0

Total 7 29 17

Note 1: The completion rate data suggest that the numbers in all the tables in this appendix should be interpreted in terms of the proportions in each category, rather than the actual number of students engaged in the activity. Note 2: Because of a recent reorganization of academic departments, only college totals are provided.

CONTINUED EDUCATION Are You Currently Continuing Your Education? Yes 5 5

No 2 23

No Response 0 1

Total 7 29

Part-Time Student 0

No Response 0

Total

AWER

Full-Time Student 5

ENVS

AWER ENVS

FRWS

Full or Part-Time Student?

At What Institution? Institution #1 AWER USU (2) ENVS

Institution #2

Institution #3

Other (1 student) 3

No Response

Total 5 5

In What Subject? Other (1 student) 5

No Response

AWER

Subject #1

Subject #2

Total 5

ENVS

What Degree Are You Seeking? Masters AWER

ENVS

5 5

Subject #3

Doctoral

Other

None

No Response

Total

0 0

5 5

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Are You Currently Employed? Full-Time Job AWER 3 ENVS 25 15 FRWS

Part-Time Job 4 0

No Job 0 3

No Response 0 1

Total 7 29

No Job 0 1

No Response 0 0

Total 2 24

No Response 0 1

Total

Are You Currently Employed? (Those who are not full-time students) Full-Time Part-Time Job Job AWER 2 0 ENVS 23 0 15 1 FRWS

Is Your Job Related to Your USU Degree? (Those with full-time jobs) Related to Somewhat Not Degree Related Related AWER 3 0 0 13 0 11 ENVS FRWS 11 0 4

3 25

In Which State or Country Is Your Job Located? (Those with full-time jobs) Utah Not Utah No Response AWER 2 1 0 ENVS 11 8 6 5 10 0 FRWS

Total 3 25

Who Is Your Employer? (Those with full-time jobs) Private Education Public Sector Sector (Priv or Pub) (not education) AWER 1 0 2 ENVS 7 0 7 3 0 8 FRWS

No Response 0 11

Total 3 25

In Your Current Job, What Was Your Starting Salary? (Those with full-time jobs) Lowest Highest # Providing Reported Reported Median Salary Info $33,280 $33,280 $33,280 2 AWER ENVS $22,000 $32,000 $26,480 6 FRWS $18,720 $36,000 $27,810 7

No Response

Refused

Are You Currently Looking for a Full- or Part-Time Job? (Those who do not have a full-time job and are not full-time students.)

AWER

Full-Time 0

Part-Time 0

No 1

No Response 0

Total 1

ENVS

Total

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE Completion Rates # of Degrees BIOL CHEM CS GEOL MATH PHYX

# of Completed Surveys

Dept with < 50 degrees: Completion Rate

Dept with >= 50 degrees: % of goal of 50

n/a

92%

93%

n/a

59%

n/a

67%

n/a

65%

n/a

71%

n/a

Student

Spouse

Parent

Sources of Information BIOL CHEM CS GEOL MATH PHYX

Other No Response

Total

CONTINUED EDUCATION Are You Currently Continuing Your Education?

BIOL CHEM CS GEOL MATH PHYX

Yes

No Response

Total

Part-Time Student

No Response

Total

Full or Part-Time Student? Full-Time Student BIOL 33 CHEM 10 CS 8 GEOL 3 MATH 5 PHYX 9

At What Institution? Institution #1 BIOL CHEM CS GEOL MATH PHYX

U of U (6)

Institution #2

Institution #3

USU (4)

U of Navada LV (3) Kirksville (3) Med Coll of Wisconsin (3)

Other (1 student)

No Response

Total

U of U (2)

USU (8)

USU (3)

USU (4)

USU (6)

In What Subject? Subject #1 Subject #2 BIOL Health (27) Science (5) CHEM Health (5) Science (4) CS Computer Science (10) GEOL Science (4) MATH Science (5) PHYX Science (7)

What Degree Are You Seeking? Masters BIOL 7 CHEM 1 CS 10 GEOL 3 MATH 6 PHYX 2

Subject #3

Other (1 student)

No Response

Total 34

1 1

10 1

12 4

Doctoral

Other

None

No Response

Total

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Are You Currently Employed? Full-Time Job BIOL 11 CHEM 4 CS 14 GEOL 3 MATH 11 PHYX 7

Part-Time Job

No Job

No Response

Total

No Job

No Response

Total

Are You Currently Employed? (Those who are not full-time students) Full-Time Part-Time Job Job BIOL 9 0 CHEM 3 0 CS 12 4 GEOL 3 0 MATH 10 1 PHYX 5 0

Is Your Job Related to Your USU Degree? (Those with full-time jobs) Related to Somewhat Degree Related BIOL 8 0 CHEM 4 0 CS 13 0 GEOL 3 0 MATH 4 0 PHYX 6 0

Not Related

No Response

Total

In Which State or Country Is Your Job Located? (Those with full-time jobs) Utah Not Utah No Response BIOL 6 5 0 CHEM 3 1 0 CS 5 2 7 GEOL 3 0 0 MATH 6 2 3 PHYX 7 0 0

Total 11 4 14 3 11 7

Who Is Your Employer? (Those with full-time jobs) Private Education Sector (Priv or Pub) BIOL 8 1 CHEM 3 1 CS 2 0 GEOL 1 1 MATH 1 3 PHYX 0 4

Public Sector (not education)

No Response

Total

# Providing

Salary Info

No Response

Refused

Total

In Your Current Job, What Was Your Starting Salary? (Those with full-time jobs) Lowest Highest Reported Reported Median BIOL $22,880 $51,000 $35,095 CHEM No data No data No data $30,000 $60,000 $46,856 CS $26,000 $27,040 $26,520 GEOL MATH $25,000 $40,000 $26,000 PHYX $12,960 $28,000 $22,617

Are You Currently Looking for a Full- or Part-Time Job? (Those who do not have a full-time job and are not full-time students.)

BIOL CS MATH PHYX

Full-Time

Part-Time

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Know or No Response

Total