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Post-Graduation (Career) Plans 2014

Employment Status and Educational Plans of University of Delaware Graduates

 

This report summarizes an annual survey of the employment status and educational pursuits of students who completed their degree requirements within the past year. It provides information on where students are employed, as well as average salaries by college, major, and degree received.  Finally, it presents a distribution of programs selected by those who are continuing their education full-time after college.

Previous Reports:

 

Summary Report of the 2014 Career Plans Survey

Every year, the Office of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, with the assistance of the Career Services Center (CSC), surveys University degree recipients to ascertain students’ post-UD employment and educational plans. This report summarizes the career and educational plans of students who completed their degree requirements at the University of Delaware between Summer 2013 and Spring 2014 (terms 2135, 2138, 2141, and 2143). As in past years, the Career Plans Survey was administered to all undergraduate and graduate degree recipients through a combination of 1) Survey cards distributed at select college convocations and 2) an online survey. The class of 2014 data collection effort also included a broader investment among the University in order to adopt the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) protocols and guidelines (http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/Pages/advocacy/first-destination-survey-standards-and-protocols.pdf). The 2014 Career Plans Survey items were revised to reflect NACE standards, and the University used the 2014 year as a pilot test to reach NACE’s required 65% knowledge rate (combining survey responses with verifiable information from the National Student Clearinghouse subsequent enrollment search and LinkedIn profile searches of our graduates). See Appendix A for a copy of the Career Plans Survey card administered at the College of Engineering convocation. After the Survey cards were distributed at select college convocation ceremonies in May 2014, an invitation was sent to all undergraduate and graduate degree recipients via email from President Harker with the URL of the 2014 Career Plans Survey (http://www.udel.edu/IR/cplans2014) in September 2014. An iPad mini was offered as an incentive for a September response. A follow-up survey invitation from each student’s Dean was sent in October 2014, along with another follow-up survey invitation from the Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations and the Director of the Career Services Center in November 2014. Institutional Research submitted a subsequent enrollment request to the National Student Clearinghouse in November 2014, and LinkedIn searches were conducted in spring 2015. A final survey follow-up was sent in June 2015. Additionally, the CSC webpage linked to the survey’s URL to assist with data collection. Data obtained from all of the above sources, and described as our knowledge rate, are incorporated in the results.

 

For the 2014 cohort, the overall knowledge rate for baccalaureate degree recipients was approximately 62 percent; for graduate degree recipients it was approximately 35 percent. The data available on this website reflect the structure of the seven undergraduate and graduate colleges in place during the 2013-14 academic year.

Faculty, students, and administrative staff will find that the data from the 2013-14 survey results are available for each college. Within each college there are three possible reports:

Agriculture & Natural Resources

Click Here for Report I. Individual data for each survey respondent by major and degree received: gender, residence status, employment status, job title, name of employer, location of job (city and state), name of graduate or professional school, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report II. Individual data for each survey respondent attending graduate or professional school by major and degree received: gender, residence status, name of graduate/professional school, graduate/professional school major, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report III. Summary counts and aggregate salary information for survey respondents by major and degree received: total number of graduates, number of survey respondents, number with full-time jobs, number still seeking jobs, number attending graduate or professional schools, and salary information. Salary information reflects full-time employment only.

Arts & Sciences

 
Click Here for Report I.     Individual data for each survey respondent by major and degree received: gender, residence status, employment status, job title, name of employer, location of job (city and state), name of graduate or professional school, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report II. Individual data for each survey respondent attending graduate or professional school by major and degree received: gender, residence status, name of graduate/professional school, graduate/professional school major, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report III. Summary counts and aggregate salary information for survey respondents by major and degree received: total number of graduates, number of survey respondents, number with full-time jobs, number still seeking jobs, number attending graduate or professional schools, and salary information. Salary information reflects full-time employment only.
 

Business & Economics

Click Here for Report I. Individual data for each survey respondent by major and degree received: gender, residence status, employment status, job title, name of employer, location of job (city and state), name of graduate or professional school, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report II. Individual data for each survey respondent attending graduate or professional school by major and degree received: gender, residence status, name of graduate/professional school, graduate/professional school major, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report III. Summary counts and aggregate salary information for survey respondents by major and degree received: total number of graduates, number of survey respondents, number with full-time jobs, number still seeking jobs, number attending graduate or professional schools, and salary information. Salary information reflects full-time employment only.

Earth, Ocean & Environment

 
Click Here for Report I. Individual data for each survey respondent by major and degree received: gender, residence status, employment status, job title, name of employer, location of job (city and state), name of graduate or professional school, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report II. Individual data for each survey respondent attending graduate or professional school by major and degree received: gender, residence status, name of graduate/professional school, graduate/professional school major, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report III. Summary counts and aggregate salary information for survey respondents by major and degree received: total number of graduates, number of survey respondents, number with full-time jobs, number still seeking jobs, number attending graduate or professional schools, and salary information. Salary information reflects full-time employment only.
 

Education & Human Development

 
Click Here for Report I. Individual data for each survey respondent by major and degree received: gender, residence status, employment status, job title, name of employer, location of job (city and state), name of graduate or professional school, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report II. Individual data for each survey respondent attending graduate or professional school by major and degree received: gender, residence status, name of graduate/professional school, graduate/professional school major, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report III. Summary counts and aggregate salary information for survey respondents by major and degree received: total number of graduates, number of survey respondents, number with full-time jobs, number still seeking jobs, number attending graduate or professional schools, and salary information. Salary information reflects full-time employment only.
 

Engineering

 
Click Here for Report I. Individual data for each survey respondent by major and degree received: gender, residence status, employment status, job title, name of employer, location of job (city and state), name of graduate or professional school, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report II. Individual data for each survey respondent attending graduate or professional school by major and degree received: gender, residence status, name of graduate/professional school, graduate/professional school major, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report III. Summary counts and aggregate salary information for survey respondents by major and degree received: total number of graduates, number of survey respondents, number with full-time jobs, number still seeking jobs, number attending graduate or professional schools, and salary information. Salary information reflects full-time employment only.
 

Health & Sciences

 
Click Here for Report I. Individual data for each survey respondent by major and degree received: gender, residence status, employment status, job title, name of employer, location of job (city and state), name of graduate or professional school, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report II. Individual data for each survey respondent attending graduate or professional school by major and degree received: gender, residence status, name of graduate/professional school, graduate/professional school major, and type of degree planned.
Click Here for Report III. Summary counts and aggregate salary information for survey respondents by major and degree received: total number of graduates, number of survey respondents, number with full-time jobs, number still seeking jobs, number attending graduate or professional schools, and salary information. Salary information reflects full-time employment only.
 
For a more detailed explanation of the data contained in the Career Plans Reports, please see the Technical Appendix. There is also a Sample Survey available. If there are any questions about the data on this website, please contact Allison Walters at awalters@udel.edu or (302) 831-2021.