The University of St. Thomas

1999 Post Graduation Survey

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1999 Post Graduation Survey Report

The information in this report covers students who graduated during the calendar year 1999. The university's Office of Institutional Research included questions regarding post-graduation status as part of their "Survey of Graduates-One Year Follow Up," to May and July 1999 graduates a year after graduation. Our office was provided with the results of the initial mailing, and followed with mail surveys to December 1999 graduates, as well as to May and July 1999 graduates who had not responded to the Institutional Research survey. Graduates responded either by mail or electronically by a Web-based form.

The actual number of students graduating in 1999 was 1,045. Of the total graduates, 185 graduated with double majors. Through the survey, information was gathered on 650 students. This number is a combination of the Institutional Research and Career Services surveys and reflects a 62.2% response rate. Of those surveyed, 116 students graduated with double majors. Those students have been counted in both major groups, which accounts for the total of 766 for "number contacted."

Seventeen students indicated that they were both working and enrolled in a graduate program. Because of this and the double majors, the total count of all activities by major equaled 774.

Activity Status

  Employed Cont. Ed Not Seeking Still Seeking
Major
 # of Grads # of Resp. FT PT Total
Business
Accounting
 86 62 58 2 60 2    
Business Communication
 8 6 6   6      
Corporate Fitness 15 6 3   3 3    
Entrepreneurship
 30 17 16 1 17      
Finance
 81 55 54   54 1    
General Business
 84 63 56 1 57 4 1  
Human Resources
 21 18 18   18      
International Business
 20 8 7   7 1    
Marketing
 104 65 63   63 4    
Operations
 13 6 6   6      
Education
Elementary Education
 43 22 19 2 21 2    
Physical Education
 24 16 15   15      
Secondary Education
 26 7 5   5 3    
Humanities & Fine Arts
Advertising
 26 13 12   12 1    
Art/Art History
 7 1 1   1      
Broadcast Journalism
 10 5 5   5 1    
Classical Languages 3 1     0 1    
Communication
 41 26 22 1 23 4   1
English
 50 26 22 1 23 2 1  
French 7 5 5   5      
German
 8 8 8   8      
Journalism-Print 11 10 8   8 2    
Media Studies
 3 2 1   1      
Music
 2 2 2   2      
Philosophy
 20 8 3   3 4 2  
Public Relations
 17 11 8 1 9 1   1
Spanish
 34 28 21   21 5 1  
Speech Communication
 10 5 3   3   2  
Theater
 1 1 1   1      
Theology
 23 13 6 1 7 7    
Interdisciplinary
Catholic Studies 18 6 4   4 1 1  
Environmental Studies
 7 5 5   5      
Individualized Majors
 5 2   1 1     1
International Studies
 9 6 6   6      
Justice & Peace Studies
 3 3 1   1 1    
Science & Math
Biology
 60 43 26 2 28 17    
Chemistry
 16 16 9 1 10 6    
Engineering
 3 1 1   1 1    
Geology 5 2 2   2      
Mathematics
 9 14 11 1 12   2  
Quantitative Methods and Computer Science
 48 22 21   21 1    
Social Science
Criminal Justice
 38 23 15 2 17 5 1  
Economics
 15 4 2   2 1    
Geography
 9 3 3   3 1    
History
 11 5 3 1 4 2    
Political Science
 23 15 11   11 3    
Psychology
 74 42 36   36 6

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Social Work
 21 18 14 1 15 3    
Sociology
 24 18 13 1 14 4    
Note: In majors where response rates are low, it merely means that those graduates were not reachable through the measure we were utilizing. It does not imply that these graduates refused to participate.

 

Salary Ranges

  Salary
Major
 # of Grads # of Resp. Median Range Responding
Business
Accounting
 86 62 35,000-39,999 56
Business Communication
 8 6 35,000-39,999 6
Corporate Fitness 15 6 25,000-29,999 3
Entrepreneurship
 30 17 25,000-29,999 16
Finance
 81 55 30,000-34,999 53
General Business
 84 63 30,000-34,999 54
Human Resources
 21 18 30,000-34,999 18
International Business
 20 8 40,000-49,999 7
Marketing
 104 65 40,000-49,999 62
Operations
 13 6 40,000-49,999 6
Education
Elementary Education
 43 22 25,000-29,999 18
Physical Education
 24 16 25,000-29,999 15
Secondary Education
 26 7 25,000-29,999 5
Humanities & Fine Arts
Advertising
 26 13 30,000-34,999 12
Art/Art History
 7 1    
Broadcast Journalism
 10 5 15,000-19,999 5
Classical Languages 3 1    
Communication
 41 26 30,000-34,999 22
English
 50 26 25,000-29,999 21
French 7 5 25,000-29,999 5
German
 8 8 25,000-29,999 8
Journalism-Print 11 10 25,000-29,999 9
Media Studies
 3 2    
Music
 2 2    
Philosophy
 20 8 35,000-39,999 3
Public Relations
 17 11 30,000-34,999 8
Spanish
 34 28 30,000-34,999 18
Speech Communication
 10 5 35,000-39,999 3
Telecommunication 1 0    
Theater
 1 1    
Theology
 23 13 35,000-39,999 7
Interdisciplinary
Actuarial Science
 1 0    
Catholic Studies 18 6 20,000-24,999 4
Environmental Studies
 7 5 25,000-29,999 5
Individualized Majors
 5 2    
International Studies
 9 6 30,000-34,999 6
Justice & Peace Studies
 3 3    
Science & Math
Biology
 60 43 30,000-34,999 25
Chemistry
 16 16 40,000-49,999 10
Engineering
 3 1    
Geology 5 2    
Mathematics
 9 14 25,000-29,999 11
Quantitative Methods and Computer Science
 48 22 40,000-49,999 19
Social Science
Criminal Justice
 38 23 25,000-29,999 15
Economics
 15 4    
Geography
 9 3 25,000-29,999 3
History
 11 5 25,000-29,999 4
Political Science
 23 15 30,000-34,999 11
Psychology
 74 42 20,000-24,999 35
Social Work
 21 18 25,000-29,999 14
Sociology
 24 18 25,000-29,999 14
Note: In majors where response rates are low, it merely means that those graduates were not reachable through the measure we were utilizing. It does not imply that these graduates refused to participate.