Beyond Northwestern: The Undergraduate Class of 2013

THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASS OF

2013

BEYOND

NORTHWESTERN

FIRST DESTINATION STUDY HIGHLIGHTS SIX MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS

About the Study Information about the first destination of the Class of 2013 was collected using two survey mechanisms: the Six Month Survey of undergraduates at Northwestern University, conducted by Northwestern Career Advancement between November 2013 and February 2014; and the Enrolled Student Survey conducted by Institutional Research in April 2013. Data from these two sources were merged with a list obtained from the Office of the Registrar of all undergraduates who completed their degrees in 2012 – 2013 (Fall 2012, Winter 2013, Spring 2013, and Summer 2013). Altogether, 2,221 undergraduates were involved in this study: 962 (43%) members of the Class of 2013 provided information on the Six Month Survey, and first destination information from an additional 128 undergraduates was gleaned from the 2013 Enrolled Student Survey. Thus, this report represents data from 1,090 (49%) members of the Class of 2013.

The Study Participants

Total

Study

Class of 2013

Participants

1013 (46%)

501 (46%)

A description of the Class of 2013 and the study participants by school.

119 (5%)

79 (7%)

159 (7%)

80 (7%)

338 (15%)

157 (14%)

329 (15%)

175 (16%)

60 (3%)

26 (2%)

21 (1%)

8 (1%)

182 (8%)

64 (6%)

2221 (100%)

1090 (100%)

Where is the class of 2013 now?

4%

22%

3%

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences School of Education and Social Policy

Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing School of Communication

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science Bienen School of Music More than one school

School of Continuing Studies

1% 2%

3% 2%

4% Members of the Class of 2013 who responded to either the Enrolled Student Survey and/or the Six Month Survey were asked to select their primary activity six months after graduation.

59% 59% 22% 4% 3% 1% 2% 3%

2% 4%

Full-time employment or paid public service Graduate or professional school Part-time employment or paid public service Self-employed or freelance work Fellowship Post graduate internship/practicum/student teaching Volunteer or unpaid public service, additional undergraduate course work, military, other Actively applying to graduate or professional school Actively job searching

Class

of

2013 Employment

Fifty-nine percent (59%) or 641 of the recent graduates who responded to the 2013 Enrolled Student Survey or the Six Month Survey reported that their primary activity six months after graduation was full-time employment. Data about the industries in which they are currently employed and the states in which they are working was available for 613 and 540 of these students respectively.

Industry Information

16%

15%

16%

11%

7%

10%

4%

4% Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Healthcare

Science and Research

3%

3% Law

Non-Profit, Government

Education or Teaching

Engineering

5%

Business Services, Financial Services, Investment Banking

Communications, Marketing, Media

Consulting

Information Technology

5% Visual or Performing Arts

Other

Salary Information Starting salary information was provided by 513 of the 641 recent graduates who reported that fulltime employment was their primary activity six months after graduation. The average salary overall was $49,573.

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Number of Respondents

Average Salary

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

213

$47,832

School of Education and Social Policy

47

Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing

47

School of Communication

66

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

90

Bienen School of Music

12

More than one school

3

School of Continuing Studies

35

$42,583 $36,394 $41,418 $66,668 $40,042 $67,667 $60,390

Where are they working

?

3% Northwest WA, OR, MT

9% Midwest WI, IN, IA, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH

48% IL 13% NY 2% New England CT, MA, RI

8% Mid Atlantic DE, MD, NJ, PA, VA

9% CA

3% South/ Southeast AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN

1% Southwest AZ, CO, NM, UT

2% South Central TX, AR

3%

Outside the U.S.

Selected Organizations Employing the Class of 2013 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

ABC News Accenture ALDI Amazon American Civil Liberties Union Bain & Company Baxter Healthcare Bloomingdale’s Boeing Boston Consulting Group Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Chicago Children’s Theatre Chicago Public Schools Chrysler Deloitte Consulting

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

DraftFCB ESPN ExxonMobil Federal Reserve Bank GE Healthcare Genentech Goldman Sachs Google Huffington Post JPMorgan Chase & Co. L’Oreal Lurie Children’s Hospital Lyric Opera of Chicago McKinsey & Company Microsoft National Institutes of Health

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

NBCUniversal Nielsen Company Ogilvy and Mather Penguin Group (USA) LLC PepsiCo PricewaterhouseCoopers Procter and Gamble Sotheby’s Target Corporation Teach for America The Atlantic Time Inc. United Airlines United States Senate Visa Inc.

Class

2013

2%

of

5%

2%

Fields of Study

GRADUATE/ PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS

15% 20%

9% 2% 10%

4% 4% 6%

6%

8%

Master’s

8%

Degrees Medical

15% 9% 2% 10% 8% 8% 6% 6% 4% 20% 4% 2% 2% 5%

Twenty-two percent (22%) of the recent graduates in this study reported that their primary activity six months following graduation was graduate or professional school. The degrees they are seeking and their fields of study are illustrated below.

Law Biological Sciences Public Policy or Government Business (management o r finance) Engineering Social Sciences or Humanities Communications or Media Physical Sciences or Mathematics Education Medicine Other Health Professions Computer Science or Information Technology Visual or Performing Arts Other

Law Doctorate (Ph.D.) Professional Master’s Other

30%

23%

Selected Graduate and Professional Schools • • • • • •

Columbia University New York University University of Chicago University of Michigan University of California, Berkeley University of Illinois at Chicago

17%

15%

• University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign • University of Texas • University of Wisconsin-Madison • University of Pennsylvania • Yale University • Carnegie Mellon University • Georgetown University

9%

Professional Doctorate (Ed.D., D.Div.)

5%

• Harvard University • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Stanford University • University of Iowa • Johns Hopkins University • Northwestern University • Duke University

1%

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Experiential Learning Opportunities On the Six Month Survey, recent graduates were given a list of thirteen experiential learning opportunities and asked to check those in which they had participated as an undergraduate.

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

• 80% of the recent graduates reported having engaged in one or more experiential learning opportunities while an undergraduate at Northwestern University • Of the 80% who had engaged in one or more experiential learning opportunities...

⁕⁕ 51% had engaged in 1 experiential learning opportunity ⁕⁕ 31% had engaged in 2 experiential learning opportunities ⁕⁕ 13% had engaged in 3 experiential learning opportunities ⁕⁕ 4% had engaged in 4 experiential learning opportunities ⁕⁕ <1% had engaged in 5 experiential learning opportunities

• School of Communication Internship Program • McCormick Professional Engineering Internship Program • Cooperative Engineering Education Program • Medill Journalism Residency Program • SESP Summer Field Studies • Student Teaching • Chicago Field Studies • Undergraduate Research Grant Program • Barry Farrell Summer Experiential Learning Award • Global Health – Chicago Field Studies • Internships

INTERNSHIPS, RESEARCH,

&

CO-CURRICULAR INVOLVEMENT

Internships • 64% of the Six Month Survey respondents reported having participated in at least one— sometimes more than one—internship experience.

• Of the 64% who participated in at least one internship experience, 34% reported having participated in only paid internships, 42% participated in only unpaid internships, and 24% participated in both paid and unpaid internships.

• Of the recent graduates who reported having participated in paid internships, the average number was 1.80.

• Of the recent graduates who reported having participated in unpaid internships, the average number was 2.03.

Research • 53% of the Six Month Survey respondents reported that they had participated in one or more research experiences as an undergraduate.

Co-curricular Involvement

DEFINITION OF RESEARCH Research includes experience gained through an independent study, or in conjunction with an instructor/director primarily for the pursuit of knowledge. It can be for pay or on a volunteer basis.

This definition of research does not include research performed in conjunction with a class project.

Research can be completed at any time throughout the year.

• 88% of the Six Month Survey respondents reported they had been “deeply” involved in one or more student organizations, clubs, or varsity athletics as an undergraduate.

• 79% of the Six Month Survey respondents reported having held a leadership position in one or more student organizations, clubs, or varsity athletic teams.

• 41% of the Six Month Survey respondents indicated they were “deeply” involved in one or more community service projects while an undergraduate.

• 51% of the Six Month Survey respondents reported having held a significant on-campus work-related position while an undergraduate at Northwestern.

DEFINITION OF “DEEP INVOLVEMENT” Deep involvement in a student organization, club, varsity athletic team, community service, or work-related position means more than just attending a meeting or two. Deep involvement includes attending meetings/ activities of an organization/club/ team on a regular basis over an extended period of time and contributing in some significant way to the organization, e.g., serving on a committee, participating in fund raising efforts, planning and implementing a program, playing on a team, exercising significant responsibility, etc.

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