THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASS OF
2014
BEYOND
NORTHWESTERN
FIRST DESTINATION STUDY HIGHLIGHTS SIX MONTHS AFTER GRADUATION NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY | DIVISION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS
PURPOSE The success of our graduates is one of the most important outcomes of the overall undergraduate experience at Northwestern University. This study sought to identify what the students who graduated in 2013 – 2014 were doing six months after graduation.
THE INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESS Information from a variety of sources was used to determine the first destination, six months after graduation, of the undergraduate Class of 2014. Primary sources for data include: The 2014 Post-Graduation Survey conducted by Northwestern Career Advancement between October 2014 and January 2015, and the 2014 Senior Survey administered by Institutional Research in April 2014. Secondary sources for data include: The Association of American Medical Colleges Advisor Information System database (University Academic Advising Center) and the Law School Admission Council’s 2013 – 2014 Prelaw Advisor Action Reports, the National Student Clearinghouse, four Northwestern undergraduate schools and the Department of Athletics, as well as the professional social networking service LinkedIn and Northwestern Directory. According to the University Registrar, there are 2,153 undergraduate students who graduated in Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, and Summer 2014. Thus, this report represents data from 1,732 (80%) members of the Class of 2014.
The Study Participants
Total Class of 2014 1032 (48%)
A description of the Class of 2014 and the study participants by school.
Study
Participants 2014
357 (17%) 275 (13%)
179 (8%) 144 (7%) 70 (3%) 64 (3%) 32 (1%)
2153 (100%)
777 (45%) 333 (19%) 196 (11%) 170 (10%) 129 (7%) 54 (3%) 49 (3%) 24 (1%)
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
McCormick School of Engineering & Applied Science School of Communication
Medill School of Journalism, Media, & Integrated Marketing School of Education and Social Policy School of Professional Studies Bienen School of Music More than one school
1732 (100%)
Where is the class of 2014 now? 1% 2%
3%
2%
1% 62% Full-time employment or paid public service 21% Graduate or professional school 3% Part-time employment or paid public service 3% Post-graduate internship/practicum/student teaching 3% Volunteer or unpaid public service, additional undergraduate coursework, military, other 2% Fellowship 2% Self-employed or freelance work 2% Actively job searching 1% Entrepreneur or working in a startup 1% Actively applying to graduate or professional school
2%
3% 3%
21% 59%
62%
Class
of
2014 Employment
Sixty-two percent (62%) or 1,080 of the recent graduates were employed full time after graduation. Data about the industries in which they are currently employed were available for 1,009 or 93% of these graduates.
Industry Information
18%
15%
16% Business Services, Financial Services, Investment Banking
9%
Communications, Marketing, Media
8%
8% Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Healthcare
Non-Profit, Government
3% Education or Teaching
2%
3% Science and Research
Information Technology
Engineering
7%
7%
Consulting
Law
1% Visual or Performing Arts
Entertainment
2% Other
Salary Information Starting salary information was available for 645 of the 1,080 recent graduates whose primary activity six months after graduation was full-time employment. The average salary overall was $52,156. Number of Recent Graduates
Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
267
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science
141
School of Education and Social Policy
78
Medill School of Journalism, Media, and Integrated Marketing
65
School of Communication
54
School of Professional Studies
19
More than one school
14
Bienen School of Music
7
$ Average Salary
$50,331
$68,942
$44,788
$40,347
$40,135
$67,973
$46,683
$36,143
Where are they working
?
2% Northwest WA, OR, AK, HI
48% IL
9% Midwest WI, IN, IA, MI, MN, OH
11% NY 3% New England CT, MA, VT
7% Mid Atlantic MD, NJ, PA, VA Washington D.C.
10% CA
5%
2% South/ Southeast AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, KY, LA 1% Southwest AZ, NM, UT, WY, NV
2% South Central TX, AR
Outside the U.S.
Locations were available for 1,032 or 96% of the recent graduates working full time. Copyright © Free Vector Maps.com
Selected Organizations Employing the Class of 2014 • • • • • • • • • •
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ABC News Accenture Al Jazeera English ALDI Allstate Amazon American Airlines American Bar Association AmeriCorps Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago AON AQR AT&T Atlantic Media Bain & Company Baxter Healthcare Big Ten Conference Bloomingdales BMO Harris Bank Boeing
• Boston Consulting Group • CBS News • Chicago Architecture Foundation • Chicago Mercantile Exchange • Chicago Public Schools • City Year • Civic Orchestra of Chicago • Cosmopolitan • Cox Media Group • Deloitte Consulting • Democratic National Committee • Deutsche Bank • Disney Interactive • EPIC • ExxonMobil • Federal Reserve Bank of New York • Ford Motor Company
• French Ministry of Education • General Motors • Goldman Sachs & Company • Google • Greenhill & Company • Grosvenor Capital Management • IBM • Institute for Policy Research • JET Program • JPMorgan Chase & Co. • L.E.K. Consulting • Leo Burnett • LinkedIn • Macy’s, Inc. • Massachusetts General Hospital • McKinsey & Company • Microsoft
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Morningstar Mu Sigma National Public Radio Navigant Consulting NBCUniversal Nielsen Company Northwestern University Ogilvy & Mather Oliver Wyman One Acre Fund Oracle Outside Magazine PNC Financial Services PricewaterhouseCoopers Procter and Gamble Razorfish Worldwide Sidley Austin Smith & Nephew SpaceX Sports Illustrated Spotify Starcom
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Strategy& Teach for America The ALS Association The Blackstone Group The Christian Science Monitor The New Yorker The Washington Post Towers Watson Twentieth Century Fox Television United Airlines US Department of Justice US Senate Vanguard Venture for America Fellowship Program Visa Inc. Weber Shandwick William Morris Endeavor ZS Associates
2%
Fields of Study
2%
2%
2%
2% 1%
Class
2014
1%
2%
of
3%
Three hundred and fifty-eight (358) or 21% of the recent graduates were attending graduate/professional schools. Data about the degrees they are seeking and their fields of study were available for 300 and 262 of these recent graduates respectively.
4% 31%
5% 6% 7%
13% 9%
Master’s
10%
Degrees
Medical
Doctorate (Ph.D.)
GRADUATE/ PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
31% Medicine 13% Engineering 10% Business (management or finance) 9% Other 7% Law 6% Other health professions 5% Biological sciences 4% Humanities or social science 3% Mathematics or physical sciences 2% Communications or media 2% Computer science or information technology 2% Visual or performing arts 2% Entertainment 2% Education 1% Economics 1% Public policy or government
Professional Master’s Law Other
33%
32%
12%
11%
9%
3%
Selected Graduate and Professional Schools • Boston University • California Institute of Technology • Cleveland Institute of Music • Columbia University • Duke University • Eastman School of Music • Emory University • Georgetown University • Harvard University
• Johns Hopkins University • London School of Economics and Political Science • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • New York University • Northwestern University • Princeton University • Rice University • Stanford University
• University of Chicago • University of California, Berkeley • University of California, Los Angeles • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign • University of Iowa • University of Michigan • University of Minnesota • University of Pennsylvania
• University of Texas • University of Virginia • University of Wisconsin-Madison • Vanderbilt University • Washington University in St. Louis • Yale University
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
On the 2014 Post-Grad uation Survey, recent graduates were given a list of twenty-four experiential learning opportunities and asked to check all those in which they had participated as undergrad uates. Eight hundred and ninety-seven (897) of the recent graduates responded to these questions.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
• 87% of the recent graduates who responded to the Post-Graduation Survey reported having engaged in one or more experiential learning opportunities while an undergraduate at Northwestern University. • Of the 87% who had engaged in one or more experiential learning opportunities . . . ⁕⁕ 36% had engaged in 1 experiential learning opportunity. ⁕⁕ 35% had engaged in 2 experiential learning opportunities. ⁕⁕ 17% had engaged in 3 experiential learning opportunities. ⁕⁕ 9% had engaged in 4 experiential learning opportunities. ⁕⁕ 2% had engaged in 5 experiential learning opportunities. ⁕⁕ 1% had engaged in 6 experiential learning opportunities.
• School of Communication/ EPICS Internship Program • School of Communication/ EPICS International Seminars • McCormick Professional Engineering Internship Program • Cooperative Engineering Education Program (COOP) • Medill Journalism Residency Program • Lund Grant • Medill on the Hill • Justice Project • Medill Watchdog • Chicago Bureau • Medill Media Teens • SESP Practicum or SESP Summer Field Studies • Civic Engagement Certificate Program • Student Teaching and Secondary Teaching Practicum • Chicago Field Studies • Undergraduate Research Grant Program • McCormick Research Gateway Awards • McCormick Summer Research Awards • Barry Farrell Summer Experiential Learning Award • Global Health – Chicago Field Studies (Global Health Minor) • Study Abroad • Internship (not for credit and paid) • Internship (not for credit and unpaid)
• Internship (for credit and unpaid)
Internships
INTERNSHIPS, RESEARCH,
&
DEEP INVOLVEMENT
• 67% of the recent graduates who responded to the 2014 Post-Graduation Survey reported having participated in at least one—sometimes more than one—internship experience. • Of the 67% who participated in at least one internship experience, 39% reported having participated in only paid internships, 35% participated in only unpaid internships, and 26% participated in both paid and unpaid internships. • Of the recent graduates who reported having participated in paid internships, the average number was 1.99. • Of the recent graduates who reported having participated in unpaid internships, the average number was 2.12.
Research • 56% of the Post-Graduation Survey respondents reported that they had participated in one or more research experiences as an undergraduate.
Deep 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.
• 91% of the Post-Graduation Survey respondents reported that they had been “deeply” involved in one or more student organizations, clubs, or varsity athletics as an undergraduate. • 89% of the Post-Graduation Survey respondents reported having held a leadership position in one or more student organizations, clubs, or varsity athletic teams. • 48% of the Post-Graduation Survey respondents indicated that they were “deeply” involved in one or more community service projects while an undergraduate. • 45% of the Post-Graduation Survey respondents reported having held a significant on-campus work-related position while an undergraduate.
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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