BEYOND NORTHWESTERN
THE INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESS
THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASS OF 2014 First destination study highlights six months after graduation 1% 2%
3%
2%
1%
2%
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
NUMBER (%)
2014 Post-Graduation Survey
958 (44%)
2014 Senior Survey
183 (8%)
AAMC-AIS & Law School Report
37 (2%)
National Student Clearinghouse
87 (4%)
School/College & Athletics Information
147 (7%)
LinkedIn & NU Directory
320 (15%)
TOTAL
1732 (80%)
There are 2,153 undergraduate students who graduated in Fall 2013, Winter 2014, Spring 2014, and Summer 2014, according to the University Registrar.
3% 3%
WHERE IS THE CLASS OF 2014 NOW?
21% 62%
62% 21% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2% 1% 1%
Full-time employment or paid public service Graduate or professional school Part-time employment or paid public service Post-graduate internship/practicum/student teaching Volunteer or unpaid public service, additional undergraduate coursework, military, other Fellowship Self-employed or freelance work Actively job searching Entrepreneur or working in a startup Actively applying to graduate or professional school
18% Business Services, Financial Services, Investment Banking 16% Communications, Marketing, Media 15% Consulting 9%
Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Healthcare
8%
Engineering
8%
Information Technology
7%
Non-Profit, Government
7%
Education or Teaching
3%
Law
3%
Science and Research
2%
Entertainment
2%
Other
1%
Visual or Performing Arts
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.
WHERE ARE THEY WORKING?
2% Northwest WA, OR, AK, HI
9% Midwest WI, IN, IA, MI, MN, OH
48% IL 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
Outside the U.S.
2% South Central TX, AR
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Locations were available for 1,032 or 96% of the recent graduates working full time.
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, INTERNSHIPS, RESEARCH, AND DEEP INVOLVEMENT EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
Nine hundred and fifty-eight (958) or 44% of the recent graduates who responded to the 2014 Post-Graduation Survey were given a list of twenty-four experiential learning opportunities and asked to check all those in which they had participated as undergraduates. 87% of the recent graduates who responded to the Post-Graduation Survey reported having engaged in one or more experiential
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learning opportunities while an undergraduate at Northwestern University.
they had participated in one or more research experiences as an undergraduate.
INTERNSHIPS
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.
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.
RESEARCH
56% of the Post-Graduation Survey respondents reported that If you have questions about this study, please contact the Executive Director of Northwestern Career Advancement, Dr. Mark Presnell, at mark.presnell@northwestern.edu.