Beyond Northwestern: The Undergraduate Class of 2014 (Summary)

BEYOND NORTHWESTERN

THE INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESS

THE UNDERGRADUATE CLASS OF 2014 First destination study highlights six months after graduation 1% 2%

3%

2%

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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.