2006 Employment Survey Results

2006 EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATIONSURVEY OF RECENT USU

GRADUATES

November, 2006

Craig PetersenRoy Sleight

Office of Analysis, Assessment,and Accreditation

EMPLOYMENT/ EDUCATION SURVEY OF RECENT USU GRADUATES

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

During May and June, 2006, USU’s Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation worked with academic departments in conducting a telephone survey of employment and graduate study by recent recipients of USU degrees. Each department was given a list of students who received bachelor’s degrees from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005. Telephone numbers and other contact information were also provided to assist the departments in locating their students. To facilitate uniformity in the data generated, a survey instrument was developed that specified dialogue to be used and the manner of recording responses. To make the task manageable, departments who awarded more than 50 degrees during the period were asked to survey a random sample of at least 50 students, while smaller departments were expected to contact as many of their students as possible. The response rate for a telephone survey was extremely high. A total of 1,612 alumni provided the requested information, which represents 84% of the individuals who were selected to be surveyed and over 50% of all those who received degrees during the period. Because of the sampling procedure used, college and university totals are based on weighted averages of departmental data. Among the important findings of the study are the following:

• About 30% of recent USU graduates are continuing their education as a full- or part-time student and 25% are enrolled in graduate degree programs.

• 69% of those continuing their educations are in masters programs and about 10% are in professional programs such as medicine, dentistry, and law. About 40% of the students in graduate degree programs are enrolled at USU.

• Business is the most popular field of study for those in graduate degree programs. • About 14% of alumni who are not full-time students do not have a full- or part-

time job, but many of these individuals are not seeking employment. • The unemployment rate of recent alumni looking for jobs is estimated at 2.5%,

which is slightly below the nationwide rate of 3.0% for college graduates. • Of those with full-time jobs, about 20% indicated that their job is unrelated to

their USU degree. • Nearly two-thirds of those with full-time jobs are working in Utah. • About 60% of those with full-time jobs are working in the private sector and 20%

are employed in public or private education. • Fifty-one percent of respondents with full-time jobs provided salary information

and department median starting salaries range from $21,711 to $51,672 For many of the questions, there is substantial variation in the responses between colleges and between the departments in a college. College and departmental breakdowns are provided in Appendix C of this report.

EMPLOYMENT/ EDUCATION SURVEY

OF RECENT USU GRADUATES

Craig Petersen Roy Sleight

Office of Analysis, Assessment, and Accreditation

NOVEMBER, 2006

Legislators, regents, and especially accreditation bodies are focusing more and more on assessment of university activities. Institutions are expected to be accountable for the resources they are provided and the students they have been entrusted to educate. One imperfect, but highly visible assessment measure is the experience of students after they have finished their studies. Questions to be answered include the following: What proportion of students go on to graduate school and where? Are recent alumni able to find employment and are their jobs related to their educational preparation? What proportion of students find jobs in Utah? What are starting salaries for the new graduates? These are important questions that a university should be able to answer. This document reports the findings of a survey that focused on these and related issues. SURVEY METHODOLOGY To assure uniformity in the questions posed to graduates, a standardized telephone survey instrument was used by all academic departments as they contacted their recent graduates. This instrument provided specific dialogue to be used and a logical structure for the questions asked. In addition to categorical questions (such as whether or not the person is employed or going to graduate school), it also requested descriptive information, such as what school is being attended, what subject is being studied, and who is the person’s employer. When completed, the survey instrument was designed so that it could be scanned and, after verification, the data inputted for analysis. A copy of the telephone questionnaire, showing the dialogue, is included as Appendix A. Recent graduates are highly mobile and it can be very difficult to locate them. A concerted effort was made to collect as much contact information as possible. The starting point was to obtain all of the information available on the recent graduates from the Alumni Association’s database. This included the Association’s most recent

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information on street and email addresses, telephone numbers, and employers. The advantage of starting with Alumni Association data is that the unit’s mission is to maintain contact with former graduates, so the information should be current. The alumni data were supplemented by using USU’s BANNER Information System to obtain all the other contact information maintained by the university. In most cases this included several other addresses and telephone numbers, such as those for next-of-kin. All of this information was provided to the departments to assist them in making contact with their recent graduates. SAMPLE SELECTION The survey focused on students who received a bachelor’s degree from USU between July 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005. More than three thousand students received bachelor’s degrees over this twelve month period. The reason for the time lag between graduation and survey was to assure that students would have had a reasonable amount of time to find employment or to establish themselves in a graduate program. The amount of effort needed to conduct the surveys varied greatly among departments. Secondary Education had only five graduates (because prospective teachers obtain their degrees through another department, such as history or biology), while the department of Business Administration had 281. To make the task more manageable, those departments with more than 50 graduates were asked to complete survey forms for a random sample of at least 50 of their students. Those units with less than 50 graduates were asked to survey as many of their students as possible. In reporting aggregated results for individual colleges and for the university, the responses were weighted to reflect this sampling approach. COMPLETION RATES Survey information was distributed to departments in April, 2006 and completed forms were to be returned by early June. A review of the data indicated that the intended survey approach had been followed in the vast majority of cases. The number of bachelor’s degree recipients, the number of completed surveys, and the completion rates for each department are shown below. For departments with 50 or more degree recipients, the percent is based on the goal of 50 completed surveys that was established for the departments. Note that some of these departments completed more than 50 surveys because they wanted more complete information about their graduates. For example, Accounting collected information on 110 of its 129 graduates—220% of the goal of 50 students. (For an explanation of the abbreviations used below, see Appendix B.)

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UNIT

Number of

Degrees

Depts. With < 50 Degrees:

Completion Rate

Depts. With ≥ 50 Degrees:

% of 50 Completed Surveys

AGRICULTURE ADVS 27 23 85% ASTE 39 19 49% NFS 43 41 95% PSB 76 34 68% College Total 185 BUSINESS ACCT 129 110 220% BA 281 78 156% BIS 126 59 118% ECON 39 24 62% MHR 88 62 124% College Total 673 EDUCATION COM D 42 31 74% ELEM ED 186 71 142% FCHD 186 49 98% HPER 139 51 102% PSYCH 129 79 158% SEC ED 5 2 40% SPEC ED 55 42 84% College Total 742 ENGINEERING BIE 11 9 82% CEE 71 64 128% ECE 56 37 74% ITE 86 51 102% MAE 71 53 106% College Total 295 HASS ART 95 49 98% ENGL 94 50 100% HIST 50 24 48% JCOM 101 63 126% LAEP 26 10 38% LANG & PHIL 65 52 104% MUSIC 36 28 78% OTHRHASS 216 70 140%

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UNIT

Number of

Degrees

Depts. With < 50 Degrees:

Completion Rate

Depts. With ≥ 50 Degrees:

% of 50 Completed Surveys

POL SCI 100 44 88% S, S, & A 118 45 90% THEA 17 11 65% College Total 918 NATURAL RESOURCES AWER 12 7 58% ENVS 31 29 94% FRWS 20 17 85% College Total 63 SCIENCE BIOL 91 46 92% CHEM 14 13 93% CS 41 24 59% GEOL 9 6 67% MATH 31 20 65% PHYS 21 15 71% College Total 207 USU TOTAL 3083

The percentage of completed surveys was quite high. Of 23 departments with 50 or more degree recipients, 18 returned at least 90% of their goal of 50 forms. The mean completion rate for the 18 departments with less than 50 degree recipients was 70%. Because the large departments were only asked to contact 50 students, the target number of completed surveys for this project was 1,674. University-wide, the survey information was obtained for a total of 1,612 recent graduates. Adjusting for the fact that several of the large departments contacted more than 50 students (the aggregate “over-survey” was 213 which was subtracted from the total of 1,612 ), it was determined that 84% of the targeted students were surveyed. This proportion is almost exactly the same as the percent for the previous year’s Employment/Education Survey. This is a high response rate for a telephone survey and reflects (1) a conscientious effort on the part of most departments to contact students and (2) the high level of trust and interest that recent alumni have in USU. RESULTS Selected aggregate results for the colleges and USU are presented and discussed in this section. The percentages shown for colleges are weighted averages of department data, with the weights being the proportion of total college degrees awarded by the

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department. The USU percentages are also weighted averages, with the weights being the proportion of total USU degrees awarded by each college. For convenience, the Department of Economics, which is jointly administered by the colleges of Agriculture and Business, is included in the Business totals. Data for the individual academic departments are found in Appendix C. Sources of Information As part of the process, those conducting the survey were asked to indicate how they obtained the information reported on the form. The preferred respondent was the graduate, but she/he could not always be contacted. In some cases, surveyors may have spoken with a spouse or knowledgeable relative. In other cases, the source may have been a person in the student’s department who had maintained close contact with the recent graduate. Following is a breakdown of sources from which information was obtained. Sources of Information

Student Spouse Parent Other UnknownAgriculture 21.4% 6.7% 16.6% 28.8% 26.5%Business 80.7% 4.4% 8.5% 2.7% 3.8%Education 32.4% 5.1% 21.0% 39.4% 2.0%Engineering 40.3% 6.8% 23.6% 26.6% 2.7%HASS 60.6% 7.7% 14.8% 12.3% 4.6%Natural Resources 53.8% 8.7% 10.4% 18.3% 8.8%Science 53.5% 4.8% 12.2% 9.4% 20.1% USU TOTAL 53.3% 6.0% 15.6% 19.0% 6.1%

More than half of the data was collected by direct telephone contact with the student. In most cases, “Other” means that a faculty or staff member in the department provided the information. “Unknown” indicates that the source of information was not recorded by the person filling out the form. Note that there are substantial variations in how the information was obtained. Some colleges were much more successful in making direct contact with their graduates than were others. Continued Education Continuing Their Education. Recent graduates were asked if they are currently continuing their schooling and, if so, whether they are full- or part-time students.

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Continued Education

Full-Time

StudentPart-Time

StudentFT/PT Not

ReportedNot a

Student No

ResponseAgriculture 19.3% 4.5% 2.8% 73.4% 0.0%Business 12.8% 3.0% 16.4% 67.5% 0.3%Education 18.1% 3.9% 1.6% 76.4% 0.0%Engineering 10.7% 2.2% 0.0% 87.2% 0.0%HASS 20.7% 5.3% 4.9% 67.9% 1.0%Natural Resources 22.1% 0.0% 0.0% 76.2% 1.7%Science 55.3% 4.7% 1.7% 38.2% 0.0% USU TOTAL 19.7% 4.0% 5.7% 70.2% 0.4%

Nearly 30% of recent USU graduates are continuing their education as a full- or part-time student. There is substantial variation among the seven colleges—more than 60% of the respondents from the College of Science are in school either full- or part-time, but the proportions in the other colleges are much less.

The numbers in the table above include students in graduate degree programs as well as those getting second bachelor’s degrees and those in non-degree programs. Using data from the tables above and below, it was calculated that about 25% of all the survey respondents are enrolled in graduate degree programs. Degree Sought. Those graduates continuing their educations were asked to indicate the degree they are seeking. Results are as follows: Degree Sought

Masters Doctoral Professional* Other None No

ResponseAgriculture 68.2% 5.9% 11.7% 1.8% 3.6% 8.8%Business 83.6% 0.0% 7.8% 1.1% 0.0% 7.5%Education 63.6% 12.4% 1.3% 8.2% 0.0% 14.5%Engineering 66.9% 9.8% 8.8% 9.7% 0.0% 4.8%HASS 66.5% 0.0% 12.9% 10.3% 0.7% 9.5%Natural Resources 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%Science 46.5% 11.7% 37.3% 1.7% 1.1% 1.7% USU TOTAL 69.0% 5.1% 9.9% 6.4% 0.5% 9.1%

*Professional includes medicine, dentistry, veterinary, pharmacy, chiropractic, and law.

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About 70% of students continuing their education are in master’s programs and about 10% are pursuing professional degrees such as medicine, dentistry, and law. Most of those seeking professional degrees are from the College of Science. Only about 5% of those continuing their education are in doctoral programs. Institution and Subject. Graduates continuing their educations were asked to name the school they are attending and the subject being studied. As expected, USU was the most frequently reported choice. The portion of students continuing their education who are enrolled at USU is shown below. Appendix C lists schools where at least two members of a department are attending and also provides a breakdown of subjects studied.

Students Continuing Their Education at USU

Percent Agriculture 50.0%Business 55.2%Education 57.6%Engineering 44.4%HASS 21.9%Natural Resources 30.0%Science 31.6% USU 40.7%

USU is, by far, the most frequent choice for continued study by recent graduates, with about 40% of all respondents who are enrolled in graduate study indicating they are at USU. Students from the Colleges of HASS, Natural Resources, and Science are least likely to be at USU. With USU providing a broad spectrum of undergraduate degrees to choose from, it would be expected that the choice of subject in graduate school would also be varied. For those students pursuing a masters or a doctoral degree at USU or elsewhere, the most common subjects being studied by recent graduates are as follows:

Graduate School Subjects Business 23.3% Health (including medicine & dentistry) 11.8% Sciences 8.2% Psychology and Sociology 7.9% Education 7.7% Law 7.4% Engineering and Computer Science 7.0% Speech Pathology 5.8% Agriculture (including veterinary med.) 4.6% Other 16.5%

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In evaluating the table on the previous page, it is important not to use the data to estimate the total number of recent graduates studying in each field because the information comes from a sample, not the entire population. However, the percentages, should be representative of the most popular subject areas being pursued by recent USU graduates. Current Employment Currently Employed. Respondents were asked whether they are currently employed and, if so, if their employment is full-time or part-time and whether their job is related to their USU degree. In analyzing these data, it is important to distinguish between those who are continuing their educations full-time and those who are not students or who are studying part-time. For all respondents, (including students) results by college are shown below. Current Employment (all respondents)

Full-Time

JobPart-Time

JobNo Job

NoResponse

Agriculture 64.5% 8.7% 26.8% 0.0%Business 61.1% 15.7% 18.1% 5.1%Education 59.9% 15.3% 19.9% 4.9%Engineering 82.2% 2.2% 11.6% 4.0%HASS 58.8% 13.6% 24.1% 3.5%Natural Resources 78.6% 12.8% 7.0% 1.7%Science 39.3% 9.8% 48.5% 2.4% USU TOTAL 61.2% 12.8% 22.0% 3.9%

Almost one-fourth of graduates indicated they did not have a full- or part-time job; however, this proportion includes those going to school. Note that nearly 50% from the College of Science said they didn’t have a job. This may reflect the high percentage of students from that college who are continuing their education. In evaluating employment, it is probably better to focus on those recent graduates who are not full-time students. For these graduates, employment findings are as follows: Current Employment (Not Full-Time Students)

Full-Time

JobPart-Time

JobNo Job

NoResponse

Agriculture 78.7% 8.5% 12.8% 0.0%Business 69.4% 14.9% 11.7% 4.0%

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Education 66.8% 13.2% 18.3% 1.7%Engineering 91.6% 2.4% 1.8% 4.2%HASS 69.7% 10.6% 16.6% 3.1%Natural Resources 94.2% 1.9% 3.9% 0.0%Science 74.8% 6.0% 14.8% 4.4% USU TOTAL 72.4% 10.8% 13.9% 2.9%

About 14% of recent graduates who are not full-time students reported that they did not have a full-time or part-time job. The rates are much lower for the graduates from Engineering and Natural Resources than those from the other colleges. The percentages in the table should not be interpreted as unemployment rates. To be counted as unemployed by the federal government, a person must be looking for a job. It is likely that some of the respondents without jobs are those rearing children or students who have taken time off after school to pursue some other type of activity. For example, several recent graduates are now serving LDS missions or are engaged with other service organizations. Survey respondents were asked if they are currently looking for a full-time or part-time job. Focusing on those who are not full-time students and who do not already have a full-time job, the portions of respondents who said that they are currently looking for employment are shown below. Note that, university-wide, more than three-fourths of those not employed and who were not students, were not seeking employment. Looking for Job

Looking forFull-Time

Job

Looking forPart-Time

Job

Not Looking

For a Job No

ResponseAgriculture 17.9% 0.0% 80.2% 1.9%Business 32.5% 1.3% 57.2% 9.0%Education 10.1% 0.6% 86.0% 3.3%Engineering 8.7% 0.0% 83.0% 8.3%HASS 15.7% 2.6% 77.6% 4.1%Natural Resources 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%Science 5.6% 0.0% 94.4% 0.0% USU TOTAL 16.5% 1.2% 77.4% 4.9%

It is possible to compute an estimated unemployment rate from the data. If about 18% of the respondents without a job and who are not in school are looking for work (full- or part-time) and if about 14% of those who are not students do not have a job (as reported above), then 18% x 14% = 2.5% of the recent graduates would roughly meet the

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government’s criteria for being unemployed. This rate is comparable to the nation-wide unemployment rate for college graduates, which is about 3.0%. Degree-Related Employment. A salient question is whether the jobs of the recent graduates are related to their USU degrees. Although some students may choose to work in areas outside of their discipline, as a general rule, students pick a major because they expect to work in that field. The respondents with full-time jobs were asked if their job is related or somewhat related to their USU degree. About one-fifth of the respondents said that their jobs were not related to their degree. The rate was 6% for Engineering graduates, but about 30% for HASS and Natural Resources graduates. Job Related to Degree

Related to

USU DegreeSomewhat

RelatedNot

Related No

ResponseAgriculture 80.6% 0.0% 14.2% 5.1%Business 60.0% 15.4% 19.2% 5.4%Education 75.1% 0.0% 18.1% 6.8%Engineering 82.5% 0.0% 6.4% 11.2%HASS 61.5% 0.0% 28.3% 10.2%Natural Resources 67.9% 0.0% 30.1% 2.0%Science 75.6% 0.0% 12.2% 12.2% USU TOTAL 68.7% 3.4% 19.9% 8.1%

Job Location. In evaluating the effect of state resources used for higher education, the issue of where graduates take full-time jobs is relevant. Students who remain in the State of Utah add human capital to the state’s work force and contribute to the tax base of the state. For those with full-time jobs, the table below shows where they were employed. Job Location

Utah Not UtahNo

Response Agriculture 46.4% 39.3% 14.3% Business 70.4% 17.9% 11.7% Education 73.0% 18.4% 8.7% Engineering 50.9% 39.4% 9.8% HASS 65.0% 25.2% 9.8% Natural Resources 44.9% 43.3% 11.8% Science 58.8% 27.2% 14.0% USU TOTAL 64.8% 24.7% 10.5%

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Nearly two-thirds of survey respondents with full-time jobs reported that they are working in Utah. College of Education and College of Business graduates are most likely to have remained in the state, while those from Agriculture, Engineering and Natural Resources are more likely to have located elsewhere. Type of Employer. Graduates were asked to identify their employer. As would be expected, a large number of organizations were reported and the lists varied greatly by discipline. For convenience, employers are categorized as private sector, education (public or private), and other public sector employers. For those graduates with full-time jobs, the breakdown is as follows: Type of Employer

PrivateSector

Education(Private or

Public)Public Sector

NoResponse

Agriculture 49.6% 18.5% 7.9% 24.0%Business 81.9% 7.8% 4.0% 6.3%Education 33.2% 48.5% 9.1% 9.1%Engineering 74.2% 5.2% 14.2% 6.4%HASS 61.7% 13.2% 12.7% 12.4%Natural Resources 34.3% 2.0% 49.6% 14.1%Science 58.2% 23.9% 8.3% 9.6% USU TOTAL 58.9% 20.6% 10.2% 10.2%

Nearly sixty percent of respondents are working in the private sector. Variations among the colleges are predictable with College of Business graduates most likely to be in the private sector and Natural Resources graduates in the public sector. Starting Salary. Obtaining numbers on starting salaries for recent graduates is a difficult task. Students or their spouses are often reluctant to provide this information and relatives who may have been contacted as part of the survey may not know. It was anticipated that this part of the survey data would be less complete than other information collected and the forecast proved to be generally correct. However, a substantial proportion of the survey contacts were willing and able to provide salary data. The table below shows the percentage of respondents with full-time jobs who provided starting salary information and also the range of median salaries for the departments in each college. Appendix C provides detail on starting salaries by department.

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Starting Salary

% With Jobs Who Provided

Salary Data

Departmental Range of

Median Salaries Agriculture 61.1% $26,416 to $35,624 Business 74.7% $28,044 to $44,008 Education 21.8% $21,711 to $31,120 Engineering 53.1% $32,526 to $51,672 HASS 54.6% $21,934 to $48,415 Natural Resources 34.9% $26,480 to $33,280 Science 56.0% $22,617 to $46,856 USU TOTAL 51.0% $21,711 to $51,672

Salary data were obtained for about half of those surveyed who had full-time jobs. The highest medians were reported in the departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and, surprisingly, Art. However, care should be used in comparing the median salaries because they represent small numbers of observations in some departments. SUMMARY The response rate for this study was quite high for a telephone survey. A total of 1,612 alumni provided the requested information, which represents 84% of those who were targeted to be surveyed and over 50% of all those who received degrees during the study period. Among the most important findings are the following:

• Nearly 30% of recent graduates are continuing their education as a full- or part-time student and 25% are enrolled in graduate degree programs.

• 69% of those continuing their educations are in masters programs and about 10% are in professional programs such as medicine, dentistry, and law. About 40% of the students in graduate degree programs are enrolled at USU.

• Business is the most popular field of study for those in graduate degree programs. • About 14% of alumni who are not full-time students do not have a full- or part-

time job, but many of these individuals are not seeking employment. • The unemployment rate of alumni looking for jobs is estimated at 2.5%, which is

comparable to the nationwide rate of 3.0% for college graduates. • Of those with full-time jobs, about 20% indicated that their job is unrelated to

their USU degree. • Nearly two-thirds of those with full-time jobs are working in Utah. • About 60% of those with full-time jobs are working in the private sector. About

20% are employed in public or private education. • Fifty-one percent of those with full-time jobs provided salary information and

department median starting salaries range from $21,711 to $51,672.

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This was the third year of using a new survey instrument designed to standardize collection of data regarding employment and continued education of recent USU graduates. Once again, the effort was successful and useful information was obtained. The results of previous USU Employment/Education Surveys can be found by going to http://aaa.usu.edu/FactsFigures/Surveys.asp.

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http://aaa.usu.edu/FactsFigures/Surveys.asp

APPENDIX A

EMPLOYMENT/EDUCATION SURVEY INSTRUMENT

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APPENDIX B

DEPARTMENT ABBREVIATIONS

AGRICULTURE ASTE Agricultural Systems Technology and Education ADVS Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences NFS Nutrition and Food Science PSB Plants, Soil, and Biometeorology BUSINESS ACCT School of Accountancy BA Business Administration BIS Business Information Systems ECON Economics (Jointly Administered with Agriculture) MHR Management and Human Resources EDUCATION COM D Communicative Disorders ELEM ED Elementary Education FCHD Family, Consumer and Human Development HPER Health, Physical Education, and Recreation IT Instructional Technology (No undergraduate programs) PSYCH Psychology SEC ED Secondary Education SPEC ED Special Education ENGINEERING BIE Biological and Irrigation Engineering ECE Electrical and Computer Engineering ITE Industrial Technology and Education CEE Civil and Environmental Engineering MAE Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering HUMANITIES, ARTS, AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ART Art ENGL English HIST History JCOM Journalism and Communication LAEP Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning LAS Liberal Arts and Sciences LANG & PHIL Language, Philosophy and Speech Communication MUSIC Music OTHRHASS Other HASS: Interdisciplinary Studies and International Studies POL SCI Political Science

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S, S, & A Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology THEAT Theatre NATURAL RESOURCES AWER Aquatic, Watershed, and Earth Resources ENVS Environment and Society FRWS Forest, Range, and Wildlife Science SCIENCE BIOL Biology CHEM Chemistry CS Computer Science GEOL Geology MATH Mathematics and Statistic PHYS Physics

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APPENDIX C

DEPARTMENT-LEVEL DATA

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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

Completion Rates# of # of

Degrees Completed Surveys ADVS 27 23ASTE 39 19NFS 43 41PSB 76 34

Sources of InformationStudent Spouse Parent Other No Response Total

ADVS 7 1 1 14 0 23ASTE 1 0 0 0 18 19NFS 28 0 9 1 3 41PSB 0 5 9 16 4 34

Note 3: Data for the Department of Economics are included with the College of Business.

Note 1: The completion rate data suggest that the numbers in all the tables in this appendix should be interpreted in terms of the proportions in each category, rather than the actual number of students engaged in the activity.

Note 2: College totals are not provided because the sampling procedure used for departments with more than 50 graduates makes it inappropriate to sum the numbers for the individual units in the college.

68%n/a

Dept with < 50 degrees: Completion Rate

85%

Dept with >= 50 degrees:

n/a% of goal of 50

49%95% n/a

n/a

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CONTINUED EDUCATION

Are You Currently Continuing Your Education?No

Yes No Response TotalADVS 10 13 0 23ASTE 4 15 0 19NFS 13 28 0 41PSB 7 27 0 34

Full or Part-Time Student?Full-Time Part-Time No

Student Student Response TotalADVS 10 0 0 10ASTE 1 3 0 4NFS 6 2 5 13PSB 7 0 0 7

At What Institution?Institution #1 Institution #2 Institution #3 Other (1 student) No Response Total

ADVS Washington State (6) USU (2) 2 10ASTE USU(4) 4NFS USU(7) 5 1 13PSB USU (7) 7

In What Subject?Subject #1 Subject #2 Subject #3 Other (1 student) No Response Total

ADVS Agriculture (10) 10ASTE Education (3) 1 4NFS Sciences (5) Health (2) 5 1 13PSB Agriculture (4) 3 7

What Degree Are You Seeking?Masters Doctoral Other None No Response Total

ADVS 2 8 0 0 0 10ASTE 3 0 0 0 1 4NFS 8 0 1 2 2 13PSB 6 1 0 0 0 7

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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

Are You Currently Employed?Full-Time Part-Time No

Job Job Job No Response TotalADVS 11 2 10 0 23ASTE 15 3 1 0 19NFS 23 3 15 0 41PSB 23 2 9 0 34

Are You Currently Employed? (Those who are not full-time students)Full-Time Part-Time No

Job Job Job No Response TotalADVS 11 1 1 0 13ASTE 15 2 1 0 18NFS 23 3 9 0 35PSB 22 2 3 0 27

Is Your Job Related to Your USU Degree? (Those with full-time jobs)Related to Somewhat Not

Degree Related Related No Response TotalADVS 8 0 2 1 11ASTE 12 0 1 2 15NFS 19 0 3 1 23PSB 19 0 4 0 23

In Which State or Country Is Your Job Located? (Those with full-time jobs)Utah Not Utah No Response Total

ADVS 4 6 1 11ASTE 9 4 2 15NFS 14 6 3 23PSB 8 11 4 23

Who Is Your Employer? (Those with full-time jobs)Private Education Public Sector No Sector (Priv or Pub) (not education) Response Total

ADVS 5 0 1 5 11ASTE 0 0 0 15 15NFS 14 4 3 2 23PSB 3 0 2 18 23

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In Your Current Job, What Was Your Starting Salary? (Those with full-time jobs)Lowest Highest # Providing No

Reported Reported Median Salary Info Response Refused TotalADVS $14,000 $72,000 $32,428 7 4 0 11ASTE $28,000 $40,000 $32,846 13 2 0 15NFS $20,000 $114,400 $35,624 19 3 1 23PSB $20,800 $31,200 $26,416 5 17 1 23

Don’t Know orFull-Time Part-Time No No Response Total

ADVS 0 0 2 0 2ASTE 0 0 3 0 3NFS 5 0 6 1 12PSB 1 0 4 0 5

Are You Currently Looking for a Full- or Part-Time Job? (Those who do not have a full-time job and are not full-time students.)

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COLLEGE OF BUSINESS


Degrees Completed Surveys ACCT 129 110BA 281 78BIS 126 59ECON 39 24MHR 88 62OTHRB 10 9


ACCT 87 2 8 7 6 110BA 76 1 0 0 1 78BIS 40 8 6 1 4 59ECON 21 0 2 1 0 24MHR 30 4 20 4 4 62OTHRB 5 0 3 1 0 9

220%156%118%

n/a

n/a


90%

62%N/A


Dept with < 50 degrees: Dept with >= 50 degrees: Completion Rate % of goal of 50

N/AN/A

N/A 124%

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CONTINUED EDUCATION


Yes No Response TotalACCT 42 66 2 110BA 32 46 0 78BIS 10 49 0 59ECON 7 17 0 24MHR 12 50 0 62OTHRB 2 7 0 9


Student Student Response TotalACCT 39 0 3 42BA 3 0 29 32BIS 7 3 0 10ECON 3 4 0 7MHR 6 5 1 12OTHRB 1 0 1 2


ACCT USU (34) 8 42

BA USU (8)Texas A&M (2)U of U (2) 6 14 32

BIS USU (8) 1 1 10ECON USU (3) 4 7MHR USU (7) 4 1 12OTHRB 1 1 2


ACCT Business (36) Law (3) 1 2 42BA Business (22) 2 8 32BIS Business (7) Education (2) 1 10ECON Business (4) Law (3) 7MHR Business (7) Law (2) 2 1 12OTHRB 1 1 2


ACCT 37 4 0 0 1 42BA 27 1 0 0 4 32BIS 10 0 0 0 0 10ECON 4 3 0 0 0 7MHR 8 2 1 0 1 12OTHRB 1 0 0 0 1 2

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CURRENT EMPLOYMENT


Job Job Job No Response TotalACCT 67 6 29 8 110BA 35 21 17 5 78BIS 50 5 4 0 59ECON 17 1 4 2 24MHR 46 6 8 2 62OTHRB 6 2 0 1 9


Job Job Job No Response TotalACCT 61 4 4 2 71BA 35 20 16 4 75BIS 47 3 2 0 52ECON 17 1 1 2 21MHR 46 5 3 2 56OTHRB 6 1 0 1 8


Degree Related Related No Response TotalACCT 39 15 5 8 67BA 17 5 12 1 35BIS 36 2 7 5 50ECON 14 3 0 0 17MHR 32 11 3 0 46OTHRB 5 1 0 0 6


ACCT 47 16 4 67BA 23 4 8 35BIS 41 8 1 50ECON 12 4 1 17MHR 32 13 1 46OTHRB 4 2 0 6

25


ACCT 57 6 2 2 67BA 29 0 2 4 35BIS 1 0 0 49 50ECON 14 2 1 0 17MHR 37 1 1 7 46OTHRB 3 0 0 3 6


Reported Reported Median Salary Info Response Refused TotalACCT $20,200 $95,000 $34,821 41 23 3 67BA $12,480 $90,000 $44,008 25 8 2 35BIS $16,000 $78,000 $35,663 46 0 4 50ECON $24,000 $60,000 $37,242 15 2 0 17MHR $17,500 $60,000 $33,701 33 8 5 46OTHRB $18,000 $42,000 $28,044 5 0 1 6


ACCT 5 0 5 0 10BA 22 0 13 5 40BIS 0 0 4 1 5ECON 0 0 4 0 4MHR 0 1 9 0 10OTHRB 0 0 2 0 2


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COLLEGE OF EDUCATION


Degrees Completed Surveys CDDE 42 31ELED 186 71FCHD 186 49HPER 139 51PSY 129 79SCED 5 2SPER 55 42


CDDE 22 1 7 0 1 31ELED 17 4 6 43 1 71FCHD 18 5 12 13 1 49HPER 16 1 27 6 1 51PSY 6 2 0 69 2 79SCED 1 0 1 0 0 2SPER 32 1 7 1 1 42

n/an/an/a

74%

158%n/a



n/a40%

n/a

142%98%

102%

84%

n/a


27

CONTINUED EDUCATION


Yes No Response TotalCDDE 23 8 0 31ELED 2 69 0 71FCHD 12 37 0 49HPER 15 36 0 51PSY 28 51 0 79SCED 0 2 0 2SPER 5 37 0 42


Student Student Response TotalCDDE 23 0 0 23ELED 1 1 0 2FCHD 7 4 1 12HPER 12 3 0 15PSY 23 0 5 28SPER 3 2 0 5


CDDE USU (20) 3 23ELED 2 2FCHD USU (8) 3 1 12HPER U of U (4) USU (3) Denver Co (2) 5 1 15PSY USU (18) 7 3 28SPER SUU (3) 2 5


CDDE Speech (22) 1 23ELED 1 1 2FCHD Pyschology (10) 2 12HPER Health (9) Education (2) 4 15PSY Pyschology (12) Education (9) Agriculture (2) 4 1 28SPER Education (4) 1 5


CDDE 16 7 0 0 0 23ELED 1 0 0 0 1 2FCHD 10 0 2 0 0 12HPER 4 8 2 0 1 15PSY 24 3 0 0 1 28SPER 4 0 1 0 0 5

28

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT


Job Job Job No Response TotalCDDE 7 11 13 0 31ELED 55 4 8 4 71FCHD 28 7 9 5 49HPER 30 7 12 2 51PSY 35 22 21 1 79SCED 2 0 0 0 2SPER 31 5 6 0 42


Job Job Job No Response TotalCDDE 4 0 4 0 8ELED 54 4 8 4 70FCHD 27 7 8 0 42HPER 30 6 3 0 39PSY 26 12 17 1 56SCED 2 0 0 0 2SPER 28 5 6 0 39


Degree Related Related No Response TotalCDDE 3 0 4 0 7ELED 53 0 0 2 55FCHD 19 0 7 2 28HPER 17 0 9 4 30PSY 28 0 6 1 35SCED 1 0 0 1 2SPER 28 0 0 3 31


CDDE 5 2 0 7ELED 38 6 11 55FCHD 20 6 2 28HPER 21 6 3 30PSY 27 8 0 35SCED 0 2 0 2SPER 30 1 0 31

29


CDDE 3 0 0 4 7ELED 2 50 0 3 55FCHD 0 2 0 26 28HPER 14 6 1 9 30PSY 15 12 5 3 35SCED 0 0 0 2 2SPER 0 29 0 2 31


Reported Reported Median Salary Info Response Refused TotalCDDE $16,640 $60,000 $31,120 4 3 0 7ELED Insufficient data Insufficient data Insufficient data 1 53 1 55FCHD $12,480 $32,556 $21,711 5 15 8 28HPER $12,480 $41,600 $28,906 11 17 2 30PSY No data No data No data 0 34 1 35SCED $29,000 $29,000 $29,000 1 1 0 2SPER $23,000 $33,000 $26,651 19 12 0 31


CDDE 0 0 4 0 4ELED 0 0 15 1 16FCHD 1 0 14 0 15HPER 4 0 5 0 9PSY 0 1 26 3 30SPER 0 0 11 0 11


30

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING


Degrees Completed Surveys BIE 11 9CEE 71 64ECE 56 37ETE 86 51MAE 71 53


BIE 2 0 0 3 4 9CEE 26 4 28 6 0 64ECE 24 3 7 2 1 37ETE 20 1 11 18 1 51MAE 13 7 7 26 0 53

106%

n/a128%

102%



n/an/a

n/an/a 74%

82%


31

CONTINUED EDUCATION


Yes No Response TotalBIE 5 4 0 9CEE 3 61 0 64ECE 11 26 0 37ETE 3 48 0 51MAE 5 48 0 53


Student Student Response TotalBIE 5 0 0 5CEE 3 0 0 3ECE 11 0 0 11ETE 0 3 0 3MAE 4 1 0 5


BIE 3 2 5CEE 3 3ECE USU (8) 3 11ETE 3 3MAE USU (2) 2 1 5


BIE Engineering (4) 1 5CEE 2 1 3ECE Engineering (9) 2 11ETE Business (2) 1 3MAE Engineering (3) 1 1 5


BIE 2 3 0 0 0 5CEE 2 1 0 0 0 3ECE 9 2 0 0 0 11ETE 2 0 1 0 0 3MAE 3 1 0 0 1 5

32

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT


Job Job Job No Response TotalBIE 5 0 4 0 9CEE 59 0 5 0 64ECE 25 1 11 0 37ETE 44 3 1 3 51MAE 44 0 4 5 53


Job Job Job No Response TotalBIE 4 0 0 0 4CEE 58 0 3 0 61ECE 25 1 0 0 26ETE 44 3 1 3 51MAE 44 0 0 5 49


Degree Related Related No Response TotalBIE 4 0 0 1 5CEE 56 0 0 3 59ECE 23 0 1 1 25ETE 36 0 6 2 44MAE 28 0 3 13 44


BIE 2 1 2 5CEE 30 28 1 59ECE 12 8 5 25ETE 25 17 2 44MAE 21 18 5 44

33


BIE 2 0 1 2 5CEE 51 0 7 1 59ECE 18 0 4 3 25ETE 23 7 3 11 44MAE 31 1 9 3 44


Reported Reported Median Salary Info Response Refused TotalBIE No data No data No data 0 5 0 5CEE $32,000 $45,000 $39,000 10 38 11 59ECE $30,000 $62,000 $48,300 14 9 2 25ETE $4,400 $97,760 $32,526 31 13 0 44MAE $27,040 $106,000 $51,672 39 4 1 44


CEE 0 0 2 1 3ECE 0 0 1 0 1ETE 2 0 5 0 7MAE 0 0 5 0 5


34

COLLEGE OF HASS


Degrees Completed Surveys ART 95 49ENGL 94 50HIST 50 24JCOM 101 63LAEP 26 10LPSC 65 52MUSC 36 28OTHRH 216 70POLS 100 44SSWA 118 45THAR 17 11


ART 17 2 3 24 3 49ENGL 16 4 21 9 0 50HIST 13 3 6 2 0 24JCOM 47 0 13 1 2 63LAEP 9 0 0 0 1 10LPSC 27 1 17 6 1 52MUSC 21 5 2 0 0 28OTHRH 39 5 11 6 9 70POLS 29 0 1 9 5 44SSWA 16 1 18 1 9 45THAR 7 0 0 2 2 11

48%100%

90%

104%n/a

126%

n/a

65%n/an/an/a

78%

n/an/an/a

38%

98%


n/a

n/a140%88%

n/a



35

CONTINUED EDUCATION


Yes No Response TotalART 10 39 0 49ENGL 14 36 0 50HIST 11 11 2 24JCOM 12 51 0 63LAEP 2 8 0 10LPSC 16 36 0 52MUSC 11 17 0 28OTHRH 21 48 1 70POLS 28 15 1 44SSWA 10 35 0 45THAR 2 9 0 11


Student Student Response TotalART 6 0 4 10ENGL 7 4 3 14HIST 6 4 1 11JCOM 8 2 2 12LAEP 1 1 0 2LPSC 10 4 2 16MUSC 7 3 1 11OTHRH 14 2 5 21POLS 25 2 1 28SSWA 5 3 2 10THAR 2 0 0 2


ARTUSU (2)Witchita State (2) 4 2 10

ENGL USU (5) 9 14

HISTUSU (2)U of U (2) 6 1 11

JCOM USU(4) 7 1 12LAEP 2 2LPSC USU (5) U of U (3) BYU (2) 5 1 16

MUSCUSU (2)U Colorado Bolder(2) 6 1 11

OTHRH USU (7) 10 4 21

POLS USU (9)George Mason (2)U of Arizona (2) 12 3 28

SSWA U of U (2) 7 1 10THAR 2 2

36


ART 9 1 10ENGL Education (4) 10 14HIST Education (7) Law (2) 1 1 11JCOM Business (3) 7 2 12LAEP 2 2

LPSC

Education (4)Health (4)Law (4) 3 1 16

MUSC 7 4 11

OTHRH

Business (3)Education (3)Law (3) Health (2) 8 2 21

POLS Law (11) Business (2) 11 4 28SSWA Psychology (6) 2 2 10THAR 2 2


ART 10 0 0 0 0 10ENGL 9 1 3 1 0 14HIST 3 2 4 0 2 11JCOM 10 1 1 0 0 12LAEP 2 0 0 0 0 2LPSC 8 6 0 0 2 16MUSC 8 0 1 0 2 11OTHRH 10 3 4 0 4 21POLS 13 11 1 0 3 28SSWA 9 0 0 0 1 10THAR 2 0 0 0 0 2

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT


Job Job Job No Response TotalART 33 3 11 2 49ENGL 29 7 13 1 50HIST 15 1 4 4 24JCOM 46 9 8 0 63LAEP 9 0 1 0 10LPSC 25 6 21 0 52MUSC 11 9 7 1 28OTHRH 39 8 20 3 70POLS 20 11 11 2 44SSWA 26 8 10 1 45THAR 9 0 2 0 11

37


Job Job Job No Response TotalART 33 2 6 2 43ENGL 27 5 10 1 43HIST 15 1 2 0 18JCOM 42 8 5 0 55LAEP 9 0 0 0 9LPSC 24 6 12 0 42MUSC 10 7 3 1 21OTHRH 38 6 9 3 56POLS 14 1 3 1 19SSWA 25 5 9 1 40THAR 8 0 1 0 9


Degree Related Related No Response TotalART 27 0 4 2 33ENGL 20 0 7 2 29HIST 8 0 6 1 15JCOM 32 0 9 5 46LAEP 9 0 0 0 9LPSC 12 0 10 3 25MUSC 9 0 2 0 11OTHRH 21 0 12 6 39POLS 8 0 8 4 20SSWA 16 0 10 0 26THAR 5 0 1 3 9


ART 16 8 9 33ENGL 19 9 1 29HIST 10 3 2 15JCOM 39 6 1 46LAEP 7 2 0 9LPSC 13 9 3 25MUSC 7 1 3 11OTHRH 28 9 2 39POLS 10 9 1 20SSWA 16 6 4 26THAR 8 1 0 9

38


ART 4 5 0 24 33ENGL 17 5 3 4 29HIST 8 6 0 1 15JCOM 37 4 1 4 46LAEP 1 0 0 8 9LPSC 15 4 3 3 25MUSC 5 3 0 3 11OTHRH 25 3 7 4 39POLS 9 2 4 5 20SSWA 6 2 1 17 26THAR 2 4 0 3 9


Reported Reported Median Salary Info Response Refused TotalART $24,960 $166,400 $48,415 8 25 0 33ENGL $24,000 $40,000 $30,000 11 15 3 29HIST $25,000 $36,000 $30,722 8 7 0 15JCOM $16,640 $80,000 $29,586 38 7 1 46LAEP $29,120 $42,000 $37,180 9 0 0 9LPSC $14,560 $38,000 $24,784 15 10 0 25MUSC $10,000 $80,000 $32,406 10 1 0 11OTHRH $16,640 $55,000 $36,738 12 25 2 39POLS $14,560 $42,000 $27,289 17 3 0 20SSWA $14,560 $35,000 $21,934 10 9 7 26THAR $15,000 $32,000 $24,600 5 4 0 9


ART 1 0 8 1 10ENGL 2 1 13 0 16HIST 0 0 3 0 3JCOM 2 0 11 0 13LANG 1 0 17 0 18MUSC 0 0 10 1 11OTHRH 3 0 13 2 18POLS 2 0 3 0 5SSWA 3 0 12 0 15THAR 0 1 0 0 1


39

COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES


Degrees Completed Surveys AWER 12 7ENVS 31 29FRWS 20 17


AWER 4 0 0 1 2 7ENVS 11 4 5 7 2 29FRWS 13 1 1 2 0 17

% of goal of 50 58% n/a

Note 2: Because of a recent reorganization of academic departments, only college totals are provided.


Dept with < 50 degrees: Dept with >= 50 degrees: Completion Rate

94%85%

n/an/a

40

CONTINUED EDUCATION


Yes No Response TotalAWER 5 2 0 7ENVS 5 23 1 29FRWS 0 17 0 17


Student Student Response TotalAWER 5 0 0 5ENVS 5 0 0 5


AWER USU (2) 3 5ENVS 5 5


AWER 5 5ENVS 3 2 5


AWER 5 0 0 0 0 5ENVS 5 0 0 0 0 5

41

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT


Job Job Job No Response TotalAWER 3 4 0 0 7ENVS 25 0 3 1 29FRWS 15 1 1 0 17


Job Job Job No Response TotalAWER 2 0 0 0 2ENVS 23 0 1 0 24FRWS 15 1 1 0 17


Degree Related Related No Response TotalAWER 3 0 0 0 3ENVS 13 0 11 1 25FRWS 11 0 4 0 15


AWER 2 1 0 3ENVS 11 8 6 25FRWS 5 10 0 15


AWER 1 0 2 0 3ENVS 7 0 7 11 25FRWS 3 0 8 4 15


Reported Reported Median Salary Info Response Refused TotalAWER $33,280 $33,280 $33,280 2 1 0 3ENVS $22,000 $32,000 $26,480 6 19 0 25FRWS $18,720 $36,000 $27,810 7 8 0 15

NoFull-Time Part-Time No Response Total

AWER 0 0 1 0 1ENVS 0 0 2 0 2


42

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE


Degrees Completed Surveys BIOL 91 46CHEM 14 13CS 41 24GEOL 9 6MATH 31 20PHYX 21 15


BIOL 9 3 11 2 21 46CHEM 10 1 2 0 0 13CS 23 0 0 1 0 24GEOL 4 0 0 2 0 6MATH 12 1 0 7 0 20PHYX 13 1 1 0 0 15

65%67%59%

92%


n/an/an/an/a

n/an/a



93%

71%

43

CONTINUED EDUCATION


Yes No Response TotalBIOL 34 12 0 46CHEM 10 3 0 13CS 12 12 0 24GEOL 4 2 0 6MATH 6 14 0 20PHYX 10 5 0 15


Student Student Response TotalBIOL 33 0 1 34CHEM 10 0 0 10CS 8 4 0 12GEOL 3 1 0 4MATH 5 0 1 6PHYX 9 1 0 10


BIOL U of U (6) USU (4)

U of Navada LV (3)Kirksville (3)Med Coll of Wisconsin (3) 15 34

CHEM U of U (2) 8 10CS USU (8) 3 1 12GEOL USU (3) 1 4MATH USU (4) 2 6PHYX USU (6) 4 10


BIOL Health (27) Science (5) 2 34CHEM Health (5) Science (4) 1 10CS Computer Science (10) 1 1 12GEOL Science (4) 4MATH Science (5) 1 6PHYX Science (7) 3 10


BIOL 7 27 0 0 0 34CHEM 1 8 1 0 0 10CS 10 1 0 0 1 12GEOL 3 0 0 1 0 4MATH 6 0 0 0 0 6PHYX 2 7 1 0 0 10

44

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT


Job Job Job No Response TotalBIOL 11 0 34 1 46CHEM 4 0 9 0 13CS 14 5 5 0 24GEOL 3 0 3 0 6MATH 11 4 4 1 20PHYX 7 4 3 1 15


Job Job Job No Response TotalBIOL 9 0 3 1 13CHEM 3 0 0 0 3CS 12 4 0 0 16GEOL 3 0 0 0 3MATH 10 1 3 1 15PHYX 5 0 1 0 6


Degree Related Related No Response TotalBIOL 8 0 2 1 11CHEM 4 0 0 0 4CS 13 0 0 1 14GEOL 3 0 0 0 3MATH 4 0 2 5 11PHYX 6 0 1 0 7


BIOL 6 5 0 11CHEM 3 1 0 4CS 5 2 7 14GEOL 3 0 0 3MATH 6 2 3 11PHYX 7 0 0 7

45


BIOL 8 1 1 1 11CHEM 3 1 0 0 4CS 2 0 0 12 14GEOL 1 1 0 1 3MATH 1 3 0 7 11PHYX 0 4 2 1 7


Reported Reported Median Salary Info Response Refused TotalBIOL $22,880 $51,000 $35,095 4 7 0 11CHEM No data No data No data 0 4 0 4CS $30,000 $60,000 $46,856 11 1 2 14GEOL $26,000 $27,040 $26,520 2 1 0 3MATH $25,000 $40,000 $26,000 4 7 0 11PHYX $12,960 $28,000 $22,617 7 0 0 7


BIOL 0 0 4 0 4CS 1 0 3 0 4MATH 0 0 5 0 5PHYX 0 0 1 0 1


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