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POST-GRADUATION
REPORT 2013
Created in conjunction with the Vanderbilt
Institutional Research Group (VIRG)
August 2013
Table of Contents
Post-Graduation Report Summary ..............................................................3
Graduate and Professional Schools and Fields of Study .................................. 4
Employment by Geographic Region.................................................................. 4
Employment by Industry Cluster ....................................................................... 5
Salary Averages by Industry Cluster ................................................................. 5
How Students Found Their Jobs ....................................................................... 5
Popular Employers by Industry Cluster .......................................................6
Internship Activity .........................................................................................7
Seniors Who Completed an Internship.............................................................. 7
Number of Internships Completed..................................................................... 7
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Post-Graduation Report Summary
2013
2012*
Total Graduates
1638
1673
Total Completed Surveys
834
847
50.9%
50.6%
58.8%
56.6%
31.4%
33.5%
Accepted Position
53.9%
51.9%
Refused Offer, Still
Searching
4.2%
2.7%
Considering One or
More Offers
7.2%
7.2%
• At the time of graduation in early May, 65.3% of
students completing the survey had obtained fulltime employment or had received an offer,
reflecting a 3.5% increase from 2012.
Currently Searching
33.6%
32.2%
Begin Search after
3
Graduation
1.2%
5.3%
• The number of students accepted into
graduate/professional schools increased this over
last year with more students planned to pursue
medical degrees (MD, DO, DDS, DVM) than any
other degree.
Accepted Graduate/
Professional School
89.6%
85.6%
Accepted and Deferred
0.8%
1.1%
Seeking Graduate School
7.0%
8.0%
0.8%
0.7%
7.8%
21.5%
Traveling
1.1%
1.3%
Undecided
3.5%
6.7%
7.6%
6.6%
Response Rate
Response Rate
Post-Graduation Plans
Each year the Vanderbilt Institutional Research
Group surveys the graduating class to gather
information about their experiences while at
Vanderbilt in addition to their postgraduate plans.
This report summarizes the responses from the
Class of 2013 and offers a comparison to 2012.
When appropriate, additional information has been
extracted from the Summer Experience Survey,
produced annually by the Center for Student
Professional Development.
• Top industries employing VU graduates were:
Consulting, Management & Human Resources
(21.9%); Engineering & IT (18.6%); Education,
Community Organizations, & Nonprofits (16.4%);
Arts, Media & Communications (15.5%); Finance
(10.1%); and Health Care (9%).
• Geographically, the two most popular areas for
employment were the Southeast (37.7%
employed) and the Northeast (17.2% employed).
• Highest salaries reported by graduates were
those employed in Finance, Real Estate &
Insurance ($65,267) followed by Engineering & IT
($62,155).
Plan Full-Time Employment
Plan Further Education
2
1
Employment
Graduate Study
Other Endeavors
Military
4
Volunteer Activity
Other
4
5
* Percentages for Plan Employment and Other Endeavors have
changed due to a revision of survey questions and a recategorization of certain activities.
• Students reported using the Center (49.4%) to
secure jobs followed by Family/Friends (33.1%).
1 Employment refers to full-time civilian and military employment.
• The number of students who had completed an
internship by graduation reached an all-time high
of 74.3%.
3 Question text changed for 2013.
2 Further Education refers to full- or part-time graduate school.
4 Military and Volunteer Activity that is a full-time paid position is
also counted in the Plan Employment percentage above.
5 Includes additional coursework, starting/raising family, and no
response.
POST-GRADUATION REPORT 2013 ❚ 3
Fields of Study
Graduate and Professional Schools
School
# Attending
Vanderbilt University
56
Northwestern University
7
Columbia University
5
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
4
University of Texas - Austin
4
University of Louisville
4
Indiana University
4
Georgetown University
4
Wake Forest University
4
University of Pennsylvania
3
University of Cincinnati
3
Emory University
3
Duke University
3
University of California – Berkeley
3
University of Tennessee – Memphis
3
Medical
Masters-Other/Prof.
Masters-Arts & Science
Ph.D.
Law
Other Degree/Certificate
Other Medical
Masters-Engineering
Masters-Business
2.2%
1.1%
3.3%
6.3%
28.7%
10.7%
10.7%
19.5%
17.6%
List represents schools with three or more students attending.
Employment by Region
Employment by Geographic Region
Distribution by Region
2013
2012*
Southeast
37.7%
39.5%
Northeast
17.2%
17.8%
Southwest/West
17%
16.2%
25%
Mid-Atlantic
12%
6.5%
20%
Midwest
9%
12.4%
15%
Northwest
2.5%
1.6%
10%
International
4.6%
5.9%
5%
Regions=Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, PR, SC,
TN); Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT); Mid-Atlantic
(DC, DE, MD, PA, VA, WV); Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO,
ND, NE, OH, SD, WI); Southwest/West (AZ, CA, HI, NM, NV, OK,
TX); Northwest (AK, CO, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA, WY)
*In 2012 nearly 80% of respondents did not indicate a location; in
2013 almost 90% of respondents did provide a location.
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40%
35%
30%
0%
2013
2012
Employment by Industry Cluster
Total
Employed
Percent of
Employed
Consulting, Management
& HR
100
21.9%
Engineering & IT
85
18.6%
75
16.4%
71
Salary Averages by Industry Cluster
#
Reporting
AVG
Arts, Media &
Communications
14
$41,164
$24-70
Consulting,
Management & HR
71
$60,661
$21-82
15.5%
Education, Community
Organizations &
Nonprofits
26
$43,309
$32-57
46
10.1%
Engineering & IT
49
$62,155
$20-120
Health Care
41
9.0%
Finance, Real Estate &
Insurance
30
$65,267
$50-83
Public Policy, Government
& Law
28
6.1%
Health Care
10
$51,800
$40-60
Other
11
2.4%
Public Policy,
Government & Law
8
$39,190
$28-54
Sources Used for
Finding Opportunities
How Students Found Their Jobs
2013
2012
60%
2013
2012
Center for Student
Professional Development
49.4%
52.3%
Family/Friends
33.1%
43.6%
30%
Employer Website
24.5%
27.2%
20%
Alumni
22.6%
24.6%
In-Person Employer
Connection
21.4%
26.2%
Faculty/Academic Advisor
15.6%
20%
Online Job Posting Search
8.2%
4.6%
Other
8.2%
9.7%
Online Social Networking
4.7%
5.6%
50%
40%
Center for Student
Prf.Dev.
Family/Friends
Employer Website
Alumni
In-Person Employer
Connection
Faculty/Academic
Advisor
0%
Online Job Posting
10%
Social Networking
For the Class of 2013, 310 students had received full-time
employment offers by the date of the survey. The following
summarizes the sources students cited regarding the fulltime employment offers they accepted.
Other
Education, Community
Organizations & Nonprofits
Arts, Media &
Communications
Finance, Real Estate &
Insurance
Range
(in thousands)
POST-GRADUATION REPORT 2013 ❚ 5
Popular Employers by Industry Cluster
Arts, Media &
Communications
Consulting, Management
& HR, cont.
Engineering & IT
Engineering & IT
continued
NASA Glenn Research
Center
CBS News
InfoWorks
B&W Y-12
Comcast Spotlight
McKinsey & Company
Baker Hughes
Nashville Electric Service
EMI Christian Music Group Neiman Marcus
Balfour Resource Group
National Instruments
ESPN
Nordstrom Inc.
Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC
Neel-Schaffer, Inc.
MTV
Peoplefluent
Capgemini Consulting
Nissan North America
NBC Universal
Procter & Gamble (P&G)
CDL Systems, Inc.
Northrop Grumman
News America Marketing
Target Corp.
Chevron
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
Nickelodeon
The Boston Consulting
Group
Revive Public Relations
UBS Financial Services
Clark Construction
Group, LLC
Computer Technology
Solutions, Inc. (CTS)
Sotheby's Institute of Art
Starcom Worldwide
Education, Community,
CX-Analytics
& Nonprofits
American Language
DCS Corp.
Academy
Tuned In Broadcasting Inc. Big Brothers Big Sisters
Devon Energy
OSIsoft, Inc.
PharmaSys, Inc.
Piedmont Natural Gas
PowerPlan Consultants,
Inc.
Quality Manufacturing
Systems, Inc.
William Morris Endeavor
Carney, Sandoe &
Associates
Dow Corning Corporation
RTI
Zenith Optimedia
Doing Good
DuPont
SAIC
Consulting, Management Gwinnett County
& Human Resources
Public Schools
Japan Exchange Teaching
Advisory Board Company
Program
Aegis Sciences
Knox County Schools
Corporation
Louisiana Department of
Asurion
Education
Metropolitan Nashville
Bain & Company
Public Schools
Eastman Chemical
Company
Schlumberger
EchoStar Communications
Schneider Electric
Enercon Services, Inc.
Shareable Ink
ENVIRON International
Corporation
Skanska
ExxonMobil
Smith & Nephew
Cintas Corporation
New Vision Academy
General Motors
Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
Coca-Cola
Peace Corps
ICV Solutions, Inc.
Spirit AeroSystems
DELOITTE
(Deloitte Services LP)
Perspectives Charter
Schools
Institute for Software
Integrated Systems (ISIS)
Tennessee Valley
Authority
DISH Network, LLC
Scripps Research Institute Intergraph Corporation
Texas Instruments
Facebook
Southern Teachers Agency Internal Data Resources
The Boeing Company
FedEx Services
Sumner County Schools
Johnson Controls, Inc. (JCI) Trane
Gerson Lehrman Group
Teach for America
Kimley-Horn & Associates
Google, Inc.
Venture for America
Lexmark International, Inc.
Harpeth Consulting
YES Prep Public Schools
Manhattan Associates
Huron Consulting Group
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Microsoft
Turner Construction
Wacker Chemical
Corporation
Finance, Real Estate,
& Insurance
Avondale Partners, LLC
Finance, Real Estate,
& Insurance, continued
Bank of America
Merrill Lynch
Finance, Real Estate,
& Insurance, continued
Morgan Keegan &
Company, Inc.
BlackRock
Health Care, continued
Health Care, continued
Ascension Health
Hospice Compassus
Mountain Group Capital
BlueCross BlueShield
of Tennessee
Hospital Corporations of
America (HCA)
Capital One
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Cardinal Health
Humana
Caterpillar Financial
Services Corporation
Morgan Keegan &
Company, Inc.
Raymond James &
Associates
Centerstone Research
Institute
National Institute of Health
Cerner
Oschner Health System
Credit Suisse
Regions
Cigna Healthcare
Passport Health
Deutsche Bank
Stephens, Inc.
Community Health Charities Quorum Health Resources
Edgeview Partners
Summit Partners
Ernst & Young
SunTrust Robinson
Humphrey
Community Health Systems
Radsource
(CHS)
Cumberland Emerging
Sarah Cannon Research
Technologies
Institute
Fortegra Financial
T. Rowe Price
DAVA Oncology
Stryker
GE Capital
Trinity Consultants
DaVita
Surgical Care Affiliates
Goldman Sachs
UBS Financial Services
Epic Systems Corporations
The Edson Scribe Group
Harris Williams & Co.
Wells Fargo
Healthmark Partners, Inc.
UnitedHealth Group
HealthSpring
Universal Health Services,
Inc.
Unum
Citigroup
Jefferies & Company
Health Care
JPMorgan Chase Bank
Accretive Health
HealthStream
Makena Capital
Management
Aflac
Healthways
Internship Activity*
Number of Internships
Completed as an
Undergraduate
Graduating Seniors Who
Completed an Internship
as an Undergraduate
Four +
Three
74.3%
11.8%
8.7%
17.8%
21.2%
72.7%
36.8%
31.1%
Two
2013
2012
33.6%
One
39%
2013
2012
*Internship activity reported for those seniors who completed the Graduating Student Survey.
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