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Undergraduate Post-Graduate Activity Report - April 2011

Final Report

Response Rate

# of Responses# of GradsResponse %
April 2011 Response Rate38344087%

Graduate FT Employment Seeking Status (N=440) (N=440)

StatusRespondents% of N
Seeking Full-time Employment33275.5%
Not Seeking Full-time Employment5111.6%
Not Reporting Next Step Status5713.0%
Total440100%

Graduate Status of Those Seeking Full-time Employment (N=332)

StatusRespondents% of N
Accepted FT Offer by 90 Days After Graduation*31093.4%
Still Seeking FT Employment226.6%
Total332100%

*This percentage is considered to be the "placement rate" although CBA has adopted the practice of not using this term

Overall Post-Graduate Activity (N=440)

StatusRespondents% of N
Accepted FT Offer31070.5%
Still Seeking FT Employment225.0%
Graduate School327.3%
Military20.5%
Postponing Job Search51.1%
Returning to Their Full-time Job10.2%
Starting a Business40.9%
Volunteer Program20.5%
Not Seeking for Other Reasons51.1%
Not Reporting5713.0%
Total440100%

Salary Statistics of Those Reporting (N=149)

 Amount
Mean Salary$47,626
Median Salary$45,650
Mean Bonus$4,800
Median Bonus$5,000
Low Salary$30,000
High Salary$73,000

Full-Time Acceptances by Job Function(N=152)

FunctionRespondents% of N
Consulting117.1%
Finance/Accounting7951.3%
General Management117.1%
Human Resources21.3%
Logistics/Transportation21.3%
Marketing/Sales3220.8%
Management Information Systems21.3%
Operations/Production31.9%
Other127.8%
Total154100%

FT Employment Data and Salary Data by Major for April 2011 (N=145)

Major# Seeking FT# Accepted% of Seeking**Average Salary
Accounting726793.1%$45,656
Accounting & Finance2222100.0%$47,537
Accounting & General Management22100.0%$59,000
Accounting & Marketing33100.0%$36,000
Finance817795.1%$52,207
Finance & General Management22100.0%NR
Finance & Global Management22100.0%NR
Finance & Marketing121191.7%$43,667
General Management302893.3%$48,182
General Management & Marketing22100.0%$47,000
Global Management11100.0%$45,000
Global Management & Marketing22100.0%$42,000
Marketing1019190.1%$44,719

**This percentage is considered to be the "placement rate" although CBA has adopted the practice of not using this term