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October 20, 2006 Vol. 77,
no. 10F
More 2005 graduates are working than choosing graduate school, survey finds What
is Berkeley’s Class of 2005 doing now? One way to find out is
to browse through the baccalaureate survey data released this summer
by the Career Center. The center concludes that a majority of students
in the class chose employment after graduation — 65.3 percent
either were employed full time or were still searching six months after
graduation. Only 20.9 percent of students matriculated to graduate
school. The remaining students were engaged in other endeavors such
as self-employment or part-time employment.
In engineering, 312 alumni responded out of 711 in the Class of 2005,
a rate of 43.9 percent, one of the highest in the survey. Here are
some interesting tidbits:
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Of those who responded, 47.6 percent of engineers were employed
full time, 30 percent were in graduate school, 15.7 percent were seeking
employment and 6.7 percent were pursuing other endeavors.
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Of those employed, 43.9 percent were working in the business
sector,
46.6 in industry, 0.7 in nonprofits, 4.7 in education and 4.1 in government.
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Of those employed, 39.9 percent got their job through on-campus
recruiting,
8.7 percent through personal contacts, 9.4 percent through a previous
employer, 9.4 through an Internet site, 6.5 through direct contact
with an employer, 14.5 through a career fair, 3.6 through the Career
Center website and 8 percent chose “other.”
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Of the BioE’s who responded, 26 percent were employed full time
with a median salary of $39,000, while 58 percent were in graduate
school.
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Of the CEE’s who responded, 52 percent were employed full time
with a median salary of $52,000, while 32 percent were in graduate
school.
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In EECS, 58.5 percent were employed full time with a median salary
of $63,750, while 20.3 percent were in graduate school.
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In Engineering Science, 35.3 per-cent were employed with a median salary
of $55,000, while 23.5 percent were in graduate school.
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In IEOR, 63.6 percent were employed with a median salary of $57,500,
while 15.2 percent were in school.
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In MSE, 40 percent were employed with a median salary of $55,000, while
50 percent were in school.
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In ME, 39.3 percent were employed with a salary of $57,500, while 30.4
percent were in school.
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In NE, 25 percent were employed (no salary data available), while 50
percent were in school.
Each year, the Career Center conducts a survey of the initial postgraduate
activities of Berkeley’s baccalaureate graduates. All 6,514 degree
recipients graduating in December 2004, May 2005 and August 2005 were
surveyed, starting with a web-based survey in fall 2004.
See all the results at http://career.berkeley.edu/CarDest/CarDest.
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