May 2013 Future Plans Survey

1. May 2013Future Plans Survey University Planning and Analysis August 22, 2013

2. Survey Administration Methods What is the Future Plans Survey and How do We do It?

3. What is the Future Plans Survey? • 5 minute survey to collect detailed information from graduating seniors on • Future employment • Company, location, job title, salary, helpful resources • Graduate/Professional school • Institution, program, degree • Work-experiences at NC State • Experience, helpfulness, use of career services

4. Who is eligible to participate? • All undergraduates who have completed the “Application for Degree” process to graduate in May are invited to participate • Only those who actually graduate in May are included in reports on results

5. When and how is the survey administered? • When • The survey goes live on about the first day of final exams (May 2, 2013) • The survey stays in the field for about 4 weeks (May 31, 2013) • How • Online (Qualtrics) • Accessible via handheld mobile device • Confidential (but not anonymous)

6. How are senior encouraged to participate? • Email invitations and follow-up reminders • Incentives • Amazon.com gift cards • 8 * $25 for early responders • 1 * $100 for all responders • Departments are encouraged to contact their graduating seniors • Electronic Bulletin Boards • Flyers • Sent to academic departments & posted around campus • Messages on Facebook • Announcements at (some) commencement ceremonies

7. How many graduating seniors actually does the survey?

8. How are the results used? • Assessment of career services • Helps academic departments evaluate career-readiness of their students • Employers when making salary offers • Students engaged in salary negotiation • Submitted to magazines for rankings • Lots, lots more!

9. Future Plans of Seniors…

10. What are seniors’ plans for after graduation?

11. How do graduating seniors feel bout their future? • The majority of grads are confident and feel prepared to move on to whatever lies ahead

12. Details About Those Obtaining Full-Time Employment (91% of all those with a job for after graduation) When did they start looking, what was helpful in getting a job, where will they be working, and what will they be earning?

13. When did they start looking for a job? (Differences between those who found and those who did not find a full-time position) • Students who got a job were much more likely than those who did not to start looking for one well in advance of graduation

14. When did they start looking for a job? (Differences by when the senior started looking for a job) • Over 90% of those who started looking for a job at least 12 months before graduation got one, compared to only about 10% of those who started looking less than a month before graduation

15. What resources did seniors say were helpful in securing their job? • Students obtaining full-time employment found a variety of resources as helpful to securing their position. Remember, these are for all seniors, so, e.g., while not many people overall said a ‘student teaching experience’ was helpful, this includes lots of students who did not have such an experience, so they would not have said it was helpful….

16. How many other job offers did those accepting a full-time job get? • More than half of those finding full-time employment had more than one offer from which to choose, with more than one-in-ten having three or more offers

17. Is job satisfaction related to how closely the job matches what seniors were majoring in? • Most graduates are getting jobs “directly related” to their academic major. Those in such jobs are most likely to be “very satisfied.”

18. Where will those with a full-time job be working? • 70% of May 2013 grads will be working in NC, with 48% in the Triangle

19. How are the full-time employees getting paid? • Three-fourths will be paid by salary… • But only half will be getting only a salary

20. And what will they be earning? • One-fourth of full-time employed grads estimate their starting annual income to be $60,000 or more, with an average income of $45,817

21. What about a signing bonus? • 18% of those obtaining full-time employment were given a signing bonus, with Design and PCOM grads most likely to get a bonus of $10,000 or more Amount of signing bonus

22. And what about a relocation package? • One-fourth of all those getting full-time employment were offered a relocation package; almost two-thirds of those finding work outside of NC were offered a relocation package

23. Details about Those Continuing their Education Where are they going and what are they going to study?

24. Who is going graduate/professional school ? • One-fourth of the May 2013 graduates say they are planning on attending graduate/professional school within a year after graduation

25. How many seniors have already been accepted to a grad/professional school? • Three-fourths of the May graduates planning on going to grad/prof school have been accepted and know where they will be attending

26. What institutions will they be attending? (among those accepted and enrolling) • Almost 100 different institutions around the nation and the world • Two-thirds will be staying in North Carolina • Over 40% will be enrolled at NC State

27. What degrees are they currently seeking? • A majority of those going on to grad/prof school will be enrolled in a Master’s program *students can be enrolled in more than one program • Those seeking a professional degree are most likely pursuing a JD

28. Work-Related Experiencesat NC State What did seniors do to prepare for the future?

29. What did they participate in, and how helpful do they think it was? • Participated in… • Helpfulness in securing employment

30. Who uses the various career offices? • Use of the Career Development Center varies widely by college • Majorities of students in a college use the career center for their college

31. Do those who use the career offices think they are any good? • Majorities of those using the career centers give them favorable ratings

32. What about other activities to help prepare for a career? • A majority of those who either have a job, are still seeking for one, or planning to start looking shortly after graduation said they had attended a career fair and put their resume in ePACK

33. Which career fairs did seniors attend? • NCSU students overall attended a variety of career fairs… • …With large majorities of students attending the career fair for their college * The college listed is the one with the highest percentage of seniors attending the particular career fair.

34. Are seniors satisfied with career guidance they got in their academic department? • While majorities of graduating seniors are satisfied with the career guidance they received in their college/department, they are more likely to be ‘satisfied’ than ‘very satisfied’

35. For More Information…

36. There is LOTS more information online! http://upa.ncsu.edu/srvy/stdnt/future-plans • Methods & response rate information • Detailed tables of results for all respondents overall, with text summaries • Detailed tables of results for most questions by college • College summaries (NCSU authentication required) • Table w/ results by department • Response rate • N w/ full-time job • N going to grad/prof school • Salary (25th percentile, median, 75th percentile, average) • Tables with employment information • Company, location, job title, helpful resources • Tables with grad/prof school information • Institution, location, degree, program

37. Want still more information, or have a suggestion? • Contact Nancy Whelchel, Associate Director for Survey Research University Planning and Analysis NC State University Nancy_whelchel@ncsu.edu