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Career Destinations of the Class of 2004

Response Rates/Career Destination Status Report            Salary Report for each major


Major
Responses
Career Destinations
Total
Grads
Response
Rate
Full
Time
Graduate
School
Seeking
Employment
Self
Employed
Part
Time
Internship/
Volunteer
Armed
Forces
Year
Off
Not Seeking
Employment
Other
African-American Studies
16
31.3%
(5)
60.0%
0%
40.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
American Studies
123
23.6%
(29)
41.4%
10.3%
13.8%
3.4%
24.1%
3.4%
0%
3.4%
0%
0%
Anthropology
137
38.0%
(52)
50.0%
17.3%
15.4%
0%
5.8%
1.9%
0%
1.9%
1.9%
5.8%
Applied
Mathematics
132
34.1%
(45)
55.6%
24.4%
11.1%
0%
0%
6.7%
0%
2.2%
0%
0%
Architecture
181
32.6%
(59)
47.5%
6.8%
35.6%
1.7%
0%
6.8%
0%
0%
0%
1.7%
Art
72
29.2%
(21)
28.6%
23.8%
28.6%
0%
4.8%
0%
0%
9.5%
0%
4.8%
Asian Studies
15
26.7%
(4)
0%
25.0%
25.0%
25.0%
0%
0%
25.0%
0%
0%
0%
Astrophysics
19
63.2%
(12)
0%
50.0%
25.0%
0%
16.7%
0%
0%
0%
8.3%
0%
Bioengineering
109
39.4%
(43)
30.2%
51.2%
7.0%
2.3%
7.0%
2.3%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Bioresource Sciences
2
50%
(1)
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Business Administration
316
47.2%
(149)
85.2%
6.0%
3.4%
0.7%
1.3%
0.7%
1.3%
1.3%
0%
0%
Chemical Engineering
86
47.7%
(41)
36.6%
26.8%
31.7%
0%
0%
4.9%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Chemistry
53
41.5%
(22)
40.9%
40.9%
4.5%
0%
0%
9.1%
0%
4.5%
0%
0%
Chinese Language
9
44.4%
(4)
25.0%
50.0%
25.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Civil Engineering
61
50.8%
(31)
45.2%
32.3%
12.9%
0%
0%
6.5%
0%
0%
0%
3.2%
Classics
14
28.6%
(4)
0%
25.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
50.0%
25.0%
0%
Cognitive Science
172
40.7%
(70)
52.9%
20.0%
17.1%
0%
701%
0%
0%
1.4%
0%
1.4%
Comparative Literature
40
40.0%
(16)
6.3%
31.3%
25.0%
6.3%
18.8%
0%
0%
0%
6.3%
6.3%
Computer Science
116
51.7%
(60)
75.0%
15.0%
5.0%
0%
0%
1.7%
0%
3.3%
0%
0%
Cons & Res Studies 
38
23.7%
(9)
22.2%
11.1%
0%
0%
22.2%
22.2%
0%
11.1%
0%
11.1%






 


















Major
Responses
Career Destinations
Total
Grads
Response
Rate
Full
Time
Graduate
School
Seeking
Employment
Self
Employed
Part
Time
Internship/
Volunteer
Armed
Forces
Year
Off
Not Seeking
Employment
Other
Development Studies
65
24.6%
(16)
56.3%
6.3%
18.8%
0%
6.3%
6.3%
0%
6.3%
0%
0%
Earth & Planetary Science
16
43.8%
(7)
42.9%
14.3%
28.6%
0%
0%
0%
0%
14.3%
0%
0%
Economics
389
38.6%
(150)
61.3%
21.3%
6.7%
1.3%
2.0%
2.0%
0%
2.6%
2.0%
0.7%
EECS
 
308
48.7%
(150)
62.0%
24.7%
10.0%
0%
1.3%
0.7%
0%
0.7%
0.7%
0%
Engineering Science
22
54.5%
(12)
33.3%
33.3%
16.7%
0%
0%
8.3%
0%
0%
0%
8.3%
English
383
41.5%
(159)
32.7%
20.1%
20.1%
2.5%
10.1%
3.8%
0.6%
3.8%
2.5%
3.8%
Env Econ & Policy
25
32.0%
(8)
37.5%
37.5%
0%
12.5%
0%
12.5%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Environmental Engineering
1
100%
(1)
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Environmental Sciences
39
43.6%
(17)
52.9%
23.5%
0%
5.9%
0%
0%
0%
0%
5.9%
11.8%
Ethnic Studies
76
34.2%
(26)
46.2%
19.2%
15.4%
0%
15.4%
3.8%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Film
39
12.8%
(5)
40.0%
20.0%
0%
0%
20.0%
0%
0%
0%
20.0%
0%
Forestry & Natural Resources
5
40%
(2)
50.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
50.0%
0%
French
24
62.5%
(15)
26.7%
20.0%
26.7%
0%
13.3%
6.7%
0%
0%
0%
6.7%
Genetics & Plant Biology
5
20.0%
(1)
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Geography
35
42.9%
(15)
26.7%
13.3%
20.0%
6.7%
20.0%
6.7%
0%
6.7%
0%
0%
German
14
42.9%
(6)
33.3%
33.3%
16.7%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
16.7%
0%
History
225
36.9%
(83)
37.3%
28.9%
10.8%
2.4%
8.4%
3.6%
0%
4.8%
3.6%
0%
History of Art
54
29.6%
(16)
25.0%
6.3%
25.0%
0%
12.5%
6.3%
0%
6.3%
6.3%
12.5%






 


















Major
Responses
Career Destinations
Total
Grads
Response
Rate
Full
Time
Graduate
School
Seeking
Employment
Self
Employed
Part
Time
Internship/
Volunteer
Armed
Forces
Year
Off
Not Seeking
Employment
Other
IEOR
37
45.9%
(17)
94.1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
5.9%
Integrative Biology
 
165
41.8%
(69)
26.1%
20.3%
24.6%
1.4%
7.2%
4.3%
0%
4.3%
7.2%
4.3%
Intedisciplinary Studies
188
25.5%
(48)
41.7%
12.5%
22.9%
4.2%
12.5%
4.2%
0%
0%
0%
2.1%
Italian
 
6
33.3%
(2)
0%
0%
50%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
50%
Japanese Language
26
23.1%
(6)
33.3%
16.7%
0%
0%
33.3%
0%
0%
0%
16.7%
0%
Landscape Architecture
 
9
22.2%
(2)
50%
0%
50%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Latin American Studies
19
42.1%
(8)
37.5%
0%
12.5%
0%
0%
12.5%
0%
25.0%
0%
12.5%
Legal Studies
 
196
27.0%
(53)
47.2%
24.5%
7.5%
3.8%
1.9%
3.8%
0%
25.0%
0%
5.2%
Linguistics
32
43.8%
(14)
28.6%
21.4%
21.4%
0%
14.3%
0%
0%
7.1%
0%
7.1%
Manufacturing Engineering
0
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Mass Communications
184
38.6%
(71)
56.3%
11.3%
9.9%
2.8%
1.4%
9.9%
0%
1.4%
5.6%
1.4%
Material Science & Engineering
17
41.2%
(7)
42.9%
57.1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Mathematics
62
41.9%
(26)
26.9%
34.6%
15.4%
0%
7.7%
7.7%
0%
3.8%
3.8%
0%
Mechanical Engineering
133
45.1%
(60)
41.7%
31.7%
11.7%
3.3%
3.3%
5.0%
1.7%
0%
0%
1.7%
Middle Eastern Studies
4
50.0%
(2)
50%
0%
0%
50%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
MCB
 
508
223
(43.9%)
30.0%
36.8%
13.5%
0.9%
4.9%
2.7%
0%
4.5%
4.5%
2.2%
Mol Env Biology
24
45.8%
(11)
36.4%
9.1%
18.2%
0%
18.2%
0%
0%
0%
9.1%
9.1%
Music
 
27
40.7%
(11)
45.5%
9.1%
27.3%
9.1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
9.1%
0%
Near Eastern Studies
8
75.0%
(6)
33.3%
16.7%
16.7%
0%
16.7%
16.7%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Nuclear Engineering
3
33.3%
(1)
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%



























Major
Responses
Career Destinations
Total
Grads
Response
Rate
Full
Time
Graduate
School
Seeking
Employment
Self
Employed
Part
Time
Internship/
Volunteer
Armed
Forces
Year
Off
Not Seeking
Employment
Other
Nutritional Sciences
32
25.0%
(8)
12.5%
75.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
12.5%
Peace & Conflict Studies
40
40.0%
(16)
37.5%
18.8%
6.3%
0%
6.3%
18.8%
0%
0%
12.5%
0%
PEIS
97
46.4%
(45)
64.4%
20.0%
4.4%
0%
2.2%
6.7%
0%
2.2%
0%
0%
Philosophy
 
91
38.5%
(35)
40.0%
25.7%
2.9%
2.9%
8.6%
2.9%
0%
2.9%
8.6%
5.7%
Physical Sciences
4
50.0%
(2)
50.0%
0%
0%
0%
50.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Physics
 
41
34.1%
(14)
50.0%
50.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Pol Econ of Nat Res
0
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Political Science
 
409
34.0%
(139)
38.8%
28.1%
12.9%
2.2%
4.3%
7.9%
1.4%
2.2%
0%
2.2%
Psychology
290
33.4%
(139)
41.2%
29.9%
14.4%
1.0%
7.2%
0%
0%
3.1%
0%
3.1%
Religious Studies
 
19
21.1%
(4)
25.0%
25.0%
0%
0%
0%
50.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Resource Management
7
14.3%
(1)
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Rhetoric
 
56
42.9%
(20)
33.3%
20.8%
20.8%
4.2%
16.7%
0%
0%
4.2%
0%
0%
Scandinavian
3
66.7%
(2)
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Slavic Lang & Lit
 
5
40.0%
(2)
0%
0%
50.0%
0%
0%
50.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Social Sciences
 
0
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Social Welfare
 
82
24.4%
(20)
40.0%
30.0%
15.0%
0%
0%
50.0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Sociology
216
32.9%
(71)
40.0%
30.0%
15.0%
0%
5.0%
5.0%
0%
0%
0%
5.0%
S & SE Asian Studies
 
3
33.3%
(1)
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
Spanish & Portuguese
22
45.5%
(10)
40.0%
30.0%
0%
0%
10%
0%
0%
10.0%
0%
10.0%
Statistics
 
22
31.8%
(7)
85.7%
14.3%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Theatre & Performance Studies
17
17.6%
(3)
66.7%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
33.3%
Urban Studies
 
6
50.0%
(3)
0%
0%
33.3%
0%
33.3%
33.3%
0%
0%
0%
0%
Women's Studies
12
0%
(0)
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Major
Salaries
Reported
25%
Median
Average
75%
African-Amer Studies
3
--
--
--
--
American Studies
12
$32250
$38500
$41000
$41250
Anthropology
26
$27000
$30000
$31500
$37100
Applied Mathematics
24
$40000
$49500
$50500
$58000
Architecture
28
$29100
$32000
$33750
$35750
Art
5
$18250
$35000
$29500
$35000
Asian Studies
0
--
--
--
--
Astrophysics
0
--
--
--
--
Bioengineering
12
$30350
$36000
$37700
$47750
Bioresource Sciences
0
--
--
--
--
Business Administration
122
$49250
$50000
$54300
$55000
Chemical Engineering
13
$45900
$55000
$56000
$59000
Chemistry
9
$38600
$42000
$40400
$45000
Chinese Language
1
--
--
--
--
Civil Engineering
14
$45250
$50000
$49100
$53750
Classics
--
--
--
--
--
Cognitive Science
37
$35000
$40000
$44200
$53000
Comparative Literature
1
--
--
--
--
Computer Science
43
$55250
$60000
$61100
$66500
Cons & Res Studies
2
--
--
--
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Major
Salaries
Reported
25%
Median
Average
75%
Development Studies
8
$21000
$25000
$28500
$36250
Earth & Planetary Science
3
--
--
--
--
Economics
91
$40500
$45000
$46500
$51750
EECS
85
$52000
$60000
$59700
$67500
Engineering Science
4
$38250
$47500
$41250
$50500
English
50
$27800
$30000
$32300
$34750
Env Econ & Policy
3
--
--
--
--
Environmental Engineering
1
--
--
--
--
Environmental Sciences
9
$29200
$33000
$33500
$37000
Ethnic Studies
12
$25500
$29100
$29000
$32500
Film
1
--
--
--
--
Forestry & Natural Resources
1
--
--
--
--
French
3
--
--
--
--
Genetics & Plant Biology
1
--
--
--
--
Geography
4
$24292
$42500
$47000
$65000
German
2
--
--
--
--
History
30
$28500
$35100
$36400
$41500
History of Art
4
$33100
$35000
$34750
$36600
Human Biodynamics
0
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Major
Salaries
Reported
25%
Median
Average
75%
IEOR
15
$52000
$58000
$57400
$60000
Integrative Biology
17
$23000