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Four Year Profile, 2003-2006

This report profiles the information baccalaureate graduates provided us about their initial career choices following graduation. The primary focus is to provide students interested in this major with examples of the wide variety of employment and graduate school choices past students have made. Therefore, the data are presented as aggregates for the classes of 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. For more information on how the survey data was obtained, go to Survey Data Collection. Some percentages detailed in this report may not add up to 100% due to rounding.


          Response Rates
Year Graduated Responded Percent
2003 144 43 30%
2004 123 29 24%
2005 132 33 25%
2006 106 26 25%
Total 505 131 26%

          Activity Summary
Year Employed Attending Grad School Seeking Employment Other Endeavors Total
2003 16 (37%) 7 (16%) 13 (30%) 7 (16%) 43 (100%)
2004 12 (41%) 3 (10%) 4 (14%) 10 (34%) 29 (100%)
2005 13 (39%) 7 (21%) 3 (9%) 10 (30%) 33 (100%)
2006 17 (65%) 2 (8%) 3 (12%) 4 (15%) 26 (100%)
Total 58 (44%) 19 (15%) 23 (18%) 31 (24%) 131 (100%)

          Employment Sectors
Year For Profit Nonprofit Education Government Total
2003 10 (63%) -- (0%) 5 (31%) 1 (6%) 16 (100%)
2004 9 (75%) 1 (8%) 2 (17%) -- (0%) 12 (100%)
2005 9 (69%) 1 (8%) 3 (23%) -- (0%) 13 (100%)
2006 10 (59%) 2 (12%) 4 (24%) 1 (6%) 17 (100%)
Total 38 (66%) 4 (7%) 14 (24%) 2 (3%) 58 (100%)

          Employers
Employer Title
A. G. Edwards and Sons Institutional Banker
Abercrombie & Fitch Manager
ABS Computer Technologies Inc Marketing Specialist
Accenture Analyst
Accredited Home Lenders Management Trainee
Aon Risk Services Associate
AristoCare Human Resources Coordinator
Avanquest USA Executive Administrative Assistant
Bank of America Senior Teller
Canon Communications Conference Coordinator
Capital Consulting Talent Scout
CBRE Sales Associate
Center for Human Development Program Assistant
City National Bank Credit Analyst
Costar Research Assistant
E & J Gallo Management Trainee
E*Trade Financial Financial Service Representative
Eli Lilly & Company Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Extreme Learning Center Manager
Fenwick & West LLP Patent Paralegal
Fire Cause Analysis Receptionist
Gallo Sales Company Sales Representative
Galt Elementary School District Instructional Assistant
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Program Assistant
Jewish Community Federation Young Leadership Coordinator
Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Representative
Kaplan Academic Manager
Karen Donnelly Enterprises General Manager
KPMG Administrative Assistant
Merrill Lynch Associate
Mount Diablo Unified School District SDC Teacher
OMD Asssitant Media Strategist
Peralta Community College District Admissions and Records Technician
Petco Animal Supplies Inc Team Lead
Private child development center Teacher
Private medical office Office Manager
Private school Teacher
Progressive Insurance Claims Representative
RDN Inc Market Analyst
Remax East Bay Hills Agent
San Francisco Day School Associate Teacher
San Francisco Unified School District Teacher
Si TV Inc Affiliate Sales Representative
Stadtmauer Bailkin, LLP Project Associate
Stanford University Administrative Assistant
Target Executive Team Leader
Teach for America Teacher
Tech Ed Services Technical Specialist
UBS PaineWebber Financial Advisor
University of California Berkeley Advising Assistant
Assistant Track & Field Coach
Computer Programmer
Student Affairs Officer
YMCA Clinical Social Worker

          Salaries
Year Reported 75th Percentile Average 25th Percentile Median
2003 16 $37,000 $34,726 $29,204 $34,500
2004 12 $41,250 $40,983 $32,250 $38,500
2005 13 $45,000 $36,075 $27,000 $35,000
2006 11 $43,000 $36,050 $26,978 $41,000
Total 52 $42,250 $36,787 $29,040 $35,500

          Graduate Schools
Field Degree School
American Studies PhD George Washington University
Business Administration & Management MBA Chapman University
San Francisco State University
Dental Sciences DDS University of Southern California
Education Masters Mills College
San Francisco State University
University of California-Berkeley
Education, Elementary Masters University of California-Santa Barbara
Education, Secondary Other Fresno Pacific University
Humanities and Arts Masters University of Chicago
Journalism & Mass Communications Masters University of Missouri-Columbia
Kinesiology Masters California State University-Hayward
Law JD California Western School of Law
Not reported
Marketing & Distribution Other Not reported
Musicology PhD New York University
Psychology PhD California Institute of Integral Studies
Public Health Masters Columbia University
Social Welfare MSW University of California-Los Angeles

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