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Success After Graduation

Career outcomes — all colleges

 

Paths after graduation
Of graduates
All colleges
Major Total Knowledge
rate		 Outcome
Knowledge rate: % of graduates for whom outcome data was collected. Outcomes calculated among those with known outcomes per NACE standards.
Location of Working Graduates

 

Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico Nevada New York Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Vermont Washington Wisconsin West Virginia Wyoming District of Columbia
Top U.S. States
    Reflects all colleges combined; not filterable by College or Major.
    Graduate Salaries
    Reflects full-time employed and military graduates who reported a salary within 6 months of graduation. Salary isn't published below the college level, so this card disappears once a specific Major is selected. Results are “Suppressed” when there are fewer than 5 data points, to protect individual privacy.

    Source: All data compiled from the University Career Center's Career Outcomes Reports.
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