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What Have UM Alumni Done with Their Majors?
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Twice a year the University Career Center and The President's Promise collects data from the graduating class in December and May. This data is not only useful to show the strength of the students at UM but it can also give current students a glimpse as to what they can do with their majors. This version of the graduation survey began running in 2009.

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Sample Size Collected So Far: n=26126 Response Rate: 61.0349258264%





Post-Graduation Information:

Is your post-graduation activity your first choice?

Answer Number Percentage
Yes, my post-graduation activity is my first choice 19039 75%
No, my current post-graduation activity is not my first choice 6376 25%

25415 total items selected for this question

Is your post graduation activity directly related to your major field of study?

Answer Number Percentage
Yes, my post-graduation activity is directly related to my field of study 18243 72%
No, my post-graduation activity is not directly related to my field of study 7044 28%

25287 total items selected for this question



Employment After Graduation:

Top States Hiring Students

Answer Number
MD 6699
DC 1867
VA 1369
NY 485
CA 226
PA 207
NJ 170
TX 122
MA 116
FL 98
WA 95
NC 71
IL 64
DE 56
CT 55
AE 54
GA 53
OH 37
CO 28
SC 28
TN 25
AZ 21
MI 20
LA 19
OR 19

Top Industries Hiring Students

Answer
Academia/Education
Government - Federal
Engineering
Accounting
Health Care/Health Services
Consulting Services
Other
Financial Services
Sciences
Military & Defense
Computers
Non-Profit/Philanthropy
Retail/Wholesale/Sales
Food Services
Marketing
Aerospace
High Tech/Information Technology
Arts
Banking
Business Services
Communications/Media
Construction
Sports & Recreation
Biotech & Pharmaceuticals
Journalism

Top Employers Hiring Students

Answer
University of Maryland
Montgomery County Public Schools
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
U.S. Navy
Booz Allen Hamilton
Deloitte Consulting, LLC
National Institutes of Health
Lockheed Martin
KPMG LLP
Accenture
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Teach For America, Inc.
Ernst & Young
U.S. Department of Defense
Johns Hopkins University
U.S. Army
IBM
NASA
SAIC
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U.S. Air Force
Prince George's County Public Schools
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Microsoft Corporation

When did you accept your job? (mark all that apply)

Answer Number Percentage
Spring semester year of graduation 3764 32%
Over 1 year ago 3345 28%
Fall semester year of graduation 2527 21%
Summer before graduation 1110 9%
Winter semester year of graduation 673 6%
1-3 months after graduation 475 4%
1-6 months after graduation 24 0%
Other 17 0%

11935 total items selected for this question



Further Education After Graduation:

Top Educational Institutions Accepting UM Students

Answer
University of Maryland
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
The George Washington University
University of Maryland University College
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Georgetown University
Towson University
Montgomery College
Columbia University
American University
New York University
George Mason University
University of Pennsylvania
Drexel University
Howard University
The University of Texas at Austin
University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan
Boston University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Hofstra University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Anne Arundel Community College

What degree type will you pursue?

Answer Number Percentage
Masters degree 2495 48%
Doctoral degree 2015 38%
Other 452 9%
Second bachelors degree 217 4%
Professional degree/License 58 1%
Certificate/Certification 12 0%

5249 total items selected for this question

 

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