Profile for the Class of 2007
Based on a Survey of Recent Graduates
Purpose of Study
In February 2008, Santa Clara University surveyed the class of 2007, approximately six months after their graduation dates. The purpose of the study was to learn the respondents’ employment and/or graduate school status.
Statistics Available for graduates from the School of Business
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92% of business respondents reported that within six months of graduation they were either employed full time, attending graduate school or employed part time.
- 76% of respondents reported that they were employed full time.
- 9% of the students responded that they were attending graduate school.
- 7% of respondents reported that they were employed part time.
90% of the respondents who were seeking work reported that they were able to obtain full time employment.
The median salary for recent business school graduates was $50,500.
- The salaries of business school graduates ranged from $30,500 to $65,500.
100% of the business respondents who applied to graduate school received admission to at least one institution.
Methodology and Statistical Significance of the Study
The survey instrument was emailed to all 2007 graduates for whom we had email addresses. Three populations were polled: transfer students, students who took more than four years to graduate, and students who began as first-term freshmen in 2003 and graduated in four years. This last group represents 80 percent of the entire sample and had a response rate of 36 percent (n=291 respondents). It is this last group that is profiled in this report.
The respondents are statistically representative of the class of 2007 across the following measures: sex, ethnicity/race, and school or college attended. The results presented are unweighted.
