Based on a Survey of Recent Graduates
Purpose of Study
Santa Clara University surveyed the Class of 2009 in February 2010, approximately eight 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
- 91 percent of business respondents reported that within six months of graduation they were either employed full time, attending graduate school, or employed part time.
- 78 percent of respondents reported that they were employed full time.
- 4 percent of the students responded that they were attending graduate school.
- 9 percent of respondents reported that they were employed part time.
84 percent 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 $47,000.
- The salaries of business school graduates ranged from $14,999 to $71,000.
83 percent of the business respondents who applied to graduate school received admission to at least one institution.
Methodology and Statistical Significance of the Study
These data were collected from graduates who began as first-time freshmen in 2005 and graduated within four years. The survey instrument was emailed to all 2009 graduates for whom we had valid e-mail addresses (96%). The response rate of 42 percent (388 respondents) yield a profile that is representative of the class of 2009 by sex, school/college, ethnicity/race and grade point average.
