Summary First Destination Survey

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Summary First Destination Survey

• Salisbury University Graduates, Spring, 2005

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Overview

• The survey
• Collected by locating computers in the Bookstore
  while students picked up caps and gowns
• 768 students completed the Survey, representing
  approximately 76 of the graduates of Spring 2005
• The detailed results

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Snapshot Post-graduation Status

• 41 still seeking
• 24 employed
• 15 further education
• 20 employed part time
• 1 not seeking

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Post Graduation Status Employment (25)

• 70 employed in MD
• Over ¾ reported satisfied, very satisfied with
  their job

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Salary for those Employed

• Mean salary 35,111. Slightly higher than the
  national average.
• Healthcare received most signing bonuses,
  average 6,769.
• Of the 128 declaring salaries, men fared better
  than women (36,238 v. 34,560)

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Post Graduation Status Further Education (12)

• 46 students pursuing another degree at SU
• 7 of African American graduates going to
  graduate school versus 12 Caucasians.
• 5 students to Medical, 4 to law, 1 to
  Veterinary Schools.

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Examples of Graduate Schools

• College of Notre Dame
• College of Southern Maryland
• George Mason
• George Washington
• Georgetown
• Harford Community College
• Hofstra
• Howard
• Jefferson College
• John Hopkins
• Loyola
• Monmouth
• Nova
• Pratt
• Radford
• Rowan University
• Rutgers
• Seaton Hall
• Shenandoah

• Springfield College
• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Temple
• Thomas Jefferson
• Towson
• UMB
• UMBC
• UMES
• Universities of Baltimore, DC, Delaware,
  Maryland, Maryland-Baltimore, New Haven, New
  York, Tennessee
• Villanova
• Virginia Commonwealth
• Virginia Tech
• Western Carolina
• West Chester University
• Wilmington College
• WorWic Community College

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Info on Internships

• Seidel 33
• Perdue 45
• Fulton 23
• Henson 22
• TOTAL 30
• 5 of students had more than one internship.
• More unpaid than paid, only a bit over 1/3 were
  paid.
• Majority of internships completed in Salisbury
• not including student teaching social work
  placements
• not including clinical rotations

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Examples of Internship Sites

• Aberdeens Ironbirds
• American Diabetes
• Amnesty International
• Assateaque National Park
• Baltimore County Police Department
• Baltimore Bayhawks
• Baltimore Ravens
• City of Salisbury
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Clear Channel Radio
• Delmarva Shorebirds
• Ernst Young
• Frederick Keys Baseball
• IRS
• Jungle Friends Primitive Sanctuary
• John Hopkins University
• KMPG
• Lockheed Martin

• MD Coastal Bays
• MD Food Bank
• NASA
• Northrup Grumman
• Ocean Mammal Institute
• Pemberton Historical Park
• Perdue Inc.
• Planned Parenthood
• PRMC
• Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce
• Salisbury University
• Sheppard Pratt
• US Airways
• USDA
• US Department of Human Health
• Walt Disney
• WBOC