The Class of 2012: A career snapshot

Published Jan. 21, 2016

The career survey of the members of the Class of 2012, taken six months after graduation, found:

64% Employed

25% Pursuing higher education

7% Still seeking jobs

$63,615 Average salary

31% Management consulting and other professional services

25% Finance and insurance

11% Information/media

7% Administrative and support services

5% Education

4% Manufacturing

3% Public administration

2% Health care

12% Other

134 graduates began 1-year internships

27 joined Teach for America

12 entered professional sports

8 joined the military

$100,000 Chemical engineering

$87,500 Internet design and development

$85,967 Hardware/software development

$85,667 Sales/trading (finance)

30% Master’s-degree studies

29% Doctoral-degree studies

15% Post-baccalaureate, fellowships, and other

13% Medical school

9% Law school

4% Applying to grad school

The information above is a PAW analysis using data from the Office of Career Services' Annual Report 2011-12; some job categories have been renamed. The number of graduates hired by Teach for America was provided directly by the organization. Career Services’ Class of 2012 Post-Graduation Plans Survey Report is available at http://bit.ly/AnnualReport2011-2012.

Published in March 20, 2013, Issue

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8 Years Ago

Information in a chart in the March 20 Campus Notebook section reporting on the career choices of the Class of 2012 was based on a PAW analysis of data from the Office of Career Services’ 2011–12 annual report; some job categories were renamed. The number of graduates hired by Teach for America was provided by the organization.