Each year we attempt to contact each person who received a bachelor's degree in physics one year earlier to ask them what they are doing. New degree recipients typically follow one of two paths: enrolling in graduate school or entering the employment market. For the classes of 2011 and 2012 combined, nearly 60% chose to enroll in a graduate…

This Statistics in Brief describes the employment, debt-related, and enrollment experiences as of 2012 among students who completed their bachelor's degrees during the 2007-08 academic year. These findings are based on data from the second follow-up of the 2008 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:08/12), a nationally…

Purpose: To examine the recent labor market indicators of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) versus non-STEM college graduates with disabilities. Method: The sample included bachelor of science (B.S.)/B.S.-level college graduates including 1,567,527 with a disability and 32,512,446 without a disability. Data were derived from…

The National Association of Colleges and Employers conducted its annual survey of employer members from June 15, 2010 to August 15, 2010, to benchmark data relevant to college recruiting. From a base of 861 employers holding organizational membership, there were 268 responses for a response rate of 31 percent. Following are some of the major…

This document presents the results of a survey of policy and practice in the employment of college and university graduates in business and industry. A total of 196 well-known companies responded to the inquiry. All but a few were large or medium-sized corporations. Reports came from 19 states representing all major regions of the country. Results…

Reports some of the results of the recent NSF survey of science and engineering graduates' employment in the field. The overall labor force participation rates for baccalaureates and master's degree recipients were around 96 percent. (MA)

Surveys 1987 graduates of journalism and mass communication programs to determine demographics, grade distribution, co-curricular activities, first jobs, employment status, type of work, job satisfaction, salaries, employment trends, and evaluation of college preparation. (MS)

Issue is taken with Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys of unemployment among 1972 liberal arts graduates because they are taken in the first year or two after graduation. The author reports his own 1974 study of 735 1972 graduates which reveals lower rates of unemployment and higher levels of employment. (JT)

A survey conducted by the College Placement Council indicates that employment for chemical professionals has made solid gains in the Spring of 1977, especially in the hiring of new graduates by industry, schools, and government. The largest hiring increases occurred in the aerospace, electronics, petroleum, and glass/paper packaging categories.…

Reports key findings of the 1990 annual national survey of journalism and mass communication graduates regarding students' experiences, job-seeking strategies, employment status, and salary. Finds that 1990 results are gloomier than in previous annual surveys. (SR)

This summary of recruiting trends survey reviews the expectations of employers hiring new college graduates for the 1990-91 college labor market and is based on a national survey of 549 businesses, industries, service sector employers, government agencies, military services, and school districts. Survey questions focused on anticipated changes in…

Facts and figures related to the underemployment of college graduates are presented. Underemployment is defined as holding a job that requires less education than the employee has obtained. Topics which are discussed in this digest include: (1) the implications of underemployment for career development; (2) statistics on college enrollment and the…

A slowdown in U.S. population and economic growth portends fewer teaching and research jobs. (Editor)

The employment of college-educated workers at the start of their careers and promotion patterns for older workers were studied. Attention was directed to the following concerns: the types of jobs available to young college-educated workers in the 1970s compared to the situation for their peers in the 1950s and 1960s; the effect of increased…

Although the government's role as provider of social services and guardian of individual rights has had little effect on the economic position of women and minorities, as an employer it has greatly improved their welfare in terms of job opportunities and earnings. U.S. census data from 1960 to 1980 show that the public sector currently employs…