Survey of Recent Graduates, Class of 2010
Purpose of Study
Approximately six months after their graduation dates, Santa Clara University surveyed the class of 2010. The purpose of the study was to learn the respondents' employment and/or graduate school status.
Profile of 2010 SCU Graduates (PDF)
Statistics Available for the Class of 2010
- Post-Graduation Status
- Post-Graduation Employment Status
- Annual Base Salaries by School or College
- Post-Graduation Employment Status by Sector
- Preparation for Life After College
- Preparation for Career Success
- Graduate School Acceptance and Status
- Methodology & Statistical Significance of the Survey
82 percent of the respondents were either employed full-time, attending graduate school, or participating in a service program such as the Jesuit Volunteer Corps.
- 63 percent were employed full time.
- 13 percent were attending graduate school full-time.
- 8 percent were participating full-time in a service program or in the military.
Of the graduates looking for full-time work, 82 percent of them obtained full-time work.
- 90 percent of engineering graduates looking for full-time work obtained full-time work.
- 89 percent of business graduates looking for full-time work obtained full-time work.
- 88 percent of math or natural sciences graduates looking for full-time work obtained full-time work.
- 70 percent of social sciences graduates looking for full-time work obtained full-time work.
- 71 percent of humanities or fine arts graduates looking for full-time work obtained full-time work.
The median starting salary for the graduate working full time is $44,500.
- The median starting income for the engineering graduate working full time is $56,000.
- The median starting income for the business graduate working full time is $50,500.
- The median starting income for the math or natural sciences graduate working full time is $39,500 (Arts & Sciences).
- The median starting income for the social sciences graduate working full-time is $37,000 (Arts & Sciences).
- The median starting income for the humanities or fine arts graduate working full time is $36,500 (Arts & Sciences).
Graduates employed full time were most likely to be employed in the service sector.
- 72 percent of graduates employed full-time worked in the service sector. The service sector includes employers such as accounting firms, advertising/PR firms, architectural firms, banks, high-tech firms, consulting firms, financial services firms, insurance firms, legal firms, publishers, retail firms, and utilities.
- 9 percent of graduates employed full time worked in the nonprofit sector. The nonprofit sector includes such employers as government agencies, health care organizations, museums, associations, schools and colleges, and religious and charitable organizations
- 19 percent of graduates employed full time worked in the manufacturing sector. The manufacturing sector includes such employers as makers of aerospace products, apparel, chemical products, computers and electronic equipment, paper, pharmaceuticals, plastics, rubber, textiles, and vehicles, and building contractors and food companies.
90 percent of the graduates indicated that their SCU education had provided them with good to excellent preparation for life after college.
Of those working full-time, 89 percent indicated that their SCU education provided good to excellent preparation for their careers.
96 percent of those who applied for full-time graduate study were admitted to at least one graduate program.
Of those attending graduate school full-time, 92 percent indicated that their SCU education provided them with good to excellent preparation for graduate study.
