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ABOUT THE SURVEYNACE’s eighth annual Student Survey was conducted February 15, 2014, through April 30, 2014.

A total of 43,864 students at 696 NACE-member institutions took part, including 10,210 seniors earning bachelor’s degrees. Data reported here reflect responses from those seniors. The 2014 Student Survey was sponsored by Enterprise.

PLANS AFTER GRADUATION

Research Staff:Edwin W. KocDirector of Research, Public Policy, and Legislative Affairs

Andrea J. KonczResearch Manager

Kenneth C. TsangResearch Associate

Anna LongenbergerResearch Assistant

59.9 percent .......of graduates from the Class of 2014 plan to enter the work force

23.4 percent ......of new grads plan to attend graduate or professional school

10.0 percent ......of graduating students are unsure of what to do after graduating

5.7 percent .......plan to take time off

28.0 percent ......of new grads with GPAs above 3.5 plan to continue their education

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STUDENT EXPECTATIONS AND PREFERENCES• More than 40 percent of graduating seniors from the Class of 2014 are interested in working for a

government entity at the federal, state, or local level.

• 23 percent of new graduates are interested in teaching in the K-12 arena.

• 52 percent of new grads view starting salary as very or extremely importance—however a high starting salary ranked tenth out of 16 job attributes measured in terms of important.

• For students that accepted a full-time job offer, the median starting salary was $50,050.

• The opportunity for personal growth is clearly the most important consideration students have when evaluating a job offer.

• About 30 percent of the Class of 2014 said diversity of an employer’s work force is extremely important.

• Graduating seniors from the Class of 2014 entering the work force view more than two weeks of vacation as the most important benefit from employers, followed by tuition reimbursement for advanced education, and promises of annual salary increases.

• Almost 84 percent of new graduates entering the work force say they plan to stay with their first employer more than two years.


THE JOB SEARCH• 96.8 percent of the members of the Class of 2014 entering the work force say they use employers’ websites

to research potential employers.

• New grads entering the work force named LinkedIn, company websites, and the career center’s job posting website as the top Internet sites to obtain employer information.

• Almost 47 percent of Class of 2014 grads entering the work force said they made multiple visits to the career center each semester.

• 52 percent of grads entering the work force found the career services office an effective resource for learning about potential employers.

• New grads that visited the career center or the career center website during their senior year and applied for jobs had an offer rate that was 1.3 percent higher than respondents who did not visit the career center or its website and applied for jobs.

• Resume writing/reviews, career center job listings, job-search assistance were the top three activities used by graduating seniors at the career center.


SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE JOB SEARCH• 73.4 percent of new graduates expect employers to view their social networking profiles during the college

recruiting process.

• 42.9 percent of members of the Class of 2014 believe social networking sites should be used for college recruiting.

• 94 percent of graduating seniors have a profile.

• Use of social media in the job search has grown from 37 percent in 2010 to 58 percent in 2014.


INTERNSHIPS AND JOB OFFERS• 61 percent of graduating seniors had an internship or co-op experience.

• 52 percent of those graduates receiving job offers before graduation held internships.

• 46.5 of internships were unpaid.

• 42 percent of paid internships (with for-profit organizations) received a full-time offer.

• Graduates who came from a paid internship and received a full-time job offer generally commanded a higher starting salary than did graduates from an unpaid internship who received full-time job offers.


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• 47.9 percent of job applicants received at least one offer; 30.1 percent of the graduating class who had applied for a full-time position landed a job prior to graduation.

• Majors most likely to get job offers included accounting, economics, computer science, engineering, and business administration.

• Greatest improvement in offer rates went to liberal arts, education, and social sciences majors.


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PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS

Abilene Christian UniversityAcademy of Art UniversityAlbright CollegeAllen UniversityAlma CollegeAmerican InterContinental

UniversityAmerican Military UniversityAnderson University (IN)Anderson University (SC)Andrews UniversityAngelo State UniversityAnne Arundel Community

CollegeArgosy University - Los AngelesArizona State UniversityArkansas Tech UniversityAsbury UniversityAshland Community and

Technical CollegeAshland UniversityAshland University - Dwight

Schar College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Aurora UniversityAustin Community CollegeAverett UniversityAzusa Pacific UniversityBabson CollegeBaker UniversityBall State UniversityBarton CollegeBarton Community CollegeBaruch CollegeBellingham Technical CollegeBelmont UniversityBenedictine CollegeBennett CollegeBinghamton University - SUNYBishop Community CollegeBlack Hills State UniversityBlue Ridge Community CollegeBluefield State College

Borough of Manhattan Community College

Boston CollegeBouve College of Health

Sciences, Northeastern University

Bowie State UniversityBowling Green State UniversityBradley UniversityBrandman UniversityBridgewater CollegeBrigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University -

HawaiiBrooklyn CollegeBroward CollegeBryan College- DaytonBryant UniversityBuena Vista UniversityBuffalo State College - SUNYButler Community CollegeCabrini CollegeCairn UniversityCalifornia State Polytechnic

University- PomonaCalifornia State UniversityCalifornia State University -

ChicoCalifornia State University -

FullertonCalifornia State University -

Long BeachCalifornia State University -

Los AngelesCalifornia State University -

NorthridgeCalifornia State University -

San BernardinoCalifornia State University -

San MarcosCalvary Bible CollegeCalvary Chapel Bible CollegeCameron University

Canisius CollegeCapital UniversityCapitol CollegeCarroll CollegeCarroll UniversityCarthage CollegeCasper CollegeCazenovia CollegeCedarville UniversityCentenary College New JerseyCentenary College of

LouisianaCentral Methodist UniversityCentral Penn CollegeCentral Piedmont Community

CollegeCentral Texas CollegeChaminade University of

HonoluluCharleston Southern UniversityChattanooga State Community

CollegeCity University of SeattleClaflin UniversityClayton State UniversityCleary UniversityClemson UniversityCleveland State UniversityCoastline Community CollegeCoe CollegeCoker CollegeColby CollegeColby-Sawyer CollegeCollege of CharlestonCollege of Coastal GeorgiaCollege of Mount St. JosephCollege of Saint BenedictCollege of Staten Island -

CUNYCollege of the OzarksColorado State UniversityColorado State University -

Fort Collins

Columbia UniversityColumbia University - Teachers

CollegeConcordia University - IrvineConcordia University -

Portland - School of Management

Concordia University - TexasCornerstone UniversityCosumnes River CollegeCottey CollegeCreighton UniversityCulver-Stockton CollegeCuny Medgar Evers CollegeDalton State CollegeDefiance CollegeDenison UniversityDenison UniversityDePaul UniversityDeSales UniversityDiablo Valley CollegeDominican UniversityDrew UniversityDrexel UniversityDrexel University - LeBow

College of BusinessDrury UniversityEast Carolina UniversityEast Los Angeles CollegeEast Mississippi Community

CollegeEast Stroudsburg University of

PennsylvaniaEastern Illinois UniversityEastern Kentucky UniversityEastern UniversityEckerd CollegeEdison State CollegeElgin Community CollegeElizabeth City State UniversityElizabethtown CollegeElmira CollegeElms College


Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach Campus

Emory UniversityEmory University - Goizueta

Business SchoolEmporia State UniversityEverett Community CollegeFairleigh Dickinson University -

College at FlorhamFairleigh Dickinson University -

School of PharmacyFairleigh Dickinson University

- Silberman College of Business

Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityFairleigh Dickinson University

- Becton College of Arts & Sciences

Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus

Farmingdale State CollegeFashion Institute of Design &

MerchandisingFeather River CollegeFerrum CollegeFisk UniversityFlagler CollegeFlorida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Atlantic University -

Boca Raton CampusFlorida Atlantic University -

Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College

Florida International UniversityFlorida International University -

Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management

Florida International University - Modesto A. Maidique Campus

Florida Southern CollegeFlorida State College at

JacksonvilleFolsom Lake CollegeFontbonne UniversityFordham UniversityFordham University - Gabelli

School of BusinessFort Hays State UniversityFranklin CollegeFresno Pacific UniversityFront Range Community

CollegeFull Sail UniversityFurman UniversityGannon UniversityGeneva CollegeGeorge Fox University

Georgetown UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia Institute of Technology

- College of EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology

- Scheller College of BusinessGeorgia Piedmont Technical

CollegeGeorgia Regents UniversityGeorgia Southwestern State

UniversityGettysburg CollegeGlenville State CollegeGolden Gate UniversityGraceland UniversityGrand Canyon UniversityGrand Valley State UniversityGreen Mountain CollegeGreenville CollegeGreenville Technical CollegeGrossmont CollegeGrove City CollegeGulf Coast State CollegeGustavus Adolphus CollegeHampshire CollegeHarding UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvey Mudd CollegeHawaii Pacific UniversityHeritage UniversityHilbert CollegeHillsborough Community

CollegeHillsdale CollegeHong Kong University of

Science & TechnologyHoward UniversityHunter CollegeHuston-Tillotson UniversityIllinois CollegeIllinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of Technology -

Stuart School of BusinessIllinois Institute of Technology -

Stuart School Of BusinessIllinois State UniversityImmaculata UniversityIndiana Institute of TechnologyIndiana Technical UniversityIndiana UniversityIndiana University -

BloomingtonIndiana University - KokomoIndiana University - Purdue

University IndianapolisIndiana University - South BendIndiana University - SoutheastIndiana University -

Bloomington

Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Indiana Wesleyan UniversityIowa State UniversityIvy Tech Community CollegeIvy Tech Community College -

BloomingtonIvy Tech Community College -

Central IndianaIvy Tech Community College -

IndianapolisIvy Tech Community College -

LawrenceIvy Tech Community College -

North MeridianIvy Tech Community College -

NortheastJarvis Christian CollegeJefferson Community CollegeJefferson State Community

CollegeJohn Brown UniversityJohn Jay College of Criminal

JusticeJohnson & Wales University -

Florida CampusJohnson C. Smith UniversityJones International UniversityKalamazoo CollegeKansas City Kansas Community

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CampusKent State University at KentKentucky Wesleyan CollegeKeuka CollegeKingsborough Community

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AlexandriaLouisiana State University at

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EuniceLouisiana State University in

ShreveportLoyola University ChicagoLubbock Christian UniversityLuzerne County Community

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UniversityMaryville CollegeMassachusetts College of

Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Massachusetts Maritime Academy

Mayville State UniversityMcMurry UniversityMcNeese State UniversityMedaille CollegeMedgar Evers CollegeMercy CollegeMessiah CollegeMethodist UniversityMiami Dade College-KendallMichigan State UniversityMid-America College of

Funeral ServiceMiddle East Technical

University, TurkeyMiddle Tennessee State

UniversityMidlands Technical College


Midlands Technical College - Airport

Midlands Technical College - Beltline

Midway CollegeMidwestern UniversityMillikin UniversityMillsaps CollegeMinneapolis College of Art &

DesignMiraCosta CollegeMississippi University for WomenMissouri Baptist UniversityMissouri State UniversityMissouri Western State

UniversityMonmouth UniversityMonroe CollegeMontana State UniversityMorehead State UniversityMount Aloysius CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Mercy UniversityMount St. Mary’s UniversityMount Vernon Nazarene

UniversityMt. San Antonio CollegeMuhlenberg CollegeMurray State UniversityNational UniversityNew Mexico Highlands

University - Las VegasNew Mexico Highlands

UniversityNew Mexico Highlands

University - RatonNew Mexico Highlands

University - AlbuquerqueNew Mexico Highlands

University - EspanolaNew Mexico Highlands

University - FarmingtonNew Mexico Highlands

University - Rio RanchoNew Mexico Highlands

University - RoswellNew Mexico Highlands

University - Santa FeNew York City College of

TechnologyNew York UniversityNew York University - Leonard

N. Stern School of BusinessNew York University - Robert F.

Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

New York University - School of Continuing and Professional Studies

New York University - Silver School of Social Work

New York University - Steinhardt

New York University - Tisch School of the Arts

New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering

Niagara UniversityNorth Central CollegeNorth Central Texas CollegeNorth Central UniversityNorth Lake CollegeNorthcentral UniversityNortheast Community CollegeNortheast Texas Community

CollegeNortheastern Illinois UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthern Arizona UniversityNorthern Michigan UniversityNorthland Pioneer CollegeNorthwest Arkansas Community

CollegeNorthwest CollegeNorthwest Missouri State

UniversityNorthwest Nazarene UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNova Southeastern UniversityOakwood UniversityOcean County CollegeOhio UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityOklahoma Baptist UniversityOld Dominion UniversityOlivet Nazarene UniversityOral Roberts UniversityOrangeburg-Calhoun Technical

CollegeOregon Health & Science

UniversityOregon Institute of TechnologyOregon State UniversityOuachita Baptist UniversityOur Lady of the ElmsOzarks Technical Community

CollegePacific UniversityPaine CollegePalm Beach State CollegePalm Beach State College -

Belle GladePalm Beach State College -

Boca RatonPalm Beach State College - Lake

WorthPalm Beach State College -

Palm Beach Gardens

Palomar Community CollegePasadena City CollegePennsylvania College of

TechnologyPennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvania State University -

AltoonaPennsylvania State University -

Smeal College of BusinessPennsylvania State University -

University ParkPepperdine UniversityPittsburg State UniversityPoint Park UniversityPrince George’s Community

CollegePurdue UniversityPurdue University - CalumetPurdue University - College of

TechnologyQueens CollegeQuincy UniversityRamapo College of New JerseyRandolph CollegeRaritan Valley Community

CollegeRegent UniversityRemington College HonoluluRhode Island CollegeRice UniversityRingling College of Art &

DesignRoane State Community CollegeRoberts Wesleyan CollegeRock Valley CollegeRockhurst UniversityRocky Mountain CollegeRoxbury Community CollegeRutgers UniversityRutgers University - CamdenRutgers University - New

BrunswickRutgers University - NewarkRutgers University - Newark -

Rutgers Business SchoolSacred Heart UniversitySaginaw Valley State UniversitySaint Bonaventure UniversitySaint Francis UniversitySaint John’s UniversitySaint Joseph’s UniversitySaint Mary-of-the-Woods

CollegeSaint Mary’s College of

CaliforniaSalve Regina UniversitySam Houston State UniversitySan Bernardino Valley CollegeSan Diego City College

San Diego State UniversitySan Jose State UniversitySavannah State UniversitySchreiner UniversitySeattle UniversitySeward County Community

CollegeShawnee State UniversityShippensburg UniversitySimpson CollegeSinclair Community CollegeSkyline CollegeSmith CollegeSomerset Community CollegeSouth Texas CollegeSoutheast Community CollegeSoutheastern UniversitySouthern Adventist UniversitySouthern Arkansas UniversitySouthern Illinois University -

CarbondaleSouthern Maine Community

CollegeSouthern New Hampshire

UniversitySouthern Oregon UniversitySouthern Polytechnic State

UniversitySouthern Utah UniversitySouthwest Baptist UniversitySouthwest Florida CollegeSouthwest Minnesota State

UniversitySouthwestern Adventist

UniversitySouthwestern College - KansasSpring Arbor UniversitySpringfield CollegeSpringfield College - School of

Social WorkSt. Bonaventure UniversitySt. Charles Community CollegeSt. Norbert CollegeStephen F. Austin State

UniversityStevenson UniversityStonehill CollegeStony Brook UniversityStratford UniversitySuffolk County Community

CollegeSUNY - DelhiSUNY - Farmingdale State

CollegeSUNY College at Old WestburySUNY Empire State CollegeSUNY FredoniaSUNY GeneseoSUNY Oswego


SUNY Purchase CollegeSusquehanna UniversitySyracuse UniversityTarleton State UniversityTarrant County CollegeTarrant County College -

Northeast CampusTarrant County College -

Northwest CampusTarrant County College - South

CampusTarrant County College -

Southeast CampusTarrant County College - Trinity

River CampusTaylor UniversityTennessee State UniversityTerra Community CollegeTexas A&M International

UniversityTexas A&M UniversityTexas A&M University - Central

TexasTexas A&M University -

CommerceTexas State UniversityTexas State University - Round

RockTexas Wesleyan UniversityTexas Woman’s UniversityThe Art Institute of California -

Inland EmpireThe Art Institute of PittsburghThe City University of New YorkThe College of New RochelleThe College of New Rochelle

- GSThe College of New Rochelle

- SASThe College of New Rochelle

- SNRThe College of New Rochelle -

SONThe Community College of

Baltimore CountyThe Richard Stockton College of

New JerseyThe University of AlabamaThe University of ArizonaThe University of Arizona - Eller

College of ManagementThe University of ChicagoThe University of GeorgiaThe University of KansasThe University of Louisiana at

LafayetteThe University of North

Carolina at CharlotteThe University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma - Norman

The University of South DakotaThe University of Southern

MississippiThe University of Texas at

ArlingtonThe University of Texas at AustinThe University of Texas at DallasThe University of Texas at San

AntonioThe University of Texas at TylerThe University of Texas-Pan

AmericanThe University of West AlabamaThomas Edison State CollegeTiffin UniversityTompkins Cortland Community

CollegeTowson UniversityTri-County Technical CollegeTruman State UniversityTufts UniversityUnion UniversityUnity CollegeUniversiti Teknologi PetronasUniversity at Albany - SUNYUniversity at Buffalo, The State

University of New YorkUniversity Catholic of Brasilia -

BrazilUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas -

FayettevilleUniversity of Arkansas - Fort

SmithUniversity of CaliforniaUniversity of California - DavisUniversity of California - IrvineUniversity of California - Los

AngelesUniversity of California - Santa

BarbaraUniversity of Central FloridaUniversity of Central MissouriUniversity of Central OklahomaUniversity of CharlestonUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of Cincinnati -

Lindner College of BusinessUniversity of ConnecticutUniversity of DallasUniversity of DaytonUniversity of Dayton - School

of LawUniversity of FindlayUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Great FallsUniversity of Houston

University of IllinoisUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Chicago

- Liautaud Graduate School of Business

University of Illinois at Springfield

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of IndianapolisUniversity of La VerneUniversity of LouisvilleUniversity of MarylandUniversity of Maryland -

College ParkUniversity of Maryland -

University CollegeUniversity of MassachusettsUniversity of Massachusetts -

AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts -

BostonUniversity of Massachusetts -

DartmouthUniversity of MiamiUniversity of Michigan - Ann

ArborUniversity of Michigan

Engineering - Ann ArborUniversity of MississippiUniversity of MissouriUniversity of Missouri -

ColumbiaUniversity of Missouri - Kansas

CityUniversity of Missouri - St. LouisUniversity of MobileUniversity of Nebraska - LincolnUniversity of Nebraska at

KearneyUniversity of Nevada, Las

VegasUniversity of New HavenUniversity of North DakotaUniversity of North FloridaUniversity of North GeorgiaUniversity of North TexasUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of Notre Dame -

Mendoza College of BusinessUniversity of Notre Dame -

School of ArchitectureUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PhoenixUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of RedlandsUniversity of Rio GrandeUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of South Alabama

University of South Alabama - College of Engineering

University of South CarolinaUniversity of South Carolina -

AikenUniversity of South Carolina -

ColumbiaUniversity of South Carolina -

Palmetto CollegeUniversity of South FloridaUniversity of South Florida -

College of PharmacyUniversity of South Florida -

Morsani College of MedicineUniversity of South Florida -

Sarasota/ManateeUniversity of South Florida -

St. PetersburgUniversity of South Florida -

TampaUniversity of Southern

CaliforniaUniversity of Southern MaineUniversity of St. Thomas -

St. Paul CampusUniversity of the CumberlandsUniversity of the OzarksUniversity of the PacificUniversity of the RockiesUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Washington -

BothellUniversity of Washington -

Michael G. Foster School of Business

University of Washington - Seattle

University of Washington - Tacoma

University of Wisconsin - Green Bay

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

University of Wisconsin - Madison

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

Utah State UniversityUtah Valley UniversityValdosta State UniversityValley City State UniversityVanderbilt UniversityVassar CollegeVillanova UniversityVirginia TechWagner CollegeWake Technical Community

College


Walden UniversityWaldorf CollegeWarner Pacific CollegeWarner UniversityWashburn UniversityWashington Adventist

UniversityWashington CollegeWayland Baptist UniversityWayne State CollegeWayne State University

Webster UniversityWest Chester University of

PennsylvaniaWest Texas A&M UniversityWest Virginia UniversityWest Virginia University

- College of Business & Economics

West Virginia Wesleyan College

Westchester Community College

Western Carolina UniversityWestern University - College of

Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific

Western Washington University

Westminster College - MOWestminster College - PAWhittier CollegeWichita Area Technical

College

Wichita State UniversityWilkes UniversityWilliam Paterson UniversityWinston Salem State

UniversityWinthrop UniversityWorcester State UniversityYeshiva UniversityYork CollegeYork College of PennsylvaniaYoungstown State University

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