Guide to Information Contained in
"Career Plans Survey"
Within each college there are three possible reports available:
| Report 1. | Individual data for each degree recipient by major, whether or not the survey was returned: Major/degree, sex, residence status, employment status, job title, name of employer, location of job (city and state), name of graduate or professional school, and type of degree planned. If the student did not respond to the survey, there will be a period ['.'] indicating no response. |
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| Report 2. | Individual data for respondents attending graduate school full-time: Major/degree, sex, residence status, name of graduate or professional school, graduate school major, and type of degree planned. |
| Report 3. | Summary counts and salary information for all respondents by major: Major/degree, total number of graduates, number of survey respondents, number with full-time jobs, number still seeking job, number attending graduate or professional school, and salary information. Salary averages represent full-time salaries. |
Note: The first column of each report indicates each major and degree combination (sorted alphabetically). Majors are followed by the degree awarded (e.g., Animal Science - B.S. - Agriculture; Animal Science, Master of Science; Animal Science, Doctor of Philosophy, etc.)
An example Post-Graduation Activities Survey is available. References to questions on this survey are hyper-linked to the corresponding question on the survey.
Detail description of report layout.
Report 1. Individual Student Information
| Column 2 | SEX of each individual. |
| Column 3 | RES - Residence status; R = Delaware resident; N = Nonresident. |
| Column 4 | EMPLOYMENT STATUS - partially decodes the employment status options (1 thru 6) listed for Question A on the survey; e.g., FT = "I hold or have accepted a full-time job." |
| Column 5 | JOB TITLE - reproduces what the respondent wrote in Question C for job title. |
| Column 6 | NAME OF EMPLOYER - reproduces what the respondent wrote in Question C for name of employer. |
| Columns 7-8 | CITY ST - refers to location of employment (city and state) wrote in Question C . |
| Column 9 | GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL - reproduces the name of graduate school provided by the respondent in Question D. |
| Column 10 | PROP GRAD DEGR - refers to type of degree planned, obtained from Question D. |
Report 2. Respondents Attending Graduate School Full-Time
| Column 2 | SEX of each individual who graduated. |
| Column 3 | RES - Residence status (same as above). |
| Column 4 | GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL - reproduces what the respondent provided in Question D for graduate school name. |
| Column 5 | GRADUATE SCHOOL MAJOR - indicates the major field of study in graduate or professional school reported by the respondent in Question D . |
| Column 6 | PROPOSED GRADUATE DEGREE - refers to type of degree planned, obtained from Question D . |
Report 3. Summary Counts
| Counts of all graduates and respondents within each major/degree combination. Column headings are self-explanatory. Salary means, minimums, and maximums are calculated for those respondents reporting salary information of the job accepted. Only salaries of full-time employees included in summary. |
If there are any questions about the definitions in this report, please
contact Heather Kelly at hkelly@udel.edu
or (302) 831-2021.
June, 2006 Institutional Research and Planning
Page updated: 27 June 2006