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CU-Boulder One-Year-Out Alumni Survey Results: 1998 and 1999

Bachelor's and Post-bachelor's Degree Recipients: Sumr 96-Sprg 97 and Sumr 97-Sprg 98

Question 1: Are you currently enrolled in (or admitted to) a formal degree-granting educational program?

CU-Boulder status
Bachelor's
recipients
Post-
bachelor's
recipients
98 99 98 99
N=192 N=193 N=227 N=189
ENROLLED/ADMITTED 24% 27% 17% 14%
Yes
No 76% 73% 83% 86%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

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Question 2: What educational program are you currently enrolled in or admitted to? CU-Boulder status
Bachelor's
recipients
Post-
bachelor's
recipients
98 99 98 99
N=185 N=186 N=211 N=185
DEGREE PROGRAM 73% 69% 82% 84%
None
Business 1% 2% 0% 1%
Law 4% 6% 1% 1%
Medicine/Health 8% 8% 0% 2%
Other 14% 16% 17% 12%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

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Labor Force Status (Qs 1, 3, 4) -- current employment status and area of employment

CU-Boulder status
Bachelor's
recipients
Post-
bachelor's
recipients
98 99 98 99
N=194 N=192 N=228 N=187
Employed --Regular Workforce: Full-Time 60% 63% 61% 66%
--Regular Workforce: Part-Time 4% 7% 6% 7%
--as RA, TA, Grad assistant 6% 7% 10% 7%
--in the Military 3% 2% 3% 3%
TOTAL Employed 73% 79% 80% 83%
Not Employed -- NOT Seeking Employment 23% 17% 15% 12%
-- Seeking Employment 4% 4% 7% 4%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

Of the bachelor's recipients who were NOT seeking employment, one-third were enrolled in or admitted to a graduate degree program in '98 and almost half (45%) were admitted to a graduate degree program in '99. An average of 15% of post-bachelor's recipients who where NOT seeking employment were enrolled in or admitted to a graduate degree program in '98 (12%) and '99 (18%).

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Labor Force Status (Qs 1,3,4)  --  current employment status and area of employment --by whether enrolled/admitted to degree program or not

CU-Boulder status
Bachelor's recipients Post-bachelor's recipients
Enrolled/Adm-
itted
Not Enrolled Enrolled/Adm-
itted
Not Enrolled
98 99 98 99 98 99 98 99
N=46 N=51 N=148 N=141 N=38 N=25 N=190 N=162
Employed --Regular Workforce: Full-Time 26% 27% 70% 76% 18% 20% 69% 73%
--Regular Workforce: Part-Time 7% 16% 3% 4% 5% 4% 6% 7%
--as RA, TA, Grad assistant 26% 24% . 1% 58% 52% . 1%
--in the Military 2% . 3% 3% . 4% 3% 2%
Not Employed -- NOT Seeking Employment 33% 29% 20% 12% 11% 16% 16% 12%
-- Seeking Employment 7% 4% 3% 4% 8% 4% 6% 4%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

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Question #4(b): If currently working 30 or more hours per week, when did you obtain this job? CU-Boulder status
Bachelor's
recipients
Post-
bachelor's
recipients
98 99 98 99
N=113 N=114 N=132 N=119
OBTAINED JOB 55% 57% 46% 40%
After graduation
By graduation--but started after 29% 25% 26% 24%
While still enrolled at CU 16% 18% 28% 35%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

NOTE: For those obtaining jobs AFTER graduation:

* Bachelor's recipients took an average of 19 weeks in both 98 and 99, and
* Post-bachelor's recipients took an average of 17 weeks in 98 and 18 weeks in 99.

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Question 5: Has your educational
program helped you get or keep your
current employment?
CU-Boulder status
Bachelor's
recipients
Post-
bachelor's
recipients
98 99 98 99
N=141 N=152 N=179 N=155
PROGRAM HELPED GET/KEEP JOB 43% 54% 70% 68%
Yes, definitely
Yes, somewhat 41% 30% 23% 25%
Not at all 16% 16% 7% 7%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

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Question 6: Is any of your current employment in the same field as the degree you received from CU-Boulder? CU-Boulder status
Bachelor's
recipients
Post-
bachelor's
recipients
98 99 98 99
N=141 N=152 N=179 N=156
JOB RELEVANCE TO DEGREE 53% 58% 85% 88%
Same field
Related field 19% 12% 8% 6%
Different, by choice 17% 12% 3% 2%
Different, not by choice 11% 18% 3% 4%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

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Question 7: Overall, did your program
of study at CU-Boulder meet your
educational goals?
CU-Boulder status
Bachelor's
recipients
Post-
bachelor's
recipients
98 99 98 99
N=194 N=192 N=227 N=192
MET EDUCATIONAL GOALS 47% 57% 54% 65%
Yes, definitely
Yes, somewhat 50% 42% 44% 33%
Not at all 3% 2% 2% 2%
Total 100% 100% 100% 100%

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