Post-Graduation Activities Report
Class of
2008
Post-Graduation Activities Report for the Class of 2008 was prepared by:
Amy Johnson, Recruitment Coordinator, assisted by Christy Stine, CDC Secretary A special thank you to our student office assistants who
are instrumental in the data collection process.
Career Development Center The Bloomsburg University Career Development Center (CDC) presents
the results of our Post-Graduation Activities Report for the Class of 2008.
The CDC produces an annual report of graduates receiving bachelor degrees to determine their status in the year following graduation. Information was gathered via online survey, postcards with online link, email, phone and in person. In addition, with the assistance of faculty, staff and parents, we have collected information from 95% of the graduates from the Class of 2008. We are pleased to report 89.2% of our graduates are permanently employed or continuing their education. The mission of the CDC is to educate students and alumni in the development and achievement of the skills needed to reach their career goals and pursue meaningful life‐work. Numerous workshops and programs are conducted throughout the academic year to support this mission. In addition, professional staff meet one‐on‐one with individual students to review career goals and discuss how best to reach those objectives. A fall Career Expo and spring Education Consortium bring many prospective employers to the Bloomsburg University campus to interact with our students and alumni. The on‐campus recruitment program also connects graduating seniors with potential employers in a formal one‐on‐one interview format. The CDC website is continually updated and includes links to many resources useful in the career decision‐making process. Job openings are posted online at the College Central Network site, a cooperative job posting site shared by all 14 PA State System of Higher Education universities. Thank you for your continued support of our programs and services. Carol G. Barnett
Carol G. Barnett Director Career Development Center 201 Student Services Center ● Bloomsburg University ● 400 East Second Street ● Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301
570.389.4070 ● Fax 570.389.2097 ● www.bloomu.edu/careers.html
A Member of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education
Highlights of the Class of 2008 Post-Graduation Status
The Career Development Center conducts an annual follow‐up survey of Bloomsburg University graduates to determine post‐graduation status. This survey group includes December 2007, May and August 2008 graduates. •
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89.2% are considered placed
This percentage includes graduates
permanently employed, teaching and
continuing their education.
1471 students graduated with Bachelors’ degrees from Bloomsburg University in December 2007, May and August 2008 1429 students or 95% provided placement information A total of 1194 graduates or 89.2% are considered “placed, ” i.e., permanently employed or continuing their education 145 students (11%) are currently seeking employment 215 students (15%) are employed in permanent teaching positions 274 students (21%) are continuing their education full‐time The average salary reported was $41,540 (107 or 12% reported salaries) Permanently
Employed
53%
Seeking 11%
Teaching
15%
Continued Education
21%
Employment by State
As reported by 805 or 88% of the graduates permanently employed.
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
New Jersey
Other
New York
Unreported
Salary Information
107 (approx. 12%) of the graduates employed permanently provided salary information. The average salary was $41,540.
1%
40
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10
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Partial List of Where BU Class of 2008 Graduates are Placed
*Indicates organization recruited on campus Schools
Abington Heights SD Alexandria City PS Allentown SD* Altoona Area SD Baltimore County SD* Bloomsburg Area SD Organizations/Hospitals
AGB Nielsen Media Americorps Atley Pharmaceuticals Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr Beard Miller Company LLP* Bloomsburg SportsPlex Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble Boyer & Ritter* Charles River Laboratories Children's Hosp of Philadelphia Citadel Broadcasting Corp. Commonwealth of PA* Defense Contract Audit Agency Enterprise Rent‐A‐Car* Ernst & Young LLP* Evangelical Hospital Continuing Education
Arizona State University Bloomsburg University Boston Architectural College Colorado State University Drexel University Farleigh Dickinson University Unique Employers
Alex's Lemonade Stand Found. Amazon.com Crocodile Catering Central Columbia SD Chambersburg Area SD Central Susquehanna I.U.#16 Colonial I.U.#20 Danville Area SD Elizabethtown Area SD Frito‐Lay Fulton Financial Corp.* Geisinger Health System* Geisinger Medical Center* Hahnemann University Hospital Herbein & Company* Hershey Medical Center* J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.* Johnson & Johnson Johns Hopkins Hospital Kearney & Company* KidsPeace* KPMG* Kreischer Miller* Lancaster General Hospital* Larson, Kellett & Associates* Fashion Instit. Of Technology Georgetown University LaSalle University Marywood University* Ohio State University PA College of Optometry Ghost Radio Horn in the West Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs Jim Thorpe Area SD Lower Dauphin SD* North Penn SD* Palisades SD Perkiomen Valley SD* Pleasant Valley SD* Lehigh Valley Hospital* Lowe’s Companies, Inc.* M & T Bank* McGladrey & Pullen* McKonly & Asbury LLP* Merck & Co. Mobilex USA Ocean City Police Dept. Office of Legislative Audits* PA Department of Revenue* Parente Randolph* PPL Raytheon* Reinsel Kuntz Lesher* SEI Investments* Sloan‐Kettering Cancer Ctr. Penn State University Robert Packer Medical Tech. Rutgers University Seton Hall University SUNY Buffalo Thomas Jefferson University REAL Watersports Real Time System U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Comm Pocono Mountain SD* Scranton Area SD Southern Columbia Area SD SusQ‐Cyber Charter Wallenpaupack SD* Wilson Area SD* Reinsel Kuntz Lesher LLP* Sallie Mae Sanofi‐Aventis Sears Holding Corp. (K‐Mart)* Susquehanna Health Systems The Bloomsburg Hospital* The Pentagon Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hospital Time Warner Tyco Electronics* University of PA Hospital U.S. Dept. of Defense Vanguard* Waddell & Reed* Walt Disney Company Wilkes‐Barre/Scranton Pioneers Towson University University of Delaware University of Hawaii University of Pennsylvania Villanova University Widener Univ. Law School* Utah Archaeology Dig World Wrestling Entertainment Xoxide College of Business
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94.4%
245
9
14
25
11
268
91.5%
498
467
93.8%
239
6
135
57
30
380
87.0%
471
454
96.4%
116 198
86
47
7
400
89.5%
180
166
92.2%
105
39
16
4
146
90.1%
G ra
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P er
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G ra ta ge du
P la c a t e s ed
le
705 215 274 145 52 1194 89.2%
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1471 1391 94.6%
2
Ava
Majors by College
304
Not
Totals:
322
Co n
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E du u ed
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See on
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Business
Liberal Arts
Professional Studies
Science & Technology
Num
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Placement by College
322
304
94.4%
245
9
14
25
11
268
91.5%
Accounting
Business Education (Computer & Information Technology)
49
47
95.9%
44
0
1
2
0
45
95.7%
10
10
100.0%
1
8
1
0
0
10
100.0%
Business Information Systems
6
5
83.3%
4
0
1
0
0
5
100.0%
Computer Information Science
17
15
88.2%
13
0
1
1
0
14
93.3%
Finance
32
32
100.0%
26
1
2
2
1
29
93.5%
Management
143
135
94.4%
113
0
6
10
6
119
92.2%
Management Information Systems
2
2
100.0%
2
0
0
0
0
2
100.0%
Marketing
63
58
92.1%
42
0
2
10
4
44
81.5%
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tin
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c a ti
See on
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Not
467
93.8%
239
6
135
57
30
380
87.0%
Anthropology
17
15
88.2%
4
0
5
4
2
9
69.2%
Art History
7
7
100.0%
2
0
4
1
0
6
85.7%
Art Studio
15
13
86.7%
5
0
5
2
1
10
83.3%
Communication Studies
66
62
93.9%
42
0
11
7
2
53
88.3%
Criminal Justice
40
40
100.0%
25
0
10
5
0
35
87.5%
Economics
27
27
100.0%
8
0
6
2
11
14
87.5%
English
20
19
95.0%
5
1
6
4
3
12
75.0%
Exercise Science
41
39
95.1%
17
0
19
2
1
36
94.7%
French
2
2
100.0%
0
0
2
0
0
2
100.0%
German
1
1
100.0%
1
0
0
0
0
1
100.0%
History
40
36
90.0%
13
0
16
7
0
29
80.6%
Mass Communication
50
48
96.0%
31
0
6
10
1
37
78.7%
Music
10
9
90.0%
5
1
0
3
0
6
66.7%
Music Education
6
6
100.0%
1
3
0
0
2
4
100.0%
Philosophy
4
4
100.0%
1
0
3
0
0
4
100.0%
Political Science
28
25
89.3%
15
0
5
3
2
20
87.0%
Psychology
53
49
92.5%
20
0
24
3
2
44
93.6%
Social Science
4
4
100.0%
2
0
1
1
0
3
75.0%
Social Work
42
38
90.5%
29
0
5
2
2
34
94.4%
Sociology
20
18
90.0%
9
1
6
1
1
16
94.1%
Spanish
2
2
100.0%
1
0
1
0
0
2
100.0%
Theater Arts
3
3
100.0%
3
0
0
0
0
3
100.0%
College of Liberal Arts
Ava
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498
Majors by College
College of Professional Studies
471
454
96.4%
ASL/English Interpreting
9
9
100.0%
7
Early Childhood/Elementary Education
48
47
97.9%
Special/Elementary Education
90
85
Early Childhood Education
0
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P la c t e s ed
P er
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P la c a t e s ed
Ava
Not
86
47
7
400
89.5%
0
2
0
0
9
100.0%
4
29
4
10
0
37
78.7%
94.4%
6
70
5
3
1
81
96.4%
0
0.0%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0%
112
105
93.8%
12
55
13
23
2
80
77.7%
Interpreter Training
6
6
100.0%
3
1
2
0
0
6
100.0%
Nursing
66
66
100.0%
65
0
1
0
0
66
100.0%
Secondary Ed: Biology
2
2
100.0%
0
2
0
0
0
2
100.0%
Secondary Ed: Chemistry
2
2
100.0%
1
1
0
0
0
2
100.0%
Secondary Ed: Citizenship
Secondary Ed: Citizenship
20
19
95 0%
95.0%
4
8
2
5
0
14
73 7%
73.7%
Secondary Ed: Communications
1
1
100.0%
0
1
0
0
0
1
100.0%
Secondary Ed: CSS
0
0
0.0%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0%
Secondary Ed: Earth & Space Science
6
6
100.0%
1
5
0
0
0
6
100.0%
Secondary Ed: English
23
22
95.7%
2
16
2
2
0
20
90.9%
Secondary Ed: French
0
0
0.0%
0
0
0
0
0
0
0.0%
Secondary Ed: General Science
4
4
100.0%
0
2
1
1
0
3
75.0%
Secondary Ed: German
1
1
100.0%
0
1
0
0
0
1
100.0%
Secondary Ed: Mathematics
8
8
100.0%
2
3
1
1
1
6
85.7%
Secondary Ed: Physics
1
1
100.0%
0
1
0
0
0
1
100.0%
Secondary Ed: Spanish
4
4
100.0%
0
2
1
0
1
3
100.0%
Ment./Phys. Handicapped
1
1
100.0%
0
1
0
0
0
1
100.0%
Speech Pathology/Audiology
67
65
97.0%
9
0
52
2
2
61
96.8%
Elementary Education
116 198
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Majors by College
College of Science & Technology
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Majors by College
180
166
92.2%
105
2
39
16
4
146
90.1%
Biology
52
48
92.3%
21
1
20
4
2
42
91.3%
Chemistry
9
9
100.0%
0
0
6
2
1
6
75.0%
Clinical Lab Science
4
3
75.0%
3
0
0
0
0
3
100.0%
Computer Forensics
3
3
100.0%
3
0
0
0
0
3
100.0%
Computer Science
13
13
100.0%
11
0
2
0
0
13
100.0%
Electronics Engineering Technology
6
6
100.0%
5
0
0
1
0
5
83.3%
Engineering Science 3+2
2
2
100.0%
2
0
0
0
0
2
100.0%
Geography
15
12
80.0%
6
0
2
4
0
8
66.7%
Geology
1
1
100.0%
1
0
0
0
0
1
100.0%
Geoscience
4
3
75 0%
75.0%
0
0
2
1
0
2
66 7%
66.7%
Health Physics
4
4
100.0%
3
0
1
0
0
4
100.0%
Mathematics
20
19
95.0%
9
1
5
3
1
15
83.3%
Medical Imaging
44
41
93.2%
40
0
1
0
0
41
100.0%
Physics
3
2
66.7%
1
0
0
1
0
1
50.0%
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