Three hundred twenty-two (322) students1 graduated from Xavier’s
College of Arts and Sciences. Here is what we know about this group2
(as of December 31, 2014):
94 (29.2%) entered Graduate or Professional school:
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44
18
8
8
5
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
entered Graduate School
entered Medical School
entered Pharmacy School
entered Public Health School
entered Business School
entered Dental School
entered Engineering School
entered Law School
entered Chiropractic School
entered Post-Baccalaureate Program
entered Osteopathic School
entered Veterinary School
78 (24.2%) are Working or in Other School:
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21
20
14
8
8
7
4
are working in Retail, Banks, etc.
are working in Field of Study or Doing Research
are enrolled in Other School (community college; nursing)
are Teaching
are working in Government or Armed Services
are working in Healthcare
are working in Hospitality
176 (54.7%) will enroll in professional/graduate school in next two years
See Reverse for Breakdown by Academic Department
1
2
323 degrees (1 graduate received both BA and BS degree)
Categories are not mutually exclusive — some graduates were both working and in school.
Academic
Department 3
Art
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Communication Studies
Computer Science
Education4
English
History
Language
Mass Communication
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Public Health
Sociology
Speech Pathology
Theology
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# Grads
1
91
34
75
3
6
6
10
7
3
6
6
4
3
5
7
37
1
9
10
1
#  % in Graduate or
Professional School
1
32
8
25
2
1
1
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
10
0
1
3
0
#  % Working or
in Other School
(100.0%)
(35. 2%)
(23.5%)
(33.3%)
(66.7%)
(16.7%)
(16.7%)
(20.0%)
(0.0%)
(33.3%)
(33.3%)
(33.3%)
(25.0%)
(33.3%)
(20.0%)
(14.3%)
(27.0%)
(0.0%)
(11. 1%)
(30.0%)
(0.0%)
0
14
16
18
0
3
0
1
4
0
3
1
1
1
0
3
7
0
3
3
0
(0.0%)
(15.4%)
(47. 1%)
(24.0%)
(0.0%)
(50.0%)
(0.0%)
(10.0%)
(57. 1%)
(0.0%)
(50.0%)
(16.7%)
(25.0%)
(33.3%)
(0.0%)
(42.9%)
(18.9%)
(0.0%)
(33.3%)
(30.0%)
(0.0%)
Information was provided by the Xavier University Registrar, National Student Clearinghouse,
and the Office of Planning, Institutional Research and Assessment.
Employment information is based on Graduate Exit Survey data collected at Commencement.
However, employment obtained afterwards is not reflected.
Employment and Graduate/Professional School information are not mutually exclusive categories;
some students may be both working and attending graduate/professional school.
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Secondary Education majors are included both in their teaching discipline and in Education.
Submitted by the Office of Planning, Institutional Research and Assessment
Xavier University of Louisiana
Winter 2014