Three hundred fifty-nine (359) students graduated from Xavier’s College of
Arts and Sciences. Here is what we know about this group1
(as of December 12, 2012):
101 (28.1 %) entered Graduate or Professional school:
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56
15
9
8
4
3
3
3
entered Graduate School
entered Medical School
entered Law School
entered Pharmacy School
entered Post-Baccalaureate Programs
entered Business School
entered Dental School
entered Public Health School
98 (27.3%) are Working or in Other School:
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37
30
16
15
7
are working in Field of Study or Doing Research
are working at Banks, Stores, etc.
are Teaching
are enrolled in Other School (community college; nursing)
are working in Government or Armed Services
166 (46.2%) will enroll in professional/graduate school in next two years
See Reverse for Breakdown by Academic Department
1
Categories are not mutually exclusive — some graduates were both working and in school.
Academic
Department 2
Art
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Communications
Computer Science
Education2
English
History
Language
Mathematics
Music
Philosophy
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Theology
2
# Grads
3
97
36
71
27
2
8
10
4
3
2
3
3
5
18
61
7
2
# / (%) in Graduate or
Professional School
0
31
5
23
4
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
1
1
5
20
3
1
(0.0%)
(32.0%)
(13.9%)
(32.4%)
(14.8 %)
(0.0%)
(25.0%)
(30.0%)
(50.0%)
(0.0%)
(0.0%)
(0.0%)
(33.3%)
(20.0%)
(27.8%)
(32.8%)
(42.9%)
(50.0%)
# / (%) Working
or in Other School
3
23
17
12
9
0
5
3
1
0
0
3
0
0
3
18
3
0
(100.0%)
(23.7%)
(47.2%)
(16.9%)
(33.3%)
(0.0%)
(62.5%)
(30.0%)
(25.0%)
(0.0%)
(0.0%)
(100.0%)
(0.0%)
(0.0%)
(16.7%)
(29.5%)
(42.9%)
(0.0%)
Information was provided by the Xavier University Registrar, National Student Clearinghouse, Pre-Med Office,
Faculty and Staff, and Office of Planning and Institutional Research.
Employment data is based on Graduate Exit Survey information collected from graduates, and from Faculty and
Staff. However, employment obtained afterwards may not be reflected.
Employment and Graduate/Professional School information are not mutually exclusive categories; some students
may be both working and attending graduate/professional school.
Secondary Education majors are included both in their teaching discipline and in Education.
Submitted by the Office of Planning and Institutional Research
Xavier University of Louisiana
Winter 2012