Whatever happened to the
Class of 2006 ?
Four hundred thirty-one (431) students graduated from Xavier’s College
of Arts and Sciences. Here is what we know about this group1
(as of January 1, 2007):
163 (37.8%) entered Graduate or Professional school:
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entered Graduate School
entered Medical School
entered Dental School
entered Pharmacy School
entered Public Health School
entered Post-Baccalaureate Programs
entered Business School
entered Engineering School
entered Law School
entered Osteopathy School
entered Optometry School
112 (26.0%) are Working or in Other School:
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are working in Field of Study or Doing Research
are working at Banks, Stores, etc.
are Teaching
are working in Government or in Military
are enrolled in Other School (community college/general studies)
is working as Licensed Practical Nurse
91 (21.1%) will enroll in professional/graduate school in next two years
125 (29.0%) did not respond to our inquiries
See Reverse for Breakdown by Academic Department
1
Categories are not mutually exclusive — some graduates were both working and in school.
Academic
Department 2
# Grads
Art
6
Biology
181
Business
34
Chemistry
47
Computer Science
4
Education
8
English
13
History
2
Language
4
Mass Communications
26
Mathematics
3
Music
5
Philosophy
2
Physics
11
Political Science
20
Psychology
63
Sociology
9
Theology
3
2
# / (%) in Graduate
# / (%) Working
or Professional School
or in Other School
1
98
3
22
1
2
1
0
1
4
1
0
1
6
2
21
2
1
(16.7%)
(54.1 %)
(8.8%)
(46.8%)
(25.0%)
(25.0%)
(7.7%)
(0.0%)
(25.0%)
(15.4%)
(33.3%)
(0.0%)
(50.0%)
(54.5%)
(10.0%)
(33.3%)
(22.2%)
(33.3%)
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0
4
0
4
11
17
5
0
(16.7%)
(15.5%)
(41.2%)
(27.7%)
(25.0%)
(12.5%)
(30.8%)
(0.0%)
(25.0%)
(42.3%)
(0.0%)
(80.0%)
(0.0%)
(36.4%)
(55.0%)
(27.0%)
(55.6%)
(0.0%)
Information was provided by the Xavier University Registrar, National Student Clearinghouse, Pre-Med, GradStar,
Academic Departments, and Office of Planning and Institutional Research.
Employment data is largely based on information collected at Commencement exercises, and may not reflect
students who obtained employment afterwards.
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
Spring 2007