AMERICAN UNIVERSITY MAY 2011 GRADUATION OUTCOMES The Graduation Census was conducted between March 2011 and January 2012. The enclosed data reflect post-graduation plans of 1,084 May 2011 graduates (bachelor’s and master’s) whose status was confirmed as of six months after graduation. A total of 1,456 students were invited to complete the survey. Note, responses from graduates who reported working part time are not reflected in the salary data. For more detailed data, please contact American University’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment at (202) 885-6157. 202-885-1804 // AMERICAN.EDU/CAREERCENTER COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Based on responses from 69% of graduating seniors. GRADUATION OUTCOMES Employed Pursuing Advanced Degree Employed & Pursuing Degree Fulfilling Other Plans Seeking 54% 26% 4% 6% 10% EMPLOYMENT SECTORS Private Nonprofit Public Foreign Government Self-employed 41% 37% 17% 2% 3% SALARY RANGES > $60,000 $50,000 - $59,999 $40,000 - $49,999 $30,000 - $39,999 $20,000 - $29,999 < $20,000 4% 7% 24% 36% 19% 10% SELECT EMPLOYERS American Enterprise Institute for D&R International J.P. Morgan District of Columbia The Keystone Center America’s Promise Alliance Public Schools Marriott International, Inc. AmeriCorps EMILY’s List Math for America Apple Environmental Defense Fund Ministry of Education, France Austrian-American Educational Fairfax County Public Schools Newseum Families USA Raytheon Company Fellowship Health Resources, Inc. Saudi Arabian Government Ford’s Theatre Sidwell Friends School Capital City Public Hearst Corporation Society for Conservation Biology Charter School Horace Mann Elementary School Teach For America Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory ICF International U.S. Senate Public Policy Research Commission Behrens & Associates Real Estate, LLC SELECT DOCTORAL, GRADUATE, LAW & MEDICAL SCHOOLS Alliant International University Duquesne University Northeastern University Boston University George Washington University Northwestern University Carnegie Mellon University Georgetown University University of California, Davis Chicago School of Johns Hopkins University University of Connecticut King’s College London University of Manchester New York University University of Pennsylvania Professional Psychology Cornell University COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES Based on responses from 68% of graduating master’s students. GRADUATION OUTCOMES Employed Pursuing Advanced Degree Employed & Pursuing Degree Fulfilling Other Plans Seeking 85% 6% 4% 2% 3% EMPLOYMENT SECTORS Private Nonprofit Public Foreign Government Intergovernmental 21% 42% 35% 1% 1% SALARY RANGES > $60,000 $50,000 - $59,999 $40,000 - $49,999 $30,000 - $39,999 $20,000 - $29,999 < $20,000 10% 35% 31% 12% 8% 4% SELECT EMPLOYERS Academy of American Poets Delmarva Foundation National Park Service The Advisory Board Company District of Columbia Quality Trust for Individuals with Alexandria City Public Schools Public Schools American College of Physicians Dubai American Academy RTI International Arizona Opera Epipheo Studios SRA International, Inc. Arlington Arts Center Fairfax County Public Schools Teach For America Arthritis Foundation Ford’s Theatre Thelonious Monk Institute Association of Performing Freddie Mac Arts Presenters Disabilities of Jazz Government of Spain U.S. Department of Defense Humane Society International U.S. Department of State The Lab School of Washington Urban Alliance Booz Allen Hamilton LiveHealthier Wesley Theological Seminary Center for Education Reform MicroStrategy The World Bank CentroNia National Institutes of Health World Wildlife Fund Association of Reproductive Health Professionals SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION Based on responses from 75% of graduating seniors. GRADUATION OUTCOMES Employed Pursuing Advanced Degree Employed & Pursuing Degree Fulfilling Other Plans Seeking 69% 11% 6% 3% 11% EMPLOYMENT SECTORS Private Nonprofit Public Self-employed 70% 21% 6% 3% SALARY RANGES $50,000 - $59,999 $40,000 - $49,999 $30,000 - $39,999 $20,000 - $29,999 < $20,000 2% 38% 38% 11% 11% SELECT EMPLOYERS The Advisory Board Company GeniusRocket Red Zebra Broadcasting Alliance to Save Energy Glodow Nead Communications RedEngine Digital Allied Integrated Marketing The Glover Park Group Ruder Finn, Inc. Burness Communications Hockmeyer Studios Sabre Hospitality Solutions Center for Global Development International Medical Corps SB Nation Clear Channel Communications Marriott International, Inc. Sirius XM Radio Inc. CNN MIB Mediaworks The Washington Times Crystal City Entertainment MSLGROUP U.S. Department of Homeland Discovery Studios NationalJournal Edelman Newseum U.S. House of Representatives Examiner.com Ogilvy Public Relations U.S. Senate Federal Energy Worldwide Security USA TODAY Regulatory Commission PBS NewsHour The Washington Post FierceMarkets Publicis Modem WTOP SELECT DOCTORAL, GRADUATE & LAW SCHOOLS American University George Washington University St. John’s University Catholic University International Film School Sydney University of Iowa SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION Based on responses from 82% of graduating master’s students. GRADUATION OUTCOMES Employed Pursuing Advanced Degree Fulfilling Other Plans Seeking 86% 2% 2% 10% EMPLOYMENT SECTORS Private Nonprofit Public Foreign Government Intergovernmental Self-employed 47% 32% 9% 6% 3% 3% SALARY RANGES >$60,000 $50,000 - $59,999 $40,000 - $49,999 $30,000 - $39,999 SELECT EMPLOYERS Adfero Group Edelman Productions RHED Pixel, Inc. African Union GolinHarris Saudi Press Agency Al Jazeera English The Jam Project Screenscope, Inc. American Institutes for Research Millward Brown Smithsonian Channel APIC National Education Association U.S. Department of Bipartisan Policy Center National eHealth Collaborative Transportation Council on Foundations NavyTimes USA Today Discovery Communications NBCUniversal Voice of America Eastern Region Group, Inc. Perdue Farms The Washington Post 45% 14% 23% 18% SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICE Based on responses from 77% of graduating seniors. GRADUATION OUTCOMES Employed Pursuing Advanced Degree Employed & Pursuing Degree Fulfilling Other Plans Seeking 60% 16% 5% 7% 12% EMPLOYMENT SECTORS Private Nonprofit Public Foreign Government Intergovernmental Self-employed 38% 34% 21% 4% 1% 2% SALARY RANGES > $60,000 $50,000 - $59,999 $40,000 - $49,999 $30,000 - $39,999 $20,000 - $29,999 < $20,000 6% 5% 15% 36% 15% 23% SELECT EMPLOYERS ABC News GM Ryan International Peace Corps American Federation of Teachers Google Relief International AmeriCorps Government of Spain Search for Common Ground APR Energy ICF International Skadden, Arps Barnes, Richardson & Colburn Institute of International Teach For America Carnegie Hall Education U.S. Department of State Chemonics International ISED Solutions U.S. Department of the Treasury Deloitte Consulting JET Programme U.S. Marshals Service DLA Piper Kiplinger Washington Editors U.S. Senate DRT Strategies Manna Project International United Nations High Embassy of the U.S. MicroStrategy in Beijing, China GAP Solutions Inc. Commissioner for Refugees Ministry of Education, France World Food Program USA Oracle World Travel & Tourism Council SELECT DOCTORAL, GRADUATE & LAW SCHOOLS Duke University Harvard University University of Haifa, Israel European University at Johns Hopkins University University of London Saint Petersburg London School of Economics University of Southern California Georgetown University University of Denver University of Virginia SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL SERVICE Based on responses from 77% of graduating master’s students. GRADUATION OUTCOMES Employed Pursuing Advanced Degree Employed & Pursuing Degree Seeking 80% 2% 5% 13% EMPLOYMENT SECTORS Private Nonprofit Public Foreign Government Intergovernmental 28% 36% 31% 3% 2% SALARY RANGES > $60,000 $50,000 - $59,999 $40,000 - $49,999 $30,000 - $39,999 $20,000 - $29,999 < $20,000 23% 27% 30% 11% 3% 6% SELECT EMPLOYERS Accenture Connect U.S. Fund L-3 MPRI ActionAid Corner Alliance, Inc. Organization of American States Batonga Foundation DAI Peace Corps Board of Governors of the Embassy of the Republic The Pew Charitable Trusts of Namibia Ploughshares Fund Booz Allen Hamilton Federal Bureau of Investigation Project on Middle East The Brookings Institution Global Environmental Institute CACI HasNa Inc. Carnegie Endowment for Institute for Sustainable Federal Reserve System International Peace Center for a New American Security Central Intelligence Agency Chemonics International Chevron Africa Communities International Center for Not-forProfit Law International Food Policy Research Institute International Rescue Committee Democracy U.S. Agency for International Development U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of State U.S. Global Leadership Coalition United Way Worldwide The World Bank SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Based on responses from 76% of graduating seniors. GRADUATION OUTCOMES Employed Pursuing Advanced Degree Employed & Pursuing Degree Fulfilling Other Plans Seeking 64% 19% 6% 1% 10% EMPLOYMENT SECTORS Private Nonprofit Public 47% 32% 21% SALARY RANGES > $60,000 $50,000 - $59,999 $40,000 - $49,999 $30,000 - $39,999 $20,000 - $29,999 < $20,000 3% 8% 19% 51% 12% 7% SELECT EMPLOYERS AAUW Clear Channel Communications Rhode Island Office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Eagle Publishing, Inc. the Governor The Employment Law Group Robert F. Kennedy Center for Feld LLP Bockorny Group Breakthrough Technologies Institute Government Accountability Project Justice & Human Rights The Sentencing Project Kroll Consulting Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Legrand North America Teach For America The Cadmus Group, Inc. Lewin Group U.S. Customs and Border Calibre CPA Group The MIL Corporation Cardinal Marketing Nassau County Board Center for Community Solutions of Elections CentroNia National Urban League U.S. Department of the Treasury CGI Group Inc. NeuStar, Inc. U.S. House of Representatives Chemonics International Ohio University U.S. Immigration and Customs City Year Peace Corps Protection U.S. Department of Homeland Security Enforcement SELECT DOCTORAL, GRADUATE & LAW SCHOOLS Duquesne University Lewis & Clark University of South Carolina George Mason University Loyola University New Orleans University of Southern California George Washington University Northwestern University University of Toledo Georgetown University Suffolk University Wake Forest University SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS Based on responses from 83% of graduating master’s students. GRADUATION OUTCOMES Employed Pursuing Advanced Degree Employed & Pursuing Degree Seeking 86% 4% 3% 7% EMPLOYMENT SECTORS Private Nonprofit Public Foreign Government Intergovernmental Self-employed 27% 23% 45% 3% 1% 1% SALARY RANGES > $60,000 $50,000 - $59,999 $40,000 - $49,999 $30,000 - $39,999 $20,000 - $29,999 38% 28% 16% 17% 1% SELECT EMPLOYERS Achieve, Inc. Embassy of Canada American Heart Association Federal Emergency Management American Legacy Foundation Arlington County Police Department Agency German Public Radio U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Human Rights Campaign U.S. Department of Justice Booz Allen Hamilton ICF International U.S. Department of State Calvert Investments IRS U.S. Environmental Protection Cassidy & Associates Johnson & Johnson Central Bank of the Republic of McAllister & Quinn LLC Azerbaijan Congressional Budget Office Corner Alliance, Inc. DDC Advocacy Deloitte Consulting District of Columbia Government The Education Trust MDB, Inc. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency National MS Society, National Capital Chapter Agency U.S. General Services Administration U.S. Government Accountibility Office U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate National Science Foundation United Nations Foundation Russ Reid Company VSE Corporation U.S. Census Bureau The World Bank