Freshman Orientation Open House August 26, 2011 Brief Summary of 2010-11 Senior Survey 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Some background information Size of AY10-11 graduating class & survey respondents What else do our majors study at WU? Post-graduation plans (majors) Further details about those employed or attending graduate school Some quick background “lingo” Senior survey covers the AY2010-11: Aug 2010, Dec 2010 and May 2011 ( the largest cohort) At WU, students have a “prime” school where they complete their “prime” major Students may select a second major (or minor) in their prime school or in another school Examples: ArtSci student, majoring in Economics (prime) with a second major in Finance (in the Olin School of Business) ArtSci pre-med (e.g., Bio or Chem – prime) student with second major in Economics BSBA student with a second major in Economics (ArtSci) Here: “Econ major” = prime + second Summary of AY2010-11 Graduates in Economics Aug. 2010 Dec. 2010 May 2011 TOTALS 4 8 78 90 2nd major Econ 1 29 30 Minor in General Economics 2 22 24 Minor in Applied Microeconomics 3 3 Minor in Applied Macroeconomics 2 2 134 149 A.B. in Econ TOTALS 4 11 In the last academic year, we graduated 120 Economics majors (and 29 minors). AY2010-11 Graduates and Senior Survey Responses 66 AY2010-11: 120 Economics majors 85 survey responses, of which 71 were Economics majors 2 3 ≈ 60% response rate Most were students in the College of Arts & Sciences. Some students, however, pursued a second major in economics, while ‘prime’ in another school. Second majors 120 Majors 71 in survey 66 prime in ArtSci 52 prime Economics 5 prime other 19 prime elsewhere Of these 52 ‘prime’ Economics majors, many had another major, too. Minors Of the 71 Economics majors, many also had a minor (or two). Post-graduation plans for majors 22 21 19 8 43 of our (71 surveyresponding) majors had clear postgraduation plans by the time of graduation. Job Titles Analyst (business, financial Consulting Fixed Income Associate Marketing Analyst Integration Specialist – Mktg Business Mgmt Associate Asst. Fashion Merchandiser Productions Associate Research Assistant/Analyst or technology) Companies Employing Our Majors Morgan Keegan & Co. Chapman & Cutler LLP Pricewaterhouse Coopers Oppenheimer & Co. General Mills Bank of America Bain & Co. Analysis Group Deloitte Alliance Bernstein Capital One The Tobin Project Cisco Systems Ambercrombie & Fitch Neil R. Gross & Co., Inc. Charles River Associates NISA Investment Advisors, LLC Thammasat University College of Innovation School for Field Studies; Mexico Cornerstone Research Seoul National University Brain Imaging Center Salaries of Economics graduates (2010-11) Majors going to Graduate School 21 Economics majors reported that they’d be attending graduate school, and it’s in a wide variety of disciplines. ‘other’ = MPH; Master’s in CompSci; M.S. Mgmt; M.S. Environmental Mgmt; Ph.D. in Germanic Languages & Literature Graduate Schools Law School: Washington University “Other” Ph.D. Economics & Finance Arizona State University Duke University University of Washington Columbia University Northwestern University Washington University: Master’s in Public Health; PhD Germanic Languages & Literatures MS/MS Economics: University Sydney University College of London London School of Economics Business programs: Duke University Nicholas Washington University – MS School of the Environment Finance; MS Accounting Medical Schools: ESADE Business School Columbia School of Dental (Spain) – MS Finance Medicine Cornell Medical School UCLA Drew Medical School Questions??? Bruce Petersen, Ph.D. • Professor of Economics & Director of Undergraduate Studies • petersen@wustl.edu • 314-935-5643 • 385 Seigle Hall Dorothy Petersen, Ph.D. • Lecturer & Academic Coordinator • dottie@wustl.edu • 314-935-5644 • 307E Seigle Hall