Freshman Orientation Open House
August 26, 2011
Brief Summary of
2010-11 Senior Survey
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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”
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Senior survey covers the AY2010-11:
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Aug 2010, Dec 2010 and May 2011
( the largest cohort)
At WU, students have a “prime” school
where they complete their “prime” major
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Students may select a second major (or minor)
in their prime school or in another school
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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)
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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
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66
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AY2010-11: 120
Economics majors
85 survey responses,
of which 71 were
Economics majors
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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
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Consulting
Fixed Income Associate
Marketing Analyst
Integration Specialist –
Mktg
Business Mgmt
Associate
Asst. Fashion
Merchandiser
Productions Associate
Research
Assistant/Analyst
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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
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Salaries of Economics graduates
(2010-11)
Majors going to Graduate School
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21 Economics
majors reported
that they’d be
attending
graduate school,
and it’s in a wide
variety of
disciplines.
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‘other’ = MPH;
Master’s in CompSci;
M.S. Mgmt; M.S.
Environmental
Mgmt; Ph.D. in
Germanic Languages
& Literature
Graduate Schools
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Law School:
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Washington University
“Other”
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Ph.D. Economics & Finance
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Arizona State University
Duke University
University of Washington
Columbia University
Northwestern University
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Washington University:
Master’s in Public Health;
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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
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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