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Career Center
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Post-Graduate Survey
Class of 2009 Highlights
About the Survey
The Class of 2009 Post-Graduate Survey of undergraduates in the Krieger School of Arts & Sciences and the
Whiting School of Engineering, conducted by the Johns Hopkins University Career Center, was completed
in January 2010. Graduates were contacted via email, beginning in May 2009, to complete an online survey.
Throughout the summer, the Career Center repeatedly invited recent graduates to take the online survey. An
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Altogether, 601 members of the undergraduate Class of 2009 (55% of the class) provided information.
ying to Graduate or Professional School
3%
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Where is the Class of 2009 now?
Members of the Class of 2009 were asked to select their primary activity six months after graduation.
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Class of 2009 Employment
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Business Services, Banking, Consulting & Financial Services
17%
Washington D.C.
Engineering & Information Technology
12%
Virginia
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Science & Research
25%
Massachusetts
Non-Profits & Government
14%
employment. Of those students, below are the percentages
that represent the industries in which they are currently
California
Biotech, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
6%
Pennsylvania
Education & Training
12%
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Salary Information
Starting salary information was provided by 130 of the 249 survey respondents who reported that full-time
employment would be their primary activity after graduation.
Number of Respondents
Average Salary
Krieger School of Arts & Sciences
94
$38,956
Whiting School of Engineering
46
$50,639
Combined
130
$42,191
Selected Organizations Employing the Class of 2009
Accenture
American Enterprise Institute
AmeriCorps VISTA: NYC Civic Corps
Baltimore Museum of Art
Boston Red Sox
Chemonics International
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Covington & Burling LLP
DC Energy
Deloitte
Edelman
F.B.I.
Genentech
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
JPMorgan Chase
Lockheed Martin Corporation
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Morgan Stanley
National Institutes of Health
Northrop Grumman Corporation
RF Binder
Susquehanna International Group, LLC
Synthes
T Rowe Price
Teach For America
The Urban Institute
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy
U.S. Department of Justice
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Career Related Experiences
Employed Full Time
Enrolled at a Graduate or Professional School
Participating in a Volunteer or Service Activity, Traveling,
Actively Job Searching
Applying to Graduate or Professional School
10.8%
16.5%
19.9%
18.7%
29.5%
Information on undergraduate students who participated in career related experiences (e.g. internships,
research, shadowing) was gathered only from respondents to the web-based phase of the survey.
Overall Career Related Experiences
Ninety-five percent (95%) of respondents reported having one or more career related experiences.
Of students reporting career related experiences, the average number reported per student is 3.9.
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Internships
Seventy-four percent (74%) of respondents reported having one or more internship experiences.
Of students reporting internship experiences, the average number reported per student is 2.2.
Research
Seventy-two percent (72%) of respondents reported having one or more research experiences.
Of students reporting research experiences, the average number reported per student is 2.0.
Shadowing
Thirty-six percent (36%) of respondents reported having one or more shadowing experiences.
Of students reporting shadowing experiences, the average number reported per student is 1.8.
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26%
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8%
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9%
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27%
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Most Frequently Reported Graduate and Professional Schools
Johns Hopkins University
Stanford University
Columbia University
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University
University of Maryland
London School of Economics
University of California, San Diego
University of Michigan
Baylor College of Medicine
Georgetown University
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York University
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Boston Univeristy
Brown University
48%
27%
17%
6%
2%
Case Western Reserve University
Jefferson Medical College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michigan State University
Northeastern University
Pennsylvania State University
Rush Medical College
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Baltimore
University of Cincinnati
University of Delaware
University of Illinois
University of Miami
University of Oxford
University of Pittsburgh
Yale University