Orientation Open House
August 27, 2010
Brief Summary of
2010 Senior Survey
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Size of May 2010 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
Class of 2010 and survey responses
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May 2010: 126
graduates
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103 Economics majors
23 Economics minors
100 survey responses
(≈ 80%)
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Most were students in
the College of Arts &
Sciences.
Some students, however,
pursued a second major
or a minor in economics
in addition to obtaining a
degree from the other
WU schools.
What else are Economics majors &
minors studying at WU?
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“PRIME”
means this is
your A.B. (or
B.S.) degree
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60 “prime” in
Econ
The majority of
the survey
respondents
were earning a
Bachelor’s in
Economics…but
not all!
Second majors
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Of the 60
who were
prime in
Economics,
many had
another
major, too.
Minors
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Of the 60
who were
prime in
Economics,
many also
had a minor
(or two).
Post-graduation plans for majors
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53 of our
majors had
clear postgraduation
plans by
May 2010.
Companies Employing
Our Majors
Job Titles
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Analyst (business,
financial or
technology): 21
Consulting: 6
International
Sales: 2
Associate Engineer
Language Teacher
Project Manager
Valuation
Coordinator
Actuarial
Research Assistant
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Yahoo!
Maximus
Wells Fargo
Epic Systems Corp.
General Mills
BofA-Merrill Lynch
Analysis Group
The Nielsen Company
Goldman Sachs
Bain & Co.
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Aon Consulting
Accenture
Deloitte
Credit Suisse
Morningstar
John Varvatos
Target
Morgan Stanley
FBI
Innovations for Poverty Action
Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
WU Bioinformatics Core
Raymond James & Assoc.
Teach for America
Coro
Salaries of May 2010 graduates
Majors going to Graduate School
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Of the 100
respondents, 14
economics
majors were off
to grad school.
Law school is
most common;
but it’s not the
whole picture!
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Medical school
is an increasing
outcome.
Graduate Schools
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Law Schools:
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Medical Schools:
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George Washington University
University of Washington
NYU College of Dentistry
Loyola University in Chicago
Ph.D. Economics & Finance
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Harvard University
Boston University
University of Arizona
Harvard University
Arizona State University (2)
Washington University – Olin Business School
Business programs:
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Stanford University SIGM Program
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Summer Institute of General Management