Dartmouth College
Career Services surveyed the Dartmouth College Class of 2011 eleven months after graduation about their post-graduate activities. For questions regarding this report, please call Career Services at (603) 646-2215. I. GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL STUDIES GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES: PRIMARY ACTIVITIES RESPONDENTS HAD OPTION OF SELECTING MORE THAN ONE RESPONSE. RESPONSES NOT CURRENTLY APPLYING OR ATTENDING GRADUATE/ PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL ENROLLED IN GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL THIS YEAR FULL-TIME ENROLLED IN GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM THIS YEAR PART-TIME ACCEPTED INTO GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FOR THIS YEAR, BUT NOT CURRENTLY ATTENDING ACCEPTED INTO GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FOR NEXT YEAR ENROLLED IN AN UNDERGRADUATE/POST-BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM ACCEPTED INTO AN UNDERGRADUATE/POST-BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM FOR NEXT YEAR APPLIED TO GRADUATE, PROFESSIONAL, OR POST- BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM, BUT NOT YET ACCEPTED 257 60.05% 80 18.69% 10 2.34% 2.47% 47 10.98% 4.93% 3.70% 25 5.84% TOTAL RESPONDENTS 428 100% GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES: FUTURE PLANS PLAN TO APPLY TO GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL IN 1-5 YEARS (MASTERS/PH.D) PLAN TO APPLY TO GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL IN 6+ YEARS (MASTERS/PH.D) RESPONSES 210 79.55% 4 1.52% NO PLANS FOR FURTHER EDUCATION 50 18.94% 428 out of 1010 alumni responded to the Class of 2011 Post- Graduate Survey yielding a 44% response rate (with 48 undeliverable emails) LAW SCHOOL ACCEPTANCE Dartmouth 80% Nationally 80% LAW SCHOOLS MOST FREQUENTLY ATTENDED BY DARTMOUTH SENIORS Columbia University School of Law Cornell Law School Duke University School of Law Florida State University College of Law Fordham University of Law Harvard Law School New York University of Law Stanford University Law School Suffolk University Law School Texas Southern University Univ. of Florida Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas Univ. of Pennsylvania Law School Univ. of Tennessee College of Law Univ. of Texas School of Law University of Virginia School of Law Vanderbilt University Law School Washington and Lee University Washington University School of Law Yale Law School TOTAL RESPONDENTS 264 100%
I. GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (CONTINUED) MEDICAL SCHOOL ATTENDED BY DARTMOUTH GRADUATES IN 2011 (SAMPLE) Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Drexel School of Medicine Emory University Geisel School of Medicine Georgetown U. - Robert Wood Johnson Harvard Medical School Michigan State U. College of Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine II. EMPLOYMENT & POST-GRADUATE ACTIVITIES PRIMARY POST-GRADUATE ACTIVITIES FOR CLASS OF 2011 RESPONSES EMPLOYED FULL-TIME 274 64.02% EMPLOYED PART-TIME 17 3.97% ATTENDING GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FULL-TIME 80 18.69% ATTENDING GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL PART-TIME 1 0.23% ATTENDING UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE FULL-TIME 3.70% ATTENDING UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE PART-TIME 2.47% ATTENDING A VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM 1 0.23% VOLUNTEERING/SERVICE FULL-TIME (E.G., PEACE CORPS) 20 4.67% VOLUNTEERING/SERVICE PART-TIME 5 1.17% TRAVELING 8 1.87% OTHER 17 3.97% TOTAL RESPONDENTS 428 100% ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING PROGRAM New York College of Osteopathic Medicine Penn. State Univ. College of Medicine Tufts University School of Medicine Tulane University U. of Alabama at Birmingham U. of California - San Francisco U. of Pennsylvania School of Medicine FALL 2010 WINTER 2011 ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN RECRUITING 131 137 268 ORGANIZATIONS RECRUITING ON-CAMPUS 74 55 129 INTERVIEW SCHEDULES 161 117 278 TOTAL ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEWS 1,359 955 2,314 RÉSUMÉ DROPS 44 58 102 U. of Oklahoma Health Science Center SAMPLING OF EMPLOYERS HIRING DARTMOUTH UNDERGRADUATES RÉSUMÉS SUBMITTED VIA DARTBOARD 7,041 6,913 13,954 IN 2011 (N= 288) Abercrombie & Fitch Advisory Board Company Arnold Advertising Bain & Company Bridgewater Associates Chertoff Group Epic Systems Fidelity Google, Inc. Harvard Business School IBM National Football League National Institutes of Health Nature Conservancy New York City - Dept. of Education Oliver Wyman Reasoning Mind Wayfair
HOW DARTMOUTH UNDERGRADUATES FROM THE CLASS OF 2011 FOUND THEIR JOBS 0% 1% 5% Recruiting Program Dartmouth DartBoard or NIC posting (excluding Recruiting) Internet Job Postings (excluding NIC or DartBoard) Other Job Postings (such as newspaper ad) 7% 4% 17% 7% 2% 1% 1% HOW DARTMOUTH UNDERGRADUATES FOUND THEIR JOBS DARTMOUTH CAREER SERVICES RESPONSES ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEW (RECRUITING PROGRAM) 51 17.71% DARTMOUTH DARTBOARD POSTING 31 10.76% EMPLOYER CONNECTIONS FAIR (ON-CAMPUS CAREER FAIR) 3 1.04% INTERNSHIP OR PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT PREVIOUS INTERNSHIP/EMPLOYMENT (FOUND THROUGH C.S.) 9 3.13% PREVIOUS INTERNSHIP/EMPLOYMENT (NOT FOUND THROUGH C.S.) 23 7.99% PERSONAL, ALUMNI, OR FACULTY CONTACT PERSONAL NETWORK 50 17.36% ALUMNI CONTACT (NOT VIA CAREER SERVICES) 19 6.6% FACULTY/DEPARTMENTAL REFERRAL 20 6.94% ALUMNI ADVISORY NETWORK CONTACT 7 2.43% OTHER METHODS 8% 3% 18% 1% 14% 11% Previous Internship (found through Career Services) Previous Internship (not found through Career Services) Employer Connections Fair (on-campus Career Fair) Off-Campus Career Fair Dartmouth Career Network (Alumni Network) Other Alumni Contact Cold Call or Letter Faculty/Department Referral Personal Network Employment Agency Entrepreneurial Venture INTERNET JOB POSTINGS (EXCLUDING DARTBOARD) 40 13.89% COLD CALL OR LETTER 12 4.17% ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURE 3 1.04% OTHER JOB POSTINGS (E.G., NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT) 4 1.39% EMPLOYMENT AGENCY 1 0.35% OFF-CAMPUS FAIRS 2 0.69% OTHER 13 4.51% TOTAL RESPONDENTS 288 100% More than 35% of respondents reported that they obtained their position by some degree of networking. The Dartmouth Career Network is accessible to all students and alumni and provides contact information for more than 20,000 alumni worldwide. Career Services assists students in making these connections and exploring careers by virtue of conversations with our fantastic alumni network. 268 Organizations participated in the Recruiting Program through Career Services in the Fall 2010 and Winter 2011 term. This is a 25.2% employer participation increase from 2009/2010.
25.0% 20.0% 15.0% 10.0% 5.0% 0.0% TOP STATES REPRESENTED BY CLASS OF 2011 RESPONSES NEW YORK 92 20.7% MASSACHUSETTS 80 18.0% NEW HAMPSHIRE 40 9% CALIFORNIA 34 7.7% WASHINGTON, D.C. 21 4.7% PENNSYLVANIA 16 3.6% MARYLAND 10 2.3% CONNECTICUT 10 2.3% NORTHEAST CLASS OF 2011 BY REGION (IN UNITED STATES ONLY) RESPONSES NEW ENGLAND 134 33.1% MID-ATLANTIC 110 27.2% SOUTH SOUTH ATLANTIC 54 13.3% WEST SOUTH CENTRAL 6 1.5% EAST SOUTH CENTRAL 14 3.5% WEST PACIFIC 42 10.4% MOUNTAIN 11 2.7% MIDWEST Top States Represented by Class of 2011 22.2% 20.7% 18.0% 15.9% 8.4% 9.0% 7.5% 7.7% 6.0% 4.7% 2.4% 3.6% 2.9% 2.3% 3.6% 2.0% Class of 2010 Class of 2011 EAST NORTH CENTRAL 12 3% WEST SOUTH CENTRAL 14 3.5% INTERNATIONAL EMPLOY- MENT & POST-GRADUATE ACTIVITIES 39 (out of 444) respondents indicated that they were participating in a postgraduate activity or employed abroad. Marshall Islands China India United Kingdom Korea New Zealand Italy Japan Kosovo Mexico Panama Uganda Australia Austria Belgium Germany Ghana Rwanda Sudan Spain Vietnam Zambia Consistent with national trends, Dartmouth alumni from the Class of 2011 continue to pursue employment opportunities and varying postgraduate activities in densely populated areas such as Boston and New York.
FREQUENTLY SELECTED FIELDS (OVERALL WORK THAT THE ORGANIZATION IS ENGAGED IN) RESPONSES ADVERTISING/MARKETING 18 6.3% ARGRIBUSINESS 1.3% ART/DESIGN 3 1% BIOTECH./CHEM./LIFE SCIENCES/PHARMACEUTICALS 17 5.9% COMMUNICATIONS/MEDIA 8 2.8% COMPUTING/TECHNOLOGY 19 6.6% CONSULTING 43 15% CONSUMER GOODS/RETAIL 7 2.4% EDUCATION 37 12.9% ENGINEERING 7 2.4% ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY 5 1.7% FINANCIAL SERVICES 35 12.2% GOVERNMENT/MILITARY 8 2.8% HEALTHCARE 22 7.7% HOSPITALITY/TRAVEL 3 1% LAW/LEGAL SERVICES 17 5.9% MUSEUMS/LIBRARIES 2.7% NON-PROFIT/NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION 13 4.5% OTHER 12 4.6% REAL ESTATE 4 1.4% RELIGION 1.3% SOCIAL SERVICES 1 0.3% SPORTS 3 1% TRANSPORTATION/DISTRIBUTION 1.3% TOTAL RESPONDENTS 287 100% Education, consulting, financial services, healthcare, computing/technology, and advertising/marketing are among the most frequently selected fields by respondents from the Class of 2011.
SALARY STATISTICS FOR THE CLASS OF 2011 (N>5) III. DARTMOUTH CAREER SERVICES SNAPSHOT DATA FOR 2010-2011 ACADEMIC YEAR CAREER SERVICES CORE VALUES Access: Provide connections to opportunities, resources and networks related to diverse fields of employment and academic programs. Career Community: Collaborate with student groups, administrators, faculty, employers, alumni and parents in order to maximize students access to various career networks. Reflection: Engage students in the essential process of self-reflection to assist them in clarifying interests, skills and values; identifying & exploring options; and making strategic future plans. Engagement: Partner with students in an active, educational and outcomeoriented process in order to facilitate their successful pursuit of career goals. Inclusiveness: Continuously educate ourselves on how best to serve our students, in recognition of their diverse backgrounds and experiences. Integrity: Holding ourselves, students, employers and graduate schools to high ethical standards by insisting upon honest communication, fair practice and equal opportunity guidelines. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL ADVISING CONTACTS FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 3,364 STUDENTS ATTENDING CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS/WORKSHOPS 4,700 NUMBER OF STUDENTS WHO ATTENDED EMPLOYER CONNECTIONS FAIR 1,485 NUMBER OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, WORKSHOPS, INFO. SESSIONS 135 NUMBER OF INTERNSHIPS ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTS IN 2010 2011 4,670 NUMBER OF INTERNSHIPS POSTED IN DARTBOARD IN 2010 2011 412 ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS POSTED IN DARTBOARD IN 2010 2011 1,023 STUDENTS SIGNED-UP FOR JOB SHADOWS WITH ALUMNI OR PARENTS 121 NUMBER OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT PARTICIPATED IN EMPLOYER CONNECTIONS FAIR 102 GRADUATE & LAW SCHOOLS THAT VISITED CAMPUS TO MEET WITH STUDENTS 24 TOTAL HITS TO WEBSITE 1,800,046 HITS TO CAREER FIELDS IN WEBSITE 73,626 Visit Dartmouth College Career Services, at: www.dartmouth.edu/~csrc Career Services Dartmouth College OUR MISSION: CAREER SERVICES SUPPORTS UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PREPARING FOR - AND MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS ABOUT - THEIR UNDERGRADUATE AND POST-GRADUATE ACADEMIC AND EMPLOYMENT PLANS. 63 So. Main Street, Suite 200 Hanover, NH 03755 Tel: (603) 646-2215 Fax: (603) 646-1360