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Brief Summary of 2010-11 Senior Survey

Freshman Orientation Open House August 26, 2011. Brief Summary of 2010-11 Senior Survey. Some background information Size of AY10-11 graduating class & survey respondents What else do our majors study at WU? Post-graduation plans (majors)

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Brief Summary of 2010-11 Senior Survey

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  1. Freshman Orientation Open House August 26, 2011 Brief Summary of 2010-11 Senior Survey 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

  2. 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

  3. Summary of AY2010-11 Graduates in Economics In the last academic year, we graduated 120 Economics majors (and 29 minors).

  4. AY2010-11 Graduates and Senior Survey Responses • AY2010-11: 120 Economics majors • 85 survey responses, of which 71 were Economics majors • ≈ 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. 66 2 3

  5. Second majors 120 Majors 71 in survey 66 prime 5 prime in ArtSci other 52 prime 19 prime Economics elsewhere Of these 52 ‘prime’ Economics majors, many had another major, too.

  6. Minors • Of the 71 Economics majors, many also had a minor (or two).

  7. Post-graduation plans for majors • 43 of our (71 survey-responding) majors had clear post-graduation plans by the time of graduation. 22 21 19 8

  8. Analyst (business, financial or technology) Consulting Fixed Income Associate Marketing Analyst Integration Specialist – Mktg Business Mgmt Associate Asst. Fashion Merchandiser Productions Associate Research Assistant/Analyst Morgan Keegan & Co. Chapman & Cutler LLP Pricewaterhouse Coopers Oppenheimer & Co. Bank of America Analysis Group Alliance Bernstein The Tobin Project Ambercrombie& Fitch Neil R. Gross & Co., Inc. Charles River Associates Job Titles Companies Employing Our Majors • General Mills • Bain & Co. • Deloitte • Capital One • Cisco Systems • NISA Investment Advisors, LLC • Thammasat University College of Innovation • School for Field Studies; Mexico • Cornerstone Research • Seoul National University Brain Imaging Center

  9. Salaries of Economics graduates (2010-11)

  10. 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

  11. Graduate Schools • Law School: • Washington University • “Other” • Washington University: Master’s in Public Health; PhD Germanic Languages & Literatures • Sydney University • London School of Economics • Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment • Medical Schools: • Columbia School of Dental Medicine • Cornell Medical School • UCLA Drew Medical School • Ph.D. Economics & Finance • Arizona State University • Duke University • University of Washington • Columbia University • Northwestern University • MS/MS Economics: University College of London • Business programs: • Washington University – MS Finance; MS Accounting • ESADE Business School (Spain) – MS Finance

  12. 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

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