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  Appendix A : 
 METHODOLGY 
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 Gender  | 
 Women 75 %  | 
 Men 25 %  | 
 Women 73 %  | 
 Men 27 %  | 
 At the time of the survey  | 
 Black 28 %  | 
 P . I . 3 %  | 
 Black 38 %  | 
 P . I . 3 %  | 
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 we had 390 graduates and 290 responded ( 66 % response rate ), an impressive  | 
 Race  | 
 Latino 46 %  | 
 Asian 20 %  | 
 Other 4 %  | 
 Latino 50 %  | 
 Asian 8 %  | 
 Other 2 %  | 
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 increase over last year ’ s 53 %,  | 
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 thanks to several efforts . We continued to improve our survey administration rate , but we also used Linkedin for 2017 graduates who did not respond to their first survey ( we found 9 ) and for 2016 or earlier graduates who responded last year but not this year ( we confirmed the employment status of all 38 ). As can be seen in the table below , respondents generally resemble the overall population with a few exceptions : younger graduates seem more likely to respond , as are students who attended a Best Fit College and earned better grades in high school .  | 
 College Type Region Yrs To Earn Degree Graduation Yr .  | 
  < 2010 16 % 
 4 years 60 % 
 SF Bay Area 72 % 
 Best Fit 70 % 
 2011-2014 46 % 
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  2016 17 % 
 5 yrs 26 % 
 LA 7 % 
 Other 30 % 
 2017 22 % 
 6 yrs 7 % 
 7 + yrs 8 % 
 Other 21 % 
 < 2010 32 % 
 4 years 58 % 
 Employed survery takers only 
 2017 grads only 
 No Information 
 Best Fit 42 % 
 2017 grads only 
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  2011-2014 42 % 
 Other 58 % 
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 5 yrs 20 %  | 
  2016 17 % 
 6 yrs 8 % 
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  2017 9 % 
 7 + yrs 12 % 
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 H . S . GPA  | 
 < 3.0 21 %  | 
 > 3.0 71 %  | 
 Missing 7 %  | 
 < 3.0 42 %  | 
 > 3.0 58 %  | 
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