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( 1 ) National data from NACE First Destinations Survey ( 2017 ). Median incomes were also comparable : $ 47,500 for College Track recent graduates compared to $ 48,044 nationally .
( 2 ) Some graduates are both employed full-time and in graduate school for a total graduate school enrollment of 13 %.
( 3 ) We have current visibility ( either via this year ’ s survey or Linked-in ) on 38 of the 40 class of 2016 who took our survey last year - assuming the two for whom we don ’ t know are unemployed : 70 % are employed FT ( up from 58 %), 10 % part-time , 15 % in graduate school , and 5 % still looking for employment .
( 4 ) https :// www . urban . org / sites / default / files / publication / 86981 / who _ goes _ to _ graduate _ scho ol _ and _ who _ succeeds _ 1 . pdf - 39 % of Bachelor ’ s degree holders enrolled in grad school within 4 years of college graduation and 37 % of Bachelor ’ s degree holder 25 years and older ( ie a wider sample than our current CT graduates ) have a graduate degree .
( 5 ) They can be affordable with the right amount of aid and scholarships , but this is not a systematic occurrence for our students so , on a case by case basis , we guide them away from financially unsustainable situations .
( 6 ) Our samples of recent graduates are still small , so we see considerable variation of this result from year to year : last year , when the class of 2016 took our survey within a year of college graduation , 78 % said they earned more than at least one parent , compared to only 60 % this year .
( 7 ) NCES ( 2017 ), Status and Trends in the education of racial and ethnic groups .
( 8 ) Among recent graduates , the most popular majors are Social Science ( 21 %), STEM ( 21 %), Business ( 13 %) and Psychology ( 11 %). Nationally there are fewer Social Sciences ( 7 %), more Business graduates ( 26 %, this is the most popular major ) and comparable STEM ( 20 %) - The Economic Value of College Majors ( 2015 ), Georgetown CEW ( p . 11 ).
( 9 ) Strada . Gallup annual survery of college students and graduates .
( 10 ) Mismatch , Fen 2017 , Stephen Rose , Urban . org
( 11 ) College Track Social Mobility Report memo , Dec 2018 , Rebecca Gleit , Stanford University PhD candidate .
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