Class of 2009 Postgraduate Report

Cornell Career Services

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Response■ Response Rates Total Surveyed* Responses Response Rate

University 3,466 2,620 75.6%Agriculture and Life Sciences 877 655 74.7%Architecture, Art, and Planning 133 51 38.3%Arts and Sciences 987 715 72.4%Engineering 703 560 79.7%Hotel 240 179 74.6%Human Ecology 329 300 91.2%ILR 234 187 79.9%

* Total number surveyed is 37 less than reported for the individual colleges; response rates, postgraduate activities, and salary means for students earning the jointly conferred degree in Biological and Environmental Engineering are reported in both CALS and Engineering statistics.

Postgraduate Activities■ Activities by College Employed Graduate School Other Endeavors*

University 50.0% 34.3% 15.7%Agriculture and Life Sciences 51.1% 32.6% 16.3%Architecture, Art, and Planning 56.9% 17.6% 25.5%Arts and Sciences 46.6% 33.7% 19.7%Engineering 43.7% 49.5% 6.8%Hotel 82.7% 6.1% 11.2%Human Ecology 39.3% 36.0% 24.7%ILR 59.4% 31.0% 9.6%

* Includes pursuing graduate school admission or employment, volunteering, and travel, among other activities.

Graduate/Professional Studies■ Most Frequently Selected FieldsEngineering 22.3%Law 15.5%Medicine 14.6%Biological Sciences 9.5%Business and Management 4.3%Computer and Information Sciences 4.3%Health Fields Other than Medicine 4.2%Veterinary Medicine 4.2%Other Physical Sciences 4.1%Education 2.6%

Cornell Career Services surveys Cornell University bachelor’s degree recipients for six months following graduation. This report summarizes postgraduate activities for the university as a whole. For more comprehensive statistics by college, please refer to college reports.

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■ Legal CareersLaw schools most frequently attended in 2009

Brooklyn Law SchoolCardozo School of LawColumbia UniversityCornell UniversityFordham University

Acceptance rates*

Cornell (for 172 applicants) 92%National 67%

* Based on most recent data available from Law School Admission Council for fall 2009 acceptance.

■ Medical CareersMedical schools most frequently attended in 2009

Albert EinsteinJohns Hopkins UniversityNew York UniversitySUNY DownstateSUNY Upstate

Acceptance rates*Cornell (for 219 applicants) 70%Cornell students with a 3.4 GPA or above 80%National 44%

* Based on most recent data available from Association of American Medical Colleges for fall 2009 acceptance.

■ FellowshipsCornell consistently gains national recognition for the fellowship successes of its students. The competitions are highly selective and there are few awards annually.

2009 2008

Goldwater Scholarship 4Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship 1Truman Scholarship 1

Georgetown UniversityHarvard UniversityNew York UniversityUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Pennsylvania

SUNY Stony BrookUniversity at BuffaloUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of RochesterWeill Cornell Medical College

Goldwater Scholarship 2Marshall Scholarship 1Udall Scholarship 3

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Employment■ Full-Time On-Campus Recruiting (Bachelor’s Level) Employers Schedules Interviews

University 420 928 4,717Cornell Career Services, Barnes Hall* 127 256 1,966Agriculture and Life Sciences 25 36 256Architecture, Art, and Planning 23 25 152Engineering 147 464 1,350Hotel 67 102 659Human Ecology 2 3 30ILR 29 42 304 * Employers seeking diverse majors from all colleges; includes Arts and Sciences.

■ Employers Hiring the Most CornelliansAmeriCorps CitiCornell UniversityErnst & Young General Electric

■ How Undergraduates Found Their JobsCornell Career Services 40.3% Interview through on-campus recruiting 15.2% CornellTRAK listing or resume referral 6.7% Previous externship/internship/co-op/employment 9.7% Career fair/forum contact on or off campus 7.1% Alumni referral 1.6% College office job listing <1.0%Personal, Alumni, or Faculty Contact 24.8% Personal contact 17.4% Faculty/department referral or job posting 4.0% Networking with alumni 3.4%Other Methods 22.7% Internet posting, excluding CornellTRAK 15.0% Other means, including newspaper ad, 4.7% ROTC, employment agency Direct application to employer 3.0%Internship or Previous Employment 11.7% Previous internship/co-op/employment 11.7% (not found through Career Services)

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JPMorgan Chase Lockheed Martin Morgan Stanley Peace Corps Teach for America

Salary Statistics■ Salary Statistics for Bachelor’s Degree Recipients 2009 2008 2007

Mean $47,698 $48,708 $47,857Median $46,030 $50,000 $48,115

■ Starting Salary Means by College 2009 2008 2007

Agriculture and Life Sciences $44,621 $45,486 $44,395Architecture, Art, and Planning $37,366 $38,990 $38,993Arts and Sciences $43,481 $43,257 $43,437Engineering $60,832 $62,550 $59,366Hotel $46,116 $47,394 $46,926Human Ecology $40,443 $40,051 $40,529ILR $47,138 $49,879 $49,583

■ Salary Statistics by Geographic Location Percent of Response Mean Salary

New York Metro 32.4% $51,628Mid-Atlantic 21.3% $46,897New England 10.8% $44,210West 8.9% $53,386Upstate New York 8.1% $39,188Midwest 4.9% $50,092Southeast 4.7% $40,654Southwest 4.4% $46,077International 4.5% $41,957

■ Salary Statistics by Employment Sector Percent of Response Mean Salary

Public Sector/Nonprofit Education 13.3% $35,374 Government 5.9% $39,317 Other Nonprofit 5.5% $30,903 Labor <1.0% $42,114Business/Industry Financial Services 18.7% $57,563 Consulting 13.3% $54,588 Technology 9.8% $64,140 Hospitality 8.7% $40,995 General Business 4.8% $49,610 Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals 4.5% $42,424 Communications/Media 3.5% $35,626 Manufacturing 3.1% $56,514 Retail 2.6% $49,816 Law 2.4% $39,110 Agriculture 2.3% $36,365 Insurance 1.3% $52,208

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Cornell Career Services■ Overview of ServicesCornell Career Services offers a broad range of programs and services to assist students with their career development.Career planning Career counseling and testing, library and Internet resources, shadowing and networking opportunitiesJob-search strategies Advice on the job search, workshops, employer career fairs (on and off campus)Employment services Interviews (on and off campus), resume referrals, job postings via the Internet Graduate and professional school advising Advice and workshops on the application process and fellowships, information resources, Graduate and Professional School Days

■ Annual ActivitiesIndividual advising appointments and walk-in advising sessions 13,854Career development and information programs, classroom presentations 501Students attending programs and presentations 11,704 Schools represented at annual Graduate and Professional School Days 213Students attending Graduate and Professional School Days 974Organizations represented at annual Cornell Career Services Career Fair 254Students attending Cornell Career Services Career Fair 4,630Organizations represented at annual Nonprofit and Government 63 Career FairStudents attending Nonprofit and Government Career Fair 504Job-shadowing experiences during winter and spring breaks, 2009 846 760 students completed 846 externships, offered by 612 alumni

The mission of Cornell Career Services is to contribute to the Cornell community of learning by providing outstanding career-development services that help students apply their education and experiences toward advancing their career goals over a lifetime.

Cornell Career Services educates students about career planning and the job-search process and promotes linkages between students and employers or graduate and professional schools.

To learn more about Cornell Career Services, please visit our website at career.cornell.edu.

Rebecca Sparrow, DirectorCornell Career Services103 Barnes Hall Ithaca, New York 14853607 255-5296

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