University of Pittsburgh

Undergraduate Post-Graduate Activity Report - April 2012

Final Report

Placement Rate (90 Days Post): 95.5%

Response Rate

# of Responses# of GradsResponse %
April 2012 Response Rate29737080.3%

Graduate FT Employment Seeking Status (N=370)

StatusRespondents% of N
Seeking Full-time Employment24766.0%
Not Seeking Full-time Employment5014.0%
Not Reporting Next Step Status7320.0%
Total370100%

Graduate Status of Those Seeking Full-time Employment (N=247)

StatusRespondents% of N
Accepted FT Offer by 90 Days After Graduation*23695.5%
Still Seeking FT Employment114.5%
Total247100%

*This percentage is considered to be the "placement rate" although CBA has adopted the practice of not using this term

Overall Post-Graduate Activity (N=370)

StatusRespondents% of N
Accepted FT Offer23663.8%
Still Seeking FT Employment113.0%
Graduate School349.2%
Military10.3%
Postponing Job Search30.8%
Returning to Their Full-time Job00.0%
Starting a Business10.2%
Volunteer Program20.4%
Not Seeking for Other Reasons92.7%
Not Reporting7319.6%
Total370100%

Salary Statistics of Those Reporting (N=105)

 Amount
Mean Salary$49,053
Median Salary$48,000
Mean Bonus$4,500
Median Bonus$3,000
Low Salary$36,000
High Salary$70,000

Full-Time Acceptances by Job Function(N=160)

FunctionRespondents% of N
Consulting53.1%
Finance/Accounting8150.6%
General Management31.9%
Human Resources63.8%
Logistics/Transportation10.6%
Marketing/Sales4125.6%
Management Information Systems31.9%
Operations/Production53.1%
Other148.8%
Total160100%

FT Employment Data and Salary Data by Major for April 2012 (N=246)

Major# Seeking FT# Accepted% of Seeking**Average Salary
Accounting484798.0%$48,373
Accounting & Finance2424100.0%$49,220
Accounting & General Management3266.6%$55,500
Accounting & Marketing11100.0%NR
Finance626096.8%$50,740
Finance & General Management22100.0%$46,900
Finance & Global Management22100.0%$47,000
Finance & Marketing141392.9%$52,333
General Management1414100.0%$50,666
General Management & Marketing22100.0%$47,000
Global Management11100.0%$45,000
Global Management & Marketing33100.0%$45,000
Marketing706491.4%$47,060

**This percentage is considered to be the "placement rate" although CBA has adopted the practice of not using this term