U of I First Destination InitiativeIntroduction for IlliAAC Advisors

November 12, 2015

Julia Panke Makela Associate Director for Assessment & Research, The Career Center

What is the First Destination Initiative? A response to demands for information on where U of I students

go after graduation- Considerable pressure to know from many sources…

Parents and families Current and prospective students State and federal government Accrediting boards

Yes, another survey… but not just that - Also an opportunity to condense surveys across campus, and - A way to “tell the Illinois Story”

A career exploration tool for students + a data resource for faculty, staff, and administration

• Presidents and alumni• Grant funding agencies• And more!

What are the Main Components? Survey for all bachelor’s degree graduates

- as well as a few participating graduate degree programs

Annual reports for the University and individual Colleges

Career exploration data portal for current and prospective students- To answer the question: “what have graduates before me done with their

Illinois degree?”- Custom queries can be run, returning aggregated results where at least 20

graduate responses are available

Faculty, Staff, and Administrator data portal- To assist with accreditation, program review, and continuous improvement data

inquiries- Custom queries can be run, returning aggregated results where at least 20

graduate responses are available

Full IRB approval for the initiative, and future connections to national benchmarks

What does the First Destination Survey Look Like?

Four main components- Contact information- First destination- Contributions of experiential

learning (online version only)- Invitation to stay in touch with

career services and alumni affairs

(See the paper version handout.)

How does the First Destination Survey Work?

First contact is “At Graduation” (actually, shortly before)- Via email approximately 3 weeks prior to graduation- With additional opportunities to fill the survey out

during class time in SOME capstone courses, and at cap and gown pick-up

- Paper surveys are used as a backup when technology not available or students not on our list of graduates with survey accounts

Opportunities to update responses via email invitations at:- 3 months post-graduation- 6 months post-graduation- 12 months post-graduation

Participation incentives raffled at each data collection time, such as:- $25, $50, $75, and $100 Visa Gift or Amazon cards- Variety of Starbucks gift cards- Diploma frame (at May graduation)- I-Pad Air (at 12 month invitation)

What might a Data Portal do? The idea: provide instant access to custom queries of the first

destination data set at appropriate levels of detail.

- Career Exploration Portal: Students and their families will be able to use the data set as a career development tool, entering search criteria to learn what outcomes U of I graduates have achieved following their degrees.

- Admin Reporting Portal: Faculty, staff, and administrators will be able to search the data at greater detail to gather de-identified statistics for reporting needs and to consider outcomes of their programs.

We only know of three similar systems that are open to the public:- University of Texas System (SeekUT):

http://www.utsystem.edu/seekut/Terms.htm - Purdue University: https://www.cco.purdue.edu/data/- American University: http://www.american.edu/weknowsuccess/

Types of Data in the First Destination Data Set

Some

Very Preliminary

Data for May 2015

Undergraduate

Degree Graduates

3-Months

Post-Graduation

Current Response Rates

Graduating ClassNumber of Graduates

Number of Respondents

Response Rate

August 2014 597 216 36%December 2014 1,095 640 58%May 2015 5,872 4,097 70%Total 7,564 4,953 65%

Graduating ClassNumber of Graduates

Number of Respondents

Response Rate

August 2015 565 233 41%December 2015 1,384* Emails sent Tuesday, November 10, 2016May 2016Total* Based on initial “pre-graduation” expected graduates list. Actual graduates will be confirmed 8 weeks after graduation.

Primary Destinations (Categories Planned for the U of I Annual Report)

Primary Status

Number of Responden

ts

Percent of Respondent

s

Percent Secured First

DestinationEmployed 2132 50%

76%Continuing education 1086 26%Volunteer / service 18 <1%

Seeking employment 629 15%Seeking education 274 6%Other 115 3%

As we designed the annual reports, we decided to condense the survey categories. Otherwise the pages, tables, and graphs look cluttered and unwieldy for a broad, external audience. Data portals will still allow faculty and staff to access information at the finer level of detail.

Only two status categories contain combined scales. Employed contains: “working full-time,” “working part-time,” and “military service.” Other includes “not seeking,” “I’d rather not answer,” and “no response to question.” Other than “working full-time” percentages the number of responses in these other options tends to be small. This is the case across the data set for all Colleges and Departments that we have tested. We will continue to monitor this.

Primary Destinations Selected

76% of graduates report securing a first destination at 3-months post-graduation

50%

26%

0%

15%

6%

3%

EmployedContinuing educationVolunteer / serviceSeeking employmentSeeking educationOther

Sample Employers of May 2015 Graduates

Abbott LaboratoriesAccentureAerotekAIGAllstateAon HewittBoeingCapital OneCargill, Inc.Carle HospitalCaterpillar. Inc.Citgo Petroleum CorporationDeloitteEarn & YoungEnterpriseEpic SystemsExxonMobilFacebook

Northwestern UniversityPepsiCoPinnacle AISPricewaterhouseCoopersProtiviti ConsultingPWCSandia National LaboratoriesSage Environmental ConsultingScribe AmericaShellState FarmTeach for AmericaThe HartfordUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-

ChampaignWest Monroe PartnersYahooYelp …. (and many more) …

FBIGeneral ElectricGeneral MillsGoogleHoneywellHuron ConsultingIBMIllinois Student Assistance CommissionIndeed.comIntel CorporationJP Morgan ChaseKohl’s CorporationKPMGMeijerMicrosoft CorporationMu Sigma Inc. NASANestle

Initial Salary Analysis for Full-Time Employed May 2015 Undergraduate Degree Graduates

Number of Full-Time

Employed Graduates

Full-Time Employed Graduates Reporting

SalaryMean

Salary

Lower Quartile

(25%)

Median Salary (50%)

Upper Quartile

(75%)1,895 1,440 (76%) $56,942 $44,000 $58,000 $66,000

Note: Salary calculations exclude outliers two or more standard deviations away from the mean.

Also, to date, 565 graduates working full-time reported receiving signing bonuses, averaging $5,408 (median = $5,000).

Graduate School Acceptances – May 2015 Grads Adler University

Bradley University

Brown University

Boston University

Carnegie Mellon University

Columbia University

DePaul

Duke University

Eastern Illinois University

Florida State University

Georgetown University

Harvard University

Illinois State University

Indiana University

Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins University

Loyola University Chicago

Marquette University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Midwestern University

New York University

Northern Illinois University

Oregon State University

Rush University

Stanford University

UC Berkeley

UC, Los Angeles (UCLA)

UC, San Diego (UCSD)

University of Chicago

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of Iowa

University of Michigan

University of Missouri

University of Pennsylvania

University of Texas at Austin

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Vanderbilt University

Washington University at St. Louis

…. (and many more) …

Graduate School Areas of Study- May 2015 Grads

More than 150 Graduates

Engineering

Health professions

Business, management, marketing, and related support services

65 Graduates

Biological and biomedical sciences

33-36 Graduates

Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences

Psychology

Physical sciences

Social sciences

20-29 Graduates

Mathematics and statistics

Architecture and related services

Education

Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

Health-related knowledge and skills

10-17 Graduates

Computer and information sciences and support services

Engineering technologies and engineering-related fields

Communication, journalism, and related programs

Involvement in Experiential Learning

Type of Experiential Learning

Percent of Respondent

s

Percent Indicating Experience Led to Post

Graduation Employment

Internships 57% 36%Assistantships (teaching, research, etc.) 21% 8%Study abroad/away with internship or practicum component 17% 3%Service learning or other academic volunteering 15% 5%Field experiences / practicums 13% 10%Clinical experiences 10% 10%Student teaching 8% 5%Co-ops 2% 27%

No, I did not complete any of the above 11%I’d rather not answer 5%

84% of graduates indicated some type of experiential learning during their degree programs.

Internships and co-ops were highlighted most often as leading to post-graduate employment.

Staying in Touch The survey asks graduates if they would like to “stay in touch

with Career Services and Alumni Relations offices at the University of Illinois…”

- To date, 65% of respondents have replied “Yes” and provided contact information

Finally, a

Preview of

Our New Look!

Core Tagline Tailored Tagline Example Resource

Individual achievements. Global Impact.

Experience our points of pride. Annual report

Share your story. Survey requests

Get to know our grads. Success stories

Discover their journeys. Faculty/admin portal

• Annual Report Templates are currently in Development…

U of I First Destination InitiativePlease stay in touch – There is much more to come from this initiative!

For additional information, visit:www.careercenter.illinois.edu/research/firstdestination

Or contact Julia Panke Makela at jpmakela@illinois.edu

Primary Post-Graduation Destinations Selected

76% of graduates indicated that they have secured a first destination at graduation

Primary StatusNumber of

RespondentsPercent of

Respondents

Percent Secured First

DestinationWorking full-time 1895 45%

76 %

Working part-time 210 5%Engaged in military service 27 1%Engaged in volunteer service 18 0.4%Enrolling in additional education (accepted) 1086 26%

Seeking additional education (not accepted yet) 274 6%Unemployed and seeking employment 629 15%Unemployed and not seeking employment 18 0.4%I'd rather not answer 97 2%