UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Academic Plans

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

Over half (57%) of Language Studies BA degrees had plans to pursue graduate

education.

Language Studies MajorHumanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)

No plans to apply pursue in the next 5 years

Undecided

Not applied, but intend to within the next 5 years

Have applied, unknown acceptance

Accepted, plan to defer

Accepted and will start within the year

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Types of Academic Degrees

Language Studies Major Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)

Most (82%) graduates with a Language Studies Major had plans to obtain an

advanced degree - masters or PhD.

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Most Popular Field of Future Academic Study

Language Studies MajorHumanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

Language Studies BA graduates were interested in a variety of advanced degree

fields, the most popular being related to Foreign Languages, Literature and

Linguistics (31%).

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Employment Plans

Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)

Language Studies Major

Forty-two percent of

graduates with a BA degree

in Language Studies reported

being employed within 6

months of graduation.

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Employed vs Seeking Employment

Language Studies Major Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

Half of graduates with a BA degree in Language Studies were employed

compared to those seeking employment 6 months after graduation.

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Sectors where students were employed

Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)Language Studies Major

Of those employed, the majority (45%) of BA Language Studies graduates

reported working in the Education sector within 6 months of graduation.

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

Business

Industry/Manufacturing

Education

Government

Non-profit

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Employers & Job Titles

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Median Annual Salary

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

$31,320

$27,144

$28,800

$25,000

$26,000

$27,000

$28,000

$29,000

$30,000

$31,000

$32,000

Overall UCSC Graduates Humanities Division (excluding LanguageStudies major)

Language Studies BA

Fifty percent of graduates with a BA degree in Language Studies reported earning

$28,800 annually or higher within 6 months of graduation.

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Geographic Destinations

Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)

Language Studies Major

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

Sixty-four percent of Language

Studies BA graduates plan to

work in the Santa Cruz, San

Francisco Bay Area, or other

parts of Northern California.

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

When did they start looking for a job? (employed & seeking

employment)

About two-thirds (64%) of

Language Studies BA

graduates began looking for a

job before graduation.

Start the search early! Of

those who were employed

full-time, two-thirds started

searching for a job at least 3

months or more before

graduation.

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

How many job offers did they receive?

Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)Language Studies Major

Of those employed, 63% with a BA degree in Language Studies received 2 or

3 job offers.

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates

Internships

Graduates found their

internship by a variety of ways

– ranging from networking

with personal contacts to

using SlugQuest.

Forty percent had at least 1 or

more internships during their

studies at UCSC.

Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class

UCSC First Destination Survey

SlugQuest

On-campus interviews

Networking through UCSC contacts

Networking through personal contacts

Direct contact

Previous employer/internship

UCSC Career Center Fair

Other (non-UCSC) job site

Other