Follow Up Study Of the Class of 2003

The data for this report was collected from June of 2004 through September of 2004. The information reflects the employment status of the year 2003 graduates from Christian Brothers University. Of the 430 graduates surveyed, we were able to obtain information from 97 (22.6%). Of these who responded, there were 26 from graduate programs and 71 from undergraduate programs. Of the undergraduates responding, 57 were day students and 14 were evening students.

Frequencies:
Number of Students Surveyed 430
Total Responses Obtained 97

Number of Respondents by Gender:
Male 41
Female 56

Number of Respondents by Program:
Day Program 57
Evening 14
Masters Programs 26

Number of Respondents by Degree Achieved:
Graduated With Bachelors Degree 71
Graduated With Masters Degree 26

Number of Respondents by School:
Arts 22
Business 29
Engineering 10
Science 10
All Masters Programs 26

Number of Respondents by Major:

ARTS
Education 4
English 2
English for Corporate Communications and Management 2
Psychology 10
Psychology, Applied 3

ENGINEERING
Chemical/Biochemical Engineering 2
Civil/Environmental Engineering 2
Electrical/Computer Engineering 3
Mechanical Engineering 3

BUSINESS
Accounting 8
Economics/Finance 3
Information Technology Management 11
Management 4
Marketing 4

SCIENCES

Biology 5
Computer Science 2
Natural Science 3
Masters, Engineering Management 5
Masters in Business Administration 3
Masters in Education 18

 

2003 Highlights

Employed (n=97)

 

      Yes

 88.7%

      No

 11.3%

Relationship Between Job and Major (n=88)

 

      Highly Related

 58.0%

      Somewhat Related

 28.4%

      Not At All Related

 13.6%

Source of Present Job (n=69)

 

      Career Center

  4.3%

      Networking

 47.8%

      Internship/Co-op

 11.6%

      Employment Agency

  4.3%

      Internet Searches

   8.7%

      Job Fairs

   0.0%

      Classified Ads in Newspaper

 10.2%

      Direct Mail/Telemarketing/Cold Calls

 13.1%

 State of Current Residence:

STATE OF RESIDENCY

# of Residents

California

1

Florida

1

Georgia

1

Kansas

1

Kentucky

1

Louisiana

2

Mississippi

4

Ohio

1

Oregon

1

Tennessee

81

Texas

2

Virginia

1

Graduate School Information by Major

 

Completed Graduate Degree

Completed Some Graduate Education

Currently Attending Graduate School

Planning to Attend Graduate School

Have Not and Do Not Plan to Attend

Accounting (n=8)

  0.0%

  0.0%

 12.5%

 50.0%

37.5%

Biology (n=5)

  0.0%

20.0%

 40.0%

 40.0%

  0.0%

Chemical Engineering (n=2)

  0.0%

  0.0%

   0.0%

100.0%

  0.0%

Civil Engineering (n=2)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

 50.0%

50.0%

Computer Science (n=2)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

 50.0%

50.0%

Economics/Finance (n=3)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

100.0%

  0.0%

Education (n=4)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

100.0%

  0.0%

Electrical Engineering (n=3)

  0.0%

  0.0%

33.3%

  33.3%

33.3%

English  (n=2)

  0.0%

  0.0%

50.0%

   0.0%

50.0%

ECCM (n=2)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

100.0%

  0.0%

ITM (n=10)

10.0%

  0.0%

10.0%

  70.0%

10.0%

Management (n=3)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

  33.3%

66.7%

Marketing (n=4)

  0.0%

  0.0%

50.0%

  50.0%

  0.0%

Mechanical Engineering (n=2)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

  50.0%

 50.0%

Natural Science (n=3)

  0.0%

  0.0%

33.3%

  66.7%

   0.0%

Psychology (n=10)

  0.0%

  0.0%

20.0%

  70.0%

 10.0%

Psychology, Applied (n=3)

  0.0%

33.3%

  0.0%

  66.7%

   0.0%

Totals Undergraduate Population responding (n=68)

  1.5%

   2.9%

16.2%

  61.8%

 17.6%

 

Undergraduate

 

2003

Currently Enrolled in Graduate School (n=68)

 

16.2%

Leading Areas of Graduate Study:

1)

Medicine (n=4)

 

2)

Education (n=3)

 

3)

MBA (n=3)

 

4)

Health Admin (n=1)

Schools of Graduate Study Attending:

1)

University of Illinois (n=1)

 

2)

University of Memphis (n=5)

 

3)

University of Phoenix (n=1)

 

4)

UT-Memphis (n=4)

Used Career Center Services (n=71)

 

 

      Yes

 

64.8%

      No

 

35.2%

Rating Of Overall Career Center Services (n=45)

 

 

      Excellent

 

  8.9%

      Good

 

40.0%

      Fair

 

31.1%

      Poor

 

17.8%

      N/A

 

  2.2%

 

Program & School Totals for Class of 2003

 

All Bachelor Programs

All Masters Programs

School of  Arts

School of Business

School of Engineering

School of Sciences

Employment

(n=60)

(n=26)

(n=16)

(n=30)

(n=8)

(n=6)

Rating of Career Center (Overall)

(n=45)

(n=3)

(n=13)

(n=17)

(n=9)

(n=6)

      Excellent

  8.9%

  33.3%

  15.4%

11.8%

   0.0%

   0.0%

      Good

40.0%

  66.7%

  38.5%

41.2%

 33.3%

 50.0%

      Fair

31.1%

   0.0%

  46.2%

17.6%

 33.3%

 33.3%

      Poor

17.8%

   0.0%

   0.0%

29.4%

 33.3%

   0.0%

      N/A

  2.2%

   0.0%

   0.0%

  0.0%

   0.0%

 16.7%

Used Career Center Services

64.8%

11.5%

 61.9%

60.0%

90.0%

60.0%

Percent Currently Enrolled in Graduate School:

16.2%

  0.0%

 14.3%

14.3%

11.1%

30.0%

Salary Information

 

Below 20,000

20,001 to 30,000

30,001 to 40,000

40,001 to 50,000

50,001 to 60,000

60,001 to 70,000

70,001 to 80,000

80,001 to 90,000

90,001 to 100.000

100,001 to 125,000

125,001 to 150,000

Above 150,000

Totals (n=73)

9.6%

20.5%

20.5%

28.8%

 8.2%

 2.7%

4.1%

2.7%

1.4%

1.4%

0.0%

0.0%

School of Arts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Education (n=1)

 0.0%

 100.0%

0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      English (n=2)

50.0%

 0.0%

    50.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      ECCM (n=2)

  0.0%

100.0%

    0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Psychology (n=7)

  28.6%

57.1%

  .0%

 0.0%

14.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Applied Psych (n=3)        

    0.0%

  33.3%

  33.3%

 33.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

School of Business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Accounting (n=7)

   0.0%

   0.0%

  28.6%

  71.4%

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Econ/Finance  (n=3)

   0.0%

   0.0%

  33.3%

    0.0%

33.3%

33.3%

  0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      ITM (n=9)

   0.0%

   0.0%

   44.4%

    33.3%

 22.2%

  0.0%

  0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Management (n=4)

 25.0%

   0.0%

    0.0%

   25.0%

  0.0%

 25.0%

 25.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Marketing (n=2)

   0.0%

100.0%

    0.0%

     0.0%

  0.0%

   0.0%

   0.0%

  0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

School of Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Chemical (n=2)

  0.0%

50.0%

  0.0%

   50.0%

    0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Civil (n=2)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

  100.0%

    0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Electrical (n=1)

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

  100.0%

    0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Mechanical (n=3)

  0.0%

  0.0%

 66.7%

     0.0%

  33.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

School of Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Biology (n=2)

100.0%

  0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Computer Science (n=2)

    0.0%

50.0%

0.0%

0.0%

50.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

      Natural Science (n=1)

100.0%

  0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Masters Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      MEd  (n=14)

0.0%

21.4%

  28.6%

50.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

    0.0%

  0.0%

    0.0%

    0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

      MEM  (n=3)

0.0%

 0.0%

    0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

    0.0%

66.7%

    0.0%

  33.3%

  0.0%

  0.0%

      MBA (n=3)

0.0%

 0.0%

    0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

  66.7%

 0.0%

  33.3%

    0.0%

   0.0%

   0.0%

School Totals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

School of Arts (n=15)

 20.0%

 53.3%

13.3%

  6.7%

  6.7%

 0.0%

0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

School of Business (n=25)

  4.0%

  8.0%

28.0%

36.0%

 12.0%

 8.0%

4.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

School of Engineering (n=8)

  0.0%

 12.5%

25.0%

50.0%

 12.5%

 0.0%

 0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

School of Sciences (n=5)

 60.0%

 20.0%

  0.0%

  0.0%

 20.0%

 0.0%

 0.0%

 0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

All Masters Programs (n=20)

   0.0%

 15.0%

 20.0%

 35.0%

   0.0%

 0.0%

 10.0%

10.0%

5.0%

5.0%

0.0%

0.0%

2003 GRADUATES: Where are they now?

 

SCHOOL OF ARTS                        Management

                                Am Comm Lines

Education                                Lipscomb & Pitts

St. Agnes Academy                                Self-employed

St. Ann School, Bartlett                                Premcor Refining

                               

English                                Marketing

Memphis City Schools                                Ericson Group

The Millington Star                                Aeropostale

                                Medtronic Sofamor Danek

ECCM                                Dean Lotz Personal Fitness

Pickering Incorporated          

Goldsmith’s - Macy’s                                SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

                               

Psychology                                Chemical Engineering

University of Tennessee Cancer Institute                                Wright Medical Technology, Inc.

University of Memphis                                Osmose, Inc.

Camelot Care Centers                  

Communicare                                Civil Engineering

City of Memphis                                Fisher & Arnold, Inc.

Starbucks                                Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

Super Target          

                                Mechanical Engineering

Applied Psychology                                Cooper Cameron Corporation

Memphis Police Dept                                Velsicol Chemical

FedEx Express                                Plastech

Behavioral Service of Tennessee          

                                SCHOOL OF SCIENCES

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS     

                                Biology

Accounting                                Sunrise Community

First Tennessee Bank                                The Limited

Ernst & Young LLP                                Lichterman Nature Center

ADESA Corporation           

KPMG LLP                                Computer Science

Kevin Thomas & Associates, CPAs                                First Horizon National

Clark & Clark        

Deloitte & Touche LLP                                Natural Science

Burleigh Consulting Group                                Revid LLC

                               

Economics/Finance                                MASTERS-LEVEL PROGRAMS

Delta Casket Company               

FTN Financial                                Engineering Management

Walgreen Company                                Carrier Corporation

                                FedEx Express

ITM                       

SBS                                MBA

County of Riverside, California                                Henry Schein, Inc.

Lee Company                                Sedgwick CMS

UT Hospital                                TSYS

Exel                        

Papa John’s International                                MEd

Terminix                                Christian Brothers University

International Paper                                Shelby County Schools

Christian Brothers High School                                Memphis City Schools

Power & Telephone Supply                                Edward Jones Investments

                                CTRCA

                                Youth Villages

                                Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital

                                University of Akron

                Shelby County Division of Corrections