POST-GRADUATE SURVEY 
                SUMMARY

 

 

 

 

GRADUATING CLASS

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       Employment and Graduate Study Endeavors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total number of surveys sent to 2005 graduates

 

256

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of graduates responding to survey

 

129

50.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT STATUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of respondents obtaining employment related to their field

 

94

72.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of respondents obtaining employment outside their field

 

26

20.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of respondents employed full-time

 

 

85

65.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of respondents employed part-time

 

 

26

20.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of respondents unemployed

 

 

 

10

7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of respondents serving in the Armed Forces

 

 

4

3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL STATUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of respondents entering graduate school immediately after graduation

35

27.1%

 

Number of respondents in graduate school one year after graduation

 

9

7.0%

 

Number of respondents planning to enter graduate school within 3 years

 

53

41.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER QUESTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of respondents employed in direct ministry related positions, full or part time

20

11.3%

 

Number of respondents in graduate school one year after graduation

96

80.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feel well prepared for your occupation by your Houghton education?**

 

 

 

Percentage of respondents answering this question who said "Yes"

 

114

84.8%

 

Percentage of respondents answering this question who said "No"

 

 15

8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Percentages based on number of surveys returned.

 

 

 

 

 

(**Note: this is the last question on the survey and requires a written response,

 

 

 

92.7% answered and 7.3% left the written section blank)