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Cal Poly Graduates Get Good Jobs Despite Economy
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly conferred degrees on some 3,196 bachelor's
candidates June 12, many of them with job offers already in hand.
Among the class of 2004, construction management graduates were
especially sought after, with more than 100 firms recruiting 60 spring
graduates, according to the College of Architecture and Environmental
Design, which offers the program.
According to a newly-released university report on 2002-2003 graduates,
construction management isn’t the only field in which Cal Poly grads
have been in high demand.
Overall, 81 percent of 2002-2003 Cal Poly graduates had job offers
within three months of graduation – with 60 percent of them having
full-time job offers before leaving campus.
In 2002-03, 93 percent or more of the grads majoring in construction
management, civil engineering, and graphic communication went straight
to full-time employment on earning their degree.
According to the 2002-2003 Graduate Status Report,
• 67 percent were employed full time
• 23 percent were attending graduate school
• 4 percent were employed part time
• 5 percent were still seeking employment
• 1 percent checked ‘other’
The median starting salary for 2002-2003 Cal Poly grads was $40,000 a year.
Top median annual starting salaries for 2002-2003 grads were:
• Computer Engineering grads, $58,350
• Electrical Engineering grads, $50,607
• Mechanical Engineering grads, $50,000
• Industrial Technology grads, $50,000
• Industrial Engineering grads, $50,000.
For the past decade, 92 to 96 percent of Cal Poly students have reported
working full-time or attending graduate school within one year of
graduation. And 91 percent of those were employed in fields relating to
their college degrees.
For more information about how Cal Poly grads fare in the job market
and
in admission to graduate school, read the report online at:
http://www.careerservices.calpoly.edu/Students/CareerPlanning/gsr.htm
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