Mit Graduation

GRADUATING STUDENT SURVEY

June 2012 Survey Results

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Graduating Student Survey Report Table of Contents

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Introduction and Overview Plans after Graduation Average Salary and Bonus Top Industries and Employers

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Job Search Questions: How Graduates Find Their Jobs, Timeline, Average Number of Application, Interviews, and Offers Top US and International Locations for Employment Factors Affecting Job Decisions Top Graduate Destinations & Graduate School Questions Questions about Additional Experiences (Internship, UROP, International Experience Leadership, Public Services and Graduate School Plans) Employers by Department (Major) Employers of International Students Salary by Department (Major) Salary by Industry and Employer Data

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MIT Global Education and Career Development (GECD) is pleased to provide the results of the MIT Class of 2012 Graduating Student Survey, providing information about the immediate post-graduation plans of all MIT baccalaureate and master’s degree graduates from the Class of 2012. There were 1,511 respondents to the survey, representing 72.9 percent of the graduating class. This report represents a collaborative effort between this office and Institutional Research. I particularly want to thank Deborah Liverman, Director for Career Services, for her leadership of this survey. MIT’s Class of 2012 faced an improving job market with the second consecutive year of job growth; however, overall national hiring projections for recent college graduates have still not returned to pre-recession levels. Despite this, MIT graduates continued to outperform the national average in their employment outcomes. Highlights of our survey of the MIT Class of 2012 are presented below. • There were 53 percent of baccalaureate and 78.7 percent of master’s graduates who planned to enter the workforce immediately following graduation, representing a slight increase for...