This dashboard summarizes the last three years of outcomes attained by undergraduates in their first year after graduation, providing information regarding career success outcomes rates, employment, continuing education, and internships. The dashboard can be filtered by Campus, College, and Program.
- This unified systemwide dataset merges data from the Post-Graduation Survey (PGS) - collected at and in the months following graduation - with campus-specific surveys and external records such as the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) and the HEPdata Career Append Service.
- The Post-Graduation Survey instrument is the primary source of information from recent alumni. It became a systemwide initiative in Spring 2021, with phased implementation for College of Science and Engineering (Summer '21), Carlson School of Management (Fall '21), and University of Minnesota - Duluth (Summer '23).
Report Update Cadence:
- Once a year, typically mid/late-October
- The Career Success Outcomes rate is calculated as: ( Employed + Continuing education ) / (Employed + Continuing education + Seeking employment + Seeking continuing education ). Students indicating they are not seeking employment are omitted from calculation.
- Categories with fewer than 5 respondents are grouped into 'Other.' For instance, organizations with fewer than 5 responses are not listed individually in the 'Top Employers' table.
Campus
The University of Minnesota locations at Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester, Twin Cities and the entities that report to them.
Career Success Outcome
A measure used to account for a graduate's placement in a set of categories related to employment or education as determined by the University. The following categories are used to capture a graduates’ career success outcome:
- Employed full-time
- Employed part-time
- Participating in an internship or co-op
- Participating in a program of voluntary service
- Engaged in military service
- Self-employed or starting own business
- Freelance/contract assignment
- Pursuing continuing education
Scope includes primary activity of a graduate up to 1 year post-graduation.
College
Level of the academic structure representing broadly, but not limited to, divisions or schools offering courses and granting degrees.
Degrees Sought
The degree objective of the academic program a graduate is attending or planning to attend post-graduation. Examples: Bachelor’s Degree, Academic Master’s, Doctorate.
Employment Function
The job function of the primary employer as self selected by an employed graduate.
Employment Locations
UMN graduates accept positions all over the globe. The graphic displays the proportions of graduates working across the United States.
Employment Status
Primary Employment Status (PGS): A status that indicates a graduates’ employment activity post graduation as employed by a company or organization, completing an internship or co-op, working freelance, self-employed or working for a startup, completing military service, or providing volunteer service.
Internship Function
The specific job category or functional area (e.g., Marketing, Engineering, Research) describing the student's primary responsibilities.
Job Title
Job Title (PGS): The self selected job title that best represents the title associated with a graduate's employment.
Knowledge Rate
Knowledge Rate (PGS): The percentage of graduates for whom the University has post-graduation data via all means (survey method, employers, etc).
Program
Major or other field of study at the time of graduation, excluding degree information (BA, BS, etc).
Reporting Year/Class of
“Class of” for the University of Minnesota System is defined as Fall, Spring, Summer cohorts of a given year (i.e. Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023).
Starting Salary
Salary data is based on self-reported compensation information for full-time equivalent employment. These data do not reflect bonuses or other similar monetary benefits.
Top Employers
The most common employers that employed students have reported working for post-graduation.
Top Internship Organizations
The most common internship organizations that students have reported participating in.
Top Universities
The most common educational institutions UMN graduates attend to continue education.
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