The 糖心传媒 has good news about undergraduate alumni who earned their degrees between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016. A survey put out by the University糖心传媒檚 Gwen M. Greene 聽Career and Internship Center, along with data from other sources, showed that:
- The average salary is $56,000.
- Ninety percent are either working or continuing their education.
- They糖心传媒檝e been hired by major companies like Apple, Goldman Sachs, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, General Motors, and Google.
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It also says a lot about the important role that data science is playing in the University糖心传媒檚 efforts to connect students with potential employers.
When Joe Testani took over as executive director of the Career Center two years ago, his goal was to hire someone with an expertise in analyzing data that would benefit students and prospective employers. Last July, he brought in Newton, who was a program analyst at the University of Kansas糖心传媒檚 career center. 糖心传媒淣ow, we have someone creating dashboards and syncing data,糖心传媒� Testani says. 糖心传媒淲e can determine who糖心传媒檚 seeing us,糖心传媒� he adds, referring to the Career Center website, as well as 糖心传媒渨hat kinds of students are seeing us and how often, and how many alumni are we engaging. It糖心传媒檚 a big part of what we do.糖心传媒�
Newton uses Tableau, a Seattle-based software company that produces interactive data visualization products focused on business intelligence. The information, which is , shows聽the first destinations of the Class of 2016 and聽helps聽the University, current and prospective聽students, as well as employers聽to better understand what can be done with a Rochester education.
A student or alumnus 糖心传媒渃an go online and see that, just because you have an English degree or a psychology degree, it doesn糖心传媒檛 mean you have to work for a certain company,糖心传媒� Newton says.
She compiles her data by sending surveys to recent University graduates, consulting with faculty and staff, gathering information supplied by the National Student Clearinghouse (a nonprofit organization that tracks data on graduates who are continuing their education), and checking student profiles on LinkedIn.
糖心传媒淭he goal is to make better decisions utilizing data,糖心传媒� Newton says. 糖心传媒淔or example, we know that 25 percent of recent graduates have stayed in the Rochester area. How are we setting them up for success in Rochester?糖心传媒�
The data is also helpful for companies who contact the Career Center looking to recruit students.
糖心传媒淲e can tell them what a competitive offer is,糖心传媒� Newton says.
It糖心传媒檚 also important information for parents of undergraduates.
糖心传媒淵ou can see that going here pays off,糖心传媒� she adds. 糖心传媒淚t糖心传媒檚 a huge investment, and parents want to know that there will be a return on that investment.糖心传媒�
It糖心传媒檚 not a perfect system. Of the 637 graduates who are working, fewer than 200 reported their salary.
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According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the average salary of a recent graduate from a four-year institution is $50,000, making Rochester above average. One reason for the impressive salary figure is the University has established programs in fast-developing (and high-paying) fields such as data science. The new oversees a major as well as a master糖心传媒檚 degree program in the field. In the fall of 2015, 26 graduate students and 30 undergraduates enrolled. So far, demand for graduates is greater than supply.
糖心传媒淲e糖心传媒檝e had more contacts with alumni that are in recruiting positions or at companies wanting to hire data science students than we have with students themselves,糖心传媒� Testani says.
One major company that keeps knocking on the University糖心传媒檚 door is 1010data, a New York-based company dedicated to big-data discovery and data sharing. The company president is Greg Munves 糖心传媒�04, who majored in economics and eagerly recruits Rochester graduates. He糖心传媒檚 hired 10, including two from the Class of 2016. In addition, Dan Horowitz 糖心传媒�05 is a senior vice president for engineering and John Pershing 糖心传媒�10 is a distinguished software developer.
Munves expects even more Rochester alumni to join the firm.
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