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Table 398. Percentage distribution of 1999-2000 bachelor's degree recipients 1 year after graduation, by field of study, time to completion, enrollment status, employment status, occupational area, job characteristics, and annual salaries: 2001
Status All fields
of study
Professional/technical fields Arts and sciences Other fields
Business and
management
Education Engineering Health
professions
Public affairs
and
social services
Biological
sciences
Mathematics
and physical
sciences
Social
sciences
History Humanities Psychology
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Total 1999-2000 graduates 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†)
Time between high school
   graduation and degree
   completion
                                                   
4 years or less 32.7 (0.79) 28.2 (1.72) 25.6 (1.80) 23.0 (2.26) 26.2 (2.05) 27.6 (2.58) 44.5 (2.40) 32.5 (2.42) 44.7 (2.37) 42.5 (4.42) 38.1 (2.07) 42.8 (2.37) 31.3 (1.55)
More than 4, up to 5 years 22.9 (0.59) 19.7 (1.40) 25.8 (1.67) 32.4 (2.49) 21.5 (1.75) 23.1 (2.70) 24.6 (2.27) 22.2 (2.00) 22.1 (1.98) 18.3 (2.95) 20.2 (1.50) 18.4 (1.86) 26.3 (1.38)
More than 5, up to 6 years 10.8 (0.48) 10.0 (1.14) 14.2 (1.14) 15.3 (1.14) 11.1 (1.14) 9.1 (1.14) 6.5 (1.14) 11.8 (1.14) 9.5 (1.14) 7.4 (1.14) 11.6 (1.14) 8.5 (1.14) 11.2 (1.14)
More than 6, up to 10 years 14.8 (0.56) 15.3 (1.49) 15.7 (1.66) 15.4 (2.13) 14.9 (1.59) 15.7 (2.93) 16.6 (2.18) 15.0 (2.06) 11.5 (1.43) 12.3 (2.74) 15.4 (1.55) 14.0 (1.78) 14.3 (1.40)
More than 10 years 18.9 (0.62) 26.8 (1.78) 18.6 (1.79) 13.9 (1.81) 26.3 (1.77) 24.6 (2.71) 7.8 (1.44) 18.4 (2.13) 12.2 (1.52) 19.5 (3.47) 14.8 (1.45) 16.4 (1.92) 17.0 (1.45)
                                                     
Enrollment status                                                    
Enrolled full time 14.2 (0.49) 7.0 (0.91) 6.8 (1.00) 9.7 (1.47) 16.4 (1.35) 11.5 (1.86) 41.5 (2.79) 17.2 (2.00) 23.9 (2.00) 16.7 (2.48) 14.7 (1.24) 23.3 (2.02) 11.1 (0.97)
Enrolled part time 6.5 (0.31) 5.4 (0.80) 11.2 (1.15) 8.9 (1.55) 5.6 (1.00) 7.6 (1.76) 4.0 (0.92) 7.2 (1.40) 4.7 (0.90) 12.2 (3.20) 6.5 (0.94) 7.7 (1.15) 5.0 (0.72)
Not enrolled 79.4 (0.54) 87.6 (1.09) 82.0 (1.45) 81.4 (2.03) 78.1 (1.62) 80.9 (2.34) 54.6 (2.73) 75.6 (2.38) 71.5 (2.14) 71.1 (3.67) 78.9 (1.53) 69.0 (2.13) 83.9 (1.18)
                                                     
Employment status                                                    
Employed 87.4 (0.44) 91.8 (1.05) 93.9 (0.91) 93.0 (1.39) 88.5 (1.25) 90.9 (1.90) 70.2 (2.49) 88.4 (1.59) 81.2 (1.70) 88.7 (2.27) 85.2 (1.49) 80.8 (1.97) 87.0 (1.02)
Full time 76.5 (0.54) 85.5 (1.29) 84.0 (1.44) 86.0 (1.78) 74.8 (1.67) 85.1 (2.21) 52.6 (2.78) 80.7 (2.02) 66.0 (2.18) 76.8 (2.99) 67.5 (1.83) 64.0 (2.50) 78.6 (1.27)
Part time 10.9 (0.42) 6.2 (0.90) 9.8 (1.15) 6.9 (1.23) 13.7 (1.29) 5.8 (1.23) 17.6 (1.88) 7.7 (1.23) 15.2 (1.71) 11.9 (2.11) 17.7 (1.55) 16.8 (1.92) 8.4 (0.86)
Unemployed1 6.2 (0.33) 5.4 (0.90) 2.2 (0.49) 4.4 (1.06) 4.9 (0.90) 4.9 (1.32) 6.7 (1.31) 4.4 (1.06) 7.8 (1.08) 5.5 (1.80) 8.1 (1.07) 9.8 (1.58) 7.8 (0.78)
Not in labor force2  6.4 (0.32) 2.9 (0.59) 4.0 (0.74) 2.7 (0.83) 6.6 (0.89) 4.2 (1.04) 23.2 (2.26) 7.3 (1.26) 11.0 (1.40) 5.8 (1.47) 6.7 (0.93) 9.5 (1.38) 5.2 (0.74)
                                                     
Unemployment rate3  4.0 (0.33) 2.9 (0.65) 2.6 (1.38) 2.9 (0.86) 3.1 (0.78) 3.5 (1.01) 8.6 (2.08) 2.8 (1.09) 6.1 (1.25) 7.2 (2.06) 4.9 (1.02) 3.9 (0.92) 3.9 (0.69)
                                                     
Total employed 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†) 100.0 (†)
Occupation                                                    
Business management 25.3 (0.57) 55.4 (1.78) 4.2 (0.83) 11.1 (1.85) 10.8 (1.37) 19.0 (2.68) 15.2 (2.12) 14.6 (2.17) 33.7 (2.07) 22.5 (4.14) 18.1 (1.65) 19.8 (2.24) 22.9 (1.51)
Education 18.1 (0.56) 3.2 (0.65) 81.9 (1.67) 3.0 (1.01) 7.6 (1.08) 11.0 (2.69) 12.6 (1.91) 11.7 (1.90) 13.5 (1.69) 24.0 (3.90) 24.5 (1.72) 21.9 (2.36) 14.2 (1.26)
Engineering 4.8 (0.31) 1.2 (0.33) # (†) 53.0 (3.11) # (†) 0.7 (0.47) 1.2 (0.81) 9.2 (1.40) 0.5 (0.24) # (†) 0.5 (0.37) # (†) 3.9 (0.76)
Health professions 7.8 (0.38) 1.0 (0.36) 1.6 (0.51) 0.4 (0.30) 61.8 (2.27) 4.3 (1.15) 15.6 (1.96) 2.0 (0.77) 3.4 (0.96) 2.0 (1.97) 1.5 (0.42) 7.9 (1.28) 3.6 (0.67)
Computer science/programming 6.8 (0.37) 9.0 (1.05) 1.2 (0.41) 10.1 (1.93) 0.8 (0.33) 2.3 (1.00) 2.3 (0.70) 35.9 (2.42) 4.9 (1.22) 1.8 (0.97) 5.4 (0.99) 2.1 (0.73) 4.8 (0.94)
Other professional4  11.2 (0.42) 2.3 (0.51) 1.5 (0.37) 13.5 (2.08) 5.7 (1.06) 26.7 (2.78) 32.7 (2.82) 16.7 (1.82) 15.2 (1.78) 9.1 (2.34) 10.8 (1.28) 21.2 (2.09) 14.7 (1.19)
                                                     
Administrative/clerical/
    support
5.4 (0.33) 5.7 (0.91) 3.5 (0.74) 1.6 (0.60) 2.8 (0.70) 5.1 (1.30) 5.0 (1.40) 3.0 (0.82) 8.8 (1.27) 7.6 (2.15) 8.6 (1.05) 5.9 (1.39) 5.1 (0.73)
Mechanic/operator/laborer 3.3 (0.27) 3.8 (0.78) 1.1 (0.41) 3.6 (1.08) 2.0 (0.74) 2.0 (0.96) 6.1 (1.72) 1.8 (0.68) 1.2 (0.57) 8.3 (2.47) 4.7 (0.85) 2.0 (1.01) 4.8 (0.75)
Sales 6.8 (0.38) 12.2 (1.21) 1.0 (0.45) 1.3 (0.53) 2.9 (0.69) 2.2 (0.79) 3.3 (1.08) 2.0 (0.96) 4.0 (0.91) 11.1 (2.44) 6.8 (1.07) 4.3 (0.93) 12.3 (1.13)
Service 8.1 (0.41) 5.1 (0.83) 3.3 (0.86) 1.7 (0.57) 4.4 (1.05) 5.4 (1.61) 5.0 (1.09) 1.5 (0.54) 11.1 (1.75) 12.2 (2.84) 18.5 (1.60) 11.3 (1.74) 10.7 (1.15)
Military/protective service 2.4 (0.24) 1.2 (0.41) 0.8 (0.47) 0.6 (0.36) 1.2 (0.47) 21.5 (2.89) 1.0 (0.47) 1.7 (0.62) 3.6 (0.81) 1.5 (0.88) 0.6 (0.29) 3.5 (1.02) 2.9 (0.64)
                                                     
Job characteristics                                                    
Job is start of career 71.4 (0.67) 75.7 (1.60) 86.6 (1.41) 89.1 (1.61) 73.4 (1.88) 75.8 (2.62) 60.0 (3.28) 76.3 (2.37) 62.4 (2.54) 58.9 (4.08) 61.7 (1.98) 56.6 (2.84) 68.1 (1.62)
Job closely related to
    bachelor's degree
54.0 (0.72) 55.8 (1.66) 82.7 (1.48) 69.3 (2.85) 74.6 (1.95) 59.3 (2.93) 47.1 (3.06) 66.3 (2.62) 29.0 (2.09) 24.8 (3.78) 41.3 (1.95) 35.8 (2.82) 47.0 (2.14)
                                                     
Annual salaries5                                                    
Less than $10,000 1.4 (0.16) 0.4 (0.20) 1.8 (0.57) 0.8 (0.74) 0.6 (0.22) 1.1 (0.58) 1.8 (0.69) 0.8 (0.64) 2.2 (0.70) 3.3 (2.14) 1.8 (0.42) 5.5 (1.48) 1.3 (0.45)
$10,000 to $14,999 2.6 (0.24) 1.0 (0.41) 1.6 (0.42) 0.5 (0.37) 1.3 (0.50) 2.7 (1.44) 4.7 (1.43) 0.7 (0.33) 2.9 (0.79) 2.0 (0.85) 5.4 (0.98) 4.1 (1.24) 3.0 (0.60)
$15,000 to $19,999 5.4 (0.34) 1.8 (0.57) 7.3 (1.14) 1.4 (0.58) 2.8 (0.76) 8.0 (2.16) 9.7 (2.04) 4.2 (1.06) 4.3 (1.03) 8.1 (3.02) 9.1 (1.10) 7.8 (1.85) 7.4 (1.01)
$20,000 to $24,999 11.2 (0.47) 5.7 (0.92) 16.4 (1.76) 1.5 (0.64) 6.4 (1.20) 18.2 (2.74) 13.7 (2.24) 6.6 (1.41) 13.6 (1.79) 11.2 (2.63) 14.7 (1.43) 18.9 (1.99) 15.0 (1.36)
$25,000 to $34,999 36.4 (0.81) 29.3 (1.96) 62.0 (2.18) 5.7 (1.54) 30.2 (2.07) 46.2 (3.38) 37.1 (3.43) 24.7 (2.87) 39.0 (2.77) 47.2 (4.85) 43.3 (2.25) 41.1 (3.12) 37.3 (2.03)
$35,000 to $49,999 28.0 (0.77) 41.1 (2.01) 9.5 (1.24) 44.0 (3.20) 40.3 (2.23) 16.3 (2.39) 25.5 (3.27) 28.3 (2.83) 26.7 (2.41) 26.9 (4.48) 20.2 (1.86) 16.1 (2.38) 24.4 (1.73)
$50,000 to $74,999 12.3 (0.54) 15.9 (1.48) 1.4 (0.59) 43.1 (3.19) 14.7 (1.73) 4.5 (1.38) 5.8 (1.73) 29.5 (2.94) 8.4 (1.58) 1.3 (1.08) 4.9 (1.05) 4.8 (1.22) 9.5 (1.25)
$75,000 or more 2.9 (0.29) 4.9 (0.90) # (†) 3.0 (0.93) 3.8 (0.99) 2.9 (1.44) 1.7 (1.10) 5.2 (1.13) 2.8 (0.86) # (†) 0.7 (0.32) 1.8 (1.13) 2.2 (0.60)
Average annual salary6 $35,408 (316.03) $41,008 (941.17) $27,634 (345.72) $47,931 (790.00) $39,441 (1089.63) $30,400 (1054.74) $30,749 (978.36) $42,755 (980.96) $33,892 (915.97) $29,984 (1053.22) $30,102 (846.49) $28,835 (905.66) $32,780 (627.52)
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
1 Percent of all persons (including those not in the labor force) who are not working, but are looking for work.
2 Percent not working and not looking for work.
3 Percent of persons in the labor force (excluding those not in the labor force) who are not working, but are looking for work.
4 All other professional occupations excluding business, teaching, engineering, health, and computer science.
5 Salaries for those employed full time.
6 Respondents reporting salaries less than $1,000 or more than $500,000 were excluded.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Data exclude bachelor's degree recipients from U.S. Service Academies, deceased graduates, and graduates living at foreign addresses at the time of the survey. Standard errors appear in parentheses.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2000/01 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:2000/01). (This table was prepared September 2003.)

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