Table 384. | Full-time employment status of bachelor's degree recipients 1 year after graduation, by field of study: 1976 to 2001 |
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | Percent employed full-time in a job | Percent employed full-time | Percent employed full-time | closely related to field of study | in nonprofessional jobs\1\ |_________________________________________________|__________________________________________________|_______________________________________ Field of study |1974-75|1979-80|1983-84|1985-86|1989-90|1999-2000|1974-75|1979-80|1983-84|1985-86|1989-90|1999-2000 |1974-75|1979-80|1983-84|1985-86|1989-90 |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- | gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- | gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |gradu- |ates in|ates in|ates in|ates in|ates in|ates in |ates in|ates in|ates in|ates in|ates in|ates in |ates in|ates in|ates in|ates in|ates in | May | May | June | June | June | July | May | May | June | June | June | July | May | May | June | June | June | 1976 | 1981 | 1985 | 1987 | 1991 | 2001 | 1976 | 1981 | 1985 | 1987 | 1991 | 2001 | 1976 | 1981 | 1985 | 1987 | 1991 __________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 __________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ Total ...........................| 67| 71| 73| 74| 74|84 (0.6) | 35| 38| 38| 38| 39| 52 (0.8)| 10| 12| 13| 14| 13 |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ Professional/technical fields ..........| 77| 80| 82| 81| 80|88 (0.8) | 51| 51| 47| 47| 48| 63 (1.3)| 9| 10| 13| 11| 11 Arts and sciences fields ...............| 56| 56| 56| 62| 64|77 (1.1) | 18| 17| 15| 25| 26| 39 (1.3)| 12| 14| 15| 15| 14 Other ..................................| 65| 74| 75| 74| 73|88 (1.2) | 36| 43| 47| 36| 38| 45 (2.2)| 9| 19| 12| 17| 13 |=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|=========|=======|=======|=======|=======|=======|==========|=======|=======|=======|=======|======= Newly qualified to teach .................| 66| 75| 73| 68| 74|82 (1.0) | 43| 56| 54| 47| 58| 44 (1.3)| 7| 8| 9| 9| 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not newly qualified to teach .............| 67| 71| 73| 74| 73|86 (0.7) | 33| 36| 36| 37| 36| 56 (1.1)| 12| 13| 13| 14| 14 Professional/technical fields ..........| 80| 81| 82| 82| 83|89 (0.9) | 52| 49| 47| 47| 48| 66 (1.5)| 10| 10| 13| 11| 12 Engineering ..........................| 79| 84| 84| 83| 84|87 (2.3) | 57| 55| 53| 46| 50| 71 (3.3)| 4| 2| 3| 5| 3 Business and management ..............| 84| 83| 85| 85| 83|93 (1.2) | 49| 44| 41| 40| 42| 62 (2.3)| 15| 14| 19| 17| 16 Health ...............................| 75| 77| 75| 76| 86|84 (1.7) | 71| 66| 70| 65| 83| 81 (2.3)| 2| 4| 2| 3| 1 Education\2\ .........................| 66| 67| 63| 73| 67|81 (6.9) | 22| 29| 24| 57| 39| 30 (9.2)| 12| 18| 16| 9| 11 Public affairs and services ..........| --- | 77| 74| 72| 66|87 (2.8) | --- | 46| 31| 37| 49| 58 (4.6)| --- | 10| 15| 20| 9 Arts and sciences fields ...............| 57| 56| 56| 63| 64|77 (1.5) | 17| 16| 15| 25| 23| 42 (1.8)| 13| 15| 15| 15| 15 Biological sciences ..................| 56| 45| 43| 42| 50|66 (3.9) | 26| 18| 17| 15| 26| 47 (5.0)| 6| 8| 11| 11| 8 Physical sciences and mathematics\3\ .| 50| 58| 51| 76| 72|89 (2.3) | 19| 29| 20| 48| 48| 66 (3.4)| 6| 2| 7| 9| 7 Psychology ...........................| 61| 56| 57| 66| 59|80 (3.2) | 22| 17| 12| 22| 22| 37 (4.5)| 18| 17| 16| 19| 14 Social sciences ......................| 59| 61| 61| 61| 68|76 (2.8) | 12| 10| 13| 12| 16| 25 (3.1)| 15| 21| 14| 17| 20 Humanities ...........................| 56| 55| 59| 59| 59|72 (3.5) | 12| 14| 17| 19| 11| 41 (3.9)| 17| 18| 19| 19| 21 Other ..................................| 68| 75| 77| 75| 73|89 (1.5) | 36| 43| 42| 36| 37| 48 (2.8)| 10| 20| 14| 21| 14 Communications .......................| --- | 71| 76| 77| 75|--- (---)| --- | 31| 31| 33| 29|--- (---) | --- | 24| 16| 18| 17 Miscellaneous ........................| 66| 76| 77| 74| 73|--- (---)| 35| 46| 46| 38| 38|--- (---) | 11| 19| 13| 23| 13 __________________________________________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|__________|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______ |
---Not available. NOTE: Data are from sample surveys of recent college graduates. Notes on methodology are included in the Guide to Sources. Data exclude bachelor's recipients from U.S. Service Schools. Deceased graduates and graduates living at foreign addresses at the time of the survey are not included. Data not available for 2001 on percent of graduates employed full-time in nonprofessional jobs. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Recent College Graduates" surveys, 1976 through 1991; and 2000/01 Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study (B&B:2000/01). (This table was prepared September 2003.)
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