Table 388. | Employment status of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients 4 years after graduation, by field of study and occupational area: 1997 [Percentage distribution] |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | Professional/technical fields | Arts and sciences | | All |____________________________________________|_________________________________________________________| Status in April 1997 | fields | | | | | Public | | Mathema- | | | | | | of |Business| | | |affairs | Biolo- |tics, com-| | | | | Other | study | and | Educa- | Engin- |Health | and | gical |puter, and| Social |History |Humani- |Psychology| fields | |manage- | tion | eering |profes- | social |sciences| physical |sciences| | ties | | | | ment | | | sions |services| | sciences | | | | | ____________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|________|________|________|__________|________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 ____________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|________|________|________|__________|________ Total 1992-93 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\1\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 years or less ....................| 31.1 | 27.5 | 28.0 | 21.4 | 18.0 | 24.3 | 47.7 | 35.0 | 45.1 | 43.2 | 34.3 | 36.6 | 29.9 More than 4, up to 5 years .........| 27.6 | 27.2 | 30.9 | 35.2 | 26.2 | 28.3 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 24.7 | 19.3 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 30.3 More than 5, up to 6 years .........| 11.2 | 9.4 | 10.5 | 16.2 | 12.7 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 16.8 | 11.0 | 7.2 | 13.3 More than 6, up to 10 years ........| 12.7 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 6.8 | 16.1 | 12.7 | 6.5 | 14.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 More than 10 years .................| 17.4 | 22.6 | 18.5 | 13.8 | 28.1 | 21.0 | 11.1 | 15.9 | 7.4 | 14.3 | 14.6 | 20.0 | 14.7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Enrollment status in April 1997 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Enrolled full-time .................| 8.5 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 33.9 | 12.6 | 10.9 | 13.8 | 10.5 | 18.8 | 6.3 Enrolled part-time .................| 9.2 | 5.7 | 16.9 | 11.1 | 6.5 | 9.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 11.9 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 8.1 Not enrolled .......................| 82.4 | 90.7 | 77.7 | 82.3 | 86.0 | 86.9 | 58.0 | 79.2 | 77.3 | 77.1 | 81.2 | 73.4 | 85.8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Employment status | | | | | | | | | | | | | Employed ...........................| 89.3 | 93.2 | 91.1 | 94.1 | 89.1 | 92.8 | 67.3 | 87.6 | 87.7 | 84.6 | 85.3 | 82.1 | 91.7 Full time ........................| 81.0 | 89.2 | 80.8 | 91.1 | 76.6 | 83.8 | 56.8 | 80.4 | 79.3 | 76.7 | 71.0 | 71.5 | 82.7 Part time ........................| 8.3 | 4.0 | 10.3 | 2.9 | 12.5 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 14.3 | 10.7 | 9.0 Unemployed\2\.......................| 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 5.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 2.3 Not in labor force\3\...............| 8.1 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 27.5 | 10.0 | 8.8 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 13.5 | 6.0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Unemployment experiences since | | | | | | | | | | | | | graduation | | | | | | | | | | | | | Experienced any unemployment .......| 39.8 | 36.2 | 46.8 | 39.2 | 27.9 | 35.8 | 39.4 | 36.3 | 43.7 | 44.3 | 43.6 | 39.2 | 43.1 Average total number of months | | | | | | | | | | | | | unemployed ......................| 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 6.8 April 1997 unemployment rate\4\ ....| 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 7.2 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 2.5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |========|========|========|========|========|========|========|==========|========|========|========|==========|======== 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 ................| 20.9 | 39.2 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 16.6 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 26.5 | 16.7 | 16.5 | 18.1 | 20.1 Educator ...........................| 16.2 | 2.6 | 64.6 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 17.5 | 16.4 | 9.4 | 35.3 | 17.0 | 14.2 | 12.2 Engineering ........................| 5.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 49.9 | 4.1 | (\5\) | 2.6 | 6.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 2.2 Health professions .................| 7.8 | 1.6 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 62.6 | 5.5 | 15.0 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 8.0 | 3.9 Other profession\6\ ................| 11.1 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 9.1 | 2.5 | 25.3 | 14.4 | 10.0 | 15.1 | 7.0 | 22.5 | 26.4 | 18.0 Computer science/programming .......| 5.0 | 5.3 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 25.2 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.4 | 2.5 | 3.0 Non-computer technician ............| 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 6.0 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | (\5\) | 1.4 Administrative/clerical/support ....| 13.6 | 19.4 | 8.1 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 17.5 | 9.2 | 11.6 | 17.6 | 10.5 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 16.3 Mechanic operator/laborer ..........| 5.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 5.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 6.9 Sales ..............................| 8.1 | 13.8 | 3.0 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 8.6 | 12.3 | 6.2 | 7.0 | 9.5 Service ............................| 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 2.0 | 4.2 Military/protective service ........| 2.4 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 20.9 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Job characteristics in April 1997 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Definite career potential ..........| 57.3 | 60.0 | 51.4 | 65.0 | 58.4 | 47.1 | 50.1 | 64.6 | 58.2 | 55.8 | 52.2 | 50.6 | 59.0 Job closely related to | | | | | | | | | | | | | bachelor's degree ................| 56.0 | 57.6 | 67.7 | 61.2 | 85.0 | 59.6 | 49.0 | 65.6 | 31.2 | 34.6 | 41.0 | 46.3 | 50.1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Annual salaries\7\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | Less than $10,000 ..................| 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.6 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 8.3 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 1.5 $10,000 to $14,999 .................| 3.7 | 1.9 | 5.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 $15,000 to $19,999 .................| 8.3 | 5.3 | 16.0 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 13.6 | 9.2 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 12.9 $20,000 to $24,999 .................| 14.2 | 11.9 | 26.6 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 17.3 | 19.0 | 11.5 | 14.5 | 17.6 | 17.4 | 19.1 | 12.7 $25,000 to $34,999 .................| 33.2 | 29.7 | 39.2 | 13.2 | 29.9 | 38.3 | 37.1 | 26.3 | 34.9 | 35.4 | 37.9 | 40.9 | 39.7 $35,000 to $49,999 .................| 25.8 | 32.8 | 6.3 | 54.9 | 36.5 | 20.2 | 20.7 | 35.4 | 23.3 | 22.6 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 18.0 $50,000 to $74,999 .................| 10.4 | 13.1 | 2.7 | 24.5 | 21.1 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 12.2 | 9.7 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 7.9 $75,000 or more ....................| 3.0 | 4.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 3.1 Average annual salary\8\ ...........|$34,252 |$37,454 |$26,513 |$44,524 |$39,421 |$30,563 |$29,331 | $38,418 |$35,536 |$28,147 |$30,179 | $28,197 |$32,208 ____________________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|__________|________|________|________|__________|________ |
\1\Data from 1994 "First Follow-up" survey.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "Baccalaureate and Beyond Longitudinal Study, First and Second Follow-up" surveys. (This table was prepared April 2001.) |