Respondent counts of full-time workers from the Recent College Graduates survey: 1976 to 1991

Digest of Education Statistics: 2004

NCES 2006-005
October 2005

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Table A-3.

Respondent counts of full-time workers from the Recent College Graduates survey: 1976 to 1991

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                                      |               Number employed full time
                                      |_________________________________________________
                                      |  1974-75|  1979-80|  1983-84|  1985-86|  1989-90
Field of study                        |graduates|graduates|graduates|graduates|graduates
                                      |   in May|  in May | in April| in April| in April
                                      |     1976|     1981|     1985|     1987|     1991
______________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
     Total respondents (unweighted) ..|    2,464|    5,521|    6,799|   15,024|    9,451
                                      |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Professions ..........................|    1,840|    4,260|    3,730|    8,987|    3,825
Arts and sciences ....................|      514|      811|    2,586|    4,869|    2,256
Other ................................|      110|      450|      483|    1,168|    3,370
                                      |_________|_________|_________|_________|_________
Newly qualified to teach .............|    1,337|    2,469|    1,109|    2,546|    1,966
Not newly qualified to teach .........|    1,127|    3,052|    5,690|   12,478|    7,485
  Professions ........................|      601|    1,841|    2,809|    7,043|    2,549
    Engineering ......................|       80|      270|      601|      915|      411
    Business and management ..........|      290|      749|    1,532|    2,407|    1,598
    Health ...........................|       72|      252|      387|    3,106|      281
    Education\1\ .....................|      141|      464|      146|      521|      188
    Public affairs and services ......|       18|      106|      143|       94|       71
  Arts and sciences ..................|      433|      770|    2,430|    4,369|    2,006
    Biological sciences ..............|       83|      116|      243|      380|      179
    Physical sciences and mathematics |       40|      103|    1,062|    1,782|      466
    Psychology .......................|       64|      105|      189|      366|      316
    Social sciences ..................|      107|      252|      449|      780|      813
    Humanities .......................|      139|      194|      487|    1,061|      232
  Other ..............................|       93|      441|      451|    1,066|    2,930
    Communications ...................|        7|       73|      240|      392|      217
    Miscellaneous ....................|       86|      368|      211|      674|    2,713
______________________________________|_________|_________|_________|_________|_________

\1\Includes those who had not finished all requirements for teaching certification or were previously qualified to teach. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Recent College Graduates (RCG) surveys, 1976 1981, 1985, 1987, and 1991.

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