UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates Academic …UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates Academic Plans...
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UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates Academic Plans Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class UCSC First Destination Survey Over half (57%) of Language Studies BA degrees had plans to pursue graduate education. Language Studies Major Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major) No plans to apply pursue in the next 5 years Undecided Not applied, but intend to within the next 5 years Have applied, unknown acceptance Accepted, plan to defer Accepted and will start within the year
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UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Academic Plans
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
Over half (57%) of Language Studies BA degrees had plans to pursue graduate
education.
Language Studies MajorHumanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)
No plans to apply pursue in the next 5 years
Undecided
Not applied, but intend to within the next 5 years
Have applied, unknown acceptance
Accepted, plan to defer
Accepted and will start within the year
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Types of Academic Degrees
Language Studies Major Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)
Most (82%) graduates with a Language Studies Major had plans to obtain an
advanced degree - masters or PhD.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Most Popular Field of Future Academic Study
Language Studies MajorHumanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
Language Studies BA graduates were interested in a variety of advanced degree
fields, the most popular being related to Foreign Languages, Literature and
Linguistics (31%).
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Employment Plans
Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)
Language Studies Major
Forty-two percent of
graduates with a BA degree
in Language Studies reported
being employed within 6
months of graduation.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Employed vs Seeking Employment
Language Studies Major Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
Half of graduates with a BA degree in Language Studies were employed
compared to those seeking employment 6 months after graduation.
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Sectors where students were employed
Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)Language Studies Major
Of those employed, the majority (45%) of BA Language Studies graduates
reported working in the Education sector within 6 months of graduation.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
Business
Industry/Manufacturing
Education
Government
Non-profit
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Employers & Job Titles
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Median Annual Salary
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
$31,320
$27,144
$28,800
$25,000
$26,000
$27,000
$28,000
$29,000
$30,000
$31,000
$32,000
Overall UCSC Graduates Humanities Division (excluding LanguageStudies major)
Language Studies BA
Fifty percent of graduates with a BA degree in Language Studies reported earning
$28,800 annually or higher within 6 months of graduation.
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Geographic Destinations
Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)
Language Studies Major
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
Sixty-four percent of Language
Studies BA graduates plan to
work in the Santa Cruz, San
Francisco Bay Area, or other
parts of Northern California.
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
When did they start looking for a job? (employed & seeking
employment)
About two-thirds (64%) of
Language Studies BA
graduates began looking for a
job before graduation.
Start the search early! Of
those who were employed
full-time, two-thirds started
searching for a job at least 3
months or more before
graduation.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
How many job offers did they receive?
Humanities Division (excluding Language Studies Major)Language Studies Major
Of those employed, 63% with a BA degree in Language Studies received 2 or
3 job offers.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
UCSC Language Studies BA Graduates
Internships
Graduates found their
internship by a variety of ways
– ranging from networking
with personal contacts to
using SlugQuest.
Forty percent had at least 1 or
more internships during their
studies at UCSC.
Data from 2014-2015 Graduating Class
UCSC First Destination Survey
SlugQuest
On-campus interviews
Networking through UCSC contacts
Networking through personal contacts
Direct contact
Previous employer/internship
UCSC Career Center Fair
Other (non-UCSC) job site
Other
