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2010-2011 Executive Summary

BRADLEY UNIVERSITY
REPORT ON 2010-2011 GRADUATES
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Following a decline since 2008, recruiting and hiring activities started to increase in 2010 and continued into 2011. All of the Smith Career Center services related to recruiting showed improvement with more employers submitting job postings, attending job fairs, and conducting campus interviews. As a result, Bachelor's degree recipients accounted for a placement rate of 91%, a 3% increase from the 88% rate of 2009-2010.

Facts about the 2010-2011 Bachelor's recipients:

• All of the colleges showed a 2-5% increase over the previous year.
• Seventy percent of the graduates entered the workforce with 95% of them indicating that their jobs were related to their career interests or field of study.
• Top sources of job leads for accepted positions included: Smith Career Center resources such as internships, job fairs, BRADLEY eRecruiting; former employers; networking with friends, family, alumni and faculty; and Internet resources such as employer websites and job search engines.
• Of the 1,151 Bachelor's recipients, 22% (n =253) registered their cooperative education and internship experiences with the Smith Career Center. For this group, 80% were employed. Forty-seven of these graduates accepted positions with their cooperative education and internship employers.
• Overall, 76% (n=872) had career-related experience with 72% employed and a 93% placement rate. For those without career-related experience, 60% are employed, and their placement rate was 87%.
• Graduates were employed with 498 different employers in 29 states and 3 countries, which was comparable to the 2007-2008 hiring by 572 employers and clearly an increase from last year's 455 employers.
• Of the 737 graduates who accepted employment, 569 were employed in Illinois. The greater Peoria and Chicago areas were attractive for new graduates with 486 reported to be working in these two locations.
• In addition to Illinois, other states drawing five or more Bradley graduates included California, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Texas, and Wisconsin.
• Average starting salaries for each college were: Business Administration - $42,403, Communications and Fine Arts - $34,187, Education and Health Sciences - $37,878, Engineering and Technology - $56,743 and Liberal Arts and Sciences - $37,560.
• Nineteen percent were continuing their education immediately after receiving their undergraduate degrees. Most of these graduates entered graduate and professional schools while others were completing requirements for a second Bachelor's degree or specialized training. Graduate and professional programs attracting ten or more graduates included business, counseling/social work, engineering, law, and physical therapy.

Advanced degree recipients showed a 92% rate, the same as reported in 2009-2010, with information gathered on 81% of the graduates, an 8% increase in data collected.

Jane Linnenburger
Executive Director
January 2012