Our grads get jobs
Trent graduates find work. A liberal arts and science education does
prepare students for employment today. Those are the messages in the
findings of a survey of Trent University graduates of 1997 conducted by
Ontario universities.
Graduates of 1997 have an overall employment rate nearing 93 per
cent six months after graduation and that rose to nearly 96 per cent two
years after graduation. The six-month employment figure is significantly
higher than the 88.6 per cent rate shown by the survey of Trent's 1996
graduates.
"Trent graduates are in demand because of their ability to respond
to today's rapidly-changing workplace demands," said President Bonnie
Patterson. "Trent's survey findings reflect the extremely high employment
average of this post-secondary system as a whole," she added, noting that
surveys indicate that university graduates not only learn more than those
with other academic credentials but also earn more.
"In the majority of programs surveyed, Trent indeed does better
than the provincial average," said Patterson..
The overall survey found that the employment rate for 1997
graduates of undergraduate degree programs was 96.44 per cent two years
after graduation, and 93.14 per cent six months after graduation.
Trent's Social Sciences and Humanities program graduates had
employment rates of 94.4 per cent and 97.4 per cent respectively two years
out, illustrating the high employability of such graduates, contrary to
myth. Graduates of Trent's Business Administration program reported full
employment just six months post-graduation. Ninety per cent of Trent's
Computer Science grads reported work and 100 per cent of mathematics
graduates.
Survey results for Trent University, and provincial employment
rates by university program, are available via Trent's Web site at
http://www.trentu.ca/news/pressreleases/gradjobs.html.
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