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Cornell Career Services

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Response■ Response Rates TotalSurveyed* Responses ResponseRate

University 3,525 2,466 70.0%AgricultureandLifeSciences 848 669 78.9%Architecture,Art,andPlanning 181 81 44.8%ArtsandSciences 1,093 666 60.9%Engineering 679 482 71.0%Hotel 213 166 77.9%HumanEcology 338 279 82.5%IndustrialandLaborRelations 220 166 75.5%

*Totalnumbersurveyedis47lessthanreportedfortheindividualcolleges;responserates,postgraduateactivities,andsalarymeansforstudentsearningthejointlyconferreddegreeinBiologicalandEnvironmentalEngineeringarereportedinbothALSandEngineeringstatistics.

Postgraduate Activities■ Activities by College Employed GraduateSchool OtherEndeavors*

University 54.2% 31.0% 14.8%AgricultureandLifeSciences 56.7% 27.8% 15.5%Architecture,Art,andPlanning 58.0% 17.3% 24.7%ArtsandSciences 45.8% 35.7% 18.5%Engineering 50.4% 41.9% 7.7%Hotel 91.6% 2.4% 6.0%HumanEcology 44.8% 34.4% 20.8%IndustrialandLaborRelations 60.9% 28.9% 10.2%

*Includespursuinggraduateschooladmissionoremployment,volunteering,andtravel,amongotheractivities.

Graduate/Professional Studies■ Most Frequently Selected FieldsLaw 19.4%Engineering 16.6%Medicine 15.5%BiologicalSciences 11.1%PhysicalSciences 4.5%HealthFieldsOtherthanMedicine 4.1%VeterinaryMedicine 3.8%ComputerandInformationSciences 2.9%BusinessandManagement 2.8%Education 2.4%

CornellCareerServicessurveysCornellUniversitybachelor’sdegreerecipientsforsixmonthsfollowinggraduation.Thisreportsummarizespostgraduateactivitiesfortheuniversityasawhole.Formorecomprehensivestatisticsbycollege,pleaserefertocollegereports.

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■ Legal CareersLaw schools most frequently attended in 2006*AmericanUniversityBrooklynLawSchoolColumbiaUniversityCornellUniversityFordhamUniversity

Acceptance rates*

Cornell(for253applicants) 90%National 63%

*BasedonmostrecentdataavailablefromLawSchoolAdmissionCouncilforfall2006acceptance.

■ Medical CareersMedical schools most frequently attended in 2006*

AlbertEinsteinColumbiaUniversityNewYorkUniversitySUNYUpstateTuftsUniversity

Acceptance rates*Cornell(for232applicants) 75%Cornellstudentswitha3.4GPAorabove 88%National 46%

*BasedonmostrecentdataavailablefromAssociationofAmericanMedicalCollegesforfall2006acceptance.

■ FellowshipsCornellconsistentlygainsnationalrecognitionforthefellowshipsuccessesofitsstudents.Thecompetitionsarehighlyselectiveandtherearefewawardsannually.

2006 2005

GoldwaterScholarship 2UdallScholarship 3

GeorgetownUniversityHarvardUniversityHofstraUniversityNewYorkUniversityUniversityofMiami

UniversityofPittsburghUMDNJ—NewJerseyMedicalSchoolUniversityofRochesterWeillCornellMedicalCollegeYaleUniversity

BeineckeScholarship 1GoldwaterScholarship 1MarshallScholarship 1MellonFellowship 1RhodesScholarship 1SamuelHuntingtonPublicServiceAward 1TrumanScholarship 1UdallScholarship 2

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Employment■ On-Campus Recruiting Employers Schedules/ResumeDrops Interviews

University 616 1,128 7,380CornellCareerServices,BarnesHall* 214 411 3,525AgricultureandLifeSciences 43 54 440Architecture,Art,andPlanning 20 20 121Engineering 230 568 2,103Hotel 66 120 770HumanEcology 5 5 32IndustrialandLaborRelations 38 50 389*Employersseekingdiversemajorsfromallcolleges;includesArtsandSciences.

■ Jobs Listed on CornellTRAK 2006 2005 2004

Full-timepositions 26,184 17,854 15,612Internshipsandsummerjobs 883 1,033 1,163

■ Employers Hiring the Most CornelliansCitigroupCornellUniversityGoldmanSachs&Co.IBMBusinessConsultingServicesJ.P.MorganChase&Co.

■ How Undergraduates Found Their JobsCornell Career Services 47.4% Interviewthroughon-campusrecruiting 19.2% CornellTRAKlistingorresumereferral 14.5% Previousexternship/internship/co-op/employment 7.0% Careerfair/forumcontactonoroffcampus 5.1% Alumnireferral 1.6%Personal, Alumni, or Faculty Contact 23.3% Personalcontact 15.6% Faculty/departmentreferralorjobposting 4.8% Networkingwithalumni 2.9%Other Methods 18.5% Internetposting,excludingCornellTRAK 10.7% Othermeans,includingnewspaperads, 5.5% ROTC,employmentagencies Directapplicationtoemployer 2.3%Internship or Previous Employment 10.8% Previousinternship/co-op/employment 10.8% (notfoundthroughCareerServices)

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LehmanBrothersMorganStanleyPeaceCorpsTeachforAmericaU.S.Navy

Salary Statistics■ Salary Statistics for Bachelor’s Degree Recipients 2006 2005 2004

Mean $45,060 $42,574 $39,935Median $45,000 $40,000 $39,000

■ Starting Salary Means by College 2006 2005 2004

AgricultureandLifeSciences $41,173 $39,166 $36,432Architecture,Art,andPlanning $36,087 $34,933 $31,384ArtsandSciences $42,635 $39,535 $36,909Engineering $57,016 $54,207 $50,330Hotel $44,540 $40,031 $39,686HumanEcology $39,917 $37,565 $35,259IndustrialandLaborRelations $45,820 $42,255 $40,212

■ Salary Statistics by Geographic Location PercentofResponse MeanSalary

NewYorkState 42.9% $45,444Mid-Atlantic 16.9% $43,912West 11.7% $47,658NewEngland 10.8% $44,949Midwest 4.9% $43,382Southeast 4.4% $42,146Southwest 3.7% $46,111Other 4.7% $43,156

■ Salary Statistics by Employment Sector PercentofResponse MeanSalary

Public Sector/Nonprofit Education 9.5% $32,370 Government 6.4% $35,575 OtherNonprofit 3.3% $27,134 Labor <1.0% $34,617Business/Industry FinancialServices 21.1% $56,950 Consulting 14.0% $49,125 GeneralBusiness 12.1% $41,536 Hospitality 7.6% $39,115 Technology 6.1% $58,393 Manufacturing 5.0% $50,172 Retail 3.7% $40,949 Law 3.6% $37,910 Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals 3.4% $38,515 Communications/Media 2.8% $31,933 Insurance <1.0% $47,100

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Cornell Career Services■ Overview of ServicesCornellCareerServicesoffersabroadrangeofprogramsandservicestoassiststudentswiththeircareerdevelopment.Career planningCareercounselingandtesting,libraryandInternetresources,shadowingandnetworkingopportunitiesJob-search strategiesAdviceonthejobsearch,workshops,employercareerfairs(onandoffcampus)Employment servicesInterviews(onandoffcampus),resumereferrals,jobpostingsviatheInternetGraduate and professional school advisingAdviceandworkshopsontheapplicationprocessandfellowships, informationresources,GraduateandProfessionalSchoolDays

■ Annual ActivitiesIndividualadvisingappointmentsandwalk-inadvisingsessions 13,314Careerdevelopmentandinformationprograms 550SchoolsrepresentedatannualGraduateandProfessionalSchoolDays 220StudentsattendingGraduateandProfessionalSchoolDays 1,425OrganizationsrepresentedatannualCornellCareerServicesCareerFair 235StudentsattendingCornellCareerServicesCareerFair 6,200OrganizationsrepresentedatannualNonprofitandGovernment 60 CareerFairStudentsattendingNonprofitandGovernmentCareerFair 630Job-shadowingexperiencesduringwinterandspringbreaks,2006 629 574studentscompleted629externships,offeredby475alumni

The mission of Cornell Career ServicesistocontributetotheCornellcommunityoflearningbyprovidingoutstandingcareer-developmentservicesthathelpstudentsapplytheireducationandexperiencestowardadvancingtheircareergoalsoveralifetime.

CornellCareerServiceseducatesstudentsaboutcareerplanningandthejob-searchprocessandpromoteslinkagesbetweenstudentsandemployersorgraduateandprofessionalschools.

TolearnmoreaboutCornellCareerServices,pleasevisitourwebsiteatcareer.cornell.edu.

RebeccaSparrow,DirectorCornellCareerServices103BarnesHallIthaca,NewYork14853607255-5296

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