REPORT ON THE CLASS OF 2011

Profile of Survey Respondents

Class Size: 691

Number of respondents: 527

% of class responding: 76.3%

Employed full time 333 Graduate school 105 Volunteer full time 39 Travel 21 Post-Graduate Fellowship 18 Internship 11 Unknown/No Data 170

48.2%

15.2%

5.6%3.0%

2.6% 1.6%

24.6%

Teach for America State Street Corp. Dana Farber Cancer Institute General Electric EMC Fidelity Investments PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Top EmployersSee Appendix A for a partial list of employers

Employment Geography

Number of respondents: 232/333

% of respondents: 69.7%

68% relocate to three cities:

Greater Boston: 76 32.8% Metro New York: 61 26.3% Greater Worcester: 20 8.6%

Central 8 3.4% International 7 3.0% Mid Atlantic 8 3.4% Midwest 13 5.6% New England 106 45.7% Southeast 10 4.3% Southwest 5 2.2% Tri State 66 39.8% West 9 3.9%

Accounting/Professional Services 11 3.3%

Arts, Entertainment & Sports 22 6.6%

Communications (Advertising, Media, Public Relations, Publishing) 16 4.8%

Construction 4 1.2%

Consulting 9 2.7%

Consumer Products 10 3.0%

noitacudE 46 13.8%

ygrenE 4 1.2%

Financial Services 66 19.8%

Government, Politics & Law 23 6.9%

Health Care 48 14.4%

ecnarusnI 13 3.9%

gnirutcafunaM 7 2.1%

Market Research 2 . 6%

13 3.9%

amrahP 5 1.5%

Real Estate 1 .3%

liateR 6 1.8%

secneicS 5 1.5%

ygolonhceT 22 6.6%

Not-for-Pro�t

Employment by Industry

Accounting/Professional Services 11 3.3%

Arts, Entertainment & Sports 22 6.6%

Communications (Advertising, Media, Public Relations, Publishing) 16 4.8%

Construction 4 1.2%

Consulting 9 2.7%

Consumer Products 10 3.0%

noitacudE 46 13.8%

ygrenE 4 1.2%

Financial Services 66 19.8%

Government, Politics & Law 23 6.9%

Health Care 48 14.4%

ecnarusnI 13 3.9%

gnirutcafunaM 7 2.1%

Market Research 2 . 6%

13 3.9%

amrahP 5 1.5%

Real Estate 1 .3%

liateR 6 1.8%

secneicS 5 1.5%

ygolonhceT 22 6.6%

Not-for-Pro�t

Starting Salary Profile

Salary Range: $20,000 - $80,000

Average Salary: $46,652

Median Salary: $45,000

Average starting salary for liberal arts graduates nationally:

National Association of Colleges & Employers Annual Salary Survey, Class of 2011 ( January 2012) average starting salary (http://www.naceweb.org/research/salary_survey)

Humanities & Social Sciences: $35,503 Math & Sciences: $40,204 Holy Cross: $46,652

Salary by Industry

Number of respondents: 122/333

% of respondents: 36.6%

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Top Disciplines for Master Degrees

Top Disciplines for PhD

Social Sciences 5 11.6% Education 4 9.3% Accounting 4 9.3%

Sciences 9 62.5% Social Sciences 3 23.1% Humanities 1 7.7%

Graduate School Profile

Graduates enrolled in graduate school full time: 105

% of Class of 2011: 15.2%

See Appendix B for a complete list of graduate school programs

Programs

Law School 29 Professional Masters 28 (ie MBA, MEd, MSW) Academic Masters 15 PhD 13 Health Professions 10 Medical/Osteopathy School 5 Other 5 (Chinese Language, Deaf Studies, Music)

27.6%

26.7%14.3%

12.4%

4.8%

9.5%

4.8%

Fulbright Teaching Assistantship 9 50% Spanish Ministry of Education, Language & Culture Assistantship 2 11.1% One graduate in each of the following:

Casco Bay Health Management Research Fellowship Church Health Scholars Fulbright Program- Full Research Grant IRTS Fellowship Program Mellon Summer Research Fellowship in the Humanities Oregon Sea Grant Taiwan Ministry of Education Scholarship

Volunteer Profile

Graduates volunteering full-time: 39

% of Class of 2011: 7.4%

Volunteer Programs

Post-Graduate Fellowships & Awards Profile

Graduates awarded post-graduate fellowship: 18

% of Class of 2011: 3.4%

Fellowship Programs

Jesuit Volunteer Corps 15 38.5% Americorps 4 10.3% City Year 2 5.1% Cornelia Connolly Nativity School 2 5.1% Nativity School of Worcester 2 5.1% One graduate in each of the following:

Amate House Coventry Preparatory School Coventry Cathedral Dismas House of MA Episcopal Service Corps Global DIRT Inner City Teaching Corps International Justice Mission Jesuit Volunteers International Peace Corps Romney for President Siena College VISTA Fellows Program, Unity House St. Benedict’s Preparatory School

APPENDIX A:

Employers and Industries, Class of 2011(partial list)

Accounting/Professional Services Deloitte (2) Audit AssistantMcGladrey (3) Audit AssociatePricewaterhouseCoopers (5) Assurance Associate, Tax Associate

Arts, Entertainment & SportsArizona Diamondbacks Baseball OperationsBloomington Blaze Hockey PlayerCartoon Network Team AssistantDan Le Batard is Highly Questionable ProductionESPN Statistics AssociateGeorge Street Playhouse ActorHampstead Stage Company ActorIMG World Business Solutions AssistantLeslie Hindman Auctioneers Account Executive, Trusts & EstatesMTV Networks VH1 Commercial Operations SpecialistNew York Jets Social Media/Digital MarketingNew York Yankees Sales AssociateUnited Talent Agency Agent Trainee

Communications (Advertising, Media, Public Relations, Publishing)

American Express Publishing (2) Business Analyst; Financial AnalystArc Worldwide - Leo Burnett Junior StrategistBeacon Healthcare Communications Traffic CoordinatorCosmopolitan Magazine Advertising Sales AssistantMidwest Living Magazine Sales & Marketing AssistantMullen Advertising Assistant Account ExecutiveNashua Telegraph, The Staff WriterNBC PageRacepoint Group Inc. Account CoordinatorRasky Baerlen Strategic Communications Account CoordinatorStarkman & Associates Public Relations AgentTremor Video Sales Planner

ConstructionSuffolk Construction (2) Manager of Employee Giving; Corporate Associate

ConsultingForrester Research Event Sales RepresentativePaladium Group, Inc. Associate Consultant Public Consulting Group (4) Apprentice Business Analyst

Consumer ProductsArtisanal Premium Cheese Marketing AssociateElie Tahari Technical Service AssistantPepsiCo (2) Lab Technician; Sales Management

Education Academi de Toulouse TeacherBoston Collegiate Charter School TeacherBowdoin College Assistant Director of Student ActivitiesCatholic Memorial School World Languages TeacherEducation First ESL Teacher & Resident AssistantHarvard University Operations Coordinator, Office of TechnologyMasconomet Regional High School Assistive Technology FacilitatorRajaprajanugroh School, The English Language TeacherTeach for America (17) Teacher (various)True North Troy Preparatory Charter School 5th Grade Reading FellowTufts University, The Fletcher School Staff Assistant

EnergyMass Energy Consumers Alliance Customer Service Representative World Energy Solutions (3) Market Analyst

Financial Services Annaly Capital Management Assistant Vice PresidentBank of America Wealth Management AnalystBarclays Capital (2) Investment Banking AnalystBloomberg L.P AnalyticsBNY Mellon Income/Tax Specialist Brown Brothers Harriman (4) Fund Accountant; Operations Specialist Chapdelaine & Co. Corporate Bond Broker Citibank Commercial Banking Development ProgramCitigroup Community Reinvestment Act AnalystFidelity Investments (5) Customer Service Representative; Defined Contributions Representative; Inbound Sales RepresentativeGoldman Sachs (3) Sales & Trading Analyst; Funding Controllers AnalystHarris Bank Financial Analyst TraineeJPMorgan Chase (2) Commercial Banking Analyst; Private Banking AnalystM.R. Beal Public Finance AnalystMarco Polo Industries/MG Advisors AnalystMerrill Lynch Client Associate, Private BankingMorgan Stanley Smith Barney (4) Alternative Investments Analyst; Capital Markets Analyst; Equities Trading Analyst; Sales & Trading AnalystNewedge Analyst

State Street (9) Custody Specialist; Fund Accountant; Portfolio AdministratorUBS (3) Rates Analyst; Sales & Trading Analyst

Government, Politics & LawAlston & Bird LLP Case AssistantBIPAC Special Projects AssistantBowditch & Dewey ParalegalCooley Manion Jones LLP ParalegalDewey & LeBoeuf Corporate ParalegalFSA, LLC Health Care Fraud TeamHeritage Foundation, The Personnel AssistantMassachusetts Speaker of the House Deputy Director of CommunicationsMassachusetts Democratic Party Training & Outreach OrganizerNational Institute for Strategic Studies Research AssistantNational Park Service Aquatic EcologistRobinson & Cole, LLP ParalegalUS Marine Corps (3) 2nd LieutenantUS Navy Ensign

Health Care Barton Associates Associate Physician RecruiterBrigham & Women’s Hospital Research AssistantCancer Treatment Centers of America Management FellowChildren’s Hospital Boston (2) Clinical Research Coordinator; TeacherDana Farber Cancer Institute (6) Clinical Research Coordinator; Data Research Specialist; Development Assistant – Special EventsDr. Tashjian DVM Veterinary TechnicianHealthdrive Corp HR AssistantJoslin Diabetes Center Clinical Research AssistantLahey Clinic Research AssistantLifespan Clinical Research AssistantMarion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center Equine Veterinary NurseMassachusetts General Hospital (4) Clinical Research CoordinatorMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2) Research Study AssistantRhode Island Hospital (2) Research AssistantSouthcoast Hospitals Group InterpreterTufts Medical Center Clinical Research CoordinatorUMass Memorial - Community HealthLink Case ManagerUMass Memorial Medical Center Research AssistantUnitedHealth Group - Optum Health Program SpecialistWoman & Infants Hospital Research Assistant

Yale School of Medicine Clinical Research Assistant

Insurance AXA Equitable Product Sales AssociateCIGNA Client ManagerEnergi Insurance Services, Inc. (2) Alternative Energy Solutions, Business DevelopmentHanover Insurance Group (3) Future Leaders Program, Underwriting TechnicianLiberty Mutual Insurance Short Term Disability Commercial UnderwriterMapFRE Claim Consulting Case ManagerMarsh Risk AnalystSwiss Re Insurance Underwriting AnalystWillis Group Benefits Associate

ManufacturingGeneral Electric (5) Financial Management ProgramSaint-Gobain Abrasives Field Sales Representative

Market ResearchNielsen Company (2) Financial Leadership Program

Not-for-Profit American Italian Cancer Foundation Development AssociateBoston Housing Authority Administrative AideEliot Community Human Services Service CoordinatorFirst Tee of Connecticut, The Assistant Director of ProgramsJustice Resource Institute, The Residential CounselorMetropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength – MOSES Community OrganizerNew England Center for Children Entry Level TeacherNFI Massachusetts, Inc. Direct Care/Residential Counselor

PharmaEMD Millipore Research TechnicianIntrinsiQ, LLC Associate AnalystNew England Peptide (NEP) Quantitative Analysis TechnicianVertex Pharmaceuticals (2) Research Associate; Staffing Assistant

Retail Send the Trend Customer ServiceTarget Executive Team Leader

Sciences Environmental Compliance Services Environmental Field TechnicianLANXESS Corporation Product Safety & Regulatory AffairsTowerHill Associates Marketing CoordinatorTriumvirate Environmental Environmental Chemist

Technology Corsential ProgrammerCovisia Solutions Inside Sales & Social Media MarketingEMC (5) Marketing Development Associate; Sales AssociateMediTech Application SpecialistOracle Business Development ConsultantRaytheon Software Engineer

APPENDIX B:

Post Graduate Education Class of 2011(complete list)

Law SchoolsBoston UniversityBoston College (2)College of William and MaryElon University Fordham University Georgetown UniversityHofstra University Northeastern University Ohio State UniversityRoger Williams University Seton Hall University (3)St. John’s University St. Louis University Stetson University Suffolk University (5)Touro College Jacob Fuchsberg Center of LawUniversity of Connecticut (2)University of MaineVillanova University (2)Western New England University

Professional Master’s Degree ProgramInstitution Field

Boston College (2) Higher Education Administration; Social WorkBoston University EducationCarnegie Mellon University Arts ManagementChristie’s Education ArtColumbia University (2) Engineering; Health PolicyDartmouth College Public HealthHarvard University Mathematics EducationLoyola Marymount University BusinessMercy College AccountingNortheastern University (2) Accounting/MBANew York University JournalismPepperdine University Social Entrepreneurship and ChangeRoger Williams University Construction ManagementSacred Heart University in Connecticut EducationSaint Joseph College Marriage and Family TherapySUNY College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry Environmental StudiesSyracuse University Speech Language PathologyTufts University School of Medicine Public HealthUniversity of New Hampshire Masters of Business AdministrationUniversity of Pittsburgh Public HealthUniversity of Rhode Island Medical PhysicsUniversity of Southern California CreativityUniversity of St. Thomas AccountingVirginia Tech Mathematics Education

Academic Master’s Degree ProgramInstitution Field

Bard Graduate Center Art HistoryBoston College TheologyBoston University MusicologyCase Western Reserve University BiologyGeorge Washington University EconomicsGeorgetown University HistoryNew York University MusicOxford University Medieval StudiesThe Institute of World Politics Political Science- International AffairsThe New School of Social Research PsychologyUniversity of Kentucky Classics and Latin

Doctoral ProgramsInstitution Field

Antioch University New England Clinical PsychologyCase Western Reserve University Clinical PsychologyEmory University Biomedical SciencesPennsylvania State University Analytical ChemistryUniversity of Connecticut School PsychologyUniversity of Georgia MicrobiologyUniversity of North Carolina unknownUniversity of Tennessee ChemistryUniversity of Texas at Austin ChemistryUniversity of Virginia GermanWorcester Polytechnic Institute Applied MathematicsYale University (2) Chemistry; Organic Chemistry

Medical, Osteopathy & Veterinary SchoolsInstitution Degree

Jefferson Medical College MDNew York College of Osteopathic Medicine (2) DOSUNY Upstate Medical University MDTufts University School of Medicine MDUniversity of Pennsylvania Veterinary School DVM

Health Professions ProgramsInstitution Field

American International College (2) Nursing; Physical TherapyBarry University Health ScienceBoston College Connell School of Nursing NursingDominican College NursingMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences PharmacyStanford University Genetic CounselingSyracuse University Exercise Science

OtherInstitution Field

Beijing University Certificate Chinese LanguageBerklee College of Music Certificate of MusicToronto Community College I nterpreting Certificate - Deaf StudiesTsinghua University Chinese Language Program

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