In coordination with the Career Services Council’s Research and Assessment Committee, Campus Career and Advising Services administers the First Destination Survey to all IUPUI undergraduates who earn a certificate, associate degree, or bachelor’s degree. This survey is based on the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards and protocols developed to standardize collection of career outcomes data. IUPUI Institutional Research and Decision Support provides support in creating and maintaining the interactive Tableau dashboards below.
94.1% of graduates reported positive career outcomes with employment or further education, and 71.8% reported full-time employment.
Explore our career outcomes dashboard to see the various career outcomes of our graduates by school and by major. Choose the 2019 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
Explore our salary dashboard to see the starting salaries of our full-time employed graduates by school and by major. Choose the 2019 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
Majors with highest average starting salaries (limited to majors with at least 10 graduates reporting salaries)
Electrical Engr BSEE
$61,038
Mechanical Engr BSME
$60,543
Mech Engr Tech BS
$58,406
Informatics BS
$57,500
Construction Engr Mgmt Tech BS
$55,988
Organizational Leadership BS
$55,920
Supply Chain Mgmt BSB
$53,733
Human Resource Mgmt CRT
$53,074
Finance BSB
$51,794
Accounting BSB Finance
$50,724
Nursing BSN
$50,596
Management BSB
$48,678
International Studies BSB
$48,647
Criminal Justice BS
$47,987
Marketing BSB
$46,910
Salary Negotiation
To further explore salary differences across demographic backgrounds, the Career Services Council added a question on salary negotiation to the 2019 survey:
Was this the first salary you were offered?
Yes, and I accepted without negotiating (76.4% of responses).
Yes, but I did attempt to negotiate (10.3% of responses).
No, I negotiated for this salary (i.e., successful negotiation) (13.3% of responses).
Summary of Analyses
76.4% of all graduates who responded to the negotiation question (N = 795) accepted the first salary they were offered without negotiating. That is, only 23.6% of respondents negotiated.
Of those who negotiated, 56% were successful.
Students who negotiated successfully (N = 99) had a higher starting salary than the students who were not successful in their negotiation (N = 76), $48,563 vs. $44,529, though the difference was not statistically significant.
Men are more likely to negotiate than women (28% vs. 20%, p < .05), but no difference was found in who is more likely to be successful (either in their self-assessment or in average salary difference).
Graduates from the following schools have above average rates of negotiation (limited to schools with at least 10 respondents):
Engineering and Technology (36.4% overall; men: 37.7%, women: 32.5%)
Kelley School of Business (32.7% overall; men: 36.7%, women: 29.5%)
Liberal Arts (25.3% overall; men: 21.2%, women: 27.6%)
Explore our employers dashboard to see the employers and locations of employment for our full-time employed graduates by school and by major. Choose the 2019 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
91.1% of full-time employed graduates are employed in Indiana, 64.5% in Indianapolis specifically.
Top 15 Employers
IU Health
IUPUI/Indiana University
Eskenazi Health
Cummins Inc.
Community Health Network
Riley Hospital for Children
Franciscan Health
Enterprise
Indianapolis Public Schools
Rolls Royce
IU Health Methodist
St. Vincent
GEICO
Allison Transmission
Charles Schwab & Co.
Explore our position relationship to major dashboard to see the percentages of our full-time employed graduates reporting that their job is related to their major. Choose the 2019 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
81.9% of full-time employed graduates report their position is related to their field of study.
In all schools, the majority of respondents report working in a related field.
School of Major
% Reporting Their Position Is Related to Their Field of Study
Dentistry
100.0%
Medicine
97.4%
Nursing
94.7%
Education
94.0%
Engineering and Technology
91.7%
Health and Human Sciences
90.6%
Business
87.6%
Philanthropy
87.5%
Social Work
85.0%
Public Health
84.2%
Informatics and Computing
80.0%
Public and Environmental Affairs
75.8%
Science
69.5%
Art and Design
67.4%
Liberal Arts
59.5%
Explore our further education dashboard to see the institutions and fields of study for graduates who are continuing their education. Choose the 2019 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
Explore our debt and repayment dashboard to see the levels of debt our graduates incur and their levels of confidence in repaying their debt on time. Choose the 2019 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
37.6% of graduates report holding no student loan debt; 85.4% report holding less than $50,000 in debt.
77.7% of graduates who hold loan debt report that they are very confident or somewhat confident in their ability to repay their loans on time.
Explore our internship participation dashboard to see the rates at which our graduates participate in practical work and learn opportunities. Choose the 2019 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
72.1% of graduates completed at least one internship, practicum, co-op, student teaching, or clinical placement.
35.5% of those graduates (who had an internship) reported an internship leading to a full-time offer.
92.7% agreed the internship completed their degree and helped prepare them for a career.
*Most recent data come from the 2019 cohort (graduated July 2018 through June 2019; data collected through December 2019) and are based on a 65.5% knowledge rate.
