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The table compares the employment expectation and graduate study expectation benchmarks of undergraduate degree recipients in academic year 2009-10, as indicated by their responses on the Graduating Student Exit survey with actual circumstances of graduates one year later as indicated by Mississippi Longitudinal Data System data. In major areas where there were fewer than 10 graduates, no information is provided due to the possible identification of individual students. The data in the table suggest that undergraduate degree recipients achieve their expectations vis-à-vis employment in most major areas, particularly given that the Mississippi Longitudinal Data System can capture only those employed in Mississippi and cannot track graduates who obtain employment elsewhere, particularly in technical fields. That Mississippi focus of the MLDS data also limits the system’s ability to identify those 2009-10 degree recipients who have gone on to graduate-level study in other states; in addition, the data reflect only those degree recipients who have gone more or less directly into graduate school. |
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| Major Area of Study by CIP | CIP |
# of Graduates (2009-10) Responding to Exit Survey |
# of Graduates (MLDS) 2009-10 |
Exit Survey (2009-10) Employment Expectation Benchmark |
MLDS Actual Employment 2009-10 |
Exit Survey (2009-10) Graduate Study Expectation Benchmark |
MLDS Actual Graduate Study 2009-10 |
| Architecture | 4 |
5 |
17 |
100.00% |
64.7% |
0.00% |
0.0% |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies | 5 |
3 |
7 |
66.67% |
<10 na |
0.00% |
14.3% |
| Communication and Journalism | 9 |
92 |
130 |
58.70% |
65.4% |
31.52% |
8.5% |
| Computer and Information Sciences | 11 |
25 |
56 |
72.00% |
67.9% |
24.00% |
10.7% |
| Education | 13 |
335 |
374 |
75.82% |
74.3% |
20.60% |
9.4% |
| Engineering Technologies/Technicians | 15 |
62 |
92 |
83.87% |
63.0% |
11.29% |
7.6% |
| Foreign Languages and Literatures | 16 |
12 |
24 |
41.67% |
58.3% |
50.00% |
20.8% |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences | 19 |
65 |
68 |
66.15% |
67.6% |
26.15% |
11.8% |
| Legal Professions | 22 |
10 |
16 |
50.00% |
68.8% |
50.00% |
12.5% |
| English Language and Literature | 23 |
49 |
66 |
46.94% |
62.1% |
38.78% |
15.2% |
| Library Science | 25 |
9 |
12 |
88.89% |
<10 na |
0.00% |
16.7% |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | 26 |
88 |
129 |
29.55% |
58.9% |
64.77% |
17.1% |
| Mathematics and Statistics | 27 |
9 |
13 |
44.44% |
<10 na |
33.33% |
15.4% |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | 30 |
16 |
28 |
62.50% |
39.3% |
37.50% |
17.9% |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies | 31 |
32 |
94 |
68.75% |
64.9% |
18.75% |
8.5% |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies | 38 |
9 |
12 |
44.44% |
<10 na |
55.56% |
25.0% |
| Physical Sciences | 40 |
35 |
45 |
25.71% |
35.6% |
40.00% |
15.6% |
| Psychology | 42 |
181 |
158 |
54.14% |
69.0% |
40.33% |
9.5% |
| Security and Protective Services | 43 |
41 |
79 |
51.22% |
72.2% |
34.15% |
11.4% |
| Public Administration and Social Services | 44 |
26 |
29 |
34.62% |
41.4% |
65.38% |
37.9% |
| Social Sciences | 45 |
70 |
90 |
38.57% |
52.2% |
50.00% |
12.2% |
| Visual and Performing Arts | 50 |
77 |
117 |
55.84% |
57.3% |
32.47% |
6.0% |
| Health Professions and Clinical Sciences | 51 |
270 |
336 |
67.04% |
65.5% |
27.41% |
17.3% |
| Business, Management, and Marketing | 52 |
300 |
490 |
70.33% |
69.0% |
26.67% |
9.2% |
| History | 54 |
36 |
59 |
55.56% |
64.4% |
33.33% |
13.6% |
| Major Not Specified | 383 |
67.10% |
26.63% |
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| University Total | 2240 |
2,541 |
62.99% |
65.4% |
30.40% |
11.7% |
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Sources: Mississippi Logitudinal Data System, 2011. |
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2009-10 Graduating Student Exit Survey |
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