1. Brief Summary of 2010 Senior Survey 1. Size of May 2010 graduating class & survey respondents 2. What else do our majors study at WU? 3. Post-graduation plans (majors) 4. Further details about those employed or attending graduate school Orientation Open House August 27, 2010

2. Class of 2010 and survey responses  May 2010: 126 graduates 103 Economics majors 23 Economics minors  100 survey responses (≈ 80%) Most were students in the College of Arts & Sciences. Some students, however, pursued a second major or a minor in economics in addition to obtaining a degree from the other WU schools.

3. What else are Economics majors & minors studying at WU?  “PRIME” means this is your A.B. (or B.S.) degree 60 “prime” in Econ  The majority of the survey respondents were earning a Bachelor’s in Economics…but not all!

4. Second majors  Of the 60 who were prime in Economics, many had another major, too.

5. Minors  Of the 60 who were prime in Economics, many also had a minor (or two).

6. Post-graduation plans for majors  53 of our majors had clear post- graduation plans by May 2010.

7. Job Titles  Analyst (business, financial or technology): 21  Consulting: 6  International Sales: 2  Associate Engineer  Language Teacher  Project Manager  Valuation Coordinator  Actuarial  Research Assistant  Yahoo!  Maximus  Wells Fargo  Epic Systems Corp.  General Mills  BofA-Merrill Lynch  Analysis Group  The Nielsen Company  Goldman Sachs  Bain & Co.  Aon Consulting  Accenture  Deloitte  Credit Suisse  Morningstar  John Varvatos  Target  Morgan Stanley  FBI Companies Employing Our Majors  Innovations for Poverty Action  Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center  Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab  WU Bioinformatics Core  Raymond James & Assoc.  Teach for America  Coro

8. Salaries of May 2010 graduates

9. Majors going to Graduate School  Of the 100 respondents, 14 economics majors were off to grad school.  Law school is most common; but it’s not the whole picture! Medical school is an increasing outcome.

10. Graduate Schools  Law Schools: Harvard University Boston University University of Arizona  Medical Schools: George Washington University University of Washington NYU College of Dentistry Loyola University in Chicago  Ph.D. Economics & Finance Harvard University Arizona State University (2) Washington University – Olin Business School  Business programs: Stanford University SIGM Program  Summer Institute of General Management