Klarinet Archive - Posting 000756.txt from 1998/04

From: George Kidder <gkidder@-----.edu>
Subj: Graduates working in degree field
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:58:54 -0400

About a decade ago, my department (Biology, Illinois State) had to find out
(at great expenditure of effort, and at the call of one of those innumerable
State of Illinois boards) what the fate of our graduates had been over the
years. The two figures that stick in my mind: 1) of PhD graduates, all
except one were employed in a Biology-related field at an appropriate level
to their degree (the exception was a health problem). 2) Of BS graduates,
50% were or had been obtaining advanced degrees. So maybe things are
different between fields.

>On Tue, 7 Apr 1998 Gary_VanCott@-----.com wrote:
>
>>
>> What percentage of music graduates (education, performance, etc.) actually
>> end up working full-time in ANY music field? It can't be very large. (I am
>> sure this applies to many other majors as well. I have spent perhaps 6 of
>> the last 28 years doing something that had some slight relationship to my
>> college major. )
>>
>> Gary Van Cott
>> Las Vegas, NV
George Kidder
gkidder@-----.edu