Wisconsin Technical College System Graduate Follow-Up Report presented to UW Board of Regents - August 2006
Overview � The Graduate Follow-Up Survey is conducted annually. � Graduates of the 16 WTCS colleges were surveyed between October and December 2005 � Of 22,857 graduates surveyed statewide, 16,430 responded.
Reasons for Attending Other/ Miscellaneous Personal 6% Interests 5% Prepare for Employment Prepare for 38% Continuing Education 17% Improve Existing Job Skills 11% Career Change 23%
Satisfaction with Training Unsatisfied/ Very Unsatisfied 3% Very Satisfied/ Satisfied 97%
Employment Status Seeking Employment 8% 76% 23% 1% Employed 92% Related Unrelated Unknown
When Employed Not Reported 3% Before Enrolling 23% After Training 54% While Attending 20%
Employment Location 6% Out-of-State 7% Not Reported In Technical College District of Their Attendance 73% Not in Technical College District of Their Attendance, but in Wisconsin 27% 87% In Wisconsin
Reason Not in Labor Force No Reason Reported Other 2% Reasons 15% Disabled 2% Full-Time Family Responsibility 7% Continuing Education 74%
Employment Related to Training by Instructional Division 233 89.3% Agribusiness 261 Family & Consumer 458 87.6% Education 523 532 81.8% Technical 650 940 79.1% Industrial 1,189 78.2% 5,250 Health 6,717 1,245 69.9% Business 1,780 452 Marketing 66.3% 682 471 Service 65.9% 715 141 Graphics 64.4% 219 # Employed # Employed Related
Median Annual Salaries by Instructional Division Technical $32,760 Service $31,407 Marketing $30,563 Health $28,800 Industrial $28,080 Business $26,852 For those employed $25,478 Agribusiness full-time in occupations related to training Graphics $24,958 Family & Consumer $20,798 Education
Median Annual Salaries by Type of Occupational Degree Granted Associate Degree $32,004 Tw o-Year Technical $28,494 Diploma One-Year Technical $25,644 Diploma Short-Term Technical For those employed $22,672 Diploma full-time in occupations related to training
Graduate Follow-Up Report � Questions should be directed to Jayson Chung, 608.266.5517 or jayson.chung@wtcsystem.edu
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