Graduating Class Destination Data

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Class of 2011 Destination Data

The Class of 2011 was surveyed online approximately 2 weeks prior to graduation; approximately 65% of the class had responded by graduation day.

To request destination data for other years, contact Denise Ward, Associate Dean for Student Services.

Employment

  • 42% reported having secured a position
  • 47.7% were currently seeking a position
  • 10.3% did not plan to seek employment in the next 6 months

Partial List of Employers Class of 2011

Microgrants

Midwest Health Center

Analysis Group

Glacier Gardens

Macalester College

Provision Kinetics

MATCH Charter School

Grand Aspirations

Duke TIP

Nat. Institute on Alcohol Abuse & Addiction

Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Riverdale Country School

Peace Corps

Alliance for a Better Minnesota

Health Partners

National Academies-Institute of Medicine

Grassroots Soccer

Target

Apple, Inc.

Media Arts Lab (MAL)

The Cedar Cultural Center

Disney Consumer Products

Missoula Children’s Theatre

Language Link Russia

GrowNYC

University of Minnesota

Admission Possible

Doctors Care

EPIC

Intuitive Surgical

Americorps

US Department of State

Teach for America

Minneapolis Institute of Art

American Solar Living

JET Program

Consensus Council

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Gleaners Food Bank

Deloitte Consulting

The Fund for Public Interest

Canrig Drilling Technologies

Heartland Alliance

Best Buy

Colorado Dept. of Human Services

Congress Bundestag

Mayo Clinic

Ernst & Young

Highline Medical

Sixth Chamber Used Books

National Geographic

National Institutes of Health

UBS Investment Bank

Credit Suisse

Macy’s

NY Storyboard Oral History Program

YMCA

Boy Scouts of America

Academie d’Amiens

 

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Graduate and Professional School

  • 19.6% applied to graduate/professional school
       88.4% who applied were accepted by one or more programs
  • 16.1% will be attending graduate/professional school in Fall 2011
  • 69.4% plan to attend within five years

Examples of schools attending Fall 2011

University of California – San Francisco

University of Michigan

Johns Hopkins University

University of Oregon

CalTech

University of Minnesota

Stanford University

Yale University

Washington University

University of California – Berkely

University College of London – London

Bard College

University of Virginia

College of William and Mary

Vanderbilt University

Freie/Humboldt University – Berlin

Oklahoma University

Northwestern University

Graduate Institute of Geneva

Mankato State

Columbia University

Loyola University

Princeton University

University of California – Los Angeles

University of North Carolina

University of Wyoming

University of New Mexico

Hamline University

University of the West Indies

George Washington University

 

Other Plans

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Outcomes

  • 88.8% indicated that they had received information on cover letter and resume writing from Macalester
  • 87% indicated they had used Macalester Career Development Center resources
  • 96.5% agreed or strongly agreed that they were able to understand, create, and connect their liberal arts experience to personal goals
  • 87% agreed or strongly agreed that they have acquired the skills to conduct a successful job search or apply to graduate/professional school