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Post-Baccalaureate Placement

Post-baccalaureate study rates taken from alumni records and Career Services survey (6 months)                          
                                     
CLASS OF '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05      
# of graduates (NOT # of degrees awarded) 373 414 390 394 342 386 374 374 397 412 393 405 413 413 388 449   5-year ave  
                                     
placement after 6 months (from Career Services)                                      
                                  ave 01-05  
health(MD,DEM,DDS,DVM,MPH,DPH,etc.) 5% 6% 4% 4% 4% 5% 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 6% 8% 5%   6% health-med
law(JD,LLM) 10% 7% 8% 6% 7% 5% 8% 6% 8% 9% 8% 9% 7% 8% 11% 7%   8% law
management(MBA,MIBS,etc.) 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% * 2% 1%   1% management
art,science,education,humanities (PhD, MA,MS,MEd,MSW,MPA,etc.) 6% 8% 10% 9% 10% 10% 9% 8% 9% 10% 7% 6% 7% 9% 8% 9%   8% art,sci,hum
theology(MDiv,MTS) 1% * * 0% 1% * 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0%   0% theology
other programs (including unknown) 2% 1% 1% * 0% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 1% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1%   1% other
                                     
total % seeking advanced studies (incl post-bac) 25% 24% 25% 21% 24% 24% 27% 22% 25% 26% 23% 24% 21% 24% 30% 22%   24% total
                                     
placement after 5 years (from alumni self-report & research)                                   ave 97-01  
health(MD,DEM,DDS,DVM,MPH,DPH,etc.) 8% 7% 6% 7% 8% 8% 7% 6% 7% 6% 5% 2%           5% health-med
law(JD,LLM) 16% 14% 14% 13% 12% 12% 10% 10% 10% 12% 8% 6%           9% law
management(MBA,MIBS,etc.) 2% 2% 4% 5% 5% 5% 5% 2% 3% 1% 1% 1%           2% management
art,science,education,humanities (PhD, MA,MS,MEd,MSW,MPA,etc.)  -  - 5% 5% 10% 9% 3% 4% 5% 5% 5% 5%           5% art,sci,hum
theology(MDiv,MTS)  -  - 2%  * 0% * * 0% 0% 0% * *           0% theology
other programs (including unknown) 18% 19% 12% 11% 7% 16% 22% 17% 19% 15% 14% 19%           17% other
                                     
total % seeking advanced studies after 5 years (incl post-bac) 44% 42% 43% 41% 42% 50% 47% 39% 44% 39% 33% 32%           37% total
                                     
placement after 10 years  (from alumni self-report & research)                                 ave 92-96  
health(MD,DEM,DDS,DVM,MPH,DPH,etc.) 9% 10% 6% 8% 9% 8% 7%                     8% health-med
law(JD,LLM) 18% 19% 13% 17% 13% 12% 10%                     13% law
management(MBA,MIBS,etc.) 9% 9% 10% 10% 9% 7% 11%                     9% management
art,science,education,humanities (PhD, MA,MS,MEd,MSW,MPA,etc.) 17% 19% 22% 19% 25% 26% 24%                     23% art,sci,hum
theology(MDiv,MTS) 1% 1% 2% * 1% 0% 0%                     1% theology
other programs (including unknown) 1% * 1% * 0% 1% 0%                     0% other
                                     
total % seeking advanced studies after 10 years (incl post-bac) 55% 58% 54% 54% 57% 53% 51%                     54% total
                                     
* less than 0.5%                                      
                                     
Prepared by the Office of Institutional Research                                      
Washington and Lee University                                      
9/19/2006                                      
                                     

 

                                           

 
      

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