MEMO

To: Social Sciences and Human Services Faculty

From: Ken Yoder, Department Head

Date: August 16, 2012

Subject: Job Placement Findings

As we embark on a new semester, I want to share job placement findings for

students graduating from our program. Below are a table and chart that summarize

the results by student major. In the next few days, you will see a post on our

department blog, indicating that the job placement rate for students in our program

exceeds 70 percent.

Job placement Results: Five-Year Analysis

Major Number of Graduates Number of placements

Elementary education 987 823
History 1342 998
Political science 1105 1023
Psychology 732 684
Secondary education 586 412
Social work 464 401
sociology 925 849

Job Placement Results : Five-Year Analysis

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
elementary education 987
823
history 1342
998
political science 1105
1023
psycholgy 732
684
secondary education 586
412
social work 464
401
sociology
925
849

Number of Graduate Number of Placements

 Number
Number of
Major of
placements
Graduates

Elementary
987 823
education

History 1342 998

Political
1105 1023
science

Psychology 732 684

Secondary
586 412
education

Social work 464 401

sociology 925 849