2017 Survey of Recent UT Graduates
What They Are Doing
- 51% Full-Time Employment
- 25% Graduate School
- 16% Still Seeking
- 6% Other
- 2% Part-Time Employment
Top Graduate Schools
- University of Tennessee
- UT Health Sciences Center
- University of Memphis
- Belmont University
- East Tennessee State University
- Lincoln Memorial University
- UT Chattanooga
Top Employers
- PepsiCo/Frito-Lay
- Denso
- UT Medical Center
- 21st Mortgage Corporation
- Enterprise Holdings
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- State of Tennessee
What They Are Making
- Highest Salary: $125,000
- Median Salary: $45,881
Where They Are
- 78% in the South (61% of those in the South are in Tennessee and 34% of those in Tennessee are in the greater Knoxville area)
- 8% Undisclosed
- 5% West
- 4% Midwest
- 4% Northeast
- 1% International
Seniors
- 80% Grads Repsonded to Survey
- 85% Engaged with CCD
Based on 3,793 responses from students graduating with bachelor’s degrees in August 2016, December 2016, and May 2017.