The UGA Career Outcomes Initiative

The Career Outcomes Initiative provides insight into the employment and continuing education status of UGA graduates within an average of 6 months of their graduation date. Additionally, the data reports detailed employment, salary, and graduate school information. These reports constitute the only centralized employment data collection for the University of Georgia and are used by current students, employers, colleges/schools, departments, and other stakeholders. Data from our survey is published in the UGA Fact Book and reported to various organizations that rank colleges, such as US News and World Report.

CAREER OUTCOMES RATE

The Career Outcomes Rate is calculated from the percentage of students who are either employed, continuing their education, or not currently seeking employment within an average of 6 months after graduation. UGA’s 95% Career Outcomes Rate is 8% higher than the national average. The following data is based on the known career outcomes of 8,289 graduates from the Class of 2019.
UGA Class of 2019 career outcomes rate is 95 percent - that is 8 percent higher than the national average
Career Outcomes Breakdown - 66 percent employed full-time, 19 percent continuing education, 7 percent post graduation internship, 5 percent still seeking, 2 percent employed part-time, and 1 percent not seeking

OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED GRADUATES...

60 percent obtained employment before graduation

OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT
BEFORE GRADUATION

91 percent obtained employment within three months of graduation

OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT WITHIN
3 MONTHS OF GRADUATION

98 percent obtained employment within six months of graduation

OBTAINED EMPLOYMENT WITHIN
6 MONTHS OF GRADUATION

Class of 2019 graduates have been hired by 3140 unique employers
Class of 2019 graduates are working across all sectors of the economy. 74 percent of full-time employed graduates are working in the business sector, 15 percent are working in the education sector, 6 percent are working in the government sector and 5 percent are working in the non-profit sector.

OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED OR THOSE WHO SECURED A POST-GRAD INTERNSHIP OR FELLOWSHIP...

OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED OR THOSE WHO SECURED A POST-GRAD INTERNSHIP OR FELLOWSHIP, 88% REPORTED THAT THEIR EMPLOYMENT ALIGNS (MOSTLY OR VERY MUCH) WITH THEIR CAREER ASPIRATIONS WHILE IN COLLEGE

REPORTED THAT THEIR EMPLOYMENT ALIGNS (MOSTLY OR VERY MUCH) WITH THEIR CAREER ASPIRATIONS WHILE IN COLLEGE.

MOST EFFECTIVE RESOURCES/STRATEGIES USED DURING JOB SEARCH

How graduates found jobs - 43% Career Center - 16% Networking - 14% UGA Campus Resources - 11% Online Resources - 11% Experiential Learning - 5% Other

Top 25 Employers for the Class of 2019 ***

Top 25 employers hiring the most class of 2019 graduates
Accenture
AT&T
Chick-fil-A
CVS
Deloitte
Delta Air Lines
Emory Healthcare
Ernst & Young
Georgia-Pacific
Insight Global
KPMG
Manhattan Associates
NCR Corporation
Oracle Corporation
Protiviti
PricewaterhouseCoopers
State Farm
SunTrust Banks
Teach For America
The Home Depot
The Walt Disney Company
Triage Consulting Group
United Parcel Service
United States Army
University of Georgia

TOP GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS FOR THE CLASS OF 2019 ****

Duke University
Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
New York University
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Pennsylvania
University of Virginia
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CLASS OF 2019 GRADUATES ARE PURSUING CAREERS IN...

50 STATES & 43 COUNTRIES

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OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED CLASS of 2019 GRADUATES...

71 percent of full-time employed Class of 2019 graduates accepted employment in the state of Georgia

TOP U.S. DESTINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2019

Top In-State destinations for the class of 2019 - Alpharetta, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Duluth, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Norcross, Savannah, and Suwanee
Top Out-of-State destinations for the class of 2019 - Austin, Texas - Boston, Massachusetts - Charlotte, North Carolina - Chicago, Illinois - Dallas, Texas - Los Angeles, California - Nashville, Tennessee - New York, New York - Orlando, Florida - Washington, DC

INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2019

Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Egypt
El Salvador
France
Germany
Guatemala
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Republic of Korea
South Africa
Spain
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
The Gambia
Tunisia
Turkey
U.S. Virgin Islands
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
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DETAILED UGA SUMMARY
Results by College/School
Results by Major

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CLASS OF 2019 CAREER OUTCOMES

 * Comparison based on National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) First-Destination Survey: Class of 2018
** Post Grad Internship includes such experiences as internships, fellowships, residencies, and postdoctoral research
*** Public school systems not included (for a list of top school systems hiring UGA Class of 2019, please visit: https://career.uga.edu/outcomes/summary19)
**** A selected representation of the Top 25 graduate/professional schools at which UGA Class of 2019 graduates have enrolled