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 96% Career Outcomes Rate is almost 12% higher than the National Average. The following data is based on the known career outcomes of 8,130 graduates from the Class of 2018.
UGA Class of 2018 career outcomes rate is 96 percent - that is 11.7 percent higher than the national average
Career Outcomes Breakdown - 63 percent employed full-time, 19 percent continuing education, 7 percent post graduation internship, 4 percent still seeking, 2 percent self-employed, 3 percent employed part-time, and 2 percent not seeking

OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED GRADUATES...

58 percent obtained employment before graduation
88 percent obtained employment within three months of graduation
98 percent obtained employment within six months of graduation
Class of 2018 graduates have been hired by 2917 unique employers
Class of 2018 graduates are working across all sectors of the economy. 68 percent of full-time employed graduates are working in the business sector, 22 percent are working in the education sector, 5 percent are working in the government sector and 5 percent are working in the non-profit sector.

Top 25 Employers for the Class of 2018 ***

Top 25 employers hiring the most class of 2018 graduates
Alight Solutions
Amazon
AT&T
Chick-fil-A
Deloitte
Delta Air Lines
Emory University
EY
Georgia-Pacific
IBM
Insight Global
KPMG US LLP
NCR Corporation
Newell Brands
Oracle Corporation
PricewaterhouseCoopers
State Farm
SunTrust Banks
Teach For America
The Home Depot
The Vanguard Group
The Walt Disney Company
United Parcel Service
United States Army
University of Georgia

TOP GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS FOR THE CLASS OF 2018 ****

Clemson University
Columbia University
Duke University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Ohio State University
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Georgia
Vanderbilt University
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CLASS OF 2018 GRADUATES ARE PURSUING CAREERS IN...

47 STATES & 31 COUNTRIES

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OF ALL FULL-TIME EMPLOYED GRADUATES

69 percent of full-time employed students accepted employment in the state of Georgia

TOP U.S. DESTINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2018

Top In-State destinations for the class of 2018 - Alpharetta, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Duluth, Gainesville, Lawrenceville, Marietta, Norcross and Roswell
Top Out-of-State destinations for the class of 2018 - Austin, Texas - Charlotte, North Carolina - Chicago, Illinois - Dallas, Texas - Greenville, North Carolina - Houston, Texas - Nashville, Tennessee - New York, New York - Orlando, Florida - Washington, DC

INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS FOR THE CLASS OF 2018

Australia
Brazil
Canada
China
Costa Rica
England
France
Greece
Haiti
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Japan
Lesotho
Mexico
New Zealand
Puerto Rico
Russia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Thailand
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Netherlands
The Philippines
The United Arab Emirates
Turkey
Uganda
Vietnam
Zambia
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DETAILED UGA SUMMARY
Results by College/School
Results by Major

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA CLASS OF 2018 CAREER OUTCOMES

 * Comparison based on National Association of Colleges & Employers (NACE) First-Destination Survey: Class of 2017
** Career Outcomes Breakdown may not total 100% due to rounding of the percentages
*** Public school systems not included (for a list of top school systems hiring UGA Class of 2018, please visit: http://career.uga.edu/outcomes/summary18)
**** A selected representation of the Top 25 graduate/professional schools at which UGA graduates have enrolled