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Student Post-graduation plans (Class of 2012)*

Plans for the fall of 2012:

Employment - 60%
Graduate school - 16%
Other - 5%
Undecided - 19%

Employment industries:

Community/Social services - 11%
Education - 10%
Consulting - 8%
Healthcare - 8%
Law/Legal services - 7%
Communications/Marketing/Advertising - 6%
Fine or Performing Arts - 6%
Financial services - 5%
Sciences - 5%
Medical/Pharmaceutical - 4%
Public Policy/Politics - 4%
Publishing/Media/Journalism - 4%

Graduate school degree planned/area of study: **

Master's degree in the Arts and Sciences - 37%
Ph.D. - 29%
Other Master's degree - 14%
Medical degree - 6%
Law degree - 6%
Other - 18%

  *Data were obtained from the 2012 Senior Survey administered in May 2012.
**Students could report more than one degree planned/area of study.