1999 Graduate Employment Rates

Institutional Analysis and Planning




1999 Graduate Employment Rates

To determine employment rates of recent graduates, Ontario universities conducted a survey of all 1999 graduates of undergraduate degree programs. Graduates were asked 12 questions regarding their employment situation six months and two years after graduation. This Table indicates the employment rates for 1999 graduates of both Brock and all universities' undergraduate programs, by program category, six months and two years after graduation.  

  Brock University Other Universities
Program 6 Months 2 Years 6 Months 2 Years
Education 96.6% 99.3% 98.3% 99.2%
Business & Commerce 94.8% 99.1% 95.4% 97.0%
Fine Arts 100% 100% 96.9% 94.4%
Applied Health Sciences 100% 100% 96.5% 98.9%
Social Sciences 95.7% 97.4% 94.5% 96.5%
Humanities 92.5% 96.9% 94.7% 95.2%
Other Arts/Sciences 87.5% 100.0% 95.4% 94.7%
Agricultural/Biological Sciences 91.3% 96.6% 94.3% 92.3%
Computer Science 92.9% 93.8% 93.9% 91.8%
Other Health Professions 95.0% 90.9% 95.2% 96.2%
Physical Sciences 100% 100% 94.2% 93.8%
 
Mathematics N/A 92.9 N/A 95.6
Nursing N/A 99.1 N/A 99.4
Total 95.0% 98.3% 95.8% 96.6%

The employment rate is defined as the number of employed persons expressed as a percentage of the labour force where the labour force is those persons who were employed, or unemployed but looking for work.
 

Table 2 Programs of Study Not Offered at Brock 

Program 6 Months 2 Years
Dentistry 100% 100%
Law 98.3% 97.9%
Medicine 97.9% 98.6%
Optometry 100.0% 100.0%
Vet Medicine 100.0% 100.0%
Forestry 100.0% 100.0%
Arch/Landsc Arch 96.0% 97.1%
Engineering 94.5% 94.9%
Food Sciences & Nutrition 96.1% 98.0%
Journalism 96.9% 93.8%
Theology 100.0% 90.0%
Pharmacy 100.0% 100.0%
Therapy & Rehab 99.4% 98.7%