Initial Career Success
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The Career Center reports on graduate initial career success each academic year. SJSU defines initial career success as securing employment that requires a college degree or acceptance into a postgraduate program within six months after graduation. The following reports were drawn from student responses, employer responses, and Career Center-gathered data that were collected within six months following graduation.
Campus Detail Reports
First Destination Outcomes
Career Outcomes
- Career Outcomes 16-17 [pdf]
- Career Outcomes 17-18 [pdf]
- Career Outcomes 18-19 [pdf]
- Career Outcomes 19-20 [pdf]
Starting Salaries
- Salary Survey 16-17 [pdf]
- Salary Survey 17-18 [pdf]
- Salary Survey 18-19 [pdf]
- Salary Survey 19-20 [pdf]
- Salary Survey 20-21 [pdf]
Employers and Industries
- Top Employers and Industries 16-17 [pdf]
- Top Employers and Industries 17-18 [pdf]
- Top Employers and Industries 18-19 [pdf]
- Top Employers and Industries 19-20 [pdf]
- Top Employers and Industries 20-21 [pdf]
Job Functions and Sample Titles
- Job Functions and Sample Titles 16-17 [pdf]
- Job Functions and Sample Titles 17-18 [pdf]
- Job Functions and Sample Titles 19-20 [pdf]
- Job Functions and Sample Titles 20-21 [pdf]
Graduate and Professional Schools
- Graduate and Professional Schools 16-17 [pdf]
- Graduate and Professional Schools 17-18 [pdf]
- Graduate and Professional Schools 18-19 [pdf]
- Graduate and Professional Schools 19-20 [pdf]
- Graduate and Professional Schools 20-21 [pdf]
Recent SJSU Graduates...
Congratulations! Your hard work has resulted in the achievement of a major goal. What are your plans after college? August 2022, December 2022, and May 2023 graduates, share your plans in this brief survey of career outcomes.
