About Quinnipiac
First-Destination Survey Standards and Protocols
About Quinnipiac
First-Destination Survey Standards and Protocols
Quinnipiac follows NACE First-Destination Survey Standards and Protocols for the collection and dissemination of undergraduate student initial career outcome information six months after graduation. Learn more about the standards for statistics and reporting used by Quinnipiac.
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Definitions Overview
The following definitions are courtesy of NACE's standards and protocols for collecting and reporting first-destination data:
Career Outcomes Rate
This is the number of graduates who have landed in any of the employment categories, plus service and military, plus continuing education divided by the number of students for whom an outcome is known. It excludes those graduates identified as not seeking an outcome.
Expressed mathematically, the career outcomes rate is:
(# employed + # service + # military + # continuing education) divided by (# employed + # service + # military + # continuing education + # still seeking employment & continuing education)
Knowledge Rate
This is the percentage of the graduating class for whom an outcomes destination is known. It includes the sum of all the employment categories, plus service and military, plus continuing education, plus the number of students still seeking an outcome or not seeking an outcome. It excludes those students for whom no information is available.
Expressed mathematically, the knowledge rate is:
(# employed + # service + # military + # continuing education + # still seeking employment & continuing education + # not seeking) divided by total graduates
NACE recommends as high a knowledge rate as possible, with a minimum recommended knowledge rate of 65%.
Undergraduate Class of 2023 Career Outcomes and Knowledge Rates
| Category | Career Outcome Rate at 6 Months | Knowledge Rate |
|---|---|---|
| All graduates of the Class of 2023 | 97.8% (1162/1188) | 80.2% (1188/1482) |
| College of Arts and Sciences | 96.2% (230/239) | 74.9% (239/319) |
| School of Business | 97.8% (314/321) | 85.1% (321/377) |
| School of Communications | 95.4% (165/173) | 86.9% (173/199) |
| School of Computing & Engineering | 95.5% (64/67) | 85.9% (67/78) |
| School of Health Sciences | 96.9% (286/295) | 84.3% (295/350) |
| School of Nursing | 100% (103/103) | 59.9% (103/172) |
Explore Quinnipiac's First-Destination Survey results
Program-specific career outcomes and knowledge rates can be found on individual program pages where statistics are reported. View our programs