Northern Illinois University
Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

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Current Employment

	2013	2014	2015
Full-Time	74%	74%	81%
Part-Time	10%	7%	6%
Seeking	15%	12%	9%
Not Seeking	2%	7%	4%

Time to First Job

	2013	2014	2015
Less Than 6 Months	77%	69%	70%
More Than 6 Months	23%	31%	30%

 

Pursuing or Complete a Degree

	2013	2014	2015
Pursuing a Degree	14%	21%	21%

Satisfaction with Degree

	2013	2014	2015
Strongly positive	35%	38%	27%
Positive	39%	51%	56%
Somewhat positive	18%	6%	6%
Somewhat negative	6%	3%	3%
Negative	1%	1%	5%
Strongly negative	1%	1%	3%

Satisfaction with Time to Degree

	2013	2014	2015
Satisfied	93%	87%	90%
Dissatisfied	7%	13%	10%

Preparedness for Current Job

	2013	2014	2015
Very prepared	25%	24%	24%
Prepared	27%	45%	47%
Slightly prepared	37%	15%	11%
Slightly unprepared	9%	4%	3%
Unprepared	1%	12%	7%
Very unprepared	1%	0%	8%

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Current Employment

	2013	2014	2015
Full-Time	83%	83%	94%
Part-Time	4%	4%	6%
Seeking	10%	9%	0%
Not Seeking	4%	4%	0%

 

Time to First Job

	2013	2014	2015
Less Than 6 Months	75%	95%	96%
More Than 6 Months	25%	5%	4%

Satisfaction with Degree

	2013	2014	2015
Strongly positive	44%	36%	25%
Positive	38%	50%	68%
Somewhat positive	8%	9%	6%
Somewhat negative	8%	5%	0%
Negative	2%	0%	2%
Strongly negative	0%	0%	0%

Satisfaction with Time to Degree

	2013	2014	2015
Satisfied	94%	91%	96%
Dissatisfied	6%	9%	4%

 

Preparedness for Current Job

	2013	2014	2015
Very prepared	40%	30%	43%
Prepared	45%	53%	40%
Slightly prepared	14%	5%	11%
Slightly unprepared	0%	8%	2%
Unprepared	0%	0%	4%
Very unprepared	0%	5%	0%