Center for Career Development
First Destination Survey
First Destination Outcomes are recorded approximately 8 weeks prior to a graduating
class. Follow-up emails are sent for approximately 6 months after graduation to collect
additional outcomes. Although the goal is to collect outcomes from 65% of a graduating
class, the numbers below do not indicate a complete analysis of outcomes for any one
reporting period.
Career Outcome Measures for Tennessee Tech Graduates
Undergraduates
| Career Outcome Measures | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-181 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 |
| Knowledge Rate2 | 82.6% | 86.2% | 88.8% | 20.2% | 60.8% | 67.9% | 61.0% |
| # of Graduates | 1,836 | 1,911 | 2,077 | 1,248 | 1,942 | 1,948 | 2,121 |
| # of Responses | 1,516 | 1,648 | 1,844 | 252 | 1,180 | 1,323 | 1,290 |
| Career Outcomes Rates3 | 47.4% | 56.1% | 54.1% | 65.7% | 53.1% | 50.6% | 55.0% |
| Plan to Attend Graduate School | 17.7% | 18.3% | 18.5% | 15.9% | 14.1% | 15.1% | 15.0% |
| Employed including Military | 29.7% | 37.8% | 35.5% | 48.8% | 38.4% | 35.0% | 45.0% |
| Still Seeking Employment | 48.7% | 39.6% | 41.2% | 27.8% | 38.6% | 41.6% | 45.0% |
| Other | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.45% |
- 1Spring 2018 only for this academic year.
- 2Knowledge Rates are calculated as the number of received survey responses divided by the number of graduates.
- 3Outcome Rates represents the percentage of graduates with a known positive career outcome divided by the number of known graduates minus those who are not seeking an outcome.
