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Appendix: Graduation Rate/Salary Information



 
Persistance and Graduation Rates: 
 
  % Persistence at:   % Graduation at: 
Years: One Two Three Four Five Six 
Freshmen 84% 74% 1% 42% 65% 70% 
Junior Transfers* 87% 40% 62% 71% 78% 78% 
*Some non-returning transfer students have graduated. 

Persistence is the percentage of originally enrolled students still enrolled at UCSB after one and two years. Graduation rates indicate the percentage of students graduating after three, four, five, and six years at UCSB. Rates reflect Fall-to-Fall academic year. 

UCSB Salary and Employment Information: 
 
Undergrad. Discipline Average Salary 
Engineering  $41,500
Philosophy & Religious Studies  $41,500
Business Economics  $35,500
Physical Science  $32,500
Mathematics  $31,000
Foreign Language/Linguistics $29,500
Law & Legal Studies  $29,500
Arts  $26,500
Communications  $26,500
Environmental Studies  $26,500
Interdisciplinary Studies $26,500
Psychology  $26,500
Social Sciences & History  $26,500
Biological/Life Sciences $23,500
English & Literature $20,500 
Unknown $32,500
All Full-Time Workers  $29,500
Source: "Survey of Recent UCSB Graduates Spring 1996 Undergraduate Alumni" by the UCSB Office of Budget and Planning representing the median average full-time salary by undergraduate discipline. It should be noted that a wide variation in starting salaries exists within each discipline, based on job location, type of employer, personal qualifications of the individual, and employment conditions at the time of job entry. 
 

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