Department of Economics

University of Virginia

Class of 2014 Next Destination Statistics

The following are next destination statistics and data (as of October 28, 2014) for the undergraduate Class of 2014. We have heard back from 67% of our graduates (212 out of 318) about their post-graduation plans. Please note that 50 of our graduates are not included in these numbers because they double-majored in Engineering or Commerce in addition to Economics. (They will be included in the 2015 statistics.) If you have any questions about the post-graduation plans of our undergraduate students, please contact Jennifer Jones in the Economics Career Office at .

Undergraduate Class of 2014 Post-Graduation Plans*
(%)
Accepted Full-Time Employment / 55.0
Seeking Employment / 11.3
Attending Graduate School / 24
Seeking graduate school admission / 2
Not in the Job Market (other plans) / 2
Travel / 2
Volunteer/Service Work / 2
Undecided/Other / 2
Undergraduate Class of 2014 Compensation** / Gender Breakdown of Compensation
( $ ) / Females ( $ ) / Males ( $ )
Avg. Base Annual Salary / 55,669 / Avg. Salary / 52,325 / 58,305
Avg. Signing Bonus / 6,808 / Avg. Bonus / 6,967 / 6,708

Note: Not all students who reported employment reported their salary.

Distribution by Most Popular Employer industry***
( % )
Financial Services / 37
Consulting Services / 28
Information Technology/IT Services / 9
Computer Science: Hardware/Software Design / 6
Academic/Education / 5
Advertising, Marketing, Public Relations / 5
Other / 10

Employers

The following employers have hired economics majors over the last three years (2012, 2013, and 2014). Many have hired multiple students each year. This data is self-reported by our students.

Accenture / Cornerstone Research
Aero Nautical Radio of Thailand / Corporate Executive Board
Altria Group / Credit Suisse
Altus Power Management / Criterion Economics
Alvarez and Marsal / Cvent
Amazon.com / DC Energy
Amerisphere / Deloitte LLP
Analysis Group / Dish Network
Ann Inc. E-Commerce / Dollar Tree
Appian Corporation / Dominion Virginia Power
Applied Predictive Technologies / Duff & Phelps Corporation
Asia Policy Point / Dynamics Search Partners
AvalonBay Communities / Elm Talent Group
AXA / Envestnet
Bain & Company / Epic Systems
Bank of America Merrill Lynch / Ernst & Young
Barclays / Fannie Mae
Barrett-Johnson & Associates / Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Bates White Economic Consulting / Federal Reserve Board
BB&T / First Investors
Blu LNG / Flyer Mountain
Booz Allen Hamilton / Foulger-Pratt
Bouvrie International / Freddie Mac
Brown Brothers Harriman / FTI Consulting
Bryanston School / Gerson Lehrman Group
Capital One / Goldman Sachs
Capgemini / Grant Thornton
Cardinal Health / Guggenheim Partners
CGI / Hamilton Lane Advisors
Chatham Capital Group / Health Diagnostics Laboratory, Inc.
Choice Hotels International / Helping Overcome Poverty’s Existence (via Americorps)
Coleman Research Group / Hickory Ground Solutions
Compass Lexecon / Horizon Media
comScore / Houlihan Lokey
Connelly Partners / HSBC Investment Bank
Cooper Center for Public Service, Center for Economic and Policy Studies / IBM
ING Financial Partners / Schneider Associates
InMobi / Smathers and Branson
InnovateEDU / Southern Development Homes
Insight Global / SRA International
ITG / Talener Group
Jeffries & Company / Teach for America
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory / TerrAlign
JP Morgan Chase / The Advisory Board Group
Kaplan Test Prep / The Capital Group
Karisimbi Business Partners / The Federalist Society
KCIC / The Home Depot
KForce / The SI
Ladder Capital / Tidewater Independent Schools Young Life
Littler Mendelson, P.C. / Tortoise Investment Management
Macy’s.com / Towers Watson
Make-A-Wish Foundation / Trade Informatics
Markel Corporation / Turner Construction Company
MBI, Inc. / Under Armour
McKinsey & Company / United States Army
Merrill Lynch / United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mercer / United States Department of Defense
Microsoft / United States House of Representatives
Monmouth School / University of Virginia Athletics
MeadWestvaco (MWV) / University of Virginia Global Internships Program
National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) / University of Virginia Internship Program
Northrup Grumman Corporation / University of Virginia MD Cell Biology
Old Edwards Inn and Spa / Univision
Oliver Wyman / Victory Packaging
Opower / Vorsight
Oracle Corporation / Wells Fargo
PitchBook Data / White & Case
PNC / WWL-TV.com
Power Plan / Yahoo! Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Quantitative Investment Management
Red Hat
Red Ventures
Resource Environmental Solutions
Ridgetop Research
Rimm Kaufman Group
RKG
Rosenberg Economic Advisors

Class of 2014 Graduate School Destinations as of October 28, 2014

Graduate Schools

Our students have reported acceptance into the following graduate school programs. One student is attending unless otherwise indicated.

School / Program / Degree Sought
Babson College / Business / MS
Duke University / Law / JD
Eastern Virginia Medical School / Medicine / MD
Emory University / Law / JD
Georgetown University / Medicine / MA
Georgetown University / Public Health / MS
Georgetown University / Public Policy / MPP
HEC Paris / Business / MS
Johns Hopkins University / Math/Computer Science/Natural Sciences / MA
London School of Economics / Social/Behavioral Science / MS
Michigan State University / Social/Behavioral Science / Ph.D.
Ohio State University / Humanities / Ph.D.
University of Florida / Business / MA
University of Maryland / Social/Behavioral Science / Ph.D.
University of Oxford / Social/Behavioral Sciences / MPhil
University of Southern California / Business / MS
University of Virginia / Math/Computer Science/Natural Sciences / MS
University of Virginia / Humanities / Ph.D.
University of Virginia Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy+ / Public Policy / MPP
University of Virginia McIntire School of Commerce+ / Business / MS
University of Virginia School of Law* / Law / JD
University of Virginia School of Nursing / Nursing / MSN
Virginia Commonwealth University / Education / MT
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine / Medicine / MD
Virginia Technical University / Social/Behavioral Science / MS
Wake Forest University* / Business / MA
Washington St. Louis University / Business / MS

*Indicates 2-3

+Indicates 4 or more

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