{"id":19826,"date":"2017-05-13T17:27:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T21:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/?p=19826"},"modified":"2017-05-16T09:51:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:51:10","slug":"the-skys-the-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/2017\/05\/13\/the-skys-the-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sky&#8217;s the Limit"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><p>Meet the University of Mary Washington&rsquo;s undergraduate Class of 2017: 1,035 graduates boasting five types of degrees in countless areas of study. With freshly-minted diplomas in hand, where will our world-ready graduates go?<\/p><p>UMW&rsquo;s Office of Career and Professional Development asked just that in its 2017 Exit Survey, which addressed post-graduation plans for the class of 2017. Here&rsquo;s what we learned from the 727 responses:<\/p><p><strong>More than half of the class know the next stop on their journey.<\/strong><\/p><p>When the survey was taken several months ago, 18% of graduates had enrolled in a graduate program and 38% of graduates were already employed. Beyond that, another 15% had committed to military careers or volunteer service.<\/p><p><strong>While master&rsquo;s degrees top the list for higher education, students are also pursuing Ph.Ds, and J.Ds.<\/strong><\/p><p>Although almost 80% of those headed to graduate school intend to receive a master&rsquo;s we also have potential future lawyers and perhaps even professors in the mix.<\/p><p><strong>The majority of students headed for graduate school are pursuing a degree in education.<\/strong><\/p><p>True to our institution&rsquo;s founding as a teacher&rsquo;s preparatory school, a full 48% of our students pursuing continuing education reported that they are seeking a degree in education.<\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/2017\/05\/13\/the-skys-the-limit\/gradsurvey_2017\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,2177\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"1\"}' data-image-title=\"GradSurvey_2017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017-124x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017-423x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017-423x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Grad Survey\" width=\"1350\" height=\"3266\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017-423x1024.jpg 423w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017-124x300.jpg 124w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017-768x1858.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017-471x1140.jpg 471w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/greatminds\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/GradSurvey_2017.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1350px) 100vw, 1350px\"><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out where members of the Class of 2017 are taking their degrees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":19845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"umw_cb_additional_links":[[]],"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_advisory_expires_time":"","_advisory_meta_include":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,81],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-show","8":"category-umw-home","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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