Response Rates by Major - 2002
The response rate varies considerably with the graduate's major. While no responses were received from Classics, French, Information Systems, and Music graduates, other majors had a greater than 25% response rate.  Majors with a greater than 25% response rate were: Accounting, Chemistry, and Political Science.(see Table 4).

Table 4
Response Rates by Major

Major  Total Graduates  Response Rate
Accounting     29     12  ( 41.4%)
Anthropology     46       2   (   4.3%)
Art History     15       2   (   1.3%)
Arts Management     24       2   (   8.3%)
Art Studio     41         5   ( 12.2%)
Biochemistry       5       1   ( 20.0%)
Biology   111     15   ( 13.5%)
Business Administration   242     37   ( 15.3%)
Chemistry     13       4   ( 30.8%)
Classics       2       0   (   0.0%)
Communications   270     40   ( 14.8%)
Computer Science     30       7   ( 23.3%)
Economics     29       6  (  20.7%)
Elementary Education   139     22  ( 15.8%)
English     41       6  ( 14.6%)
French     14       0  (  0.0%)
Geology     15       2  ( 13.3%)
German       1       1  ( 10 0%)
Historic Preservation/Community Planning     23       5  ( 21.7%)
History     51       4  (   7.8%)
Information Systems       9       0  (   0.0%)
International Business     44       6  ( 13.6%)
Marine Biology     26       3  ( 11.5%)
Mathematics     13       3  ( 23.1%)
Music     13       0  (   0.0%)
Philosophy     21       3  ( 14.3%)
Physical Education     54       9  ( 16.7%)
Physics     12       1  (   8.3%)
Political Science     63     17  ( 27.0%)
Psychology   172     29  ( 16.9%)
Religious Studies     14       1  (   7.1%)
Sociology     59     11  ( 18.6%)
Spanish     39       2  (   5.1%)
Special Education     27       6  ( 22.2%)
Theatre     35       2  (   5.7%)
Urban Studies        9       1  ( 11.1%)
Total 1757  267  ( 15.2%)
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