Response Rates by Major - 2004

The response rate varies considerably with the graduate's major. While no responses were received from French, Information Systems, and Urban Studies graduates, other majors had a greater than 20% response rate.  Majors with a greater than 25% response rate were: Athletic Training, Physics, and Theatre (see Table 4).

Table 4
Response Rates by Major


Major  Total Graduates  Response Rate
Accounting     45     7 (  15.6%)
Anthropology     29     3 (  10.3%)
Art History     26     3 (  11.5%)
Arts Management     23     4 (  17.4%)
Art Studio     63       6  (   9.5%) 
Athletic Training       3      2  ( 66.7%) 
Biochemistry     23     3  (  13.0%)
Biology   130   22 (  16.9%)
Business Administration   272   25 (    9.2%)
Chemistry     14     1  (   7.1%)
Classics       7     1  ( 14.3%)
Communications   330   37 (  11.2%)
Computer Science     23     4 (   17.4%)
Economics     22     1   (   4.5%)
Elementary Education   145   25 (  17.2%)
English     54     5  (   9.3%)
French     12     0   (   0.0%) 
Geology       8     1  (  12.5%)
German     13     2  (  15.4%)
Historic Preservation/Community Planning     26     6  (  23.1%)
History     63     7  (  11.1%)
Information Systems       5     0  (    0.0%)
International Business     70     7  ( 10.0%)
Marine Biology     26     4  (  15.4%)
Mathematics     17     1  (    5.9%)
Music     21     3  (  14.3%)
Philosophy     22     1  (    4.5%)
Physical Education     52     6  ( 11.5%)
Physics     15     3  ( 20.0%)
Political Science     74     9 (  12.2%)
Psychology   174   23 (  13.2%)
Religious Studies     20     3  (  15.0%)
Sociology     53     9  (  17.0%)
Spanish     43     3  (   7.0%)
Special Education     29     2  (   7.0%)
Theatre     30     6  (  20.0%)
Urban Studies        7     0  (    0.0%)
Total 1989  245 (  12.3%)

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