Response Rates by Major - 1999

The response rate varies considerably with the graduate's major. While no responses were received from Classics, Music and Religious Studies graduates, other majors had a greater than 25% response rate.  Majors with a greater than 25% response rate were:  Arts Management, Biochemistry, Chemistry, German,  and Marine Biology (see Table 4).

Table 4
Response Rates by Major


Major  Total Graduates  Response Rate
Accounting     37     6 (  16.22%)
Anthropology     24     5 (  20.83%)
Art History     27     5 (  18.52%)
Arts Management     12     4 (  33.33%)
Biochemistry     15     4 (  26.67%)
Biology   137   30 (  21.90%)
Business Administration   225   42 (  18.67%)
Chemistry     10     5 (  50.00%)
Classics       1     0 (    0.00%)
Communications   207   35 (  16.91%)
Computer Science     15     1 (    6.67%)
Economics     15     2 (  13.33%)
Elementary Education   146   29 (  19.86%)
English     66     8 (  12.12%)
French     18     3 (  16.67%) 
Geology     23     1 (    4.35%)
German       2     1 (  50.00%)
Historic Preservation/Community Planning       4     1 (  25.00%)
History     58     7 (  12.07%)
Information Systems       5     1 (  20.00%)
Marine Biology     32   10 (  31.25%)
Mathematics     17     4 (  23.53%)
Music     15     0 (    0.00%)
Philosophy     17     3 (  17.65%)
Physical Education     64     8 (  12.50%)
Physics     13     1 (    7.69%)
Political Science     60   11 (  18.33%)
Psychology   136   27 (  19.85%)
Religious Studies     10     0 (    0.00%)
Sociology     73   13 (  17.81%)
Spanish     25     2 (    8.00%)
Special Education     43     7 (  16.28%)
Studio Arts     41     4 (    9.76%)
Theatre     37     8 (  21.62%)
Urban Studies        8     1 (  12.50%)
Total 1638 289 ( 17.64%)

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