GRADUATE OUTCOMES

In the Fall and Spring Semesters of each academic year, Pathways Career Services sends a graduate survey to both the most recent graduating class, and the class which graduated five years earlier.  We have had an approximate 50% return rate, and hope for higher returns in the future.

The responses have been encouraging.

• Between 70% and 89% of each year's graduating class are employed full-time within one year of graduation, and between 4% and 29% of each year's graduating class attended graduate school during the year following graduation.
  
• 48% of the class "five years out" had obtained a graduate school degree or continuing professional certification.
  
• Between 76% and 100% of each year's graduates express satisfaction with their current employment or graduate school program.

NEC alumni often visit the campus to discuss their career paths with students.  Panels called "Alumni Coffee Hours" are held about four times a year, and are very well attended.  During these discussions, students can ask graduates about life in the "real world."  Topics like the job search, interviewing strategies, surviving the first job, living on a lean budget, and how to find an apartment have all been addressed at these informal meetings between students and alums.

SAMPLE OCCUPATIONS OF NEC GRADUATES

• Head of Circulation, Interlibrary Loan and Support Services, Cushing Library, Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
• Assessment Services Coordinator, Alvarado Parkway Institute Behavioral Health System, La Mesa, CA
• Graphic Designer, Self-Employed, Webster, NH
• Executive Specialist, U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, Washington, DC
• Senior Scientist, In Vitro Biology, Genzyme Corporation, Drug Discovery and Development
• Studio Manager/Photographer, Expressive Image Photography, Wall, NJ 
• Research Technician, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
• Advertising Account Executive, Wahlstrom Group, Philadelphia, PA
• Commercial Lending Assistant, Busey Bank, Ft. Meyers, FL
• Film Critic, New York Sun, New York, NY
• Crypto Linguist Analyst, U.S. Army
• Case Manager Level 2, Wings for Children and Families, Bangor, ME
• Pro Hockey Player, United Hockey League Adirondack Icehawks
• Director of Hockey Operations, BlueStreak Sports Training, Stamford, CT
• Account Coordinator, David Wilson Associates (advertising/HR), Needham, MA
• Americorps/VISTA, Kennebec Valley Community Action Program, Waterville, ME
• Program Coordinator, Theatre Education, Manchester YMCA, Manchester, NH
• Government Affairs Specialist, PA Credit Union Association, Harrisburg, PA
• Human Resource Manager, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Dover, NH
• eBusiness Project Manager, IBM
• Architect, Berard Martel Architecture, Inc., Bedford, NH
• Manager of Social Work and Care Coordination, Emerson Hospital
• Legislative Assistant/Staff Writer, House Democratic Office, State of NH
• Civil Rights Analyst, U.S. Dept of Health & Human Services
• Research Assistant, Dept of Microbiolgy & Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School
• Financial Consultant, Smith Barney, Boston, MA
• Supervisory Deportation Officer, Fugitive Unit, U.S. Bureau of Immigration & Customs Enforcement
• Assistant Legislative Assistant, British Columbia Government Caucus Victoria British Columbia
• Asst. to Director of Class Reunions, Brandeis University Alumni Office, Waltham, MA
• Child Development Specialist, May Center for Child Development, Chatham, MA
• Laboratory Assistant/Instructor, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH
• Public Relations Consultant, Women's Sports Foundation, East Meadows, NY
• Assistant Manager, Sherwin-Williams, Greenfield, MA
• Legislative Research Assistant, Gallagher Callahan & Gartrell PPC Law, Concord, NH
• Pro Hockey Player, Memphis Riverkings, Memphis, TN

SAMPLE GRADUATE DEGREES/PROGRAMS OF NEC GRADUATES

• JD, New England School of Law, Boston, MA
• JD, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA
• MA in Psychology, Columbia Teachers College, New York, NY
• MA, Museum Studies, Tufts University
• MLS, Simmons College
• MA/Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, Alliant International University
• MBA, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
• MFA in Writing, Naropa University, Colorado
• MS in Forensic Science/ Advanced Crime Scene Investigation, U. of New Haven, CT
• MS in Physical Therapy, Univ. of Rhode Island
• MS in Physician Assistant, MA College of Pharmacy and Health Science
• MS in Sports Medicine, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA
• MSW, Boston University School of Social Work, Boston, MA
• National Defense University, School of National Security Executive Education, Washington, DC
• Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Case Western Reserve University
• PhD in Physical Therapy, Simmons College, Boston, MA
• PhD in Social Psychology, University of NH (with full tuition remission & stipend)