Employment and Educational Status

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July 19, 2022

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FIT administers an annual survey of alumni who graduated during the previous academic year with either an associate or bachelor’s degree. This one-year-out survey asks graduates about their current education and employment status, satisfaction with their overall FIT experience, and skills gained at FIT. A total of 3,539 graduates from the 2020–2021 academic year were surveyed and 809 responded, generating a 23% response rate (Table 1). Bachelor’s graduates were surveyed in June 2022, a year after graduation. Associate graduates were surveyed in February 2022. The earlier date for associate graduates is required for outcomes reporting related to FIT’s participation in the federal Perkins technical education grant program.

Key Results

Employment and School Attendance

• Ninety-one percent of associate degree graduates reported that they continued their education after graduating. Far fewer of the bachelor’s graduates (7%) reported continuing on to further schooling. 
• Seventy-three percent of associate degree graduates who were not attending school were employed, 23% were unemployed (not working and seeking employment), and 3% were neither working nor seeking employment. 
• Eighty percent of bachelor’s graduates were employed, with 62% reporting employment in a job related to their degree. Sixteen percent were unemployed (not working and seeking employment), and four percent were neither working nor seeking employment. 
• A placement rate, which is used for federal Higher Education Act reporting requirements, is calculated for students who are employed or seeking employment. This placement rate equals the number of employed graduates as a percentage of the total of employed graduates and those who are seeking employment. The placement rate was 59% for all associate degree graduates, 75% for associate graduates who were not  attending school, and 83% for bachelor’s degree graduates.

Earnings and Benefits

Among working graduates, 84% of bachelor’s graduates and 82% of associate graduates who were not attending school worked full-time. Among bachelor’s graduates who worked full-time, 82% earned more than $40,000 per year and 80% had health insurance. Forty-six percent of associate graduates not attending school earned more than $40,000 per year and 66% had health insurance.  

New York Employment

Among working graduates, 83% stayed in New York State to work, 5% worked in New Jersey, 9% worked in other states, and 3% worked outside the U. S.  

Employment and School Attendance

Associate Degree Employment and School Attendance Outcomes by School

* Four School of Liberal Arts and Sciences respondents are still attending FIT; due to the small number, SLAS
information is not always broken out.

Bachelor's Degree Employment and School Attendance Outcomes by School