Annual employment report highlights Data for this report was collected through mail surveys, follow-up telephone calls and inquiries to academic departments. The Career Center surveyed graduates of baccalaureate degrees from NDSU for terms ending in December 2004, May 2005 and August 2005. This report is based on responses from 1,313 graduates (85.7% of the reported 1,532 undergraduate degrees granted).

Of the 1,313 respondents:

• 1,001 (76.2%) reported “Employed.”

• 248 (18.9%) reported “Post Baccalaureate & Professional.”

• 64 (4.9%) reported still “Active in Job Search.”

Of the 1,001 employed respondents:

• 841 (84.0%) reported: “Employed Related to Major/Minor.”

• 42 (4.2%) reported employed in part-time positions.

• The average annual reported salary of respondents was $36,000. The highest reported salary was $85,000.

• Graduates reported accepting employment in 39 states and four foreign countries.

• 516 respondents (51.5%) reported accepting employment in North Dakota.

• 277 respondents (27.7%) reported accepting employment in Minnesota.

• 570 respondents reported their original home state as North Dakota, of which 391 reported accepting employment in North Dakota (68.6% retention).

• Of this year’s employed graduates from the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, 12.3% have chosen to farm or ranch.

NDSU is an equal opportunity university.

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Companies that employed NDSU graduates3M Corp.Abbott Northwestern HospitalAbercrombie & FitchAbhe & SvobodaAccentureADM Benson QuinnAg Country Farm Credit

ServicesAgrilianceAgStarAirport Animal HospitalAldevronAll Creatures Veterinary HospitalAll Season’s Garden Center and FloralAllred and AssociatesAmerican Federal BankAmerican Income InsuranceAmes Construction Co.Amity TechnologyAnchorage Public SchoolsAnimal Health ClinicAnimal Medical CenterApplied EngineeringArcher Daniels MidlandAronson & Co.Auburn UniversityAudio Video PlannersAustin Medical Center - Mayo Health SystemBank of the WestBaptist Health SystemsBarnard Construction Co.Basin Electric Power

CooperativeBeckman Coulter, Inc.BF GoodrichBiosite DiagnosticsBismarck Public School DistrictBKBM Engineers, Inc.Black & VeatchBlattner, D.H. & Sons

Blue Cross Blue Shield of NDBobcat/Ingersoll-RandBoeing Corp., TheBolton & MenkBoy Scouts of AmericaBrady, Martz & Assoc.Brauer & Associates, Ltd.Broadmore Ridge ApartmentsBrown & Saenger Business

InteriorsButler Machinery Co.C. H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.Cabela’s, Inc.Cannon TechnologiesCargill, Inc.Carver Moquist Alagna & Assoc.Case New Holland (CNH)Cass County Electric

CooperativeCass County JailCasselton Veterinary ServicesCaterpillar, Inc.Centex Custom HomesCentreCityscapes DevelopmentCloverdale Foods Co.ConAgra FoodsContemporary BuildersCountry Inn & SuitesCountry ManorCountryside Public Health

ServiceCrosby-Ironton School DistrictCyprus BuildersDakota Boys & Girls RanchDakota Growers Pasta Co.Dakota Montessori School &

ChildcareDaktronicsDee, Inc.Deere & Co.

Deloitte & ToucheDelta Industrial Services, Inc.Desktop Standard Corp.D-G-F Public School DistrictDickinson School DistrictDigi-Key Corp.DLR GroupDonaldson HotelDouglas MachineDowAgrosciencesDrayton EnterprisesDuratech IndustriesEagle Creek SoftwareEcliptic Technologies, Inc.EcolabEddie BauerEide Bailly LLPElim Nursing HomeElko County School DistrictEllingson CompaniesEmerson ElectronicsEmerson Process Management/

Rosemount, Inc.Engebretson, R.L., Co.Engineering Groupe, Inc.EnrichEquity Leadership Mortgage

Group, Inc.E-Tech, Inc.F & F LandscapingFagen EngineeringFairview Southdale HospitalFargo Assembly Co.Fargo AutomationFargo Park DistrictFargo Police DepartmentFargo Public School DistrictFargo, City ofFarnsworth GroupFastenal CompanyFeldmann & Associates CPAs

First International Bank & TrustFirstLinkFitterer, Al, ArchitectFleetguardFloor To Ceiling StoreF-M Ambulance ServiceFargo-Moorhead RedHawksForum CommunicationsFriesen’s Inc.Frisbie Architects, Inc.Gaber LLCGage Davis AssociatesGate City BankGecko’s Grill & BarGoldmark Property

ManagementGoodrich Corp.Gooseneck Implement Co.Grand Forks Glass & PaintGrand View LodgeGranite City Food & BreweryGranite Construction Co.Grant ThorntonGrassland SolutionsGremada IndustriesHead StartHickey Thorstenson Grover, Ltd.Hillside Adult Foster HomeHitachi Global Storage

TechnologyHogenson ConstructionHOM FurnitureHome Builders Association of Fargo-MoorheadHome CreationsHome DepotHornbacher’s FoodsHub City, Inc.Hulsing & Associates ArchitectsHutchinson TechnologyI C SystemsIBM Corp.

Imation Corp.Immanuel St. Joseph’s Mayo

Health SystemInfinity WindowsInnovis Health CenterInside 515Integrity Windows & DoorsInterbankInterstate EngineeringJ & M CompaniesJ L G Industries, Inc.Jo-Ann Fabrics & CraftsJohnson ScreensKadrmas, Lee & Jackson, PCKarges FaulconbridgeKelly ServicesKiewit IndustrialKiewit Western Co.Kimley-Horn and AssociatesKMOT-TVKnife River Corp.KPMG LLPKrech Ojard & AssociatesKuepers Architects & BuildersL. A. Olson & Associates Arch.Lake Agassiz Special Ed.

CooperativeLake Region Veterinary CenterLamb Weston/RDOLansford Public SchoolsLarson, Allen, Weishair & Co.Larson Engineering of Minn.Lawson Software, Inc.Lightowler Johnson AssociatesLohan Caprile Goettsch

ArchitectsLong Prairie-Gray Eagle PSDLongview School DistrictLowe’s Home ImprovementLurie Besikof Lapidus & Co.Lusardi ConstructionLutheran Social Services

Lyon County Farm ServiceM. A. Mortenson Co.Mahler & Associates

ArchitectureMandan Public School

DistrictManna Freight SystemsManorCare Health ServicesMarch of DimesMarshall Field’sMarvin Windows & DoorsMayo Medical CenterMaytag Home AppliancesMcCombs Frank Roos

AssociatesMcGladrey & Pullen LLPMDU Resources GroupMenahga Public School

DistrictMenardsMercy HospitalMeritCare Medical CenterMesaba Airlines - Corporate

OfficesMicron Technology, Inc.Microsoft Business

SolutionsMidstates Engineering

Corp.Mind TremorsMinn. Dept. of Natural

ResourcesMinn-Kota Ag Products, Inc.Minnesota PowerMinnesota Valley

LandscapeMinnwest BankMinot Veterinary ClinicMonticello, City ofMoore EngineeringMunich Public School

DistrictN.D. Air National Guard

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Points of interestThe NDSU Career Center sponsors career events throughout the school year to connect employers with students and alumni seeking full-time positions, part-time jobs and internships.

August Part-Time Jobs Fair

September Meet the Firms (Accounting)Engineering & Tech Expo

October Agriculture Career DayTri-College Graduate School Day (Students connected with representatives from regional and national post-baccalaureate schools.)

November Tri-College Career & Internship Fair

February Summer Jobs Fair

March Spring Career FairDesign Expo (Architecture & Landscape Architecture)

April ND Education Connection

Cooperative EducationThe Cooperative Education program is a structured, paid work experience for academic credit affording students an opportunity to gain relevant, professional experience in the career they have chosen to pursue upon graduation. Co-op students accept work assignments locally, regionally and nationally and the work can be full or part time during the summer and/or academic semester.

NDSU Career CenterThe Career Center is a comprehensive employment information and resource center connecting students and alumni with employers. The NDSU Career Center supports and implements state and federal laws in the matter of Equal Employment Opportunity and nondiscriminatory practices. Services are available only to employers who submit assurance that they are equal opportunity employers.

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Companies that employed NDSU graduates

N.D. Army National GuardN.D. Dept. of Information

TechnologyN.D. Dept. of Corrections -

Youth CenterN.D. Dept. of TransportationN.D. Extension ServiceN.D. Forest ServiceN.D. State College of ScienceNavtech, Inc.NDSU Center for Nanoscale

Science and EngineeringNevada Automotive Test

CenterNew York LifeNilfisk Advance, Inc.Nodak Mutual InsuranceNoridian Mutual Insurance Co.North Branch School DistrictNorth Dakota State UniversityNorthern Pipe ProductsNorthern Plains Ag ServiceNorthern Technologies, Inc.Oertel ArchitectsOmaha Public School SystemOpen Systems International,

Inc.Opp ConstructionOpti-CropOrthopaedic AssociatesOttertail County Public HealthOttertail Power Corp.Pan-O-Gold Baking Co.Pella Corp.Performance Contracting

Petcetera Animal ClinicPetSmartPhoenix International Corp.Pilgrim’s Pride Co.Polaris IndustriesPolk County Social ServicesPRACS Institute Ltd.Prairie St. John’sPricewaterhouse CoopersPrimera TechnologyPrimeWood, Inc.Prince Contracting Co.Pro Ag Farmers CooperativeProgressive AgPromersberger Company, TheProtech Associates, Inc.PSI Health CarePuget Sound Naval ShipyardPulte Homes of MNQwest CommunicationsR & D Group, TheR. D. Offutt R. H. George & AssociatesRavenna Union Bay

Veterinary HospitalRed PrairieRed River Animal Emergency ClinicRedline, LLCRFA Minnesota EngineeringRice Lake ContractingRichland County SchoolsRiverway ClinicsRNL DesignRockwell CollinsRosemount, Inc.

RSP Architects, Ltd.St. Cloud HospitalSt. Joseph Veterinary ClinicSt. Luke’s Medical CenterSaint-Gobain AbrasivesSawyer Public School

SystemScheelsScheresky Ag ServiceSchreiber Anderson

AssociatesSCIMED Life SystemsS.D. Dept. of TransportationSebesta Blomberg & Assoc.Security State Bank of NDSEI Information TechnologiesSenger, Mahlum & Goodhart PCSheppard Air Force BaseShooting Star Casino Hotel

& Event CenterShopNBCShort Elliott HendricksonSilverman Olson Thorvilson

& Kaufmann Ltd.Small Wonders Preschool & Child Care CenterSmithsonian Early

Enrichment CenterSmurfit-Stone ContainerSofitel MinneapolisSpectrum Aeromed, Inc.SRF Consulting GroupState Bank and Trust of FargoState Bank of HawleyState of Alaska DPS/SCDL

Stockmen’s SupplyStrategic

TelecommunicationsSunergiSwanson Health ProductsSwenson Hagen & Co.Target Corp.TaxmanTecton ProductsTempworks SoftwareTennant CompanyTerex TelelectTerramarcThompson H. A. & SonsThomson WestThrivent Financial for

LutheransTimber Lake School DistrictTitan MachineryToman Engineering

CompanyToro, Inc.Traill County Sheriff

DepartmentTrane Co., TheTrinity Medical CenterTurtle Mountain Corp., a Pemstar Co.TUV America, Inc.UAP Northern PlainsUlteig EngineersUnion State BankUnited Agra ProductsUnited Blood ServicesUnited Defense, LPUnited Parcel Service (UPS)United Savings Credit Union

United States SteelUniversity of North DakotaUniversity of California San DiegoUpstreamUS Air Force Civilian

CareersUS Army Corp. of EngineersUS BankUS Bureau of ReclamationUS Fish & Wildlife ServiceUS Military ForcesUS Postal ServiceUSDA - Natural Resources

Conservation ServiceValley EngineeringVanityVee Corp.Vision-Ease LensVision WorldVolt Services GroupVtrenz, Inc.WalgreensWanzek ConstructionWash. Dept. of

TransportationWasp, Inc.WDAYWeckwerth Animal HospitalWeiss Construction Co.Weitz Golf InternationalWells Fargo & Co.Wenzel EngineeringUMN-Morris - West Central Research & Outreach CenterWest DesMoines

School DistrictWest Fargo Public

School DistrictWestern Summit

Constructors, Inc.Westwood Professional

ServicesWidseth Smith Nolting

& Associates, Inc.Wild & Assoc., LtdWildlife Safari Williston Basin Interstate

PipelineWingate Inn Wold Architects &

Engineers Wright Patterson Air

Force Base Yards & More Inc.Yellow Book YMCA/YWCA Zerr Berg ArchitectsZmistowski Design

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College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural ResourcesAgribusiness 10 9 1 0 3 0 7 6 1 0 100% 19-32-40K Agricultural Economics 23 18 5 0 4 3 16 15 1 0 100% 25-33-42K Agricultural Systems Management 18 18 0 0 0 4 14 13 1 0 100% 24-37-48K Agriculture, General 7 6 1 0 1 1 5 5 0 0 100% 24-31-40K Animal and Range Sciences 19 14 5 0 0 4 15 13 2 0 100% 25K Biotechnology 3 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Crop and Weed Sciences 17 13 4 0 0 3 14 14 0 0 100% 30-39-45K Economics 9 8 1 2 1 3 5 2 2 1 80% N/A Equine Studies 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 100% N/A Food Safety 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/AFood Science 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Horticulture 6 3 3 0 0 1 5 5 0 0 100% 30K Microbiology 28 11 17 0 8 9 11 8 2 1 91% 21-37-43K Natural Resources Management 10 6 4 0 0 2 8 7 1 0 100% 23-29-35K Soil Science 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Sports, Urban Turf Management 6 6 0 0 2 0 4 3 1 0 100% 22K Veterinary Technology 24 0 24 2 1 2 21 19 0 2 90% 19-22-26K

College Totals 187 114 73 4 22 34 131 113 14 4 97% 19-31-48K

College of Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesAnthropology 6 3 3 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 100% N/A Art 3 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 100% 36K Criminal Justice 30 18 12 1 9 2 19 10 7 2 89% 17-25-34K Emergency Management 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0% N/A English 6 1 5 1 3 0 3 1 2 0 100% N/A History 9 6 3 0 2 4 3 0 3 0 100% N/A Humanities/Philosophy 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A Languages 5 3 2 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 100% N/A Mass Communication 46 24 22 1 11 2 33 25 5 3 91% 17-27-40K Music 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 100% N/A Political Science 29 26 3 4 11 8 10 2 8 0 100% N/A Sociology 18 7 11 1 3 2 13 4 7 2 85% 21-37-65K Speech Communication 9 3 6 0 1 1 7 3 3 1 86% 30-45-70K Theatre Arts 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 100% N/A

College Totals 170 95 75 11 47 25 98 48 41 9 91% 17-30-70K

College of Business AdministrationAccountancy 32 13 19 0 4 2 26 24 1 1 96% 24-35-46K Accounting 16 9 7 0 3 0 13 11 0 2 85% 29-39-47K Business Administration 124 81 43 1 24 10 90 72 9 9 90% 18-29-65K Management Information Systems 46 40 6 4 12 1 33 25 7 1 97% 20-35-50K

College Totals 218 143 75 5 43 13 162 132 17 13 92% 18-32-65K

College of Engineering and ArchitectureAgricultural and Biosystems Engineering 16 14 2 0 0 0 16 15 0 1 94% 30-46-55K Architecture 48 25 23 0 5 0 43 38 2 3 93% 27-34-49K Civil Engineering 57 49 8 0 3 1 53 47 4 2 96% 34-41-60K Computer Engineering 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Construction Engineering 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 13 0 0 100% 30-43-50K Construction Management 27 26 1 0 0 0 27 26 1 0 100% 22-40-48K Electrical Engineering 69 61 8 5 3 7 59 52 1 6 90% 30-50-85K Environmental Design 8 6 2 0 1 4 3 1 2 0 100% N/A Industrial Engineering and Management 18 12 6 1 0 0 18 14 2 2 89% 31-46-59K Landscape Architecture 15 9 6 0 2 0 13 9 2 2 85% 21-34-45K Manufacturing Engineering 6 6 0 1 2 0 4 4 0 0 100% 45-61-76K Mechanical Engineering 87 83 4 1 7 5 75 69 4 2 97% 29-48-59K

College Totals 366 306 60 8 24 17 325 289 18 18 94% 21-44-85K

College of Human Development and EducationApparel and Textiles 30 0 30 0 6 2 22 19 3 0 100% 16-29-42K Athletic Training 9 5 4 0 2 3 4 3 0 1 75% 25-33-42K Child Development and Family Science 41 1 40 2 8 4 29 22 6 1 97% 17-24-35K Dietetics 12 0 12 1 2 1 9 8 1 0 100% 24-34-40K Facility Management 6 2 4 0 0 1 5 3 2 0 100% 36K Hospitality/Tourism Management 13 2 11 0 3 0 10 10 0 0 100% 19-27-35K Human Performance and Fitness 26 11 15 0 2 8 16 6 7 3 81% 25-28-32K Interior Design 18 0 18 0 0 0 18 13 2 3 83% 18-27-40K Recreation Management 10 5 5 0 0 1 9 6 3 0 100% 21-26-33K School of Education 57 23 34 0 6 6 45 36 8 1 98% 17-29-45K

College Totals 222 49 173 3 29 26 167 126 32 9 95% 16-28-45K

College of PharmacyNursing 45 5 40 3 7 2 36 35 0 1 97% 35-42-60K Pharmaceutical Sciences 81 35 46 5 0 81 0 0 0 0 N/A N/A

College Totals 126 40 86 8 7 83 36 35 0 1 97% 35-42-60K

College of Science and MathematicsBehavioral Statistics 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 100% N/A Biological Sciences 10 8 2 1 2 2 6 3 3 0 100% 23K Biotechnology 8 4 4 1 1 1 6 6 0 0 100% 26-33-46K Chemistry 12 7 5 1 1 6 5 4 1 0 100% 21-26-35K Clinical Laboratory Science 4 0 4 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 100% 27-35-41K Computer Science 40 38 2 1 10 1 29 22 4 3 90% 19-35-60K Geology 11 8 3 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 100% N/A Mathematics 5 5 0 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 67% N/A Physics 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 100% N/A Psychology 45 14 31 3 12 13 20 13 5 2 90% 19-21-25K Radiological Sciences 3 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 100% N/A Respiratory Care 9 4 5 0 1 0 8 8 0 0 100% 30-36-50K Zoology 56 26 30 2 9 16 31 15 13 3 90% 16-27-52K

College Totals 208 117 91 10 43 45 120 80 31 9 93% 16-31-60K

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NoRtH DAkotA StAtE UNivERSity Totals 1,532 884 648 53 219 248 1,065 841 160 64 94% 16-36-85K

NDSU Non-Baccalaureate Professional ProgramPharmacy Doctorate 64 21 43 1 13 0 51 51 0 0 100% 33-78-115K

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Data for the 2005 NDSU Annual Employment Report covering semesters ending December 2004, May 2005 and August 2005 were retrieved from the NDSU student database, mail surveys, follow-up telephone calls and inquiries to academic departments. The data include only baccalaureate degrees.

GraduatesInformation derived from the student database.

Male, FemaleInformation reported by student.

MinorityInformation reported by student.

Unable to SurveyGraduates not responding to surveys and were unable to be located or contacted.

Employment summary column explanationsPost Baccalaureate & ProfessionalIncludes graduates who are pursuing post baccalaureate or profes-sional education or additional undergraduate majors.

Entering Job MarketOnly graduates who have entered or are ready to enter the job market are included.

Includes:“Employed Related to Major/Minor”“Employed Unrelated to Major/Minor”“Active in Job Search”

Does not include:“Post Baccalaureate & Professional” “Unable to Survey”

Employed Related to Major/MinorFull-time and part-time employment information collected from graduating student survey.

Employed Unrelated to Major/MinorFull-time and part-time employment information collected from graduating student survey.

Active in Job SearchInformation collected from graduating student survey indicating graduates were unemployed and were seeking employment.

Percent EmployedNumber of graduates employed (“Employed Related to Major/Minor” and “Employed Unrelated to Major/Minor”) divided by “Entering Job Market.”

Salary Range (Low - Average - High)Only base salaries of full-time positions reported as “Employed Related to Major/Minor” were used. Commissions, bonuses, incentives and fringe benefits were not included. For privacy reasons, some salary amounts are not shown in majors with minimal data returns.

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