{"id":5406,"date":"2018-03-16T16:25:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T21:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/?page_id=5406"},"modified":"2026-02-17T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T18:45:12","slug":"first-destination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/graduates-alumni\/first-destination\/","title":{"rendered":"First Destination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><h3>Classes of 2023 &#8211; 2025<\/h3>\n<p>The First Destination\u00a0survey\u00a0asks graduating seniors and recent college graduates about their<strong> primary activity<\/strong> following graduation.\u00a0 Graduates engaged in more than one activity (e.g. working and further education) are asked to select only one.\u00a0 St. Olaf administers the survey at the end of April each year, and follows up with graduates in the fall. For more details, see the <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/pipercenter\/firstdestinationdashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">First Destination Dashboard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"height: 784px; background-color: #ffffff;\" width=\"862\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"300\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 170px; text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"170\"><strong>Class of 2023<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 170px; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"170\"><strong>Class of 2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 170px; background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"3\" width=\"170\"><strong>Class of 2025<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54px; text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\" width=\"54\">As of 1\/31\/24<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\" width=\"52\">% of all grads<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\" width=\"64\">% of data collected<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54px; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\" width=\"54\">As of 1\/31\/25<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54px; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\" width=\"52\">% of all grads<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 54px; background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\" width=\"64\">% of data collected<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\" width=\"64\">As of 1\/31\/26<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\" width=\"64\">% of all grads<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\" width=\"64\">% of data collected<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Working (FT or PT)\/FT service<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">445<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">65%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">73%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">413<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">64%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">70%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">429<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">64%<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 52px; background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Enrolled for further education<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">125<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">18%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">21%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">122<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">19%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">21%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">151<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">22%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Other adventures<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">8<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">1%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">1%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">1%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">1%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">6<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">1%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">1%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">Still working on it! (only)<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">29<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">4%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">5%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">49<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">7%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">8%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">23<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">3%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">4%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\"><strong>607<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\"><strong>89%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\"><strong>100%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\"><strong>589<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\"><strong>91%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\"><strong>100%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\"><strong>609<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\"><strong>90%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\"><strong>100%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: right;\">No further information available<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">77<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">11%<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">61<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">9%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">64<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">10%<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Total Graduates*<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\"><strong>684<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\"><strong>100%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #cccccc;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\"><strong>650<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\"><strong>100%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffffff; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\"><strong>673<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\"><strong>100%<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #ffcc66; text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><em>* Graduates from December &#8211; August each year<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\n<p><em>last update: 2\/6\/202<\/em>6<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Classes of 2023 &#8211; 2025 The First Destination\u00a0survey\u00a0asks graduating seniors and recent college graduates about their primary activity following graduation.\u00a0 Graduates engaged in more than one activity (e.g. working and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":258,"featured_media":0,"parent":10490,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5406"}],"version-history":[{"count":46,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11034,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5406\/revisions\/11034"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/iea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}