Class of 2021 First Destination Survey

Information below reflects the responses of the Bachelor’s degree recipients of the Class of 2021 graduates regarding their first destination, post-graduation career outcomes. Data was collected by Wilkes University Career Services at a senior class meeting in the month of April prior to graduation, and via two additional survey administrations, at six months and at one year post-graduation. Salary data is offered for full-time positions for majors attaining an adequate sample size.

2021 Summary

Of the 2021 graduates who responded to the survey:

  • 98% are working or attending graduate/professional school in areas related to desired career outcomes.
  • 73% of these graduates reported that they are working full-time.
  • 18% of these alum are attending graduate/professional schools.
  • 2% are in a military career.
  • 2% of the class is either:
    • Seeking full-time positions in their fields.
    • Working in temporary positions in their majors.
    • Working in part-time positions.
  • 77% of the graduates are working in northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) or in cities within Pennsylvania. 68% of those attending graduate/professional schools are doing so in NEPA and other Pennsylvania cities.

Relationship of Major to First Position

  • Very Strongly Related: 57%
  • Strongly Related: 27%
  • Somewhat Related: 13%
  • Not Related: 3%

Employer Locations

  • Northeast Pennsylvania: 47%
  • Other Pennsylvanian Cities: 30%
  • Other States: 22%
  • International: 1%

Graduate and Professional School Locations

  • Northeast Pennsylvania: 44%
  • Other Pennsylvanian Cities: 24%
  • Other States: 32%

Full-time Employers and Graduate / Professional Schools

Listed by school and major. Salary data is listed for groups of adequate sample size. Some salaries not reported by respondents.

Accounting

Salary Range: $50,000 to $59,500

Employers
  • AON, Philadelphia, PA
  • DCH Kay Honda, Eatontown, NY
  • KPMG Harrisburg, PA
  • Red Cap Plumbing & Air, Valrico, FL
  • Robin Yevak CPA & Associates, Hazleton, PA
  • SB & Company PC, Owings Mills, MD
  • SEK CPAs and Advisors, Carlisle, PA
  • Weidner Accounting, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Wolf and Company PC, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Graduate School
  • Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Business Administration

Salary Range: $46,000 to $58,000

Employers
  • Avanti Partners, Whippany, NJ
  • Cornell Cookson, Mountain Top, PA
  • Greater Pittsburgh School District, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Mount Carmel Area School District, Kulpmont, PA
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Corporate Finance
Employers
  • Bradley Caldwell, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • The Home Depot, Pittston, PA
  • The Silverman Group, Spotswood, NJ
Entrepreneurship
Employers
  • DM Creative House, Raleigh, SC
  • InfraSound, Scranton, PA
Finance & Financial Investments

Salary Range: Salary range: $57,000-$63,000

Employers
  • Amerisource Bergen, Bloomsburg, PA
  • Bank of America, Detroit, MI
  • Community Bank Systems, Archbald, PA
  • First Financial Group, Lancaster, PA
  • HumanHire, Long Island, NY
  • Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, King of Prussia, PA
  • Lessig General Contractor, Coopersburg, PA
  • Nail Trix, Dickson City, PA
  • Pearl & Hoyt, Bridgewater, NJ
  • Sando Ford of Pottsville, Pottsville, PA
  • ShopRite of Newton, Newton, NJ
  • The Rockland Group, Easton, PA
Graduate School
  • Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA
Hospitality Leadership
Employers
  • Edgewood by Sand Springs, Drums, PA
  • River House at Odette's, New Hope, PA
Management

Salary Range: $54,500 to $63,000

Employers
  • Amazon, Scranton, PA
  • DeFrancesco Enterprises, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Enterprise, Howell Twp., NJ
  • First Hope Bank, Andover, NJ
  • Harbor Freight Tools, Scranton, PA
  • Keystone Automotive Operations, Exeter, PA
  • King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Mutual Capital Services, Sugar Run, PA
  • National Vision Inc., Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Norsk Hydro, Mountain Top, PA
  • OAK Digital, New York, NY
  • Quest Diagnostics
Graduate School
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Marketing

Salary Range: $48,000 to $51,500

Employers
  • Becton Dickinson, Franklin Lakes, NJ
  • Berkshire Hathaway Guard, Phoenixville, PA
  • JBC, Philadelphia, PA
  • Nano Zebra, Peckville, PA
  • Special Guest App, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • United States Army, Hawaii, US
  • WebFX, Harrisburg, PA
Sports Management

Salary Range: $41,000 to $68,000

Employers
  • Balance Marketing, Lansdale, PA
  • CoreDial, Philadelphia, PA
  • JM Smucker, Bloomsburg, PA
  • Lowe's, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Oakview Group, Bridgeport, CT
  • Sidecar, Philadelphia, PA
  • UPS, Scranton, PA
  • Worcester Railers. Worcester, MA
Graduate School
  • Springfield College, Otsego, NY
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Communication Studies

Salary Range: $39,000 to $51,000

Employers
  • Berkshire Hathaway Guard, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Nexstar Media, Tampa, FL
  • Penn Interactive, Philadelphia, PA
  • KAP Photography, Shohola, PA
  • Security National Mortgage Company, Millersville, MD
  • Push22, Bingham Farms, MI
Graduate School
  • Boston University, Boston, MA
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
English
Employers
  • ESS, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Treasure House Child Development Center, Honesdale, PA
Graduate School
  • Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Criminology, Sociology
Employers
  • Toke LLC, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • PPL Center, Allentown, PA
  • PA College Advising Corps, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • MidAtlantic Youth Services, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Digital Design Media Arts
Employers
  • Canpack US, Olyphant, PA
  • Halibut Blue, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Knot Just Any Day, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • LSEO, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • WBRE/WYOU, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Graduate School
  • Alveria University, Reading, PA
  • Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
History, International Relations
Employers
  • Kemmerer Gazette, Kemmerer, WY
  • Luzerne County Central Court, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Graduate School
  • Central European University, Vienna, Austria
  • Roger Williams University, School of Law, Bristol, RI
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Political Science
Employers
  • Myers, Brier & Kelly, Scranton, PA
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Graduate School
  • Albany Law School, Albany, NY
  • Pace University, Haub School of Law, White Plains, NY
Psychology & Neuroscience

Salary Range: $29,000 to $61,000

Employers
  • AmeriCorps VISTA, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA (Service)
  • Children's Service Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • ComPsych, Chicago, IL
  • East Allen Township, Northampton, PA
  • FedEx Ground, Pittston, PA
  • New Story School, Wyoming, PA
  • Retina Associates, Lenexa, KS
  • ScribeAmerica, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Step By Step, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • United States Air Force, US
Graduate School
  • Boston University, Boston, MA
  • Misericordia University, Dallas, PA
  • University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
  • University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Villanova University, Philadelphia, PA
  • University of Maryland, Shady Grove, MD
Theatre Arts, Musical Theatre
Employers
  • Camp Merrie-Woods, NC
Nursing

Salary Range: $60,000 to $66,000

Employers
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Bayhealth Network, Newark, DE
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Langhorne, PA
  • Commonwealth Health, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • First Hospital Wyoming Valley, Kingston PA
  • Geisinger Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, NJ
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network, Cedar Crest, Allentown, PA
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network, Hazleton, PA
  • Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, Allentown, PA
  • Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA
  • Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA
  • Rutgers University Hospital, Newark, NJ
  • RWJ Barnabas Health, New Brunswick, NJ
  • Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • UPMC, North Central, PA
  • Wellspan, Dover, DE
  • Wilkes Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Graduate School
  • Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
Applied Engineering Sciences
Employers
  • Element Materials Technology, Warren, MI
Biology & Biochemistry

Salary Range: $26,000 to $56,000

Employers
  • Berkshire Hathaway Guard Insurance, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • John Burke High School, Goshen, NY
  • PA Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg, PA
  • Science in Motion, Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Wyoming Area School District, Wyoming, PA
Graduate School
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Chemistry
Graduate School
  • Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA
Computer Science
Employers
  • RevSprings, Oaks, PA
  • biBerk, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Earth & Environmental Sciences-Environmental Engineering

Salary Range: $67,000 to $80,000

Employers
  • Alghanim Industries, Kuwait City, Kuwait
  • American Water, Belleville, IL
  • Borton Lawson, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Cedarville Engineering Group, Pottsville, PA
  • DOWL Engineering, Billings, MT
  • Global Environmental Mgmt. Services, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  • IDS GeoRadar, Golden, CO
  • Kimley Horn, St. Petersburg, FL
  • Kleinfelder, Exton, PA
  • LaBella Associates, Rochester, MD
  • RMI, Boulder, CO
  • SET Engineering, Durango, CT
Graduate School
  • Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Mechanical Engineering

Salary Range: $65,000 to $89,000

Employers
  • Highland Associates, Clarks Summit, PA
  • HyTek Intralogistics, Columbus, OH
  • KPI, Pittston, PA
  • Lockheed Martin, Liverpool, NY
  • MidAtlantic Machinery, Harrisburg, PA
  • Penn Mark Technology Company, W. Wyoming, PA
  • Plastrac, Phoenixville, PA
  • Pratt & Whitney, Harrisburg, PA
  • Procter & Gamble, Mehoopany, PA
  • Tenneco, Exton, PA
  • Tobyhanna Army Depot, Tobyhanna, PA
  • United States Air Force, Sumter, SC
  • US Hydrations, Pittston, PA
  • York Haven Fabricators, York Haven, PA
Graduate School
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Medical Laboratory Science
Employers
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA