What paths do Berklee graduates take in their first 18 months after graduation? The dashboard below shows early career outcomes of Berklee graduates. Data focuses on students who graduated from Berklee between September 2020 and August 2021.
Background and Methodology
Background
Since 2016, Berklee has conducted a graduating student survey that collects feedback from graduates about their experiences at Berklee and their initial career plans. The survey is administered in the weeks around graduation. However, at this time, a large number of students are either unsure of their future plans or still planning to complete one more semester at Berklee. As a result, there is limited information collected about the early career outcomes of Berklee’s graduates. In 2019–20 Berklee only captured early career information on 33 percent of its graduates.
Methodology
In spring 2022, the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment and the Career Center partnered on a project to conduct outreach and research to identify career outcomes within 18 months of graduation. Career information was aggregated from multiple sources, including:
- Graduating Student Survey
- 2022 Berklee Alumni Survey
- Berklee Alumni Database
- Phone outreach
- Social media search (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, etc.)
- Internet search (personal websites and portfolios, Backstage, etc.)
This updated methodology resulted in learning early career outcomes of 83 percent of 2020–2021 graduates.
Total Graduates from September 2020 to August 2021 |
1,650 |
Graduates with a known early career outcome |
1,370 |
Knowledge rate |
83% |
This research project will continue in summer 2023 with collecting outcomes of students who graduated in 2021–22.
For more questions about this project, please contact the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment.