The following is based on Career Services annual survey of graduating School of Design students. Between May 2014 and January 2015, Career Services surveyed students graduating in December 2013, May 2014 and August 2014. Of the 266 PennDesign graduates from this period who received the survey either online or in the mail, 126 students responded a 47% response rate. 2% Career Plans Survey Report PennDesign Class of 2014 Employment Status - All Respondents 3% 9% - 67% - 6% 10% Continuing Current Employment - 1% 2% Full-time Graduate Studies - 2% 1% 6% 67% - 10% - 3% - 9% - 2% Employment Status by Program 2% 3% 2% 5% Architecture and Environmental Building Design 37% response rate 8% Landscape Architecture 40% response rate 12% 6% 6% 9% City Planning 66% response rate 3% 12% 3% 80% 76% 3% 3% 67% Full-time Graduate Studies Continuing Current Employment Full-time Graduate Studies 1
Historic Preservation 60% response rate Fine Arts 21% response rate Urban Spatial Analysis 89% response rate 7% 7% 6% 6% 13% 33% 34% 38% 6% 67% 31% 33% 19% Date of Job Offer Of the respondents who secured a new position and reported their career plans, 85% listed the date of their job offer. Of those who listed their offer date, 73% received their offer within 2 months of their graduation date. 60% 50% 54% 40% 30% 20% 19% 22% 10% 0% Received offer before graduation date Received offer within 1-2 months Received offer 3-4 months after graduation 4% Received offer 5 or more months after graduation 2
Positions Accepted and Average Salaries Of the respondents who indicated their employment status, 48% secured employment with a company/organization in which they interned during their program. 60% of respondents who secured employment provided salary information. We have provided an average salary and salary range for program degrees if 3 or more graduates indicated their full-time annual salary in their response. KEY *Dual-degree recipients **Indicated Continuing Current Employment Architecture, Master of Architecture (M.Arch) Full time Employment AECOM, Landscape Architecture, Designer 1, San Francisco, CA* Array Architects, Architecture, Architectural Designer, Dallas, TX Ballinger, Architecture, Intern Architect, Philadelphia, PA Cannon Design, Intern Architect, New York, NY Dameron Architecture, Designer, New York, NY DIGSAU Architecture, Intern Architect, Philadelphia, PA ECA, Intern Architect, Washington, DC EwingCole, Architecture, Junior Architect, New York, NY Gensler, Architectural Designer, Washington, DC* Groupon, Breadcrumb, Product designer, San Francisco, CA HR&A, Analyst, Los Angeles, CA Kohn Pedersen Fox, Architecture, Architectural designer, New York, NY KPF, Architectural Designer, New York, NY McGraw Bagnoli Architects, Architecture, Staff Designer, Washington, DC MulvannyG2 Architecture, Architectural Intern, Washington, DC ODA, Junior Architect, New York, NY Pelli Clarke Pelli, Architecture, Designer, New Haven, CT Perkins+Will, Architecture, Architect, Chicago, IL Peterssen/Keller Architects, Junior Project Manager, Minneapolis, MN Point B, Design, Philadelphia, PA SAMOO Architecture PC, Junior Architect, New York, NY Skidmore Owings & Merrill, Architecture, Architect C, San Francisco, CA Tom Wiscombe Architecture, Design, Junior Architect, Los Angeles, CA Average Salary: $50,767 Salary Range: $35,000-125,000 KSS Architects, Intern Architect, Philadelphia, PA Architecture, Master of Environmental Building Design (MEBD) Brandston Partnership Inc., Lighting Design, Lighting Designer, New York, NY Re:Vision Architecture, Sustainability Specialist, Manayunk, PA 3
Architecture, Post-Professional Program (M.Arch II) Archi-tectonics, Intern, New York, NY Architecture, Master of Science in Architecture (MS) University of Pennsylvania, Lecturer, Philadelphia, PA City and Regional Planning, Master of City Planning (MCP) Alabama Media Group, Commentary, Statewide Commentary, Birmingham, AL BERK Consulting, Planning, Associate, Seattle, WA B'nai B'rith Housing, Senior Project Manager, Boston, MA Central Japan Railway, Assistant Manager, Tokyo, Japan** China Overseas Land and Investment, Investment Department, Foreign Investment Specialist, Shenzhen, China City of Philadelphia, Department of Commerce, Policy Analyst, Philadelphia, PA Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC), Office of Project Implementation, Project Implementation Coordinator, Philadelphia, PA Doyle Real Estate Advisors, Real Estate Consultant/Appraiser Trainee, Philadelphia, PA Drexel University, The Lindy Institute for Urban Innovation, Project Planner, Philadelphia, PA Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Community Development Studies & Education, Community Development Research Analyst, Philadelphia, PA* Fehr & Peers, Transportation Planning, Transportation Planner, Salt Lake City, UT HR&A Advisors, Analyst, New York, NY PennPraxis, City Planning, Research Associate, Philadelphia, PA Pennrose Properties, LLC, Property Development, Development Associate, Baltimore, MD Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, LandCare Program, Program Specialist, Philadelphia, PA Progressive Housing Ventures, LLC, Assistant Project Manager, Malvern, PA SEPTA, Strategic Planning, Long Range Planner, Philadelphia, PA The Enterprise Center, Community Development Corporation, Special Projects Manager, Philadelphia, PA UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Brazil, Brazil Manager, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil WRT, Urban Design, Entry Level Designer, Philadelphia, PA Average Salary: $53,235 Salary Range: $30,000-90,000 Campus Apartments, LLC, Investments Office, Development and Design Intern, Philadelphia, PA Grimshaw Architects, Intern, New York, NY University City District, Planning and Economic Development, Public Space Planning Intern, Philadelphia, PA Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Miko McGinty Inc., Design Assistant, New York, NY Artist's Studio, New York, NY 4
Historic Preservation, Master of Science (MSHSPV) Full-Time Employment Atkin Olshin Schade Architects, Intern Architect, Philadelphia, PA BOB Architecture, Junior Architect, Richmond, VA East China Architectural Design & Research Institute Co., Ltd, Xian Dai UD Architectural Design Institute, Shanghai, China GB Geotechnics, Inc. USA, Investigation Engineer, New York, NY HR&A Advisors, Analyst, New York, NY Johnson, Mirmiran and Thompson, Cultural Resources, Architectural Historian, Philadelphia, PA National Park Service, Independence National Historical Park, Research Associate, Philadelphia, PA Old Structures Engineering, Project Manager, New York, NY Preservation Design Partnership, Project Coordinator, Philadelphia, PA US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Economic Resilience, Presidential Management Fellow, Energy Program Analyst, Washington, DC Average Salary: $47,460 Salary Range: $35,000-72,000 Part-Time Employment New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Historic Preservation, Historic Preservation Assistant, Trenton, NJ Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, Intern, Philadelphia, PA Landscape Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) Full-Time Employment James Corner Field Operations, Landscape Architecture, Designer, New York, NY* Logan Simpson Design, Landscape Architecture, Landscape Designer, Tempe, AZ* Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc., Landscape Designer, Brooklyn, NY Michelle Crowley Landscape Architecture, Landscape Designer, Boston, MA Mikyoung Kim Design, Design Associate, Allston, MA OLIN, Landscape Designer 2, Los Angeles, CA Surface678, Entry Level Landscape Architect, Durham, NC SWA Group, Landscape Architecture, Urban Design, City Planning, Landscape Designer, Sausalito, CA* Tom Leader Studio, Landscape Architecture, Project Designer, Berkeley, CA US. Rilin Construction Corp, Design Department, Landscape Designer, New York, NY Average Salary: $48,555 Salary Range: $38,000-55,000 Urban Spatial Analytics (MUSA) Full-Time Employment Investment Group, Investment Associate, New York, NY Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Senior Economic Analyst, Philadelphia, PA Geonamic Systems Inc., GIS Analyst, Duluth, GA Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments, GIS, GIS Analyst, Cincinnati, OH SEPTA, Service Operations Planner, Philadelphia, PA The Pennsylvania Student Equality Coalition, Executive Director, Harrisburg, PA Part-Time Employment Doyle Real Estate Advisor, Intern, Philadelphia, PA 5
The McDevitt Company, Research, Research Intern, Philadelphia, PA Azavea, Data Analytics, Summer of Maps Fellow, Philadelphia, PA City of Philadelphia, Department of Licenses and Inspections, GIS Intern, Philadelphia, PA DC District Department of Transportation, IT Department, GIS Developer Summer Intern, Washington, DC Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Community Development Studies and Education, Intern, Philadelphia, PA* 6