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DATA AND METHODS 2
STUDY QUESTIONS 4
1. How did the distribution of college majors change between the classes of 1992-93 and 2007-08? 5
2. Four years after receiving their bachelor's degrees, how did the relatedness of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients' jobs to their college majors differ from that of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients? 6
3. Four years after receiving their bachelor's degrees, how did the median annual salaries of 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients differ from those of 1992-93 bachelor's degree recipients? 9
METHODOLOGY AND TECHNICAL NOTES 14
REFERENCES 16
APPENDIX A: DATA TABLES WITH STANDARD ERRORS 17
Figure 1. Percentage distribution of major field of study of 1992-93 and 2007-08 first-time bachelor's degree recipients: 1992-93 and 2007-08 5
Figure 2. Percentage of first-time bachelor's degree recipients, by job relatedness to their undergraduate majors: 1997 and 2012 6
Figure 3. Percentage of first-time bachelor's degree recipients who reported that their jobs were closely related to their undergraduate majors, by major field of study: 1997 and 2012 7
Figure 4. Percentage of first-time bachelor's degree recipients who reported that their jobs were not related at all to their undergraduate major, by major field of study: 1997 and 2012 8
Figure 5. Median annual salary 4 years after graduation (in 2016 dollars) among 1992-93 and 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, by major field of study: 1997 and 2012 10
Figure 6. Median annual salary 4 years after graduation (in 2016 dollars) among 1992-93 and 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who reported that their jobs were closely related to their undergraduate majors,... 11
Figure 7. Median annual salary 4 years after graduation (in 2016 dollars) among 1992-93 and 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients who reported that their jobs were not related at all to their undergraduate majors,... 12
Table 1. Percentage distribution of 1992-93 and 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, by undergraduate major field of study: 1992-93 and 2007-08 17
Table 2. Percentage distribution of 1992-93 and 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, by relationship between job and college major and undergraduate major field of study: 1997 and 2012 18
Table 3. Median annual salary 4 years after graduation among 1992-93 and 2007-08 bachelor's degree recipients, by relationship between job and college major and undergraduate major field of study: 1997 and 2012 19