UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA 1 1. Post-Graduation Outcomes 2. Full-Time Job Offers & Hiring Timeline 3. Geography & International Students 4. Positions & Salaries by Program Methodology Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania annually surveys graduating students to provide a snapshot of their post- graduation plans. This report looks at 320 Weitzman School of Design graduates who received their degrees between August 2019–May 2020. Students were surveyed up to six months from their graduation date, with a 39% response rate. Additional information was then collected via LinkedIn and other sources, bringing the total knowledge rate up to 61%, a total of 196 known graduate outcomes. Given the impact of the pandemic, a significant number of graduates “Seeking Employment” received job offers in 2021. However, we are unable to include that information in our report, as our data collection ends in November, following national standards. Weitzman School of Design 2020 Career Plans Survey Report Sections
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
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1. Post-Graduation Outcomes
2. Full-Time Job Offers & Hiring
Timeline
3. Geography & International
Students
4. Positions & Salaries by Program
Methodology
Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania annually
surveys graduating students to provide a snapshot of their post-
graduation plans.
This report looks at 320 Weitzman School of Design graduates
who received their degrees between August 2019–May 2020.
Students were surveyed up to six months from their graduation
date, with a 39% response rate. Additional information was
then collected via LinkedIn and other sources, bringing the total
knowledge rate up to 61%, a total of 196 known graduate
outcomes. Given the impact of the pandemic, a significant
number of graduates “Seeking Employment” received job offers
in 2021. However, we are unable to include that information in
our report, as our data collection ends in November, following
national standards.
Weitzman School of Design
2020 Career Plans Survey Report
Sections
2020 WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN CAREER PLAN REPORT
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0.5%
0.5%
2.0%
2.0%
20.9%
74.0%
Not Seeking
Seeking Continuing Education
Continuing Education
Part-Time Employment
Seeking Employment
Full-Time Employment
Post-Graduation by the Numbers
196 responses
78.1% of graduates were either employed or enrolled in continuing education within the first 6 months after graduation.
Given the impact of the pandemic, a significant
number of graduates “Seeking Employment” received
job offers in 2021. However, we are unable to include
that information in our report, as our data collection
ends in November, following national standards.
70%
81%
67%
71%
69%
83%
26%
11%
33%
29%
23%
8%
6%
6%
8%
ARCHITECTURE
CITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING
FINE ARTS
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
URBAN SPATIAL ANALYTICS
2% Continuing
Full-Time Employment Seeking Employment
56% knowledge rate (88 / 158)
74% knowledge rate (54 / 73)
58% knowledge rate (7 / 12)
67% knowledge rate (35 / 52)
55% knowledge rate (12 / 22)
Outcomes by Program
196 responses - graduates from multiple programs are counted once in each program.
43% knowledge rate (6 / 14)
Continuing Education
1% Not Seeking
1% Part-Time
Employment
1% Seeking
Cont. Ed.
Part-Time Employment
Education
1% Not Seeking
2020 WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN CAREER PLAN REPORT
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Full-Time Employment
27%
31% 31%
6%4%
Continuing Previous
Employment
Before graduation Within 1-2 months
after graduation
Within 3-4 months
after graduation
5 months or more after
graduation
Date of Job Offer
48 responses 86% of graduates who were not
continuing previous employment received
their offers within 2 months of graduation.
5%
14%
16%
29%
36%
Non-Penn Contact
Career Services Resources
Penn Contacts
Applied Directly
Previous Employer/Summer Internship
Job Offer Source
58 responses
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Full-Time Employment
Employment by State
124 responses
Atlantic Pacific Management
BD (Becton, Dickinson & Company)
Campus Apartments
Coen+Partners (2)
Coscia Moos Architecture
Future Green Studio
Greenstand
International House Philadelphia
Interspace Interiors
International Students
Of the 61 survey respondents who identified as foreign nationals, 47 (77%) reported they were employed full-time
and 29 (48%) reported they were employed full-time in the U.S.
U.S. Employers of Foreign Nationals
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of
Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Marvel Architects
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT)
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ping An Insurance
PLAT Studio
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Stromberg Garrigan & Associates, Inc.
Supermass Studio
SWA Group (2)
The Collaborative
TLS Landscape Architecture (2)
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania - The
Wharton School
Vision Planning and Consulting
wHY Architecture
Mass. (6) N.J. (6)
Md. (2)
D.C. (4)
2020 WEITZMAN SCHOOL OF DESIGN CAREER PLAN REPORT
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Positions & Salaries by Program Positions accepted by 2020 graduates are listed by program and include employer, position title, and location (where available).
Salary averages and ranges by program are included if 3 or more full-time employed graduates indicated their annual salary in
their responses. 34% of graduates who reported as having full-time employment provided salary information.
ARCHITECTURE - MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE Full-Time Employment