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First Destination Survey

Information below reflects the responses of the Bachelor’s degree recipients of the Class of 2020 members regarding their first destination, post-graduation career outcomes status. 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.

Of the graduates who responded to the survey:

  • 96% are working or attending graduate/professional school in areas related to desired career outcomes.
  • 71% of these graduates reported that they are working full-time.
  • 17% of these alum are attending graduate/professional schools.
  • 2% are in a military career.
  • 4% of the class is seeking full-time positions in their fields; working in temporary positions in their majors, or in part-time positions.
  • 76% of the graduates are working in northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) or in cities within Pennsylvania.
  • 69% of those attending graduate/professional schools are doing so in NEPA and other Pennsylvania cities.
Northeastern PA 45%
Other PA Cities 31%
Other States 23%
International 1%
Northeastern PA 46%
Other PA Cities 23%
Other States 31%
Very strongly related 55%
Strongly related 28%
Somewhat related 13%
Not related 4%

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

Employers

  • Andersen Tax, New York, NY
  • Benco Dental, Pittston, PA
  • Bullpen Tournaments, Westfield, IN
  • Foodtown, Hazleton, PA
  • Kronick Kalada Berdy & Co., Kingston, PA

Salary Range:

  • $39,000 TO $57,000

Graduate Schools:

  • Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ
  • Wilkes University,Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • The College of Staten Island, NY

Business Administration

Employers

  • Foothills Animal Rescue, Scottsdale, AZ
  • Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs, PA
  • Spherion, Scranton, PA

Salary Range:

  • $38,000 TO $49,000

Graduate Schools:

  • Wilkes University MBA Program (6), Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Grand Canyon University MS Leadership, Phoenix, AZ

Corporate Finance & Finance

Employers

  • Attention Span Media, Boston, MA
  • Lockheed Martin, Owego, NY
  • Charles Schwab, Orlando, FL
  • IOA Re, E. Norriton Twp, PA
  • Lockheed Martin, Littleton, CO
  • Madison Mortgage, Lake Success, NY
  • New York Life Insurance, Scranton, PA
  • PayPal, Conshohocken, PA
  • Penske Truck Leasing, S. Plainfield, NJ

Salary Range:

  • $43,000 TO $52,000

Management

Employers

  • Albireo Energy, Moosic, PA
  • Amazon, Fresno, CA
  • Benefix, Lancaster, PA
  • CVS Health, Allentown, PA
  • Enterprise Rent A Car, Kingston, PA
  • Guidepoint, New York, NY
  • Hamiliton Health Center, Harrisburg, PA
  • Honesdale National Bank, Clarks Summit, PA
  • Independent Living LLC, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Jeff Ashton Construction LLC, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • LSEO, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Nexstar Media Group, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • R & S Fence, Dillsburg, PA
  • United States Air Force, Belleville, IL
  • United States Air Force, Columbus, MS
  • United States Air Force, San Diego, CA
  • Victoria's Secret, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Salary Range:

  • $37,000 TO $59,000

Graduate Schools:

  • University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

Marketing

Employers

  • Chubb, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • CVS Caremark, Scranton, PA
  • Enterprise, Easton, PA
  • Francesca's Collections, Moosic, PA
  • Frankford Candy, Philadelphia, PA
  • Infinity Consulting Solutions, Central Islip, NY
  • Newell Fuel Service, Dallas, PA
  • Olympic Chimney & Venting, Scranton, PA
  • United States Air Force, US
    Vanguard, Telford, PA

Salary Range:

  • $39,000 TO $48,000

Graduate Schools:

  • University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

Sports Management, Hospitality Leadership

Employers

  • Aerotek, Philadelphia, PA
  • DST America, Temple, PA
  • Insomnia Cookies, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Live Nation Entertainment, Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Penn Interactive, Philadelphia, PA

Salary Range:

  • $42,000 TO $49,000

Graduate Schools:

  • Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
  • Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Communication Studies

Employers

  • Asbury Communities, Mechanicsburg, PA
  • Berkshire Hathaway Guard, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Deluxe Entertainment, Moosic, PA
  • Fingerpaint, Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Freelance Video, Philadelphia, PA
  • Fox 56, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • HearingLife, US
  • Metro Commercial Real Estate, Mr. Laurel, NJ
  • NeighborWorks Northeastern PA, Scranton, PA
  • Norstar Networks, Pittston, PA
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC

Graduate Schools:

  • Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  • Rider University, Lawerenceville, NJ
  • Alvernia University, Reading, PA

English

Employers

  • ABC Kiddie Kampus, Pittston, PA
  • MDS Property Management Software, Hauppauge, NY
  • Oak Digital, Syracuse, NY
  • Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Graduate Schools:

  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Criminology & Sociology

Employers

  • Allied Universal, Philadelphia, PA
  • Americorps, Baltimore, MD
  • US Air Force, US
  • US Marines, US
  • Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA 

Salary Range:

  • $29,000 TO $43,000

Graduate Schools:

  • Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

History

Employers

  • Line Mountain High School, Herndon, PA

Graduate Schools:

  • Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA

Digital Design Media Arts

Employers

  • Arlington Industries, Scranton, PA
  • Conversion Worx, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Digital Designer-Freelance, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • ENX2, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Fox Sports, Los Angeles, CA
  • Sprint Print, Chinchilla, PA

Neuroscience

Graduate Schools:

  • Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
  • Marywood University, Scranton, PA
  • Geisinger Commonwealth School of
  • Medicine, Scranton, PA
  • Daeman College, Amherst, NY
  • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Philosophy

Employers

  • American Eagle, Hazleton, PA

Political Science

Employers

  • Baltimore City School District, Baltimore, MD
  • Dauphin County Children & Youth Services, Harrisburg, PA
  • Dyller & Solomon, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • For Our Future, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Graduate Schools:

  • Brookyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
  • Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Psychology

Employers

  • Geisinger Hospital South Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Gregory Center for Applied Behavioral Analysis, Duryea, PA
  • Greater Scranton YMCA, Scranton, PA
  • System One Talent Solutions, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Upward Bound Program, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Wegman's, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Graduate Schools:

  • Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY
  • Marywood University, Scranton, PA
  • St. Luke's University Health Network, Bethlehem, PA
  • University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
  • Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 

Spanish

Employers

  • West Scranton High School, Scranton, PA

Theatre, Music Theatre, Theatre Desgin & Technology

Employers

  • Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, Waterford, CT
  • Great Wolf Lodge, Scotrun, PA
  • Limon Professional Training, New York, NY
  • Starbucks, US
  • The Moth Organization, New York, NY
  • Thin Air Company, Cripple Creek, CO

Education

Employers

  • Central Dauphin School District, Harrisburg, PA
  • Baltimore Area School District, Baltimore, MD
  • Dixon Smith Elementary School, Fredericksburg, VA
  • Wiscasset High School, Wiscasset, ME
  • Casa Grande Elementary School, Casa Grande, AZ
  • Souderton Area School District, Souderton, PA
  • Wyoming Area School District, Exeter, PA
  • West Scranton High School, Scranton, PA

Salary Range:

  • $41,000 TO $51,000

BS Nursing Graduates

Employers

  • Care Mount Medical, Mount Kisco, NY
  • Commonwealth Health, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • General Hospital (5), Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg, PA
  • Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, PA
  • Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
  • Geisinger St. Luke's Hospital, Orwigsburg, PA
  • Geisinger Wyoming Valley (9), Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Hospice of the Sacred Heart, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Lehigh Valley Health Network (3), Allentown, PA
  • Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, NY
  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center (3), Hershey, PA
  • Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, PA
  • Pathways Health Care, Westwood, MA
  • Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, Chester, PA
  • Roxborough Memorial Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
  • University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN

Applied Engineering Sciences

Employers

  • Phillips Pet Food & Supplies, Easton, PA

Biology & Biochemistry

Employers

  • Absolute Genomics, Peckville, PA
    ALS, York, PA
  • Wiscasset High School, Wiscasset, ME

Salary Range:

  • $42,000 TO $50,000

Graduate Schools:

  • Geisinger Commonwealth Medical School, Scranton, PA
  • Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
  • New York University, New York, NY
  • Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, PA
  • University of Texas Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Biochemistry & Chemistry

Employers

  • Clinical Science Laboratory, Mansfield, MA

Graduate Schools:

  • Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Computer Science/CIS

Employers

  • US Postal Service, Scranton, PA
  • US Postal Service, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Dick's Sporting Goods, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Creative Systems & Consulting, McClean, VA
  • Andesa Services, Allentown, PA

Salary Range:

  • $59,000 TO $70,000

Electrical Engineering

Employers

  • DenTech Industrial, Denver, PA
  • Lockheed Martin, Archbald, PA
  • ON Semiconductor, Mountaintop, PA
  • Pike Engineering, Fort Mill, SC
  • QED Systems, Philadelphia, PA
  • QualComm, San Diego, CA
  • Raytheon Technologies, Huntsville, AL
  • Sharpe Engineering, Pottstown, PA
  • Smith Miller Associates, Pittston, PA
  • Structural Metal Fabricators, Palmerton, PA
  • UGI Utilities, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Salary Range:

  • $64,000 TO $71,000

Environmental Engineering/Sciences

Employers

  • AECOM, Conshohocken, PA
  • Borton-Lawson, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Columbia Gas of PA, Cannonsburg, PA
  • Cowan Associates, Quakertown, PA
  • EnTech Engineering, Reading, PA
  • Environmental Abatement Associates, Kingston, PA
  • GHD, Williamsport, PA
  • Langan Engineering & Environmental Services, Doylestown, PA
  • Maxar Technologies, Longmont, CO
  • PA Department of Transportation, Harrisburg, PA

Salary Range:

  • $52,000 TO $68,000

Graduate Schools:

  • Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
  • University of Buffalo School of Law, Buffalo, NY

Geology

Employers

  • ARM Group, Bethlehem, PA
  • Beartooth Mountain Guides, Red Lodge, MT

Mathematics

Employers

  • Casa Grande Elementary School, Casa Grande, AZ
  • Souderton Area School District, Souderton, PA

Graduate Schools:

  • University of Scranton, Scranton, PA

Mechanical Engineering

Employers

  • Barry Isett & Associates PE, Lehigh Valley, PA
  • Borton-Lawson, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Bracalente Manufacturing Group, Quakertown, PA
  • Brentwood Industries, Birdsboro, PA
  • Colinear Machine & Design, Sparta, NJ
  • Colliers Engineering & Design, Mount Arlington, NJ
  • Cornell Cookson, Mountain Top, PA
  • DST America, Temple, PA
  • Fiber Industries Inc.,  Darlington, SC
  • Gentex Corporation, Carbondale, PA
  • Highwood USA, Hazleton, PA
  • Lockheed Martin, Archbald, PA
  • MDI Advantage, Allentown, PA
  • ON Semiconductor, Mountaintop, PA
  • PP&L Electric Utilities, Allentown, PA
  • Pride Mobility  Products, Exeter, PA (3)
  • Smith Miller Associates, Pittston, PA
  • Structural Metal Fabricators, Palmerton, PA
  • Tobyhanna Army Depot, Tobyhanna, PA
  • Trane Technologies Burlington, NJ
  • UGI Utilities, Wilkes-Barre, PA (2)
  • Universal Technical Resource Services Inc., Sussex, NJ
  • UPS Mount Olive, NJ
  • US Army, US

Salary Range:

  • $58,000 TO $70,000