Each year, AIB Career Services surveys graduates to determine their status with regard to post-graduation activity, such as employment or education. Information was gathered via web, email, and phone surveys, as well as faculty and staff.
Data was collected on 375 associate and bachelor graduates who completed their degrees during the period of August 2010 through May 2011. All but one graduate responded, yielding a response rate of 99.7% for the survey results. This report, known as First Destination, summarizes activity within the first year of graduation.
Outcomes
- 99.7% of AIB survey respondents reported engagement in productive post-graduation activity such as employment, continuing education, or serving in the military.
- Only one (0.3%) of the respondents indicated “seeking employment” at the time of publication.
- Outcomes are positive for AIB graduates, despite an economy still in recovery.
Employment
- Top employers included various divisions of Wells Fargo (37) followed by Nationwide (14). Other top employers are displayed below.
- Full-time salaries were higher, on average, than reported by last year’s class.
Employers Who Hired Three or More 2010-2011 AIB Graduates
Includes part-time jobs for those students enrolled in continuing education.
- Wells Fargo (37)
- Nationwide Insurance (14)
- AIB College of Business (full-time: 8)
- Hy-Vee, Inc. (5)
- VA Central Iowa Health Care System (5)
- Wellmark (5)
- Caption Colorado (4)
- Fareway Stores, Inc. (4)
- American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company (3)
- Bank of the West (3)
- Davis Brown Law Firm (3)
- Hummel's Nissan (3)
- Principal Financial Group (3)
- West Bank (3)
- WHO-TV (3)
Education
- 40.8% of associate and bachelor graduates continued their education in the year following graduation.
- 98.5% of AIB associate graduates who continued their undergraduate education chose AIB for their bachelor degree studies. Associate graduates continued their education in accounting, business administration, captioning, computer science, and court reporting.
- Bachelor graduates pursued advanced degrees in accounting, business, and public administration.
Geographic Destination
- 92.1% of respondents selected Iowa for employment or continued education.
- 70.9% of graduates remained in the Des Moines metro area for work or education.
Sources of Employment
- Networking and working for an employer before attaining degree ranked first and second place in employment sources. AIB JOBS, the College’s online job board, came in third.
- Postings through AIB JOBS are a good indicator of job availability for AIB students and graduates. For the second year in a row, the number of postings grew (12.7% over 2010) and the number of employers registered for the first time increased (26.5% over 2010).
For more information about the First Destination Report or AIB Career Services resources, please email Jane DeHaven, Director, at dehavenj@aib.edu or call 515/246-5342.