THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN INDUSTRY PROGRAM OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ANNUAL REPORT OF ENGINEERING PLACEMENT John G. Young July, 1966 IP-742

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Observations................................................... 3 Number of Degrees granted...................................... 5 Comments.................................................... 5 Student and Alumni Activity.................................... 6 Number of Students Interviewing............................. 6 Number of Interviews Conducted............................ 6 Number of Interviews per Student............................ 6 Number of Plant Visit Invitations per Student............... 6 Number of Plant Visits Accepted per Student................. 6 Interviewing by PhD Candidates.............................. 6 Postgraduate Plans.......................................... 7 Number of Alumni Utilizing Placement Service................ 7 Comments.................................................... 7 Employer Activity.............................................. 8 Number of Employers Scheduling Interview Visits............. 8 Number of Interview Visits.................................. 8 Number of Offers per Student............................... 8 Number of Employers Requesting Applicants by Mail........... 8 Comments........................................... 9 Starting Salaries Accepted..................................... 10 Comments.................................................... 11 Summer Job Salaries Accepted................................ 12 Comments.................................................... 12 Positions Accepted........................................ 13 By Location........................................ 13 By Type of Work........................................ 13 By Type of Industry........................................ 13 By Size of Employer's Organization.......................... 13 Comments.................................................... 13

-3 -OBSERVATIONS June 6, 1965 - June 10, 1966 The volume of demand for technical graduates this year was evidently the greatest since the current shortage first developed about 1950. This was evidenced by large increases in recruiting activity, larger increases in starting salaries and an increase of 38% in the volume of offers reported in the nation-wide College Placement Council Survey. Demand seemed equally strong from both commercial industries and government contractors. This general situation was still further aggravated here by the fact that we had about 20% fewer students interviewing for regular employment than last year, in spite of a 6% increase in the number of degrees granted. This is believed to be largely the result, directly or indirectly, of increased military service liability. The proportion of graduates during the third term increased substantially, almost entirely at the expense of the second term, resulting in the number of first and second term graduates being the most nearly equal we have ever had. It is not anticipated, however, that this trend will lead to the development of a recruiting season during the third term. The proportion of advanced degrees also increased markedly, and was almost equal to the total of B.S. degrees. Demand for advanced degrees continued to be strongest in the Aerospace and Electronics industries, as evidenced by premium salaries. The proportion of graduates starting their first jobs in Michigan continued to increase to a total of 36%. This was mainly at the expense of other midwestern states, however, as the proportions going to the east and west coast remained substantially the same. There was also a notable increase in the proportion of graduates starting with small and medium-size employers at the expense of large organizations. An even stronger market is indicated for next year by an increase of nearly 40% in advanced bookings for recruiting visits compared to an increase of about 10% at this time last year.

NUMBER OF DEGREES GRANTED TOTAL IN 1 B. S. N. S. Professional Ph.D. EACH CLASS L % IN IN Aug Dec Apr[ Aug Dec Apr Aug Dec Apr Dec Apr Aug Dec Apr EACH EACH PROGRAM '65 '65 '661 '65 '65 '66 '65 '65 '66 '65 '66 '65 '65 '66 PROG. PROG. Aerospace 10 21 23 5 7 19 3 2 1 2 2 18 32 45 95 9 Applied Math 4 15 24 4 15 24 43 4 Bioengineering 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 Chemical 13 18 18 15 6 8 6 5 28 30 31 89 9 Civil 10 17 19 12 10 21 10 22 37 40 99 10 Commun. Sci. 6 6 1 10 2 6 16 3 21 2 Electrical 26 41 45 37 33 37 1 14 7 63 88 90 241 23 Engrg. Mech. 2 3 5 5 12 7 5 14 15 34 4 Engrg. Physics 3 7 14 3 7 14 24 2 Industrial 11 13 22 10 19 14 2 21 34 36 91 9 Info. & Controls 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 10 1 Materials 1 1 2 2 2 1 5 2 8 1 Mechanical 17 30 35 21 14 22 1 10 2 38 55 59 152 14 Metallurgical 3 4 2 5 2 0 7 9 14 2 Meteor. & Ocean. 2 7 3 7 1 1 7 4 10 21 2 Nav. Arch. & Mar. 6 13 14 1 2 6 1 1 7 16 21 44 4 Nuclear 6 6 2 1 2 1 6 9 3 24 2 Science 2 7 15 _ 2 7 15 24 2 TOTALS IN EACH CLASS 103 188 240 129 119 157 3 4 4 69 21 235 380 422 1037 100% % IN EACH CLASS 19 36 45 32 29 39 28 36 36 77 23 23 37 40 TOTALS AT EACH DEGREE LEVEL 531* 405* 11 9 1037 % AT EACH DEGREE LEVEL 51% 39% 1% 9% 100% *Thirty persons received two B.S. degrees and seven persons received two M.S. degrees during the year; therfore, the number of persons receiving B.S. degrees was 501 and receiving M.S. degrees was 398. COMMENTS Noteworthy changes in the proportion of degrees granted in the major categories this year as compared to last were: Programs: No substantial changes, but a small increase in Civil and Electrical was counterbalanced by a small decrease in Aerospace and Mechanical. Classes: A large increase in August graduates, from 13% to 23%, mostly at the expense of the May class, resulted in the December and May classes being very nearly equalized. Degree Levels: An increase in the total number of degrees granted of 6% plus a decrease in the number of persons receiving two degrees from 54 to 37, resulted in an increase of 8% in the number of persons receiving degrees. A decrease in B.S. degrees from 62% to 51% almost equalized them with the total of advanced degrees.

-6 -STUDENT AND ALUMNI ACTIVITY NUMBER OF STUDENTS INTERVIEWING BS MS PhD Total Citizens* for Regular Employment 252 169 66 487 Citizens for Summer Employment 284 39 18 341 Non-citizens 28 50 29 107 Non-engineers 11 35 5 51 Totals 575 293 118 986 NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED For Regular Employment: Fall Spring Total By Engineers, Citizens 2420 2759 5179 By Engineers, Non-citizens 215 486 701 By Non-engineers 43 67 110 Totals for Regular Employment 2678 3312 5990 For Summer Employment: 93 487 580 Totals for All Employment 2771 3799 6570 NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS, average BS MS PhD i Total per citizen accepting regular employment 12.3 10.8 7.2 11.3 NUMBER OF PLANT VISIT INVITATIONS, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 5.1 7.4 6.7 6.0 NUMBER OF PLANT VISITS ACCEPTED, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 3.0 3.7 4.0 3.3 INTERVIEWING BY Ph.D CANDIDATES Degree Expected Before After Se t. '66 Sept. '66 Total Number of Candidates Interviewing 69 43 112 Number of Interviews Taken 423 187 610 Average Interviews per Candidate 6.1 4.3 5.4 * "Citizen" and "Non-citizen" refers to U.S. citizenship. Many noncitizens are available for temporary "practical training" employment only, usually for eighteen months following graduation.

-7 -POSTGRADUATE PLANS BS MS PhD Total No. % No. % No. % No. % Cit. Accepting Reg. Emplm't 149 51 79 44 26 76 254 50 To Continue in School 109 38 40 22 2 6 151 30 To Military Service 26 9 41 22 3 9 70 14 To Return to Previous Emplm't 3 1 19 10 1 3 23 4 Non-Cit. Ret'ng. to Home Country 3 1 3 2 2 6 8 2 Total 290 100 182 100 34 100 506 100 NUMBER OF ALUMNI UTILIZING PLACEMENT SERVICE. 102 COMMENTS A very substantial drop of 21% in the number of citizens interviewing for regular employment is believed to be the result of increased liability for military service. The total number of interviews for both regular and summer employment also dropped substantially in spite of a 13% increase in the number of students interviewing for summer jobs. The average number of interviews per student decreased from 12.1 last year to 11.3 in spite of the larger number of recruiting visits. The average number of plant visit invitations increased about 10%, but the number accepted decreased slightly. The number of PhD candidates interviewing was about the same as last year, but the average number of interviews increased significantly from 3.7 to 5.4, possibly as a result of special procedures instituted this year for PhD's. As anticipated, the proportion expecting immediate military service increased, but only from 10% to 14% which was still less than the 17% of the year before. The number of alumni utilizing our placement continued to drop to a new low, probably as a result of the extreme demand conditions.

-8 -EMPLOYER ACTIVITY NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS SCHEDULING INTERVIEW VISITS Fall Spring Total 348 451 519* NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS VISITING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR 120 NUMBER OF INTERVIEW VISITS Visits Visits Visits By Industries: Scheduled Canceled Completed No. % Aircraft, Space Veh., & Components 71 2 69 10 Automotive & Mechanical Equipment 136 33 103 15 Chemical, Drugs, & Allied Products 140 24 116 17 Const. & Bldg. Mat'ls. Mfgrs. 23 4 19 3 Elect. Machinery & Equipment 66 8 58 8 Electronics & Instruments 61 12 49 7 Food & Beverage Processing 14 4 10 1 Glass, Paper, Pkg., & Allied Products 29 5 24 3 Metal & Metal Products 76 20 56 8 Petro. & Allied Prod. (inc. Nat. Gas) 33 1 32 5 Res. &/or Consulting Organizations 38 9 29 4 Tire & Rubber 16 2 14 2 Utilities-Public (inc. Trans.) 44 6 38 5 State & Local Government 21.7 14 2 Federal Government 61 2 59 8 Educ. or Res. Related to Education 13 1 12 2 Totals 842 140 702 100 By Size of Employer's Organization: Visits Scheduled No. % Large (Over 5000 employees) 523 62 Medium (Between 500 and 5000 employees) 249 30 Small (Less than 500 employees) 70 8 Totals 842 100 NUMBER OF OFFERS, AVERAGE BS MS PhD | Total per citizen accepting regular employment 4.9 5.8 5.4 5.3 NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS REQUESTING APPLICANTS BY MAIL Students for Regular Employment................... 250 Students for Summer and Part-time..................82 Alumni with Experience....................... 720 * This total is the number of separate employers who scheduled visits during the year. Since more than half of these scheduled more than one visit, this total is not equal to the sum of the numbers of employers for fall and spring.

-9 -COMMENTS Employer activity reached an all-time high with an increase of 17% in the number of employers scheduling visits and 15% in the number of visits scheduled. Much of the increase was accounted for by an increase in the number of "first-time" employers from 76 to 120. An increase of 47% in the number of cancellations, mostly due to insufficient student appointments, resulted in an increase of only 11% in the number of visits completed, however. Aerospace and Petroleum showed some increase in their proportion of visits, while Chemicals, Drugs, and Allied Products decreased by 3% of the total. The proportion of large employers again declined, bringing it back to the level of three years ago and indicating increasing activity of smaller organizations. The average number of offers per student increased by about one offer at all degree levels, reflecting the general increase in the volume of offers this year. The number of requests received by mail for new graduates and summer candidates both declined, probably because more employers made personal visits to the campus, but there was a large increase of 23% in the requests for alumni with experience.

-10 -STARTING SALARIES ACCEPTED* BS MS PhD BY PROGRAMS No. Aver. No. Aver. No. Ave r. Aerospace 16 $663 1 $866 1 $1078 Applied Math. Chemical 14 661 8 803 3 1117 Civil 13 649 5 751 Communication Science Electrical 40 675 21 807 3 1217 Engineering Mechanics 4 860 Engineering Physics 4 636 Industrial 14 670 7 809 Information & Controls 2 812 Materials 1 650 1 790 1 1200 Mechanical 19 672 14 806 2 1330 Me tallurgi cal 2 1059 Meteorology & Oceanography 1 609 Naval Arch. & Marine 8 659 Nuclear 2 760 4 1094 Science 5 686 Totals 136 $668 65 $804 16 $1151 BS MS PhD BY INDUSTRIES No. Aver. No. Aver. No. Aver. Aircraft, Space Vehicles, & Components 30 $667 8 $831 3 $1143 Automotive & Mech. Equip. 21 667 12 790 1 1025 Chem., Drugs, & Allied Prod. 12 670 5 770 1 1185 Constr. & Bldg. Mat'ls. Mfrs. 2 674 3 765 1 1200 Elect. Machinery & Equip. 10 671 2 891 1 1125 Electronics & Instruments 24 675 17 820 2 1238 Food & Beverage Processing 1 700 Glass, Paper, Pkg. & Allied Products 2 650 Metal & Metal Products 5 657 1 750 2 1059 Petro. & Allied Prod. (inc. Nat. Gas) 8 670 4 799 1 1125 Res. &/or Consulting Organ's. 11 650 11 795 4 1188 Tire & Rubber 1 655 Utilities-Public (inc. Trans.) 8 653 2 835 Totals 136 $668 65 $804 16 $1151 BS MS PhD SPECIAL CATEGORIES No. Aver. No. Aver. No. Aver. State & Local Government 1 $625 2 $699 Federal Government 11 594 6 775 1 $ 880 Educ. or Res. Related to Educ. 3 645 3 743 15 1000 Double Degrees 6 708 * By citizens for regular employment, no salaries reported by Prof. degree grads

-11 -COMMENTS Starting salaries increased nearly twice as much as last year at all degree levels: 4.7% for B.S., 4.0% for M.S., and 6.0% for Ph.D.'s. These increases at the B.S. and M.S. levels are less than the 5.7% and 5.0%, respectively, reported by the nation-wide College Placement Council Survey, but the Ph.D. increase was twice as much as the 3.0% reported by CPC. These are not considered to be large differences in the averages themselves, however, in view of the relatively small numbers on which our report is based. Comparing the various programs at the B.S. level, Electrical resumed the lead at $675 with Chemical, the leader last year, dropping to fifth place among the major programs with $661. In the national CPC survey, however, Chemical is still in the lead at $682 with Aerospace and Electrical running very close at $681 and $679 respectively. At the advanced degree levels, there was very little difference between the major programs except for Civil which continues to show a substantially lower differential for the M.S. degree. Considering industries, differences at the B.S. level were the smallest ever reported, with a spread of only about $20 per month. Somewhat larger differences were indicated at the M.S. level, however, with Aerospace and Electronics leading at $831 and $820 respectively, followed by Petroleum, Automotive, and Chemical in that order. This again emphasizes the high premium for the M.S. degree in the space and defense industries. Government, Education, and Double Degrees are shown in a separate table for the first time this year. Government salaries were substantially lower than industry, except for the M.S. level with the Federal Government. Education, although still lower than industry, seems to be becoming quite comparable, expecially at the Ph.D. level. Double degrees were reported only at the B.S. level this year, but showed a substantial differential of $40 per month compared to the average of single degrees.

-12 -SUMMER JOB SALARIES ACCEPTED 1966 Underclassmen M.S. Candidates PROGRAMS No. Average No. Average Aerospace 3 $615 1 $673 Applied Math Bioengineering Chemical 22 564 4 626 Civil 3 562 Commun. Sci. Electrical 6 565 1 750 Engrg. Mech. Engrg. Physics 3 555 Industrial 8 533 1 500 Info. & Controls Materials Mechanical 7 586 5 662 Metallurgical 2 575 Meteor. & Ocean. Navi Arch. & Mar. 1 575 Nuclear Science 3 576 Combined 2 633 TOTALS 60 $567 14 $640 COMMENTS No special survey was made to obtain summer job salary data, and therefore the number of jobs reported is not an indication of the number of jobs available; however, the average amounts indicate that salaries for summer training positions have increased more than 10% per year during the past two years since the last survey was made. This is more than twice as much as the increase in starting salaries for regular employment and seems to reflect an increasing emphasis on summer training.

-13 -POSITIONS ACCEPTED (By citizens for regular employment) BY LOCATION (265 reported) BY TYPE OF WORK (260 reported) % % Michigan 36 Training Program 26 Other Midwest 17 Research & Development 29 East 25 Design or Systems Engrg. 27 West 16 Operations or Production 12 Other 6 Sales 3 100 Teaching 3 100 BY TYPE OF INDUSTRY (265 reported) % % Aircraft, Space Vehicles, & Metal & Metal Products 3 Components 18 Petro. & Allied Prod. (inc. Automotive & Mechanical Equip. 14 Nat. Gas) 5 Chem., Drugs, & Allied Prod. 8 Res. &/or Consulting Organ's 10 Constr. & Bldg. Mat'ls. Mfrs. 2 Tire & Rubber 1 Elect. Machinery & Equip. 7 Utilities-Public (inc. Trans.) 4 Electronics & Instruments 15 State & Local Government 2 Food & Beverage Processing 0 Federal Government 5 G1., Paper, Pkg., & Allied Prod. 1 Education or Res. 5 100 BY SIZE OF EMPLOYER'S ORGANIZATION (256 reported) Large (More than 5000 employees) 51 Medium (Between 500 and 5000 employees) 31 Small (Less than 500 employees) 18 100 COMMENTS The proportion of graduates starting in Michigan continued to increase by 5% this year at the expense of "Other Midwest," with the proportion to other areas remaining substantially unchanged. Last year's increase in Training Program starts was nullified by an almost equal decrease this year indicating that these changes may be normal fluctuations rather than trends. After a substantial decrease last year, Aerospace maintained its proportion, and substantial gains were indicated for Electronics, and Research at the expense of Automotive, Chemicals, and both non-metallic and metallic materials and products. The proportion starting with large firms dropped conspicuously from 63% to 51% with gains of 4% and 8% respectively for medium and small employers. This was the largest variation experienced for several years, and may indicate increasing activity of smaller organizations.