THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN INDUSTRY PROGRAM OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ANNUAL REPORT OF ENGINEERING PLACEMENT John G. Young August, 1965 IP-714

TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Observations...................................................... 2 Number of Degrees granted,..............5.......... 3 Comm ents....................................................... 3 Student and Alumni Activity..................................... 4 Number of Students Interviewing................................ 4 Number of Interviews Conducted................................. 4 Number of Interviews per Student............................... 4 Number of Plant Visit Invitations per Student.................. 4 Number of Plant Visits Accepted per Student........... 4 Interviewing by PhD Candidates................................. 4 Postgraduate Plans................................ 5 Number of Alumni Utilizing Placement Service................... 5 Comments...................................................... 5 Employer Activity................................................. 6 Number of Employers Scheduling Interview Visits................ 6 Number of Interview Visits...................... 6 Number of Offers per Student.. 6 Number of Employers Requesting Applicants by Mail.............. 6 Comments...................................................... 7 Starting Salaries Accepted........................................ 8 Comments....................................................... 9 Positions Accepted................................. 10 By Location..10 By Type of Work........................................... 10 By Type of Industry..................... 10 By Size of Employer's Organization.......................... 10 Comments........................................ 10

OBSERVATIONS June 6, 1964 - June 5, 1965 The overall demand for our graduates was at least as strong or stronger than last year, as evidenced by both recruiting activity and volume of offers. Starting salaries also increased by about the same amount as last year according to the national College Placement Council Survey, although the overall increase reported by our own graduates was unexplainably somewhat less. The chemical and drug industry was distinguished by offering the highest average salaries this year at the BS level, and Chemical Engineering BS graduates received the highest salaries of all the major programs. Aerospace and Electronics, however, continued to pay the highest premium for MS degrees although their demand volume continued to decline except for a very few employers. The trend for a larger proportion of our graduates to start in the East rather than the West continued this year and was accompanied by a substantial increase in the proportion staying in Michigan and the Midwest. Student activity in interviewing and plant visits also increased this year in spite of the advent of the tri-term calendar. A decline in the proportion going to military service resulted in a somewhat larger number of graduates being available for employment. A strong market for next year is indicated by an increase of almost 10% in advanced bookings for interview visits compared to a 10% decrease at this time last year. -2 -

NUMBER OF DEGREES GRANTED B. S. M. S. Professional Ph. D. TOTAL IN TOTAL EACH CLASS IN IN Aug Dec May Aug Dec May Aug Dec May Dec May Aug Dec May EACH EACH PROGRAM '4 64 '65 '64 '64 '65 '64 '64 '65 '64 '65 '64 '64 '65 PROG. PROG. Aero. & Astro. 5 31 33 4 13 10 1 9 45 43 97 10 Chemical 5 18 29 6 10 8 5 6 11 33 43 87 9 Civil 2 13 21 6 8 19 6 8 27 40 75 8 Electrical 11 52 73 17 22 26 10 4 28 84 103 215 21 Engrg. Math 8 14 23 8 14 23 45 5 Engrg. Mech. 1 2 6 1 4 14 4 3 2 10 23 35 4 Engrg. Physics 1 10 12 1 10 12 23 2 Industrial 5 19 24 1 11 13 4 2 6 34 39 79 8 Instrumentation 5 5 16 2 1 2 5 8 18 31 3 Materials 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 5 0 Mechanical 16 39 39 14 20 27 1 1 30 60 67 157 16 Metallurgical 5 9 3 1 1 2 9 12 21 2 Meteorology 3 2 2 3 2 2 7 1 Nav. Arch. & Mar. 5 16 15 1 2 7 1 6 19 22 47 5 Nuclear 4 3 5 4 4 8 4 16 2 Science 1 13 21 1 13 21 35 4 Communication Sci 2 2 2 2 4 0 TOTALCS TM 61 233 307 63 101 141 2 43 28 124 379 476 979 100% EACH CLASS % IN EACH 10 39 51 21 33 46 O 100 0 61 39 13 39 48 CLASS TOTALS AT EACH DEGREE LEVEL 601* 305* 2 71 979 % AT EACH DEGREE LEVEL 62% 31% 0% 7% 100% *Fifty persons received two B.S. degrees and four persons received two M.S. degrees during the year; therefore, the number of persons receiving B.S. degrees was 551 and receiving M.S. degrees was 301. CAMMENTS There were no significant changes in the total number of degrees granted at each level or in the graduating classes, except for a 6% increase in the proportion graduating in December at the expense of both the August and May classes. The only significant changes in the number of degrees in each program were a decline of 21% for Civil and an increase of 85% in Science (An error in last year's report should be noted in connection with the latter: The number of degrees in Science should have been shown as 19 with 30 in Nuclear rather than 5 and 44, respectively).

STU1DENT AND ALUMNI ACTIVITY NUMBER OF STUDENTS INTERVIEWING BS MS PhD Total Citizens* for Regular Employment 360 169 59 588 Citizens for Summer Employment 234 49 19 302 Non-citizens 49 45 24 118 Non-engineers 22 31 1 54 Totals 665 294 103 1062 NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED For Regular Employment: Fall Spring Total By Engineers, Citizens 3010 3661 6671 By Engineers, Non-citizens 359 427 786 By Non-engineers 14 87 101 Totals for Regular Employment 3383 4175 7558 For Summer Employment: 187 495 682 Total for All Employment 3570 4670 8240 NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 13.6 10.0 5.4 12.1 NUMBER OF PLANT VISIT INVITATIONS, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 4.9 6.3 6.5 5.4 NUMBER OF PLANT VISITS ACCEPTED, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 3.1 2.5 5.5 3.5 INTERVIEWING BY PhD CANDIDATES Degree Expected Before After Sept. '65 Sept. '65 Total Number of Candidates Interviewing 89 30 119 Number of Interviews Taken 383 58 441 Average Interviews per Candidate 4.3 1.9 3.7 * 't "Citizen" and "Non-citizen" refers to U.S. citizenship. Many non-citizens are available for temporary "practical training" employment only, usually for eighteen months following graduation.

POSTGRADUATE PLANS BS MS PhD Total No. % No. % No. % No. Cit. Accept. Reg. Emplm't 156 52 66 47 21 88 243 52 Cit. Continuing in School 116 38 37 26 0 0 153 33 To Military Service 23 7 26 18 0 0 49 10 To Return to Prev. Emplm't 2 1 10 7 3 12 15 3 Non-Cit. Ret'ng. to Home Country 5 2 3 2 0 0 8 2 Totals 302 100 142 100 24 100 468 100 NUMBER OF ALUMNI UTILIZING PLACEMENT SERVICE........... 153 COMMENTS Although the volume of interviewing for regular employment continued to increase substantially, there was a continued decrease in the volume of interviewing for summer employment. This is believed to be the result of more pre-selection and fewer group meetings by (urmer employers rather than a decrease in student interest or the rAmber of openings. The number of interviews per student also increased significantly, in spite of the compressed calendar, and there was no decline in the number of plant visits accepted. There was a notable increase in the volume of interviewing by PhD candidates, but a slight decrease in the average number of interviews per candidate. Last year's increase in the proportion of graduates going to military service was reversed with a drop from 17% to 10%. There was a corresponding gain in the proportion accepting regular employment, with the proportion continuing in school remaining practically the same.

EMPLOYER ACTIVITY NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS VISITS Fall Spring Total 313 376 445* NUMBER OF INTERVIEW VISITS Visits Visits Visits By Industries: Scheduled Canceled Completed No. % Aircraft, Space Veh., & Components 67 7 60 9 Automotive & Mechanical Equipment 107 14 93 15 Chemical, Drugs, & Allied Products 142 14 128 20 Constr. & Bldg. Mat'ls. Mfgrs. 13 2 11 2 Elect. Machinery & Equipment 62 11 51 8 Electronics & Instruments 47 7 40 6 Food & Beverage Processing 14 3 11 2 Glass, Paper, Pkg., & Allied Products 31 1 30 5 Metal & Metal Products 66 13 53 8 Petro. & Allied Prod. (inc. Nat. Gas) 23 1 22 3 Res. &/or Consulting Organizations 27 3 24 4 Tire & Rubber 14 3 11 2 Utilities-Public (inc. Trans.) 37 6 31 5 State & Local Government 14 3 11 2 Federal Government 47 5 42 7 Educ. or Res. Related to Education 14 2 12 2 Totals 725 95 630 100 By Size of Employer's Organization: Visits Scheduled No. % Large (Over 5000 employees) 467 65 Medium (Between 500 and 5000 employees) 211 29 Small (Less than 500 employees) 47 6 Totals 725 100 NUMBER OF OFFERS, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 4.1 4.4 4.7 4.2 NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS REQUESTING APPLICANTS BY MAIL Students for Regular Employment....................... 269 Students for Summer and Part-time...................... 104 Alumni with Experience.......................... 587 * 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.

-7 -C MMENTS Although there was a continued decrease of almost 6% in the number of employers, the number of visits scheduled was the same as last year and with a decrease in the number of cancellations there was a net increase in completed visits of 30%. It is believed that this reflects increasing consolidation of representation by the multi-division employers and increasing intensity of recruiting effort. The proportion of visits from the Aerospace industry continued its decline by 2%. Petroleum and State & Local Government also made fewer visits, with corresponding increases in Automotive and Utilities. The proportion of large employers lost 2% of the 4% increase reported last year, so evidently no trend has been established. The average number of offers reported by students accepting regular employment declined somewhat, mostly at the MS level. There is no evident explanation for this since the volume of offers reported by employers more than doubled. The number of requests by mail increased substantially for all types of employment, the increased interest in experienced alumni being the most significant change.

-8 -STARTING SALARIES ACCEPTED* (By citizens for regular employment, teaching positions omitted) BS MS PhD BY PROGRAMS No. Aver. No. Aver. No. Aver. Aero. & Astro. 20 $638 3 $789 Chemical 20 650 9 753 5 $1072 Civil 14 624 5 698 1 930 Communication Science 2 1150 Electrical 31 637 21 827 5 1046 Engineering Mechanics 4 610 3 767 2 1041 Industrial 9 624 5 768 2 1250 Instrumentation 4 798 Materials 1 647 1 750 Mathematics Mechanical 25 643 9 800 Metallurgical 1 610 1 1067 Meteorology & Oceanography 1 1100 Naval Arch. & Marine 12 639 2 775 Nuclear 3 775 2 1118 Physics 4 640 Science 5 602 Combined 10 666 1 800 Total No. 156 66 21 Average Salary $638 $773 $1086 BS MS PhD BY INDUSTRIES No. Aver. No. Aver. No. Aver. Aircraft, Space Vehicles, & Components 33 $642 12 $808 2 $1162 Automotive & Mech. Equip. 32 638 12 780 Chem., Drugs, & Allied Prod. 21 648 7 746 2 1263 Constr. & Bldg. Mat'ls Mfrs. 11 631 4 705 Elect. Machinery & Equip. 11 628 3 775 Electronics & Instruments 11 648 13 798 4 1175 Food & Beverage Processing 1 657 Glass, Paper, Pkg. & Allied Products 5 653 3 767 Metal & Metal Products 8 646 3 717 1 1067 Petro. & Allied Prod. (inc. Nat. Gas) 7 636 2 768 2 1073 Res. &/or Consulting Organ's. 6 626 5 759 3 1036 Tire & Rubber 2 643 Utilities-Public (inc. Trans.) 6 625 2 683 State & Local Government 2 638 Educ. or Res. Related to Educ. 7 991 Total No. 156 66 21 Average Salary $638 $773 $1086 *No salaries reported by Professional degree graduates.

-9 -COMMENTS The increase in starting salaries this year was substantially less than last year at all degree levels: 2.6% for BS, 2.1% for MS, 3.4% for PhD's. The nation-wide College Placement Council Survey reported a somewhat larger increase, however, which resulted in our averages at all degree levels being almost identical with the national average. This survey also indicated that the increase was higher for non-technical than for technical graduates, resuming a trend noted in the early '60s and interrupted only last year. At the BS level, Chemical engineers reported the highest average, leading Aero and Electrical for the first time. This resulted from a 4.9% increase in the average for Chemicals compared to zero increase for Aero and only 1.4% for Electrical. At the MS level, however, Electricals were still substantially in the lead with Chemicals ranking fourth among the major programs. This leads to the observation that the average differential for the MS degree in Chemical was only $103 compared to $190 for Electricals and $151 for Aero. Civil, however, continued to show the lowest average differential at $74, and it is known that some employers of Civils offered no difference at all for the MS degree. Similarly, the Chemical industry was tied with Electronics for the highest BS average, ahead of both Aerospace and Automotive at 4.4%. At the MS level, the Chemical industry ranked only fifth, with Aerospace and Electronics substantially ahead of all others, again indicating the higher premium for the MS degree in these fields.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN IIEEllNilllH llll HMI Illl 3 9015 03527 5349 POSITIONS ACCEPTED (By citizens for regular employment) BY LOCATION (253 reported) BY TYPE OF WORK (253 reported) Michigan 31 Training Program 35 Other Midwest 24 Research & Development 30 East 23 Design or Systems Engrg. 20 West 16 Operations or Production 10 Other 6 Sales 3 100 Teaching 2 100 BY TYPE OF INDUSTRY (253 reported) Aircraft, Space Vehicles, & Metal & Metal Products 5 Components 18 Petro. & Allied Prod. (inc. Automotive & Mech. Equip. 19 Nat. Gas) 4 Chem., Drugs, & Allied Prod. 11 Res. &/or Consulting Organ's. 5 Constr. & Bldg. Mat'ls. Mfrs. 6 Tire & Rubber 2 Elect. Machinery & Equip. 6 Utilities-Public (inc. Trans.) 3 Electronics & Instruments 10 State & Local Government 1 Food & Beverage Processing 0 Federal Government 3 Glass, Paper, Pkg., & Allied Educ. or Res. Related to Educ. 3 Prod. 4 100 BY SIZE OF EMPLOYER'S ORGANIZATION (253 reported) Large (More than 5000 employees) 63 Medium (Between 500 and 5000 employees) 27 Small (Less than 500 employees) 10 100 COMMENTS The proportion of graduates starting in Michigan increased by 4% this year and Other Midwest increased 3% with proportionate reductions in the proportions to the East and West. Last year's decrease in the proportion starting in Training Programs was reversed with an even larger increase at the expense of Research & Development, Design or Systems, and Teaching. There was a substantial drop of 9% in the proportion starting in Aerospace, accompanied by substantial gains of 7% and 5% in Automotive and Chemical respectively. Electronics, State & Local Government, and Education also lost ground compared to last year, but Glass, etc. increased its proportion from lo to 4%. The proportion starting in medium-sized organizations dropped 4% with corresponding increases of 2% each to large and small organizat ions.