THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN INDUSTRY PROGRAM OF THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING ANNUAL REPORT OF ENGINEERING PLACEMENT John G. Young September, 1963 IP-632

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction............................................... 2 Number of Graduates........................................... 3 Comments.................................................... 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.................................................... 8 Positions Accepted................................ 9 By Location................................................. 9 By Type of Work............................................. 9 By Type of Industry......................................... 9 By Size of Employer's Organization.......................... 9 Comments.................................................... 9

ENGINEERING PLACEMENT July 15, 1962 - July 16, 19653 The placement situation for our graduates this year was characterized principally by its similarity to the preceding year. Demand continued to increase, as evidenced by a substantial increase in both the number of employers and the number of recruiting visits which they arranged to the College, and by an increase in starting salaries approximately equal to that experienced last year. The supply of graduates continued to decrease in total, although Industrial, Civil, and a few of the smaller programs showed increases and Chemical held even with last year. The combined effect of these two trends was a distinct increase in the intensity of recruiting effort, and this was still further augmented by an evidently increasing emphasis on quality selection. Evidence of this is found in the increasing proportion of employers who availed themselves of the opportunity to review student credentials in the placement office with a view to contacting selected candidates prior to their interview visit, and in the increasingly professional nature of employer representatives. The bulk of both the volume and intensity of demand continued to come from the large aircraft, space, electrical and chemical companies, and more than one-half of our graduates left the Midwest to start work in other parts of the country. There was a small increase, however, in the proportion staying in Michigan, and a substantial increase in the proportion going to the East Coast at the expense of the West Coast. As of mid-May, advanced bookings for interview visits during the coming year were up nearly 30% compared to the same time last year, indicating that the recruiting pressure will probably continue to increase.

NUMBER OF GRADUATES TOTAL IN B.l S.* M.S. Professional Ph.D. EACH CLASS TOTAL % IN IN Aug Feb Jun Aug Feb Jun Aug Feb Jun Feb Jun Aug Feb Jun EACH EACH PROGRAM 62 '63 '63 '62 '63 '63 '62 '63 ' 63 '63 '63 '62 '63 '63 PROG. FROG. Aero. & Astro. 8 21 19 10 7 20 2 18 30 39 87 9 Chemical 1 18 20 7 7 19 11 4 8 36 43 87 9 Civil 9 18 30 20 12 18 3 3 29 33 51 113 12 Electrical 21 40 67 26 25 1 5 3 21 72 95 188 20 Engrg. Math. 4 20 31 4 8 20 31 59 6 Engrg. Mech. 1 4 1 8 8 2 1 12 11 24 3 Engrg. Physics 2 1 14 8 10 1 14 25 3 Industrial 14 18 32 15 7 9 1 1 2 30 26 43 99 10 Instrumentation 7 2 2 2 9 11 1 Materials 1 1 1 14 2 1 17 2 Mechanical 19 46 38 14 8 13 2 2 22 56 53 131 14 Metallurgical 1 5 8 3 3 6 3 3 1 11 17 29 3 Meteorology 1 1 1 1 2 0 Nav. Arch. & Mar. 2 12 6 3 6 6 5 18 29 3 Nuclear 4 6 5 1 9 7 16 2 Science 6 4 16 6 4 16 26 3 TOTALS IN EACH CLASS 86 199 289 88 86 137 1 3 0 32 22 175 320 448 943 100% * IN EACH CLASS 15 35 50 28 28 44 25 75 0 59 41 19 34 47 TOTALS AT EACH DEGREE LEVEL 574 311 4 54 943 % AT EACH DEGREE LEVEL 61% 33% 0% 6% 100% * Includes graduates who received BS degree in more than one field. COMMENTS The decline in the total number of graduates which started last year continued with a decrease of 7.5%. Most of this decrease resulted from a drop of 91, or 14%, in the number of BS graduates, whereas the number of MS graduates increased slightly and the number of PhD's remained the same. The number of Professional degrees declined from 9 to 4. By programs, most of the decrease was accounted for in Aeronautical, Electrical, and Mechanical, but Instrumentation, Nuclear, and Science also showed significant decreases. Increases were shown by Industrial, Engineering Physics, Civil, and Materials with the largest being Industrial which increased by 48%. The increases in Civil and Materials contrast with decreases in both programs last year. Chemical continued to hold even for a second year after several years of decline. The proportion of graduates in each class again showed no significant change, but the proportion of advanced degrees compared to BS graduates increased by 3%. -3 -

STUDENT AND ALUMNI ACTIVITY NUMBER OF STUDENTS INTERVIEWING BS MS PhD Total Citizens* for Regular Employment 320 165 64 549 Citizens for Summer Employment 314 57 49 418 Non-citizens 56 43 34 133 Totals 690 265 147 1102 NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED FOR REGULAR EMPLOYMENT Fall Spring Total By Engineers, Citizens 2057 2730 4805 By Engineers, Non-citizens 349 356 705 By Non-engineers 115 330 445 Totals for Regular Employment 2539 3416 5955 FOR SUMMER EMPLOYMENT 250 1125 1375 Totals for All Employment 2789 4541 7330 NUMBER OF INTERVIEWS, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.7 NUMBER OF PLANT VISIT INVITATIONS, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 3.7 5.7 10.0 4.9 NUMBER OF PLANT VISITS ACCEPTED, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 2.3 4.2 7.2 3.3 INTERVIEWING BY PhD CANDIDATES Number of Candidates Interviewing............................... 130 Number of Interviews Taken...................................... 433 Average Interviews per Candidate................................ 3.3 * "Citizen" and'4Non-citizen" refers to U.S. citizenship. Many non-citizens are available for temporary "practical training" employment only, usually for eighteen months following graduation. -4 -

POSTGRADUATE PLANS BS MS PhD Total No. % No. % No. % No. % To Accept Reg. Emplm't 157 47 96 52 35 98 288 52 To Continue School 139 42 52 28 0 0 191 35 To Military Service 35 11 38 20 1 2 74 13 Other 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 332 100 186 100 36 100 554 100 NUMBER OF ALUMNI UTILIZING PLACE[ENT SERVICE........................ 159 COMMENTS The total number of students interviewing increased by 3.5% in contrast to a decrease of 12% last year. Most of the decline last year, however, was in interviewing for summer rather than regular employment, whereas this year there was a substantial decline of 14% in the number interviewing for regular employment with the over-all increase being caused by an increase of 44W in the number interviewing for summer jobs. This trend was also evidenced in the number of interviews conducted. The number of interviews per student remained substantially the same at all degree levels. The number of plant visit invitations per student increased at all degree levels with the largest increase being for PhD's. The number of invitations accepted also increased, except for BS degrees which remained the same. The number of PhD candidates interviewing increased by 33% although the average number of interviews per candidate declined somewhat. The proportion of graduates accepting regular employment decreased substantially from 58% last year to 52%. Most of this decrease resulted from an increase in the proportion of BS graduates planning to continue in school, whereas the proportion of MS graduates planning to continue in school declined somewhat compared to last year. The number of alumni served increased by 8%. -5 -

EMPLOYER ACTIVITY NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS SCHEDULING INTERVIEW VISITS Fall Spring I Total 319 403 483* NUMBER OF INTERVIEW VISITS BY INDUSTRIES Visits Visits Visits Scheduled Cancelled Completed No. % Aircraft and Missiles 90 9 81 13 Electrical Products 125 21 104 17 Chemical Products 214 36 178 29 Food 14 5 9 1 Automotive and Parts 12 2 10 2 Other Mechanical Products 105 32 73 12 Heavy Machinery & Equip. 24 6 18 3 Steel & Metallurgical 37 11 26 4 Construction, inc. Shipbldg. 12 2 10 2 Utilities, inc. Transportation 32 6 26 4 State & Local Gov't 15 3 12 2 Federal Gov't 56 9 47 7 Education and Research Related to Education 15 2 13 2 Consulting Engineering 21 6 15 2 Totals 772 150 622 100 BY SIZE OF EMPLOYER'S ORGANIZATION Visits Scheduled No. Large (Over 5000 employees) 486 63 Medium (Between 500 and 5000 employees) 236 31 Small (Less than 500 employees) 50 6 Totals 772 100 NUMBER OF OFFERS, average BS MS PhD Total per citizen accepting regular employment 4.1 4.9 6.7 4.6 NUMBER OF EMPLOYERS REQUESTING APPLICANTS BY MAIL Students for Regular Employment.............................. 247 Students for Summer and Part-time.............................. 38 Alumni with Experience......................................... 563 * T[his 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.

EMPLOYER ACTIVITY COMMENTS The number of employers scheduling visits increased by 8.5% in contrast to a 6% decrease last year. The increase was substantially greater in the fall than in the spring, however. Similarly, the number of scheduled visits increased by more than 10%, with three-quarters of the increase occurring in the fall semester. The number of cancellations, however, increased by 77% resulting in a net increase in completed visits of only 1.3% for the year. Most of the increase in scheduled visits was made by large electrical, mechanical, and chemical companies, but the cancellations were such that the proportion of completed visits did not change significantly for any industry. For a second year there was no significant change in the distribution of employers according to size. The average number of offers per student increased somewhat for MS degrees, but remained the same at the BS level and was lower for PhD 's. The number of employers requesting student applicants for regular employment by mail decreased slightly compared to a large increase last year, but there was a small increase in the number of employers requesting alumni applicants. -7 -

STARTING SALARIES ACCEPTED (By citizens for regular employment, teaching positions omitted) BS MS PhD Program No. Aver. No. Aver. No. Aver. Aero. & Astro. 11 $602 3 $715 $ Chemical 11 606 10 677 10 928 Civil 12 564 10 652 1 875 Electrical 33 599 14 696 3 1194 Engineering Mechanics 4 576 3 754 Industrial 15 570 6 763 1 850 Instrumentation 8 785 2 1036 Materials 1 570 Mathematics 4 600 Mechanical 40 596 10 690 2 1012 Metallurgical 4 630 4 715 5 974 Naval Arch. & Marine 5 677 Nuclear 3 797 2 1118 Physics 3 593 Science 5 592 Combined 9 621 Total No. 157 71 26 Average Salary $594 $709 $ 996 COMMENTS Starting salaries reported increased 4.4% at the BS level and 8.3% for PhD's, but no change was indicated at the MS level. The apparent lack of increase for MS degrees is considered to be the result of an inadequate sample with the salaries reported last year running on the high side and the offers this year on the low. This is borne out in comparing with the national survey of the College Placement Council which reports the average for technical BS degrees at $595, in close agreement with our experience, whereas their average for MS degrees was $689 for Chemicals, $751 for Electricals, and $722 for Mechanicals - all substantially above the averages reported by our graduates. The ranking by programs at the BS level remained substantially the same as last year except that Mechanicals moved closer to the topranking group of Aeros, Electricals, and Chemicals, and the Industrials dropped closer to the lower-ranking Civils. Although the above data were not tabulated by industries, the~ College Placement Council survey indicates that highest starting salaries were offered by the aircraft industry, closely followed by electronics, electrical machinery, chemicals and drugs. Next came the automotive, mechanical equipment, metals, and petroleum industries. The most dramatic increase was made by public utilities which showed a hike of more than 7% over last year. -8 -

POSITIONS ACCEPTED (By citizens for regular employment) BY LOCATION (261 reported) BY TYPE OF WORK (259 reported) Michigan 27 Training Program 32 Other Midwest 18 Research & Development 39 East 26 Design or Systems Engrg. 19 West 26 Operations or Production 1 Other 3 Sales 8 100 Teaching 1 100 BY TYPE OF INDUSTRY (260 reported) Manufacturing Services Aircraft & Missiles 26 Construction, inc. Shipbldg. 3 Electrical Products 17 Utilities, inc. Transportation 3 Chemical Products 12 Consulting Engineering 4 Automotive & Parts 13 State & Local Gov't 4 Other Mechanical Products 3 Federal Gov't 4 Heavy Machinery & Equip. 3 Education or Research Steel & Metallurgical 3 Related to Education 5 77 23 BY SIZE OF EMPLOYER'S ORGANIZATION (260 reported) Large (More than 5000 employees) 60 Medium (Between 500 and 5000 employees) 31 Small (Less than 500 employees) 9 100 COMMENTS The proportion of graduates starting work in Michigan increased slightly at the expense of other midwest states, but the proportion leaving the Midwest remained almost the same as last year. There was a significant shift in favor of the East Coast over the West Coast, however, with the same number going to each compared to over 40% more going to the West Coast last year. -9 -

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 3 9015 03527 5216 The proportion of graduates starting in the three major types of work did not change significantly compared to last year, but there was a significant shift to Sales at the expense of Operations and Production. The decline in the latter category continues the trend of last year even more strongly. Although the proportion of graduates starting in manufacturing industries remained approximately the same, the Aircraft industry dropped substantially in favor of Automotive and Metals. In the Service group of industries, the Federal Government and Education dropped somewhat with corresponding increases in Utilities, Consulting, and State and Local Governments. The latter change reverses the experience of last year and probably does not reflect any definite trend. Small employers made some recovery with respect to mediumsized employers, but the proportion still remains much smaller than in former years. -10 -