2014 Alumni Employment Data

August 30, 2014

(Data: ALUMNI Fall 2008 – Fall 2013)

Undergraduates by the numbers…

Total BA/BS alumni: 499 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Students we've been able to track: 380 Knowledge Rate: 76.2%

Employed: 363 (95.5% of students we've been able to track)

Underemployed: 23 (6.3% of employed)

Graduate School: 14 (3.7% of students we've been able to track)

Unemployed: 3 (.8% of students we’ve been able to track)

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Unknown: 119 (23.8% of total BA/BS alumni)

Private Industry: 258 (71.1%)

Non-profit: 27 (7.4%)

Government: 34 (9.4%)

Academia/Education: 31 (8.5%)

Entrepreneurs: 13 (3.6%)

Undergraduate Employment

Private Industry 71%

Non-profit 7%

Government 9%

Academia/Education 9%

Entrepreneurs 4%

BA/BS Employment by Sector

Private Industry

Non-profit

Government

Academia/Education

Entrepreneurs

Undergraduate Employment

73.6% of employed

undergraduates have jobs directly

related to sustainability – with

either sustainability in the title

or working for a sustainability

focused organization.

Notable Jobs from Recent

Graduating Classes (BA/BS)

Aramark - Sustainability Coordinator

American Tower - Environmental

Compliance Coordinator – Haz-Mat

BHP Billiton - Supply Graduate

City of Glendale, AZ - Conservation Spclst.

City of Portland, OR - Environmental

Technician I

Ecobeco - B.P.I. Certified Energy Auditor

Henkel - LCA Researcher

Intel - Supply Chain Analyst

Matrix Medical - Logistics Analyst

Stone House Group – Asso. Energy

Modeler

Tesla Motors - Product Specialist

Thermo Fluids - EHS Technical Coordinator

U-Haul Int'l. - Corporate Sustainability

Graduates by the numbers…

Total MA/MS/MSUS alumni: 59 (Note: Only includes 1 MSUS graduate)

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Students we've been able to track: 55 Knowledge Rate: 93.2%

Employed: 44 (80% of students we’ve been able to track)

Graduate School: 11 (20% of students we’ve been able to track)

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Unknown: 4 (6.8% of total MA/MS/MSUS alumni)

Private Industry: 19 (43.2%)

Non-profit: 9 (20.5%)

Government: 6 (13.6%)

Academia/Education: 7 (15.9%)

Entrepreneurs: 3 (6.8%)

Graduate Employment

Private Industry 43%

Non-profit 20%

Government 14%

Academia/Education 16%

Entrepreneurs 7%

MA/MS/MSUS Employment by Sector

Private Industry

Non-profit

Government

Academia/Education

Entrepreneurs

Graduate Employment

88.6% of employed master’s

graduates have jobs directly

related to sustainability – with

either sustainability in the title or

working for a sustainability

focused organization.

Apple - Global Supply Manager

ASU - Strategic Initiatives Coordinator for the Energy Policy Innovation Council (EPIC)

Bureau of Environmental Services - Community Service Aide II

Central Arizona Project - Planning Analyst II

DNV GL - Engineering - Team Lead

GreenerU - Sustainability Program Coordinator

Kimley-Horn & Associates - Planning Analyst

MindClick - Marketing Manager

National Environment Agency of Singapore - Engineer

Reformation - Sustainability & Office Manager

Town of Gilbert - Water Conservation Specialist

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) - Biological Scientist

VF Sportswear - Sustainability Coordinator

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Dir. Of Sustainability

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. - Manager of Strategic Sustainability Initiatives

WSP Environment & Energy – Consultant

Waste Management - Municipal Recycling Program Manager

Notable Jobs from Recent

Graduating Classes (MA/MS/MSUS)

Total PhD alumni: 20 Employed: 20 (100%)

Academia/Education

• Apollo Education Group – Operations Research Scientist

• Arizona State University

The Center for Integrated Solutions to Climate Challenges – Research Specialist

School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment – Assistant Research Professor

School of Sustainability – Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Fulton Teachers College – Lecturer

School of Human Evolution and Social Change – Postdoctoral Researcher

• Illinois State University – Assistant Professor

• Leuphana Universität Lüneburg – Postdoctoral Scholar

• Portland State University – Assistant Professor

• State University of New York, Plattsburgh – Assistant Professor

• Sydney, Australia – Higher Education

• Universidad Nacional Autonóma de Mexico (UNAM) – Professor

• University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – Energy Policy Postdoc Fellow

• University of Virginia – Assistant Professor

Government

• City of Orlando – Sustainability Project Manager

• City of Flagstaff – Sustainability Specialist

Non-profit

• CONABIO – National Commission for Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity – Economist

• ULTRA San Juan – San Juan Urban Long-Term Research Area – Project Leader

• United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – Population and Development Data Analyst

Private Industry

• Miller Coors – Sustainability Manager

PhD Graduates by the numbers…

What employers are hiring our alumni?

Abengoa Solar

Alpin Limited

Apple Inc.

Boy Scouts of America

CBRE

Central Arizona Project

Desert Schools FCU

DNV GL

FedEx Corporation

HydroGeoLogic, Inc.

Kimley-Horn & Associates

Kris Mayes Law Firm

LMI Sustainability

MindClick

MomentFeed

New Leaf Community Markets

Oculus Solar Design, LLC

Peace Corps

Pearson Education

Pinnacle LED Solutions

Quarles & Brady, LLP

Reformation

Sustainable Apparel Coalition

Salt River Project

SAP Americas

Solar City

Sustainability Engineering Group

Teyma USA

Vesta Wind Energy

VF Sportswear

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Waste Management

Whole Foods Market

WSP Environment & Energy

Graduate schools our alumni are attending

American University CEP

ASU CLAS

ASU College of Law

ASU SOS

ASU Center for Integrated

Solutions to Climate Challenges

Earthrise Law Center

Fulbright Grantee

Golden Gate University School of

Medicine

Lawrence Berkeley National

Laboratory

Leuphana University of Lüneburg

McGill University

Tulane University School of Law

UCLA School of Law

University of Minnesota

University of Denver

University of Crete

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois

University of British Columbia

University of Oxford

What job titles do our alumni hold?

Community Outreach Coordinator

Consultant

Conservation Specialist

Corporate Sustainability

Director of Sustainability

Environmental Program Manager

Environmental Program Specialist

Greenhouse Gas Engineer

Global Supply Manager

Healthcare Sustainability Specialist

Lead Modeler

Life Scientist

Manager of Strategic Sustainability

Initiatives

Municipal Recycling Program Manager

Planning Analyst

Project Leader

Project Manager

Sustainability Manager

SME Consultant

Solar Consultant

Staff Hydro-geologist II

Sustainable Logistics Consultant

Sustainability Analyst

Sustainability Coordinator

Sustainability/Energy Efficiency Specialist

Sustainability Operations Officer

Sustainability Specialist

Water Conservation Specialist

Water Quality Inspector

Water Resources Specialist II

What is the geographic distribution?

Out of the 407 jobs that our bachelor’s and

master’s graduates hold –

239 or 58.7% are located in Arizona.

Out of the 306 sustainability-related

jobs that our bachelor’s and master’s

graduates hold –

111 or 36.3% are located in Arizona.

What is the geographic distribution?

Other states and locations represented include:

EAST

• Connecticut

• Florida

• Indiana

• Maine

• Maryland

• Michigan

• Missouri

• New Jersey

• New York

• North Carolina

• Ohio

• Pennsylvania

• Texas

• Virginia

• Washington, DC

WEST

• California

• Oregon

• Nevada

• Washington

CENTRAL/

MOUNTAIN

• Colorado

• Idaho

• Illinois

• Minnesota

• Louisiana

• New Mexico

• Utah

Top 3 states employing SOS Alumni - California, Colorado, and Illinois