College to Career Mapping Analysis and Visualization
Purdue’s Center for Career Opportunities (CCO) surveys students as they graduate on their experiences during their time at Purdue and their initial career plans. CCO is able to obtain a greater than 80% response rate, making these “first destination” data a rich source of information about college and early career choices. Economics faculty and students in Purdue’s Krannert School of Management combined the CCO data with other Purdue data and national databases to conduct several analyses of the college to career pathways. Faculty and students in Purdue Polytechnic developed a web-based visualization tool of the results of these analyses. This tool can be a resource for a variety groups, including public school administrators, career counselors and students; higher education administrators, faculty, academic advisors, career placement staff, and students; state government agencies; business and industry; non-governmental organizations.
