Virginia Commonwealth University Placements: Job Opportunities & Placement rate, Packages

As per the Bureau of Labour Statistics for Virginia Commonwealth University or VCU graduates of class of 2021, graduates aged 25 and above holding a bachelor’s degree have median weekly earnings of USD 1,334 versus USD 809 with only a high school degree. While VCU records a placement rate of 72% for the year 2021, the knowledge rate was recorded to be 68%. The average salary was reportedly USD 53,928 while the median salary was USD 50,000.  

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VCU Placement Highlights 

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VCU Class Profile 2021 

Virginia Commonwealth University enrolled around 28,000+ students in the year 2021. The student faculty ratio was 17:1. There were around 57% of female students who were enrolled at VCU and 43% of them were males. The other details are as follows: 

Academic Background: 

• Average GPA was 3.45 

• Average ACT was between 21 - 28 
• Average SAT for Reading and Writing was 540 - 640 and for Maths was 520 - 610. 

Ethnicities: 

• White: 45%  
• Black or African American: 18.1%  

• Asian: 13.6%  
• Hispanic or Latino: 9.49%  
• Those reporting two or More Races: 6.55%  
• American Indian or Alaska Native: 0.138%  
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders: 0.0619% 

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VCU Graduate Outcomes 2021

Within 3 months of graduating, Virginia Commonwealth University graduates of class of 2021 recorded the following graduate outcomes: 

After 6 months of graduation, the final rates of employment and other graduate outcomes for VCU graduate of class of 2021 were recorded to be: 

• Graduates employed or continuing their education: 70%  
• Employed graduates reportedly found jobs related to their major: 83% 
• Graduates who had one or more co-curricular experiences: 75% 
• Co-curricular experiences leading to an employment offer: 24% 

• Graduates satisfied or very satisfied with their post-graduation employment: 83% 

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VCU Response Rate for Graduate Outcomes Survey 

The following table, shows the responses and the sources of responses as received from the VCU graduates of class of 2021 for the graduate outcomes survey: 

These responses were based on the following graduate outcomes from VCU graduates of class of 2021. In terms of employment locations, the graduates were employed in the following US states after graduating from VCU in 2021: 

• Virginia: 80% 
• New York: 2% 
• North Carolina: 2% 
• District of Columbia: 2% 

• California: 2% 

This data is based on employment stats from VCU graduates of class of 2021 who were either recruited for a full time or part time job role.  

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VCU Industry wise Employment 

The highest percentage of graduates of VCU in 2021 were employed by the healthcare industry followed by other 4 industries. The following graph gives more clarity on the industry wise hires for VCU graduates of class of 2021:

If we talk about only placements industry wise for the recent undergraduates of class of 2021 from VCU, it can be noted that, the following percentage of students were hired: 

• Healthcare: 20% 
• Retail Stores: 6% 

• Government-Local, State & Federal: 4% 
• Internet & Software: 4% 
• Non - Profit / Other: 4%  

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VCU Internship Experience 

For those graduates who passed out in the year 2021, had the following co-curricular experiences while they were studying at VCU: 

As given above, 32% of the 2021 graduates of VCU were involved in research related co-curricular activities during their studying tenure before passing out in the year 2021. 

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