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Occidental College

19 Alums took the salary survey

Occidental Alumni Salary over Time

Occidental College Salary over time
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Occidental Salaries

$39,475Starting Annual Salary
$119,23110 Year Annual Salary

Said that Occidental contributed

26.32%75-100% to their career success
26.32%50-75% to their career success
15.79%25-50% to their career success
31.58%0-25% to their career success

Had the employment status

15.79%Self Employed
15.79%Top Management
52.63%White Collar workers
0.00%Pink Collar workers
0.00%Blue Collar workers
0.00%Entry Level employees
15.79%Unemployed.

Life Satisfaction

84.21%Are satisfied with their current job.
78.95%Said things are generally going well.
36.84%Are still in the field they majored in in college.

Reputation & Preparedness

Help from Reputation6.1
Preparedness for Real world6.9
Most Frequently mentioned Graduate Jobs
Professor (9), At (9), Of (6), University (6), Assistant (5),
% went on to Graduate or Professional Ed.
52.6%
... If you are looking for a college that offers a major that connects directly to a career path(engineering, Pre-law, Communications/marketing), th...Read full comment
... Pros: The Senior Comp project, if fully taken advantage of, should provide you with a real accomplishment that you can tout to potential em...Read full comment
... The career center is not putting any effort on trying to get companies to recruit people on campus ...Read full comment
... are self absorbed and are only interested in furthering their careers because they went to prestigious schools to get their Ph'ds (Oxy's econ dep...Read full comment
... You are also matched up with an academic advisor during Orientation - a professor in your estimated major (whom you may change if you change majo...Read full comment
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