College pleased with report findings
5/23/2001 9:46:13 AM
May 23, 2001 – The report CareerSearch 2001, Employment Experience and Earnings of 1998 Graduates, released last Thursday in the House of Assembly shows a high rate of employment for all College of the North Atlantic graduates and shows the majority are earning good salaries while being employed in jobs related to their fields of study.
Statistics for the three-year programs are especially impressive, with half of the graduates earning more than $560 per week. In fact, graduates of three-year programs at College of the North Atlantic have employment and earnings comparable to those with undergraduate university degrees.
The report also confirms the college is fulfilling its mandate in terms of social and economic development. Eighty per cent of College of the North Atlantic graduates are working within Newfoundland and Labrador.
“The report shows 87% of our graduates are very satisfied with the investment of time they put into their programs, and approximately 80% are satisfied with the financial investment,” says Pamela Walsh, President.
“When you look at the overall post-secondary education picture in this province, those figures are very high.”
The report also showed nearly half of the students graduating from College of the North Atlantic did so with no debt.
CareerSearch 2001 was prepared by the provincial Department of Youth Services and Post Secondary Education. It tracked the employment experiences of graduates from all the post-secondary institutions in the province (public and private) for the year 1998. It reviewed how many were employed, their salaries, the relationship between their jobs and their training, the out-migration rate for graduates, students’ satisfaction levels with their programs, the length of their job searches and the number of students who needed loans (and the amounts) to pursue a college education.
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For more information contact:
Stephen Lee
Communications Officer
Phone: (709) 643-7928
Fax: (709) 643-7932
Email: stephen.lee@northatlantic.nf.ca