Bryn Athyn College Alumni Magazine Winter 2015 | Page 37

OUTCOMES BY GRADUATING CLASS

Methodology: Information gathered on each graduate through direct contact or by information provided by the graduate
through social media, or through employment announcements posted on the Web. Information updated on October 15, 2015.

interested in the value of a college education would
find helpful. According to their November 2015
report “Sharp Declines in Underemployment for
College Graduates,” nationwide, the underemployment rate of college graduates has fallen from a
high of 10.2% in 2010 to 6.2% in 2015. Just before
the recession in 2008 the rate was 4.8%. Meanwhile,
the underemployment rate for people with a high
school degree and no college has fallen from a high
of 22% in 2010 to 13% in 2015. In 2008 the rate