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employment rate of its FY 2009 graduates who are employed within one year after graduation to the
department in FY 2010.)
Explanation. NTID, in their submission of GPRA data for FY 2009, reported the employment rate for
2008 sub-baccalaureate and baccalaureate graduates one year after graduation, based on availability of
valid data. According to the FY 2009 GPRA report submitted by NTID on those who graduated in 2008, a
total of 214 students graduated from NTID that year. Valid data existed on 199 graduates and were
collected for the FY 2009 report. Of the 199 graduates, 102 students were employed (51%), 77 students
were in higher education or training (39%), and 19 students were not employed or in higher education or
training (10%). Of the 19 students not employed or in higher education or training, 11 were actively
looking for work. (Note: NTID counted each graduate, including those who are employed part-time and/or
enrolled part-time in advanced education or training, in only one category that best described his or
her status.)
The percentages for the three measures (3.1, 3.2 and 3.3) on the post-school outcomes is equal to 100%
as NTID only reported for those who were employed full-time, in advanced education or training full-time,
or doing neither.
Originally placement rates were calculated by NTID as the percentage of graduates who are employed
among those who choose to pursue employment, which is the Bureau of Labor Statistics methodology. In
previous years, NTID reported, in comparison with the target of 95%, the following data:
Fiscal
Year
-25-
Percent
1999 94
2000 90
2001 92
2002 89
2003 93
2004 93
2005 95
2006 95
2007 90
In FY 2006, the department changed the methodology of calculating employment data, from the
percentage of graduates who were employed among those seeking employment, to the percentage of
graduates who are employed among all those who graduated from NTID.
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