Performance Numbers Are In!

Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology annually surveys both the companies that hire our graduates and the graduates themselves. We do this so that we can insure that what we are doing is relevant and to insure we remain that way.  Another reason we spend the resources to compile this information is so that we can brag to everyone who will listen.

Class of 2014

Everyone has heard about the ongoing problem of student-loan debt, the rising cost of college tuition, and unemployment rates among recent college graduates.  For various reasons allot of people have an unfavorable opinion of the trades and instead believe that some golden pathway awaits everyone who graduates from a 4-year college.  Instead of considering a career in something like machining, people are spending money they don't have to go to college in the hopes of getting a job that doesn't exist.

Personally, I think the tide is turning and people are once again looking at the skilled trades as a good decision.  With the information shown below it's hard to believe that we struggle every year to find qualified students who are interested in machining. 

• ·         Over the past three years, 100% of our Machine Tool & CAM students have found full-time employment in their field prior to graduation.

• ·         The median reported starting annual salary for Machine Tool & CAM graduates over the past three years 2010, 2011, 2012 is $38,000 ($18.26/hour)

• ·         Over the past three years, student satisfaction from the Machine Tool & CAM program has been a 5 out of 5 (Excellent)

• ·         Employer satisfaction: 98% of all employers of Machine Tool & CAM graduates from the class of 2012 felt the graduate’s educational qualifications from Thaddeus Stevens College prepared him/her for the job and would hire a Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology student again in the future.