Career Trends of University of Minnesota School of Public Health Alumni: Baseline Survey Results for a Longitudinal Study

This work describes baseline results of the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Public Health (SPH) Career Trends Survey (CTS), allowing for comparison to future CTS data. The UMN SPH CTS was fielded using multiple methods, including paper and online, from January to March 2021. All US-based (at...

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Published in:Journal of public health management and practice Vol. 31; no. 4; p. 646
Main Authors: Weiss, Nicole M, Leider, Jonathon P, Kaltved, Darren, Thao, Kablia, Pettigrew, Melinda
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01.07.2025
Subjects:
Adult
Career Choice
Female
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Middle Aged
Minnesota
Public Health - education
Public Health - methods
Public Health - statistics & numerical data
Public Health - trends
Schools, Public Health - organization & administration
Schools, Public Health - statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities - organization & administration
Universities - statistics & numerical data
Minnesota
public health graduate demographics
public health workforce
public health graduate career outcomes
ISSN:1550-5022, 1550-5022
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Summary:This work describes baseline results of the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Public Health (SPH) Career Trends Survey (CTS), allowing for comparison to future CTS data. The UMN SPH CTS was fielded using multiple methods, including paper and online, from January to March 2021. All US-based (at time of survey) UMN SPH alumni for whom the school maintained contact information were eligible to complete the survey. In total, 8817 alumni received the survey and 1966 responded (22% response rate). We examined the proportion of graduates' first jobs by job sector over time, the proportion of graduates who switched job sectors over time, and how closely graduates' first jobs related to public health over time. Graduates overwhelmingly reported that their first jobs were either "somewhat related" or "strongly related" to public health, but a smaller proportion of graduates in the 2010s reported their first jobs being "strongly related" to public health compared to graduates from the first decades for which we have data. Data suggest a noteworthy trend: proportionally fewer of our recent public health graduates are going into governmental public health. Though a more nationally representative dataset is still needed, our results are a crucial step forward in determining how to mitigate the staffing up difficulties faced by many public health agencies.
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ISSN:1550-5022
1550-5022
DOI:10.1097/PHH.0000000000002138