Data from students who graduated from Hawkeye is reported in the annual Graduate Career Report, which provides valuable information about career placement and potential employment.

• Employers have consistently expressed satisfaction with graduates of Hawkeye's technical education programs.



• Hawkeye Community College has maintained an outstanding graduate placement record. An average of all programs over the last three years yields an 86% placement rate.


Charts from 2001-2002 placement:



• The following placement rates and beginning hourly wages are an average of the past three years' Graduate Career Report figures:




Program/Area	Placement Rate*	Ave. Hourly Wage
Ag & Natural Resources	93%	$6.00—15.00
Business	79%	$6.00—14.00
Criminal Justice & Public Service	53%**	$8.00—17.00
Engineering Technology	87%	$8.00—18.00
Health Science	95%	$6.00—30.00***
Power Technology	91%	$7.00-$18.00

*placement rates indicate those respondents who are currently employed in a field directly or closely related to their area of study.
**The Criminal Justice & Public Service program is a growing program, which had a 90% placement rate in the most current Graduate Career Report.
***Wage dependent upon area of study within Health Science



• The following are among the many businesses that hire Hawkeye grads:
  
  • Allen Memorial Hospital
  • Cedar Falls Police Department
  • CUNA Mutual Life Insurance Company
  • Dyball Acoustical, Inc.
  • Erdman Engineering PC
  • John Deere, PEC
  • Pioneer Hi-Bred
  • Viking Pump, Inc.
  • and many more