The Class of 2024 has stayed mostly true to Princeton’s unofficial motto, with 65.2 percent of respondents describing their postgraduate plans as being “in the nation’s service and the service of humanity.” While almost three quarters of B.S.E students have a job lined up post-graduation, 53 percent of A.B. students do not. 58.4 percent of seniors receiving full financial aid do not have jobs lined up, compared to 40.5 percent receiving partial aid and 40.3 percent receiving no financial aid. 17.3 percent of the Class of 2024 are pursuing graduate school and/or academia, 10.4 percent finance, and 8.7 percent engineering, making up the top three post-grad plans.

While 6.6 percent of all seniors will be earning over $200K for their first job post-graduation, almost a quarter of respondents working in the software engineering industry will make that amount. In contrast, those in the Class of 2024 who chose to work in education, public service, or public health are most likely to have salaries in the $30K–$50K range. And that’s just what’s to come — during their college careers, 97 percent of the Class of 2024 enjoyed at least one summer where they received over $1000 in salary or stipend, and 17.4 percent reported making over $20K in a single summer.