STATISTICS

A STUDY ON THE EMPLOYMENT STATUS OF THECOLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND DESIGN ALUMNI

Corpuz, Jerchiella B.Osiana, TishaKaelaSantos, Elijah NichelleTan, Nikki MelisaTan, Lillian Kayla2-AD2

A research study submitted in fulfillment of the requirements of Statistics in College of Fine Arts and Design: Advertising Arts

TABLE OF CONTENTSAcknowledgements ... iiAbstract ....iiiTable of Contents .. ivList of Tables .. viList of Figures ... viiChapter 1 Introduction .... 11.1 Background of the Study. 11.2 Objectives of the Study .......11.3 Statement of the Problem 21.4 Significance of the Study .... 31.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study 31.6 Hypotheses .. 4Chapter 3 Methodology .... 53.1 Research Design 53.2 Subject of the Study ...... 53.3 Setting of the Study 63.4 Procedure of the Study .. 63.4.1 Three General Survey Approaches ..... 63.4.2 Manner of Administration ... 63.5 Statistical Treatment ...... 73.5.1 Percentage ... 73.5.2 Frequency .... .73.6 Sources of Data .. 7Chapter 4 Results and Discussions ...... 84.1 Raw Data . 84.2 Graphical Display, Summation, and Frequency of the Study ... 164.3 Mean, Median, Mode of Grouped Data 22Chapter 5 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations ....... 285.1 Summary of Findings .. 285.2 Conclusion .... 295.3 Recommendation ..... 30Bibliography ...... 31Appendices .... 32Appendix A: Survey 32Appendix B: Formulas 33

AcknowledgementsThis research paper is made possible through the help and support from everyone, including: parents, teachers, family, friends, and in essence, all sentient beings.Especially, please allow us to dedicate our acknowledgment of gratitude toward the following significant advisors and contributors:First and foremost, we would like to thank Sir Ruston Banal for suggesting our research topic.Second, we would like to thank Sir Crisencio Paner for his most support and encouragement. He kindly read our paper and offered valuable detailed advices on grammar, format, and the needs of the paper.Next, we sincerely thank our parents, family, and friends who provided advice and information. The product of this research paper would not be possible without all of them.Finally, we are eternally grateful to the Lord for giving us knowledge for this research paper and strength to continue and finish it.

AbstractThe purpose of this research is to identify the average starting income of graduates from the College of Fine Arts and Design from UST and the factors that might affect the starting salary of the graduates. The researches employed the use of surveys in order to obtain a statistical output in regards to the output of the survey from the respondents. These respondents only included graduates in batch 2013 and 2014 due to time constraints and limitations. The researchers found out that out of the 95 respondents who answered the survey, 74.74% of these respondents stated that the accepted average salary of their profession should be in between 15000 pesos to 50000 pesos. Moreover the researchers found out that out of 96 respondents, 79.17% answered that their profession is complementary to the course they have taken up in college, and the remaining 20.83% who answered otherwise responded that the job that they have taken was not related to the course that have taken up in college because of multiple reasons. Out of the four reasons low income, failure to pass the job interview, abundance in competitors, and other reasons, almost half of the respondents chose the reasons of too much competitors for their account that their job in not related to their degree. In regards to that, further statistical data on this research and explanation will be found as you read ahead.

List of Tables

Table 4.2.1 Frequency Distribution .. 16Table 4.2.2 Class Limit ...... 17Table 4.2.3 Less than, Greater than Cumulative Distribution .. 18Table 4.2.4 Areas of Sectors .... 20Table 4.3.1 Mean .... 23Table 4.3.2 Median .... 24Table 4.3.3 Mode .... 25Table 4.4 Standard Deviation ... 26

List of Figures

Figure 1 Address ...... 8Figure 2 Is your profession related to your college degree? ..9Figure 3Why is your current job not related to your course? .. .10Figure 4 What is your current job? ... 11Figure 5 Do you think the staring salary your current job is/was acceptable? .......12Figure 6 In your own opinion, how much is the accepted salary .... 13Figure 7 What is your estimated monthly income? .... 14Figure8 Frequency Histogram ... 16Figure 9 Frequency Polygon ..... 17Figure 10 Ogives Graph ..... 19Figure 11Sectors . 21

CHAPTER 1Background of the Study:After a UST-CFAD student finishes his course, he is faced with vast job opportunities. These vast arrays of possibilities can cause uncertain salary for freshly graduated students. Common UST-CFAD students are ignorant of the possible average salary they will get until after they graduate. For example, before conducting the research topic, we were able to confirm the possible salary fluctuation of a UST-CFAD graduate through Sir Ruston Banal. According to him, his first job's salary was considered high, but when he shifted to another firm or job, he was shocked his salary dropped. This is one of the common experiences of a UST-CFAD fresh graduate student. Another prevalent conundrum that UST-CFAD fresh graduate students constantly face with their jobs is the compatibility or connection between their college course and job. Because of the high expectation of a company, UST-CFAD students usually end up in the wrong job position. In effect, they do not have the full grasp of their designated job. Furthermore, UST-CFAD fresh graduates desire the highest possible salary instantly, so most of them turn to different industries that are barely related to their college course. Objectives of the Study:1. To assess the average starting salary and income of CFAD Alumni2. To analyze if the current profession of CFAD Alumni are complementary to their chosen college degree3. To determine if CFAD Alumni with honors and experience can affect the average starting salaryStatement of the Problem:One of the common challenges that fresh graduates are facing in the modern world is seeking a profession that perfectly suits their college degree with a reasonable starting salary. Most graduates have no idea or clue what their salary should be, and what industry they would end up. With the rise of technology and modern society, the minimum standards and expectations of different industries and companies were greatly affected.Most companies now would search for young jobseekers that have the three qualitiescritical thinking, initiative, and effective communication skillsaccording to the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP) (Rosero, 2012). In addition to that, they also seek for graduates who came from prominent universities. Of course, graduates who have gained experience and who are currently pursuing a masters degreecan have a potential impact on the starting salary and a better opportunity from the rest. But what about other fresh graduates and alumni?The purpose of this study is to know the starting salary of alumni and to determine the expectations and qualities that companies are seeking for. Furthermore, this research aims to know if alumni ended up in industries and jobs that are related to their college degree.

Significance of the Study:As advertising students, it is important for us to know where our course will take us. After all, college is the key to our future. So we decided to conduct this research, specifically for advertising students, to know every UST CFAD alumnis starting salary as graphic designers, photographers, website designers, media illustrators, visual merchandisers, and etc. Statistics is a big help in conducting this research. Not only it can help by summarizing or organizing our gathered data, but it can also help when we conduct a survey research. A survey research could truly help in this research to know some of USTs advertising students plans, target or what theyre aiming for. An example is to know some of the jobs or occupation that most advertising students in UST desire the most, especially seniors. Scope and Limitation of the study:The study will be conducted to determine the starting salary of graduates from the University of Santo Tomas, College of Fine Arts. The study will also include graduates with honors, to know if their accomplishments had an impact on their starting salary and how these accomplishments became their potential advantage. There are some unavoidable limitations in this study. First, because of the time limit, this research will be conducted only on a small size of population which is only graduates University of Santo Tomas from the College of Fine Arts. Therefore, to generalize the results of larger groups of graduates, the research should involve more participants at different school years and colleges. Second, this study consists of surveys which may lack prior research studies. Finally, there are certain possibilities that the researchers may not be able to contact the following respondents or the following respondents may reject the interviews conducted by the researchers. Hypotheses1. Some alumni have ended up in the field related to their program.2. The average starting salary of CFAD alumni are acceptable.3. Alumni with honors or more experience may have a higher chance of attaining a high position in their chosen field.

CHAPTER 3Research DesignThe study entitled A Study on the Employment Status of the College of Fine Arts and Design Alumni is both a qualitative and quantitative research because the researchers will be conducting surveys. A reason for doing a qualitative research is in order to investigate and to understand further about the respondents answer and in order to have a more detailed description. On the other hand, a reason for doing a quantitative research is for the respondents to answer the given questions. The researchers will use statistics to analyze the data.The researchers will be using descriptive or survey methods. It can be used as statistical inference on their respondents through data analysis. Also, it can help the researchers to better define and measure the amount of salary of the respondents. It will be appropriate because the process will describe, analyze and interpret the data. Through survey method, the researchers will gather information from the respondents about the study. They will come up with their findings after analyzing and presenting the data.Subject of the Study The target population of this research study will be College of Fine Arts and Design Alumni. We have selected this group because we want to give an overview for undergraduate students. Our sampling procedure will be non-probability sampling since we designated and set a specific number of respondents and demographic. As part of our target, we will also include alumni who have been awarded with Latin honurs, and candidates for Best Thesis award. If possible, we will also look for fresh graduates who landed on a job unrelated to their college degree. This will help our study to give a detailed and informative data based on the responses and answers we will collate.Setting of the StudyThis study will take place at University of Santo Tomas (UST) 2015. The surveys will be conducted through the Internet. Several measures were taken to ensure that the specified links will be appropriately refined for the certain types of people to be used in our study. Procedure of Study Three General Survey approaches:a. Telephone/ Cellular phoneb. Social Media Sites (Facebook, Skype, etc.) Manner of administration:a. Electronic surveys from Facebook and Google will be completed and answered by the respondent and interviewee themselves.

To start off our research, we will be making survey questions that will be approved by our professor for our respondents which are Alumni of UST College of Fine Arts and Design, only then that we will be giving out our survey. We would like to know some of the things theyre doing in their job right now are related with their college degree. With the data that will be collecting, well have to analyze and interpret it with the use of Statistics.Statistical TreatmentThe data that will be gathered will be compiled. The responses of the specific respondents were categorized as fresh graduates of UST-CFAD. To interpret the data that will be gathered, the researchers will use the following:1. Percentage. This will be the presentation to see the profile of the respondents.2. Frequency. It will show how many UST-CFAD Alumniwho are working in their field of advertising arts.

Sources of DataThe researchers will be getting their source from a survey to our respondents, who are UST-CFAD Alumni. Depending on the respondents availability, the researchers will conduct an online or on the spot interview. Most of the respondents answer will be a qualitative data.

CHAPTER 4I. RAW DATA

Respondents: 100

Fig.1

Fig.2

Fig.3 Here, it is shown that 20 respondents had jobs that arent related to their course. 45% of them answered there are too many competitors for their chosen job; while 30% answered its all because of the low income.

Fig.4

It can be noticed that the highest percentage from the current jobs of the graduates from CFAD is the category others which is not related to their programs with 44.79%. From graduates of Advertising Arts, the highest percentage is being a photographer with 10.42%. From graduates of Interior design, the highest percentage is being an interior designer with 6.25%. From graduates of Industrial design, the percentage are all equal. From graduates of Painting, the highest percentage is being a graphic artist with 13.54%.

Fig.5 More respondents agreed that their starting salary was acceptable with a percentage of 67.37% while some disagreed with a percentage of 32.63%.

Fig.6 The most percentage of respondents (74.74%) answered the amount 15000 to 50000 pesos is the most acceptable starting salary. While 23.16% thought the amount 8000 to 15000 pesos is enough. There are others who answered neither and gave their own opinion.

Fig.7 70 respondents represent 73.68% of the estimated monthly income of those who make P15,000 to P50,000 per month. The percentage of the respondents who make a monthly income below P15,000 is drastically lower while the respondents who make P50,000 to P75,000 is even more so.

II. GRAPHICAL DISPLAY, SUMMATION, AND FREQUENCY OF OUR STUDY

Table.4.2.1 FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION of Ages of College of Fine Arts and Design Alumni

ClassTallyFrequencyRelative frequencyPercentage

19-20IIII40.044%

21-22IIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII II520.5252%

23-24IIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII III280.2828%

25-26IIIII IIIIIIIIII150.1515%

27-28I10.011%

sum1001.000100%

Most of the alumni that were given a survey graduated 2 to 6 years ago which explains why the range of their ages start from 19 to 28 years old.Table.4.2.2 CLASS LIMIT, CLASS BOUNDARIES, and CLASS MARKS

ClassesStated lower limitStated upper limitLower boundaryUpper boundaryClass mark

19-20192018.520.519.5

21-22212220.522.521.5

23-24232422.523.522.5

25-26252624.526.525.5

27-28272826.528.527.5

A. FREQUENCY HISTOGRAM (Fig.8)

B. FREQUENCY POLYGON (Fig.9)

Table.4.2.3 LESS THAN, GREATER THAN CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION

ClassFFF

19-20194100

21-22215696

23-24238444

25-26259916

27-28271001

E. OGIVES GRAPH (Fig.10)

Table.4.2.4 AREAS OF SECTORS

ClassFrequencyRelative frequencyPercentage

Sector occupied in the Pie Graph

19-2040.044%14.4

21-22520.5252%187.2

23-24280.2828%100.8

25-26150.1515%54

27-2810.011%

3.6

F. SECTORS (Fig.11)

III. MEAN, MEDIAN, MODE OF GROUPED DATA

Table.4.3.1 Mean

Interval(x) MidpointFrequencyfx

19-2019.5478

21-2221.5521118

23-2423.528658

25-2625.515382.5

27-2827.5127.5

f= 100fx= 2186

Computation for Mean:

= = = 21.86

Table.4.3.2 Median

AgefCf

19-2044 CF = 4

21-225256 Median Class, Lb= 18.5

23-242884

25-261599

27-281100

Computation for Median:

= Lb + C

= 18.5 + 2

= 18.5 + 2

= 18.5 + 1.769

= 20.27Table.4.3.3 Mode

AgefCf

19-2044 CF = 4

21-225256 Median Class, Lmo= 18.5

23-242884

25-261599

27-281100

Computation for Mode:

= Lmo+ C

= 18.5 + 2

= 18.5 + 2

= 18.5 + 2

= 18.5 + 1.315

= 19.82Table.4.4 STANDARD DEVIATION

classfxfx(x-)(x-)2f(x-)2

19-20419.578-2.365.569622.278

21-225221.51118-0.360.12966.739

23-242823.56581.642.689675.309

25-261525.5382.53.6413.2496198.744

27-28127.527.55.6431.809631.81

n=f=100fx=2186f(x-)2=334.88

Computation for Standard Deviation:

= = = 21.86

= 21.86

s2= = = 3.38

s2= 3.38

s= = = 1.84

s= 1.84

Summary of Findings:Objective: To analyze if the current profession of CFAD Alumni are complementary to their chosen college degreeAccording to the data and answers we have collated, 79.17% ended up in a job related to their course. This shows that CFAD graduates have a chance on landing on their chosen industry. The remaining 20.83% did not wind up in their dream job mostly because there were a lot of competitors and the starting salary that they offered with were very low. It can be noticed that the highest percentage from the current jobs of the graduates from CFAD is the category others which is not related to their programs with 44.79%. From graduates of Advertising Arts, The highest percentage is being a photographer with 10.42%. From graduates of Interior design, the highest percentage is being an interior designer with 6.25%. From graduates of Industrial design, the percentage are all equal. From graduates of Painting, the highest percentage is being a graphic artist with 13.54%.Objective: To assess the average starting salary and income of CFAD AlumniThese respondents suggested that the starting salary of a CFAD graduate should range from 15,000 Pesos to 50,000 Pesos. The 73.68% of them receives an estimated monthly income of 15,000 Pesos to 50,000 Pesos.

Objective: To determine if CFAD Alumni with honors and experience can affect the average starting salarySome of our respondents are already professors and professionals. One of them is Ms. Ma. Carmela Cucueco. She is a graduated as Cum Laude from CFAD-Painting, and shes currently taking up masters at UST-Graduate School. She is also a professor in UST-CFAD and a freelance artist.

ConclusionKnowing your average salary, as alumni, is great, especially when you are not aware of the salary fluctuations. As you try other jobs, the salary differs. Some of the UST-CFAD alumni are in the same field of their program they have learned. And some of them are not due to many competitors and low income. Alumni that has a greater possibility to earn a high position are with Latin honors or has more experience.

Recommendation:Since incoming UST-CFAD freshmen students are not familiar of the starting salary and employment status. This research can be used for students from UST-CFAD, who wish to be informed not only about the starting salary and status of a UST-CFAD fresh graduates and alumni, but also about the expectations of a company from an applicant. Future researchers can utilize this research by talking to the individuals who had Latin honors, and ask for information about the experience they had when applying for a job whether it was less demanding or not.

Bibliography:Rosero, Victor L. (2012). Why many freshmen graduates dont get hired, according to survey of managers. Retrieved: March 19, 2015 in the World Wide Web:http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/250239/economy/business/why-many-fresh-college-grads-don-t-get-hired-according-to-survey-of-managers

AppendicesI. SurveyDear Respondent:In partial fulfillment of our Research Study, we are conducting a survey to selected respondents for A Study on the Disparity of Average Starting Income of Recent CFAD Graduates From University of Santo Tomas. The data and answers that will be collected from this questionnaire will solely be for the purpose of our study.1. Address Name: Company: City/Town: Email Address: Phone Number:2. What is your age?3. Is your profession related to your college degree? Yes (Proceed to question #6) No4. If not, please specify your profession.5. Why is your current job not related to your course? Low Income Did not pass job interview Many competitors for the chosen job position Other please specify6. What is your current job?7. Do you think the starting salary of your current job is/was acceptable? Yes No8. In your own opinion, how much is the accepted starting salary? P8,000-P15,000 P15,000-P50,000 Other please specify9. What is your estimated monthly income? Below P15,000 P15,000 to P50,000 P50,000 to P75,000 P75,000 and above

II. Formulas used Computation for Mean:

= Computation for Median: = Lb+ C Computation for Mode: = Lmo+ C Computation for Standard Deviation:s2= s=

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