College and Career Choices Study
    Catherine J. Weinberger, University of California, Santa Barbara

The College and Career Choices Study is a longitudinal study of the factors considered by students when they make their college major and career choices, and of relationships between early choices and later labor market outcomes.

Between 2002 and 2004, nearly 2000 students at 3 campuses agreed to participate in the College and Career Choices Study, and completed the base year survey.  About half of these were resurveyed 2-3 years after their initial entry into the study.  Responses to the second survey are still being collected, and have not yet been coded for analysis.

Utmost care is taken to protect confidentiality and personal information about study participants.  The procedures used meet the stringent criteria of all three participating institutions, and are reviewed by two separate committees annually.