The Georgetown University Career Center has compiled and released the data from surveys it took of graduating students of the Class of 2009. The report presents the class as a whole and then breaks it down by school. So, without further ado:

Georgetown University Class of 2009

The most immediate things apparent in the results, comprised of the responses of 60 percent of last year’s senior class, or 1024 of the 1716 graduates, won’t shock you: employment rates immediately after graduation were down—but not dismal—and so were starting salaries.

Fifty-seven percent of the Class of 2009’s respondents reported being employed post-graduation. By contrast, 62 percent of the Classes of 2006, 2007, and 2008 reported being employed post-graduation. Twelve percent of Class of 2009 respondents listed searching for employment as their primary activity after graduation, the highest percent recorded since 2004.

The average starting salary reported employed Class of 2009 graduates was $46,989, about six percent lower than the average starting salary reported by the Class of 2008.

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Joan Riley (right) with two NHS professors at NHS Graduation

On Thursday, Georgetown Professor Joan Burggraf Riley (NHS’76, G’97) was named the District of Columbia Teacher of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Riley, an assistant professor at Georgetown’s School of Nursing and Health Studies, has attended and taught at Georgetown for more than 30 years. She has worked with other faculty to integrate mental health and wellness topics into other academic departments through the Bringing Theory to Practice project.

She also serves as the faculty advisor for Georgetown’s chapter of Best Buddies International, which pairs student volunteers with individuals who have intellectual and developmental disabilities, and works in the Student Health Center as a family health practitioner.

“I have known Joan for many years, and her commitment to the development and well-being of our undergraduates is a model for all of us in the academy,” President John DeGioia said on Thursday at a reception held in the District for Riley, four national winners of the award, and other winners from 38 states and territories.

Riley’s award marks the second year in a row that a Georgetown professor was selected for the award. Math Department Chair James Sandefur won in 2008.