Mapping the Career Pathways of Electrical Engineering Education Graduates Using Tracer Study

Alumni tracer activities are initiatives conducted by higher education institutions to collect data on graduates' career paths and professional development after completing their studies. This information serves as a crucial basis for assessing the alignment between the curriculum and labor market demands, while also contributing to the enhancement of educational quality. This study aims to describe the career development of alumni in the labor market, focusing on several indicators, including the percentage of alumni entering the workforce, currently employed, pursuing further studies, and engaged in entrepreneurship. The study employed a descriptive method by distributing surveys to all alumni of the Electrical Engineering Education Study Program at State University of Surabaya who graduated in 2024. The sampling technique applied was saturated sampling, in which the entire population was included as research participants. This approach provides evaluative insights for the university in curriculum development, measuring the relevance of graduates' competencies to the needs of industry, and fulfilling a key component of the university accreditation process. One of the benchmarks used was the gold standard, referring to the proportion of alumni who are employed, pursuing higher education, or running a business. Based on the tracer study results, the gold standard for alumni of the Electrical Engineering Education Study Program in 2024 was recorded at 85.19%. Data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics to map graduates' profiles, distribution across employment sectors, and the relevance of acquired skills to labor market requirements.