First Destination Report: 2017-2018 Undergraduate Degree Recipients: Bonus details for employed graduates

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(Medians are shown when four or more individuals reported salary or bonus; 25th and 75th percentiles are shown when 12 or more individuals reported salary or bonus.)
College / Major Graduates Respondents % Respondents
(% of Graduates)		 Employed % Employed
(% of Respondents)		 Reported
Salary		 % Reported Salary
(% of Employed)		 Reported
Bonus		 % Reported Bonus
(% of Employed)		 Median
Bonus
Whole University 5619 3901 69% 2233 57% 1891 84% 695 31% $5000
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 695 442 64% 160 36% 112 70% 18 11% $2750
Agribusiness 37 29 78% 25 86% 20 80% 7 28% $2500
Agricultural Sciences 13 8 62% 5 63% 3 60% 0 0%
Agricultural Technology 35 16 46% 11 69% 7 63% 0 0%
Animal & Poultry Sciences 123 83 67% 25 30% 18 72% 1 4%
Applied Economic Management 41 22 54% 14 64% 9 64% 3 21%
Biochemistry 54 35 65% 9 26% 3 33% 0 0%
Crop & Soil Environ Sciences 19 15 79% 10 67% 8 80% 1 10%
Dairy Science 17 9 53% 5 55% 3 60% 0 0%
Environmental Horticulture 16 8 50% 4 51% 4 100% 0 0%
Environmental Science 32 18 56% 8 45% 6 75% 0 0%
Food Science & Technology 38 24 63% 15 62% 12 80% 5 33% $5000
Human Nutrition Foods & Exercise 266 172 65% 28 17% 18 64% 0 0%
Landscape Contracting 4 3 75% 1 33% 1 100% 1 100%
College of Architecture and Urban Studies 308 196 64% 131 67% 114 87% 30 22% $2000
Architecture 87 49 56% 34 69% 31 91% 4 11% $1250
Art 4 3 75% 0 0% 0 -1% 0 -1%
Art (Fine Arts) 45 24 53% 8 33% 5 62% 2 25%
Building Construction 73 55 75% 53 97% 46 86% 18 33% $3000
Environmental Policy & Planning 18 13 72% 5 39% 4 80% 3 60%
Industrial Design 37 20 54% 10 50% 10 100% 2 20%
Interior Design 23 16 70% 14 87% 11 78% 1 7%
Landscape Architecture 10 7 70% 4 57% 4 100% 0 0%
Public and Urban Affairs 11 9 82% 3 33% 3 100% 0 0%
College of Engineering 1610 1125 70% 815 72% 745 91% 343 42% $5000
Aerospace Engineering 87 59 68% 34 57% 30 88% 13 38% $3000
Biological Systems Engineering 63 49 78% 24 49% 21 87% 8 33% $7868
Chemical Engineering 92 70 76% 54 77% 52 96% 29 53% $5000
Civil Engineering 178 135 76% 88 65% 82 93% 20 22% $2000
Computer Engineering 131 92 70% 64 69% 59 92% 24 37% $5500
Computer Science 239 160 67% 135 85% 123 91% 79 58% $10000
Construction Engineering & Management 38 23 61% 21 91% 20 95% 5 23% $2500
Electrical Engineering 154 110 71% 75 69% 68 90% 28 37% $4750
Engineering Science & Mechanics 34 22 65% 10 45% 9 90% 2 20%
Industrial & Systems Engineering 145 108 74% 94 87% 88 93% 44 46% $5500
Materials Science & Engineering 61 41 67% 23 56% 22 95% 6 26% $4750
Mechanical Engineering 346 230 66% 168 73% 147 87% 74 44% $5000
Mining Engineering 30 18 60% 17 95% 17 100% 9 52% $5000
Ocean Engineering 12 8 67% 8 101% 7 87% 2 25%
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 950 678 71% 277 41% 197 71% 25 9% $5000
Classical Studies 6 4 67% 1 25% 1 100% 1 100%
Communication Studies 20 14 70% 9 64% 7 77% 0 0%
Consumer Studies 17 8 47% 6 75% 5 83% 1 16%
Creative Writing 14 9 64% 4 44% 3 75% 0 0%
Criminology 46 32 70% 17 53% 12 70% 0 0%
Family and Consumer Science 2 2 100% 1 50% 0 0% 0 0%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 22 15 68% 7 47% 5 71% 0 0%
French 6 4 67% 2 50% 0 0% 0 0%
German 3 2 67% 0 0% 0 -1% 0 -1%
History 46 37 80% 14 38% 11 78% 1 7%
Human Development 188 143 76% 37 25% 27 72% 2 5%
International Relations 3 3 100% 2 67% 0 0% 0 0%
International Studies 75 57 76% 31 55% 21 67% 2 6%
Literature and Language 50 37 74% 5 14% 4 80% 0 0%
Multimedia Journalism 59 37 63% 14 38% 7 50% 1 7%
Music 16 13 81% 0 0% 0 -1% 0 -1%
National Security & Foreign Affairs 5 2 40% 2 100% 0 0% 0 0%
Philosophy 9 7 78% 3 43% 2 66% 0 0%
Political Science 143 97 68% 48 50% 34 70% 3 6%
Professional and Technical Writing 20 15 75% 10 67% 9 90% 5 50% $5000
Property Management 15 9 60% 7 78% 7 100% 1 14%
Public Relations 108 80 74% 33 41% 26 78% 6 18% $6000
Religion and Culture 7 6 86% 3 50% 2 66% 0 0%
Residential Environments and Design 7 5 71% 3 60% 3 100% 1 33%
Russian 6 5 83% 2 40% 1 50% 0 0%
Sociology 30 18 60% 9 50% 5 55% 1 11%
Spanish 7 3 43% 2 66% 0 0% 0 0%
Theatre Arts 21 14 67% 5 36% 5 100% 0 0%
College of Natural Resources and Environment 210 156 74% 94 59% 68 72% 8 8% $4500
Environmental Informatics 6 4 67% 2 50% 2 100% 0 0%
Environmental Resources Management 15 12 80% 6 50% 5 83% 1 16%
Fish Conservation 9 5 56% 1 20% 0 0% 0 0%
Forestry 14 12 86% 12 100% 10 83% 0 0%
Geography 39 26 67% 15 58% 10 66% 1 6%
Meteorology 19 12 63% 7 58% 7 100% 0 0%
Natural Resources Conservation 12 7 58% 5 72% 3 60% 0 0%
Packaging Systems and Design 34 24 71% 15 62% 13 86% 5 33% $5000
Sustainable Biomaterials 21 17 81% 11 65% 10 90% 1 9%
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management 8 6 75% 3 50% 1 33% 0 0%
Wildlife Conservation 33 31 94% 17 55% 7 41% 0 0%
College of Science 825 577 70% 176 30% 134 76% 31 17% $7000
Biochemistry (SCI) 87 55 63% 17 31% 13 76% 0 0%
Biological Sciences 190 128 67% 33 26% 21 63% 3 9%
Chemistry 29 25 86% 5 20% 5 100% 0 0%
Clinical Neuroscience 33 24 73% 8 33% 6 75% 0 0%
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience 22 10 45% 5 50% 3 60% 1 20%
Computational and Systems Neuroscience 4 3 75% 2 67% 1 50% 1 50%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 46 41 89% 29 70% 27 93% 14 48% $7250
Economics 56 37 66% 14 38% 12 85% 7 50% $5000
Experimental Neuroscience 10 8 80% 3 38% 2 66% 0 0%
Geosciences 19 12 63% 2 16% 2 100% 0 0%
Mathematics 63 43 68% 15 34% 11 73% 3 20%
Microbiology 25 23 92% 7 30% 5 71% 0 0%
Nanoscience 13 12 92% 1 8% 1 100% 0 0%
Neuroscience 2 1 50% 1 100% 1 100% 0 0%
Physics 57 49 86% 6 12% 5 83% 1 16%
Psychology 147 91 62% 23 25% 15 65% 0 0%
Statistics 21 14 67% 5 36% 4 80% 1 20%
Systems Biology 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 -1% 0 -1%
Pamplin College of Business 1024 727 71% 580 80% 521 89% 240 41% $5000
Accounting & Information Systems 138 104 75% 69 66% 62 89% 22 31% $3000
Business Information Technology 311 233 75% 187 80% 167 89% 101 54% $5000
Economics, Business 19 11 58% 6 55% 6 100% 3 50%
Finance 246 169 69% 145 86% 134 92% 74 51% $5000
Hospitality & Tourism Management 55 37 67% 33 89% 32 96% 10 30% $2500
Management 85 58 68% 42 72% 36 85% 10 23% $5000
Marketing Management 156 104 67% 88 85% 77 87% 19 21% $4500
Real Estate 16 11 69% 10 91% 7 70% 1 10%