First Destination Report: 2019-2020 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 6766 2113 31% 1397 66% 1064 76% 418 30% $5000
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 733 154 21% 62 40% 39 63% 3 5%
Agribusiness 42 16 38% 10 63% 9 90%
Agricultural Sciences 16 4 25% 4 100% 4 100%
Agricultural Technology 62 3 5% 3 100%
Animal and Poultry Sciences 176 40 23% 15 38% 7 47% 1 7%
Applied Economic Management 36 11 31% 4 36% 3 75%
Biochemistry 51 11 22% 4 36% 3 75% 1 25%
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences 25 5 20% 1 20% 1 100%
Dairy Science 19 4 21% 0%
Environmental Horticulture 25 6 24% 2 33% 2 100%
Environmental Science 33 9 27% 6 67% 4 67%
Food Science and Technology 25 9 36% 4 44% 2 50% 1 25%
Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise 220 36 16% 9 25% 4 44%
Landscape Horticulture and Design 3 0 0%
College of Architecture and Urban Studies 405 112 28% 77 69% 51 66% 13 17% $2500
Architecture 126 39 31% 29 74% 17 59% 4 14% $2000
Art 50 11 22% 5 45% 2 40% 1 20%
Building Construction 120 33 28% 30 91% 23 77% 6 20% $2000
Environmental Policy and Planning 15 5 33% 1 20% 1 100% 1 100%
Industrial Design 34 5 15% 4 80% 2 50%
Interior Design 28 13 46% 6 46% 4 67%
Landscape Architecture 5 1 20% 1 100% 1 100% 1 100%
Public and Urban Affairs 17 4 24% 1 25% 1 100%
Smart and Sustainable Cities 10 1 10% 0%
College of Engineering 1843 562 30% 417 74% 359 86% 172 41% $6000
Aerospace Engineering 134 45 34% 22 49% 18 82% 8 36% $3000
Biological Systems Engineering 55 19 35% 11 58% 8 73% 4 36% $3000
Chemical Engineering 111 36 32% 25 69% 22 88% 14 56% $5000
Chip-Scale Integration 2 0 0%
Civil Engineering 187 64 34% 43 67% 33 77% 9 21% $2500
Communications & Networking 3 1 33% 0%
Computer Engineering 127 43 34% 34 79% 27 79% 14 41% $10000
Computer Science 313 101 32% 86 85% 79 92% 56 65% $15000
Construction Engineering and Management 22 6 27% 6 100% 6 100% 3 50%
Controls, Robotics, & Autonomy 26 6 23% 5 83% 4 80% 2 40%
Electrical Engineering 80 29 36% 25 86% 19 76% 5 20% $3053
Energy & Power Electronics Systems 10 3 30% 3 100% 3 100% 1 33%
Engineering Science and Mechanics 27 9 33% 5 56% 5 100% 3 60%
Industrial and Systems Engineering 182 54 30% 46 85% 41 89% 18 39% $7000
Machine Learning 22 6 27% 5 83% 3 60%
Materials Science and Engineering 63 11 17% 6 55% 6 100% 2 33%
Mechanical Engineering 412 113 27% 84 74% 74 88% 29 35% $5000
Micro/Nano Systems 3 1 33% 0%
Mining Engineering 21 4 19% 4 100% 4 100% 2 50%
Networking & Cybersecurity 12 2 17% 2 100% 2 100%
Ocean Engineering 12 0 0%
Photonics 2 1 50% 0%
Radio Frequency & Microwave 7 6 86% 3 50% 3 100% 1 33%
Software Systems 5 0 0%
Space Systems 5 2 40% 2 100% 2 100% 1 50%
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 1180 267 23% 125 47% 80 64% 8 6% $2000
Cinema 4 3 75% 1 33% 1 100%
Classical Studies 5 0 0%
Communication Studies 41 8 20% 7 88% 6 86%
Consumer Studies 12 4 33% 2 50%
Creative Writing 21 3 14% 2 67%
Criminology 120 27 23% 9 33% 7 78%
English 16 6 38% 2 33% 1 50%
Family and Consumer Science 2 1 50% 1 100% 1 100%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 39 11 28% 4 36% 1 25%
French 1 0 0%
German 1 0 0%
History 53 11 21% 6 55% 4 67%
Human Development 215 34 16% 10 29% 4 40%
International Public Policy 9 0 0%
International Relations 16 5 31% 1 20% 1 100%
International Studies 62 19 31% 7 37% 6 86%
Literature and Language 3 1 33% 1 100%
Multimedia Journalism 71 17 24% 13 76% 8 62% 1 8%
Music 15 3 20% 3 100% 1 33%
National Security & Foreign Affairs 42 11 26% 6 55% 3 50% 1 17%
Philosophy 12 3 25% 0%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 6 1 17% 0%
Political Science 176 48 27% 19 40% 15 79% 2 11%
Professional and Technical writing 23 6 26% 3 50% 3 100%
Property Management 17 0 0%
Public Relations 89 23 26% 14 61% 11 79% 3 21%
Religion and Culture 10 2 20% 1 50% 1 100%
Residential Environments and Design 21 3 14% 3 100% 1 33%
Russian 13 3 23% 3 100% 1 33%
Sociology 33 6 18% 4 67% 2 50% 1 25%
Spanish 10 5 50% 3 60% 2 67%
Theatre Arts 22 3 14% 0%
College of Natural Resources and Environment 276 78 28% 46 59% 32 70% 3 7%
Environmental Informatics 16 2 13% 0%
Environmental Resources Management 30 8 27% 4 50% 2 50%
Fish Conservation 8 2 25% 1 50% 1 100%
Forestry 22 8 36% 5 63% 3 60%
Geography 26 13 50% 9 69% 7 78% 1 11%
Meteorology 21 5 24% 3 60% 3 100%
Natural Resources Conservation 18 7 39% 3 43% 1 33%
Packaging Systems and Design 38 9 24% 5 56% 4 80% 2 40%
Sustainable Biomaterials 25 5 20% 3 60% 2 67%
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management 20 6 30% 2 33% 1 50%
Wildlife Conservation 52 13 25% 11 85% 8 73%
College of Science 1168 329 28% 157 48% 104 66% 24 15% $5000
Biochemistry 82 16 20% 7 44% 3 43%
Biological Sciences 304 70 23% 32 46% 18 56% 1 3%
Chemistry 24 5 21% 2 40% 1 50% 1 50%
Clinical Neuroscience 86 25 29% 10 40% 6 60%
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience 49 12 24% 8 67% 2 25%
Computational and Systems Neuroscience 14 4 29% 3 75% 2 67% 1 33%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 94 32 34% 25 78% 22 88% 10 40% $5000
Economics 73 28 38% 16 57% 13 81% 5 31% $5000
Experimental Neuroscience 15 7 47% 3 43% 3 100% 1 33%
Geosciences 16 6 38% 1 17%
Mathematics 70 17 24% 6 35% 3 50% 1 17%
Microbiology 23 8 35% 5 63% 4 80%
Nanomedicine 4 3 75% 0%
Nanoscience 16 3 19% 1 33% 1 100%
Physics 71 24 34% 8 33% 7 88% 1 13%
Psychology 174 47 27% 15 32% 10 67% 2 13%
Statistics 33 12 36% 8 67% 6 75% 1 13%
Systems Biology 20 10 50% 7 70% 3 43%
Pamplin College of Business 1161 611 53% 513 84% 399 78% 195 38% $5000
Accounting and Information Systems 136 87 64% 61 70% 47 77% 21 34% $2000
Business Information Technology 433 239 55% 215 90% 164 76% 103 48% $6000
Finance 239 112 47% 98 88% 80 82% 39 40% $5000
Hospitality and Tourism Management 54 32 59% 28 88% 21 75% 3 11%
Management 112 47 42% 36 77% 28 78% 6 17% $5000
Marketing Management 148 76 51% 59 78% 46 78% 19 32% $3000
Real Estate 39 18 46% 16 89% 13 81% 4 25% $3000