First Destination Report: 2023-2024 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 7395 4682 63% 2593 55% 1359 52% 518 20% $5000
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 714 399 56% 163 41% 73 45% 11 7% $5000
Agribusiness 31 16 52% 13 81% 10 77% 2 15%
Agricultural Sciences 11 8 73% 2 25% 1 50%
Agricultural Technology 55 16 29% 10 63% 2 20%
Animal and Poultry Sciences 148 94 64% 33 35% 16 48% 1 3%
Biochemistry 110 70 64% 25 36% 11 44% 1 4%
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences 14 10 71% 7 70% 4 57% 1 14%
Dairy Science 11 8 73% 3 38% 1 33%
Ecological Restoration 13 9 69% 2 22% 1 50%
Environmental Economics: Management and Policy 10 5 50% 2 40% 1 50% 1 50%
Environmental Horticulture 23 9 39% 6 67% 1 17%
Environmental Science 34 23 68% 13 57% 5 38% 1 8%
Exercise and Health Sciences 25 9 36% 2 22%
Food and Health Systems Economics 4 2 50% 1 50% 1 100% 1 100%
Food Science and Technology 23 12 52% 6 50% 4 67% 2 33%
Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise 181 98 54% 36 37% 14 39%
International Trade and Development 4 2 50% 1 50%
Landscape Horticulture and Design 8 2 25% 1 50% 1 100% 1 100%
Nutrition and Dietetics 9 6 67% 0%
College of Architecture, Arts, and Design 325 180 55% 88 49% 44 50% 12 14% $2000
Architecture 135 72 53% 45 63% 26 58% 6 13% $2000
Art 4 2 50% 1 50%
Cinema 13 5 38% 2 40% 1 50%
Creative Technologies 32 21 66% 7 33% 1 14%
Graphic Design 13 7 54% 3 43% 1 33%
Industrial Design 36 23 64% 7 30% 5 71%
Interior Design 38 21 55% 8 38% 2 25% 2 25%
Landscape Architecture 19 11 58% 8 73% 5 63% 4 50% $2000
Music 14 7 50% 2 29%
Studio Art 11 4 36% 1 25% 1 100%
Theatre Arts 10 7 70% 4 57% 2 50%
College of Engineering 2201 1435 65% 875 61% 541 62% 244 28% $5000
Aerospace Engineering 174 123 71% 64 52% 36 56% 14 22% $3000
Automotive Engineering 9 6 67% 3 50% 3 100%
Biological Systems Engineering 31 15 48% 1 7%
Biomedical Engineering 66 42 64% 15 36% 6 40% 3 20%
Building Construction 105 59 56% 55 93% 29 53% 12 22% $2500
Chemical Engineering 79 57 72% 38 67% 28 74% 13 34% $5000
Chip-Scale Integration 8 5 63% 1 20% 1 100% 1 100%
Civil Engineering 217 147 68% 109 74% 79 72% 40 37% $3000
Communications & Networking 7 3 43% 2 67% 1 50% 1 50%
Computer Engineering 72 47 65% 25 53% 16 64% 6 24% $7999
Computer Science 493 307 62% 139 45% 76 55% 43 31% $10000
Construction Engineering and Management 79 66 84% 58 88% 48 83% 21 36% $3000
Controls, Robotics & Autonomy 38 26 68% 11 42% 8 73% 3 27%
Data-Centric Computing 11 8 73% 4 50% 3 75% 1 25%
Electrical Engineering 38 23 61% 15 65% 7 47% 3 20%
Energy & Power Electronics Systems 12 9 75% 7 78% 5 71% 2 29%
Industrial and Systems Engineering 210 142 68% 107 75% 65 61% 28 26% $5000
Machine Learning 30 24 80% 13 54% 7 54% 3 23%
Materials Science and Engineering 37 21 57% 13 62% 9 69% 6 46% $5000
Mechanical Engineering 323 199 62% 139 70% 81 58% 36 26% $6000
Micro/Nano Systems 13 9 69% 4 44% 3 75% 2 50%
Mining Engineering 12 7 58% 6 86% 3 50%
Networking & Cybersecurity 31 21 68% 11 52% 6 55% 2 18%
Ocean Engineering 25 14 56% 10 71% 7 70% 1 10%
Photonics 1 0 0%
Radio Frequency & Microwave 7 5 71% 1 20% 1 100%
Robotics and Mechatronics 27 15 56% 7 47% 2 29%
Secure computing 16 12 75% 8 67% 5 63% 1 13%
Software Systems 24 18 75% 9 50% 6 67% 2 22%
Space Systems 6 5 83% 0%
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 1092 627 57% 254 41% 109 43% 9 4% $5000
Advertising 5 2 40% 1 50% 1 100%
Childhood Pre-Education 27 19 70% 2 11%
Classical Studies 8 5 63% 2 40% 2 100%
Communication 66 34 52% 16 47% 9 56%
Communication Science and Social Inquiry 6 4 67% 3 75% 1 33%
Consumer Studies 15 9 60% 4 44%
Creative Writing 21 15 71% 7 47% 3 43%
Criminology 101 68 67% 25 37% 6 24%
English 32 19 59% 3 16% 1 33%
English Language Arts Education 2 2 100% 1 50%
Environmental Policy and Planning 28 17 61% 6 35% 4 67% 1 17%
Family and Consumer Science 4 3 75% 1 33% 1 100%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 16 6 38% 1 17%
French 2 1 50% 0%
German 1 1 100% 0%
History 36 18 50% 8 44% 3 38%
History and Social Sciences Education 5 3 60% 1 33%
Human Development 139 76 55% 20 26% 5 25% 1 5%
Humanities for Public Service 10 6 60% 4 67% 2 50% 1 25%
International Public Policy 4 2 50% 1 50% 1 100%
International Relations 28 11 39% 4 36% 2 50% 1 25%
International Studies 14 9 64% 4 44% 2 50%
Multimedia Journalism 40 23 57% 10 43% 6 60%
National Security & Foreign Affairs 65 43 66% 20 47% 8 40%
Philosophy 11 7 64% 1 14%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 33 14 42% 6 43% 5 83% 1 17%
Political Science 158 95 60% 47 49% 19 40% 1 2%
Professional and Technical writing 13 8 62% 3 38% 2 67% 1 33%
Property Management 16 10 63% 7 70% 4 57%
Public Relations 58 35 60% 18 51% 9 50% 2 11%
Religion and Culture 4 2 50% 2 100%
Residential Environments and Design 11 5 45% 5 100% 2 40%
Russian 4 0 0%
Smart and Sustainable Cities 18 14 78% 6 43% 4 67%
Sociology 29 11 38% 3 27% 1 33%
Spanish 2 2 100% 1 50% 1 100%
Sports Media and Analytics 60 28 47% 11 39% 5 45%
College of Natural Resources and Environment 257 174 68% 89 51% 46 52% 8 9% $5000
Environmental Conservation & Society 36 23 64% 10 43% 6 60%
Environmental Data Science 6 2 33% 1 50%
Environmental Resources Management 27 17 63% 7 41% 4 57% 2 29%
Fish Conservation 10 8 80% 2 25% 1 50%
Forestry 19 14 74% 8 57% 5 63%
Geography 28 21 75% 9 43% 3 33%
Meteorology 39 29 74% 17 59% 9 53% 1 6%
Packaging Systems and Design 19 12 63% 7 58% 7 100% 4 57% $3000
Sustainable Biomaterials 10 8 80% 5 63% 1 20%
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management 7 4 57% 2 50%
Wildlife Conservation 56 36 64% 21 58% 10 48% 1 5%
College of Science 1161 681 59% 244 36% 122 50% 28 11% $5000
Biological Sciences 277 156 56% 51 33% 16 31% 1 2%
Chemistry 32 19 59% 3 16% 1 33%
Clinical Neuroscience 107 65 61% 24 37% 10 42% 1 4%
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience 73 44 60% 23 52% 7 30% 1 4%
Computational and Systems Neuroscience 10 6 60% 2 33% 1 50%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 143 87 61% 42 48% 30 71% 10 24% $5000
Economics 86 44 51% 18 41% 10 56% 5 28% $5000
Experimental Neuroscience 10 9 90% 2 22% 1 50%
Geosciences 25 21 84% 6 29% 4 67%
Mathematics 54 34 63% 9 26% 6 67% 4 44% $10000
Medicinal Chemistry 18 11 61% 4 36% 2 50%
Microbiology 25 16 64% 2 13% 1 50%
Nanomedicine 6 2 33% 0%
Nanoscience 4 2 50% 0%
Physics 47 22 47% 2 9% 2 100%
Polymer Chemistry 2 1 50% 1 100%
Psychology 218 127 58% 49 39% 29 59% 6 12% $5000
Statistics 17 11 65% 3 27% 1 33%
Systems Biology 7 4 57% 3 75% 1 33%
Pamplin College of Business 1541 1128 73% 871 77% 420 48% 204 23% $5000
Accounting and Information Systems 128 107 84% 68 64% 40 59% 26 38% $2000
Business Information Technology 387 256 66% 203 79% 107 53% 77 38% $5000
Commercial Development and Investment 4 3 75% 3 100%
Cybersecurity Management and Analytics 150 98 65% 61 62% 22 36% 10 16% $7500
Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology Management 27 21 78% 18 86% 10 56% 3 17%
Finance 265 206 78% 177 86% 92 52% 45 25% $7000
Financial Planning and Wealth Management 20 18 90% 18 100% 10 56% 1 6%
FinTech and Big Data Analytics 19 15 79% 12 80% 8 67% 4 33% $5000
Hospitality and Tourism Management 44 35 80% 31 89% 15 48% 2 6%
Human Resources Management 14 11 79% 9 82% 5 56% 2 22%
Management 108 81 75% 57 70% 30 53% 8 14% $5000
Management Consulting and Analytics 42 32 76% 25 78% 12 48% 7 28% $7000
Marketing Management 272 202 74% 154 76% 61 40% 19 12% $3000
Real Estate 53 38 72% 30 79% 8 27%
Real Estate Finance 3 1 33% 1 100%
Residential Development and Investment 5 4 80% 4 100%
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine 104 58 56% 9 16% 4 44% 2 22%
Public Health 104 58 56% 9 16% 4 44% 2 22%