First Destination Report: 2015-2016 Undergraduate Degree Recipients: Salary details for employed graduates
Whole University
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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) | 25th Percentile | Median | 75th Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole University | 5670 | 3494 | 62% | 1751 | 50% | 1506 | 86% | $43028 | $58000 | $66900 |
| College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | 710 | 425 | 60% | 130 | 31% | 103 | 79% | $23750 | $34000 | $45000 |
| Agribusiness | 33 | 18 | 55% | 12 | 67% | 10 | 83% | $45000 | ||
| Agricultural Sciences | 27 | 16 | 59% | 9 | 57% | 8 | 88% | $30500 | ||
| Agricultural Technology | 57 | 15 | 26% | 8 | 54% | 5 | 62% | $26000 | ||
| Animal & Poultry Sciences | 130 | 80 | 62% | 21 | 27% | 18 | 85% | $18000 | $29500 | $38000 |
| Applied Economic Management | 52 | 28 | 54% | 13 | 47% | 11 | 84% | $40000 | ||
| Biochemistry | 41 | 25 | 61% | 5 | 20% | 4 | 80% | $27500 | ||
| Crop & Soil Environ Sciences | 18 | 9 | 50% | 5 | 56% | 2 | 40% | |||
| Dairy Science | 22 | 17 | 77% | 9 | 53% | 6 | 66% | $47500 | ||
| Environmental Horticulture | 16 | 11 | 69% | 4 | 36% | 4 | 100% | $33500 | ||
| Environmental Science | 30 | 21 | 70% | 5 | 24% | 4 | 80% | $45000 | ||
| Food Science & Technology | 35 | 25 | 71% | 9 | 36% | 7 | 77% | $40000 | ||
| Human Nutrition Foods & Exercise | 241 | 154 | 64% | 25 | 17% | 19 | 76% | $20000 | $24000 | $30375 |
| Landscape Contracting | 8 | 6 | 75% | 5 | 83% | 5 | 100% | $31000 | ||
| College of Architecture and Urban Studies | 298 | 168 | 56% | 89 | 53% | 78 | 87% | $42000 | $47250 | $54000 |
| Architecture | 93 | 53 | 57% | 30 | 57% | 29 | 96% | $42535 | $47000 | $49750 |
| Art | 2 | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | -1% | |||
| Art (Fine Arts) | 43 | 21 | 49% | 8 | 38% | 3 | 37% | |||
| Building Construction | 39 | 27 | 69% | 19 | 70% | 16 | 84% | $55000 | $60000 | $63000 |
| Environmental Policy & Planning | 24 | 18 | 75% | 7 | 40% | 6 | 85% | $45500 | ||
| Industrial Design | 31 | 17 | 55% | 7 | 41% | 6 | 85% | $52500 | ||
| Interior Design | 32 | 17 | 53% | 11 | 65% | 11 | 100% | $43000 | ||
| Landscape Architecture | 13 | 6 | 46% | 4 | 67% | 4 | 100% | $47000 | ||
| Public and Urban Affairs | 14 | 5 | 36% | 2 | 40% | 2 | 100% | |||
| Real Estate | 7 | 2 | 29% | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | |||
| College of Engineering | 1603 | 1069 | 67% | 691 | 65% | 620 | 89% | $58000 | $65000 | $72000 |
| Aerospace Engineering | 91 | 75 | 82% | 48 | 64% | 43 | 89% | $49000 | $61000 | $70000 |
| Biological Systems Engineering | 49 | 35 | 71% | 19 | 55% | 13 | 68% | $50890 | $63000 | $63750 |
| Chemical Engineering | 95 | 70 | 74% | 45 | 64% | 44 | 97% | $63000 | $69000 | $72000 |
| Civil Engineering | 197 | 125 | 63% | 72 | 58% | 65 | 90% | $51250 | $57000 | $61500 |
| Computer Engineering | 95 | 65 | 68% | 46 | 72% | 42 | 91% | $67000 | $74008 | $84500 |
| Computer Science | 208 | 141 | 68% | 111 | 79% | 98 | 88% | $68200 | $78000 | $88000 |
| Construction Engineering & Management | 27 | 20 | 74% | 13 | 65% | 12 | 92% | $56400 | $60500 | $64000 |
| Dual, Aerospace Engineering (Aero plus Ocean) | 8 | 7 | 88% | 3 | 43% | 2 | 66% | |||
| Dual, Ocean Engineering (Ocean plus Aero) | 7 | 3 | 43% | 2 | 67% | 2 | 100% | |||
| Electrical Engineering | 122 | 84 | 69% | 41 | 48% | 39 | 95% | $60000 | $67500 | $72625 |
| Engineering Science & Mechanics | 36 | 27 | 75% | 13 | 48% | 10 | 76% | $61000 | ||
| Industrial & Systems Engineering | 175 | 114 | 65% | 91 | 80% | 82 | 90% | $60000 | $65000 | $70000 |
| Materials Science & Engineering | 53 | 29 | 55% | 12 | 40% | 9 | 75% | $60000 | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | 365 | 227 | 62% | 141 | 63% | 128 | 90% | $58000 | $65450 | $70500 |
| Mining Engineering | 61 | 35 | 57% | 23 | 66% | 21 | 91% | $55500 | $65000 | $65750 |
| Ocean Engineering | 14 | 12 | 86% | 11 | 92% | 10 | 90% | $65500 | ||
| College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences | 1006 | 539 | 54% | 185 | 34% | 139 | 75% | $30000 | $39000 | $45000 |
| Apparel, Housing and Resource Management | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | -1% | 0 | -1% | |||
| Classical Studies | 3 | 2 | 67% | 0 | 0% | 0 | -1% | |||
| Communication Studies | 27 | 19 | 70% | 6 | 31% | 6 | 100% | $46500 | ||
| Consumer Studies | 21 | 10 | 48% | 3 | 30% | 1 | 33% | |||
| Creative Writing | 20 | 12 | 60% | 2 | 17% | 1 | 50% | |||
| Criminology | 10 | 7 | 70% | 3 | 43% | 3 | 100% | |||
| English | 13 | 11 | 85% | 4 | 36% | 2 | 50% | |||
| Fashion Merchandising and Design | 33 | 9 | 27% | 3 | 33% | 2 | 66% | |||
| French | 4 | 2 | 50% | 0 | 0% | 0 | -1% | |||
| German | 3 | 3 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 0 | -1% | |||
| History | 64 | 31 | 48% | 12 | 38% | 9 | 75% | $31000 | ||
| Human Development | 220 | 115 | 52% | 24 | 21% | 14 | 58% | $24800 | $27520 | $29965 |
| Humanities, Science & Environment | 3 | 2 | 67% | 1 | 50% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | -1% | 0 | -1% | |||
| International Studies | 87 | 45 | 52% | 19 | 42% | 17 | 89% | $34250 | $43057 | $50250 |
| Literature and Language | 30 | 17 | 57% | 4 | 24% | 2 | 50% | |||
| Multimedia Journalism | 48 | 26 | 54% | 13 | 50% | 9 | 69% | $33000 | ||
| Music | 15 | 7 | 47% | 2 | 29% | 0 | 0% | |||
| Philosophy | 12 | 4 | 33% | 1 | 25% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Political Science | 145 | 89 | 61% | 34 | 38% | 28 | 82% | $34000 | $40000 | $46500 |
| Professional and Technical Writing | 12 | 6 | 50% | 3 | 50% | 3 | 100% | |||
| Property Management | 12 | 3 | 25% | 2 | 67% | 2 | 100% | |||
| Public Relations | 144 | 77 | 53% | 38 | 49% | 30 | 78% | $31250 | $40000 | $46500 |
| Religion and Culture | 7 | 3 | 43% | 1 | 33% | 0 | 0% | |||
| Residential Environments and Design | 3 | 1 | 33% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Russian | 3 | 0 | 0% | 0 | -1% | 0 | -1% | |||
| Sociology | 36 | 19 | 53% | 6 | 32% | 5 | 83% | $35009 | ||
| Spanish | 13 | 6 | 46% | 1 | 17% | 0 | 0% | |||
| Theatre Arts | 17 | 13 | 76% | 2 | 15% | 2 | 100% | |||
| College of Natural Resources and Environment | 239 | 147 | 62% | 64 | 44% | 47 | 73% | $30000 | $40000 | $50000 |
| Environmental Informatics | 1 | 1 | 100% | 1 | 100% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Environmental Resources Management | 22 | 13 | 59% | 5 | 38% | 3 | 60% | |||
| Fish Conservation | 16 | 12 | 75% | 1 | 8% | 0 | 0% | |||
| Forestry | 19 | 15 | 79% | 11 | 73% | 10 | 90% | $34000 | ||
| Geography | 53 | 31 | 58% | 14 | 44% | 8 | 57% | $45380 | ||
| Meteorology | 35 | 19 | 54% | 7 | 37% | 6 | 85% | $36344 | ||
| Natural Resources Conservation | 18 | 10 | 56% | 2 | 20% | 2 | 100% | |||
| Packaging Systems and Design | 21 | 14 | 67% | 8 | 57% | 7 | 87% | $58000 | ||
| Sustainable Biomaterials | 13 | 7 | 54% | 5 | 71% | 5 | 100% | $48500 | ||
| Wildlife Conservation | 41 | 25 | 61% | 10 | 40% | 5 | 50% | $25000 | ||
| College of Science | 856 | 488 | 57% | 123 | 24% | 87 | 70% | $32000 | $41000 | $57250 |
| Biochemistry (SCI) | 83 | 39 | 47% | 7 | 19% | 6 | 85% | $27250 | ||
| Biological Sciences | 264 | 157 | 59% | 27 | 17% | 17 | 62% | $22500 | $31000 | $37300 |
| Chemistry | 38 | 21 | 55% | 7 | 34% | 3 | 42% | |||
| Economics | 69 | 41 | 59% | 21 | 51% | 17 | 80% | $45000 | $55000 | $60000 |
| Geosciences | 26 | 15 | 58% | 6 | 40% | 6 | 100% | $51000 | ||
| Mathematics | 90 | 59 | 66% | 17 | 29% | 15 | 88% | $38900 | $50000 | $61250 |
| Microbiology | 18 | 10 | 56% | 3 | 30% | 3 | 100% | |||
| Nanoscience | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0 | -1% | 0 | -1% | |||
| Neuroscience | 4 | 3 | 75% | 1 | 33% | 1 | 100% | |||
| Physics | 37 | 22 | 59% | 3 | 14% | 1 | 33% | |||
| Psychology | 192 | 102 | 53% | 22 | 22% | 9 | 40% | $32862 | ||
| Statistics | 34 | 19 | 56% | 9 | 47% | 9 | 100% | $62000 | ||
| Pamplin College of Business | 967 | 658 | 68% | 469 | 71% | 432 | 92% | $48000 | $58000 | $63000 |
| Accounting & Information Systems | 168 | 116 | 69% | 77 | 66% | 70 | 90% | $52000 | $56750 | $60000 |
| Business Information Technology | 232 | 176 | 76% | 141 | 80% | 136 | 96% | $60000 | $63750 | $72500 |
| Economics, Business | 19 | 11 | 58% | 7 | 64% | 7 | 100% | $58000 | ||
| Finance | 222 | 143 | 64% | 95 | 67% | 87 | 91% | $50750 | $59000 | $61250 |
| Hospitality & Tourism Management | 68 | 39 | 57% | 31 | 80% | 27 | 87% | $40000 | $44000 | $45575 |
| Management | 114 | 76 | 67% | 51 | 67% | 47 | 92% | $40000 | $48000 | $54500 |
| Marketing Management | 153 | 97 | 63% | 67 | 69% | 58 | 86% | $40000 | $48000 | $58000 |