First Destination Report: 2016-2017 Undergraduate Degree Recipients: Salary 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)		 25th
Percentile		 Median 75th
Percentile
Whole University 5660 3897 69% 2040 52% 1751 85% $45000 $60000 $68000
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 686 479 70% 131 26% 99 75% $30000 $35000 $45250
Agribusiness 30 20 67% 11 55% 11 100% $45000
Agricultural Sciences 17 13 76% 7 54% 5 71% $35000
Agricultural Technology 44 21 48% 12 58% 7 58% $38000
Animal & Poultry Sciences 104 74 71% 20 27% 13 65% $27000 $34000 $39000
Applied Economic Management 53 37 70% 15 40% 13 86% $35000 $45000 $53750
Biochemistry 40 28 70% 8 28% 5 62% $36000
Crop & Soil Environ Sciences 21 15 71% 4 27% 4 100% $20500
Dairy Science 13 12 92% 6 49% 4 66% $33000
Environmental Horticulture 18 11 61% 8 73% 4 50% $29500
Environmental Science 34 19 56% 5 26% 4 80% $46520
Food Science & Technology 31 21 68% 9 43% 8 88% $47000
Human Nutrition Foods & Exercise 276 205 74% 24 11% 19 79% $19800 $30000 $35250
Landscape Contracting 5 3 60% 2 67% 2 100%
College of Architecture and Urban Studies 304 192 63% 110 58% 93 84% $43500 $50000 $60000
Architecture 100 58 58% 32 55% 29 90% $43000 $47000 $49575
Art 5 4 80% 0 0% 0 -1%
Art (Fine Arts) 39 23 59% 7 30% 3 42%
Building Construction 56 40 71% 37 94% 32 86% $58000 $62500 $67000
Environmental Policy & Planning 14 10 71% 4 40% 3 75%
Industrial Design 27 19 70% 8 42% 5 62% $43000
Interior Design 30 18 60% 12 67% 12 100% $42000 $46500 $48000
Landscape Architecture 10 8 80% 6 75% 6 100% $38750
Public and Urban Affairs 4 2 50% 1 50% 0 0%
Real Estate 19 10 53% 3 30% 3 100%
College of Engineering 1768 1264 71% 837 66% 756 90% $60000 $65450 $72000
Aerospace Engineering 132 95 72% 52 55% 44 84% $60000 $65000 $70000
Biological Systems Engineering 66 46 70% 23 50% 19 82% $44900 $60000 $67000
Chemical Engineering 100 79 79% 54 68% 49 90% $60000 $66000 $72500
Civil Engineering 199 164 82% 111 67% 103 92% $55000 $60000 $62100
Computer Engineering 119 85 71% 62 73% 54 87% $65000 $71000 $85500
Computer Science 195 130 67% 105 81% 97 92% $70000 $78000 $100000
Construction Engineering & Management 48 39 81% 34 87% 34 100% $55500 $58750 $63000
Electrical Engineering 150 105 70% 64 61% 55 85% $60375 $71500 $74250
Engineering Science & Mechanics 57 48 84% 24 50% 18 75% $51000 $58515 $65000
Industrial & Systems Engineering 149 103 69% 84 82% 73 86% $60000 $67000 $72500
Materials Science & Engineering 80 54 68% 21 39% 21 100% $60000 $67000 $69750
Mechanical Engineering 416 278 67% 175 62% 161 92% $60000 $65000 $70000
Mining Engineering 42 29 69% 20 69% 20 100% $58000 $62750 $68000
Ocean Engineering 16 9 56% 8 89% 8 100% $57529
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 879 574 65% 228 39% 173 75% $30000 $37000 $46000
Apparel, Housing and Resource Management 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 -1%
Classical Studies 3 3 100% 1 33% 1 100%
Communication Studies 20 14 70% 11 78% 8 72% $42500
Consumer Studies 21 8 38% 6 76% 5 83% $32000
Creative Writing 19 11 58% 5 45% 1 20%
Criminology 24 16 67% 5 32% 4 80% $36745
Family and Consumer Science 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 -1%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 15 12 80% 3 25% 3 100%
French 1 1 100% 1 100% 1 100%
History 61 38 62% 17 45% 17 100% $22500 $35000 $43500
Human Development 152 108 71% 29 28% 17 58% $17750 $22880 $34125
Humanities, Science & Environment 3 2 67% 0 0% 0 -1%
International Studies 99 63 64% 29 46% 24 82% $33000 $40000 $50000
Literature and Language 36 22 61% 4 19% 3 75%
Multimedia Journalism 52 31 60% 10 32% 6 60% $34110
Music 17 13 76% 3 23% 3 100%
Philosophy 7 4 57% 0 0% 0 -1%
Political Science 127 75 59% 33 44% 23 69% $35750 $40800 $49250
Professional and Technical Writing 28 21 75% 10 48% 9 90% $50000
Property Management 9 5 56% 4 80% 4 100% $40000
Public Relations 93 67 72% 31 46% 25 80% $30750 $37440 $42750
Religion and Culture 1 0 0% 0 -1% 0 -1%
Residential Environments and Design 17 10 59% 8 80% 7 87% $50000
Russian 2 2 100% 0 0% 0 -1%
Sociology 44 32 73% 12 38% 8 66% $36413
Spanish 8 5 63% 3 60% 2 66%
Theatre Arts 19 9 47% 3 33% 2 66%
College of Natural Resources and Environment 182 136 75% 63 46% 45 71% $30000 $38000 $50000
Environmental Informatics 1 1 100% 0 0% 0 -1%
Environmental Resources Management 17 13 76% 6 46% 5 83% $35000
Fish Conservation 14 9 64% 1 11% 1 100%
Forestry 12 10 83% 8 80% 6 75% $35500
Geography 34 24 71% 11 45% 8 72% $40000
Meteorology 23 18 78% 9 51% 5 55% $50000
Natural Resources Conservation 13 11 85% 7 63% 6 85% $30375
Packaging Systems and Design 20 16 80% 8 50% 7 87% $60000
Sustainable Biomaterials 13 9 69% 4 44% 4 100% $45500
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management 3 2 67% 0 0% 0 -1%
Wildlife Conservation 32 23 72% 9 39% 3 33%
College of Science 839 542 65% 151 28% 108 71% $34000 $44000 $61000
Biochemistry (SCI) 80 52 65% 10 20% 8 80% $39000
Biological Sciences 245 170 69% 36 22% 21 58% $28500 $35000 $46500
Chemistry 31 22 71% 4 19% 2 50%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 18 14 78% 8 57% 7 87% $78000
Economics 61 40 66% 23 58% 20 86% $35000 $45500 $51000
Geosciences 34 18 53% 3 17% 1 33%
Mathematics 78 54 69% 21 39% 19 90% $48000 $70000 $75700
Microbiology 34 25 74% 5 20% 4 80% $28000
Nanoscience 8 6 75% 1 17% 1 100%
Neuroscience 19 12 63% 3 25% 2 66%
Physics 46 30 65% 5 16% 5 100% $42000
Psychology 169 88 52% 29 33% 16 55% $30000 $35000 $40000
Statistics 20 11 55% 3 27% 2 66%
Pamplin College of Business 1007 710 71% 520 74% 477 91% $49250 $59000 $65000
Accounting & Information Systems 154 118 77% 80 68% 74 92% $53000 $57500 $60000
Business Information Technology 321 234 73% 189 80% 175 92% $60000 $65000 $72500
Economics, Business 12 6 50% 3 50% 3 100%
Finance 210 137 65% 99 73% 94 94% $50000 $57000 $65000
Hospitality & Tourism Management 73 52 71% 41 79% 35 85% $37250 $43000 $47625
Management 103 56 54% 37 65% 35 94% $38965 $47500 $55500
Marketing Management 142 107 75% 71 66% 61 85% $40000 $46000 $58000