First Destination Report: 2017-2018 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	5619	3901	69%	2233	57%	1891	84%	$45000	$60000	$70000
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	695	442	64%	160	36%	112	70%	$30000	$40000	$47500
Agribusiness	37	29	78%	25	86%	20	80%	$35000	$40000	$54000
Agricultural Sciences	13	8	62%	5	63%	3	60%
Agricultural Technology	35	16	46%	11	69%	7	63%		$40000
Animal & Poultry Sciences	123	83	67%	25	30%	18	72%	$24500	$32120	$40000
Applied Economic Management	41	22	54%	14	64%	9	64%		$46600
Biochemistry	54	35	65%	9	26%	3	33%
Crop & Soil Environ Sciences	19	15	79%	10	67%	8	80%		$37000
Dairy Science	17	9	53%	5	55%	3	60%
Environmental Horticulture	16	8	50%	4	51%	4	100%		$36057
Environmental Science	32	18	56%	8	45%	6	75%		$42750
Food Science & Technology	38	24	63%	15	62%	12	80%	$38000	$49250	$55000
Human Nutrition Foods & Exercise	266	172	65%	28	17%	18	64%	$21100	$29000	$34000
Landscape Contracting	4	3	75%	1	33%	1	100%
College of Architecture and Urban Studies	308	196	64%	131	67%	114	87%	$47000	$55000	$62000
Architecture	87	49	56%	34	69%	31	91%	$42750	$50000	$52750
Art	4	3	75%	0	0%	0	-1%
Art (Fine Arts)	45	24	53%	8	33%	5	62%		$43000
Building Construction	73	55	75%	53	97%	46	86%	$60000	$62000	$65000
Environmental Policy & Planning	18	13	72%	5	39%	4	80%		$47502
Industrial Design	37	20	54%	10	50%	10	100%		$58500
Interior Design	23	16	70%	14	87%	11	78%		$48000
Landscape Architecture	10	7	70%	4	57%	4	100%		$46000
Public and Urban Affairs	11	9	82%	3	33%	3	100%
College of Engineering	1610	1125	70%	815	72%	745	91%	$61000	$68000	$75000
Aerospace Engineering	87	59	68%	34	57%	30	88%	$57500	$65000	$71500
Biological Systems Engineering	63	49	78%	24	49%	21	87%	$50500	$57500	$69500
Chemical Engineering	92	70	76%	54	77%	52	96%	$67000	$72000	$80000
Civil Engineering	178	135	76%	88	65%	82	93%	$55000	$59640	$64000
Computer Engineering	131	92	70%	64	69%	59	92%	$65000	$72000	$80000
Computer Science	239	160	67%	135	85%	123	91%	$70000	$80000	$99000
Construction Engineering & Management	38	23	61%	21	91%	20	95%	$59000	$65000	$65000
Electrical Engineering	154	110	71%	75	69%	68	90%	$65000	$71000	$76200
Engineering Science & Mechanics	34	22	65%	10	45%	9	90%		$63000
Industrial & Systems Engineering	145	108	74%	94	87%	88	93%	$64000	$68875	$72500
Materials Science & Engineering	61	41	67%	23	56%	22	95%	$60000	$65000	$68000
Mechanical Engineering	346	230	66%	168	73%	147	87%	$60187	$65000	$72000
Mining Engineering	30	18	60%	17	95%	17	100%	$62250	$65000	$70000
Ocean Engineering	12	8	67%	8	101%	7	87%		$57000
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences	950	678	71%	277	41%	197	71%	$32000	$40000	$50000
Classical Studies	6	4	67%	1	25%	1	100%
Communication Studies	20	14	70%	9	64%	7	77%		$40000
Consumer Studies	17	8	47%	6	75%	5	83%		$60000
Creative Writing	14	9	64%	4	44%	3	75%
Criminology	46	32	70%	17	53%	12	70%	$38000	$42260	$48000
Family and Consumer Science	2	2	100%	1	50%	0	0%
Fashion Merchandising and Design	22	15	68%	7	47%	5	71%		$35000
French	6	4	67%	2	50%	0	0%
German	3	2	67%	0	0%	0	-1%
History	46	37	80%	14	38%	11	78%		$38000
Human Development	188	143	76%	37	25%	27	72%	$29260	$35000	$45000
International Relations	3	3	100%	2	67%	0	0%
International Studies	75	57	76%	31	55%	21	67%	$35250	$40000	$49500
Literature and Language	50	37	74%	5	14%	4	80%		$33000
Multimedia Journalism	59	37	63%	14	38%	7	50%		$32000
Music	16	13	81%	0	0%	0	-1%
National Security & Foreign Affairs	5	2	40%	2	100%	0	0%
Philosophy	9	7	78%	3	43%	2	66%
Political Science	143	97	68%	48	50%	34	70%	$32500	$40000	$48250
Professional and Technical Writing	20	15	75%	10	67%	9	90%		$60000
Property Management	15	9	60%	7	78%	7	100%		$45760
Public Relations	108	80	74%	33	41%	26	78%	$34500	$40000	$50500
Religion and Culture	7	6	86%	3	50%	2	66%
Residential Environments and Design	7	5	71%	3	60%	3	100%
Russian	6	5	83%	2	40%	1	50%
Sociology	30	18	60%	9	50%	5	55%		$30000
Spanish	7	3	43%	2	66%	0	0%
Theatre Arts	21	14	67%	5	36%	5	100%		$21840
College of Natural Resources and Environment	210	156	74%	94	59%	68	72%	$33000	$42477	$54000
Environmental Informatics	6	4	67%	2	50%	2	100%
Environmental Resources Management	15	12	80%	6	50%	5	83%		$40000
Fish Conservation	9	5	56%	1	20%	0	0%
Forestry	14	12	86%	12	100%	10	83%		$37000
Geography	39	26	67%	15	58%	10	66%		$53000
Meteorology	19	12	63%	7	58%	7	100%		$37292
Natural Resources Conservation	12	7	58%	5	72%	3	60%
Packaging Systems and Design	34	24	71%	15	62%	13	86%	$42030	$55000	$63000
Sustainable Biomaterials	21	17	81%	11	65%	10	90%		$43750
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management	8	6	75%	3	50%	1	33%
Wildlife Conservation	33	31	94%	17	55%	7	41%		$26000
College of Science	825	577	70%	176	30%	134	76%	$31500	$46486	$70000
Biochemistry (SCI)	87	55	63%	17	31%	13	76%	$21675	$45000	$61661
Biological Sciences	190	128	67%	33	26%	21	63%	$21000	$30000	$45000
Chemistry	29	25	86%	5	20%	5	100%		$38000
Clinical Neuroscience	33	24	73%	8	33%	6	75%		$23230
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience	22	10	45%	5	50%	3	60%
Computational and Systems Neuroscience	4	3	75%	2	67%	1	50%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics	46	41	89%	29	70%	27	93%	$62750	$70000	$75000
Economics	56	37	66%	14	38%	12	85%	$36000	$57500	$68000
Experimental Neuroscience	10	8	80%	3	38%	2	66%
Geosciences	19	12	63%	2	16%	2	100%
Mathematics	63	43	68%	15	34%	11	73%		$60000
Microbiology	25	23	92%	7	30%	5	71%		$43400
Nanoscience	13	12	92%	1	8%	1	100%
Neuroscience	2	1	50%	1	100%	1	100%
Physics	57	49	86%	6	12%	5	83%		$37292
Psychology	147	91	62%	23	25%	15	65%	$30000	$35000	$41500
Statistics	21	14	67%	5	36%	4	80%		$70000
Systems Biology	1	1	100%	0	0%	0	-1%
Pamplin College of Business	1024	727	71%	580	80%	521	89%	$50000	$60000	$65000
Accounting & Information Systems	138	104	75%	69	66%	62	89%	$56000	$60000	$61250
Business Information Technology	311	233	75%	187	80%	167	89%	$60000	$65000	$72500
Economics, Business	19	11	58%	6	55%	6	100%		$56000
Finance	246	169	69%	145	86%	134	92%	$50000	$58500	$65000
Hospitality & Tourism Management	55	37	67%	33	89%	32	96%	$32000	$40000	$44000
Management	85	58	68%	42	72%	36	85%	$43000	$51000	$60000
Marketing Management	156	104	67%	88	85%	77	87%	$40000	$52000	$60000
Real Estate	16	11	69%	10	91%	7	70%		$52000