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