First Destination Report: 2019-2020 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 6766 2113 31% 1397 66% 1064 76% $48500 $64000 $75000
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 733 154 21% 62 40% 39 63% $29120 $38000 $46000
Agribusiness 42 16 38% 10 63% 9 90% $40000
Agricultural Sciences 16 4 25% 4 100% 4 100% $43029
Agricultural Technology 62 3 5% 3 100%
Animal and Poultry Sciences 176 40 23% 15 38% 7 47% $29120
Applied Economic Management 36 11 31% 4 36% 3 75%
Biochemistry 51 11 22% 4 36% 3 75%
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences 25 5 20% 1 20% 1 100%
Dairy Science 19 4 21% 0%
Environmental Horticulture 25 6 24% 2 33% 2 100%
Environmental Science 33 9 27% 6 67% 4 67% $45000
Food Science and Technology 25 9 36% 4 44% 2 50%
Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise 220 36 16% 9 25% 4 44% $47840
Landscape Horticulture and Design 3 0 0%
College of Architecture and Urban Studies 405 112 28% 77 69% 51 66% $50000 $55000 $65000
Architecture 126 39 31% 29 74% 17 59% $47200 $53000 $55000
Art 50 11 22% 5 45% 2 40%
Building Construction 120 33 28% 30 91% 23 77% $62000 $65000 $70000
Environmental Policy and Planning 15 5 33% 1 20% 1 100%
Industrial Design 34 5 15% 4 80% 2 50%
Interior Design 28 13 46% 6 46% 4 67% $40000
Landscape Architecture 5 1 20% 1 100% 1 100%
Public and Urban Affairs 17 4 24% 1 25% 1 100%
Smart and Sustainable Cities 10 1 10% 0%
College of Engineering 1843 562 30% 417 74% 359 86% $66560 $73000 $80300
Aerospace Engineering 134 45 34% 22 49% 18 82% $67735 $70072 $75000
Biological Systems Engineering 55 19 35% 11 58% 8 73% $65000
Chemical Engineering 111 36 32% 25 69% 22 88% $67000 $70072 $75000
Chip-Scale Integration 2 0 0%
Civil Engineering 187 64 34% 43 67% 33 77% $60000 $63024 $68000
Communications & Networking 3 1 33% 0%
Computer Engineering 127 43 34% 34 79% 27 79% $72000 $77700 $90000
Computer Science 313 101 32% 86 85% 79 92% $80000 $90000 $110000
Construction Engineering and Management 22 6 27% 6 100% 6 100% $64000
Controls, Robotics, & Autonomy 26 6 23% 5 83% 4 80% $74000
Electrical Engineering 80 29 36% 25 86% 19 76% $54500 $70054 $74500
Energy & Power Electronics Systems 10 3 30% 3 100% 3 100%
Engineering Science and Mechanics 27 9 33% 5 56% 5 100% $75000
Industrial and Systems Engineering 182 54 30% 46 85% 41 89% $68000 $72000 $78000
Machine Learning 22 6 27% 5 83% 3 60%
Materials Science and Engineering 63 11 17% 6 55% 6 100% $67000
Mechanical Engineering 412 113 27% 84 74% 74 88% $65000 $70000 $75000
Micro/Nano Systems 3 1 33% 0%
Mining Engineering 21 4 19% 4 100% 4 100% $65000
Networking & Cybersecurity 12 2 17% 2 100% 2 100%
Ocean Engineering 12 0 0%
Photonics 2 1 50% 0%
Radio Frequency & Microwave 7 6 86% 3 50% 3 100%
Software Systems 5 0 0%
Space Systems 5 2 40% 2 100% 2 100%
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 1180 267 23% 125 47% 80 64% $31200 $40000 $48000
Cinema 4 3 75% 1 33% 1 100%
Classical Studies 5 0 0%
Communication Studies 41 8 20% 7 88% 6 86% $34000
Consumer Studies 12 4 33% 2 50%
Creative Writing 21 3 14% 2 67%
Criminology 120 27 23% 9 33% 7 78% $30000
English 16 6 38% 2 33% 1 50%
Family and Consumer Science 2 1 50% 1 100% 1 100%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 39 11 28% 4 36% 1 25%
French 1 0 0%
German 1 0 0%
History 53 11 21% 6 55% 4 67% $31200
Human Development 215 34 16% 10 29% 4 40% $31200
International Public Policy 9 0 0%
International Relations 16 5 31% 1 20% 1 100%
International Studies 62 19 31% 7 37% 6 86% $56035
Literature and Language 3 1 33% 1 100%
Multimedia Journalism 71 17 24% 13 76% 8 62% $28300
Music 15 3 20% 3 100% 1 33%
National Security & Foreign Affairs 42 11 26% 6 55% 3 50%
Philosophy 12 3 25% 0%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 6 1 17% 0%
Political Science 176 48 27% 19 40% 15 79% $33500 $40000 $50400
Professional and Technical writing 23 6 26% 3 50% 3 100%
Property Management 17 0 0%
Public Relations 89 23 26% 14 61% 11 79% $45000
Religion and Culture 10 2 20% 1 50% 1 100%
Residential Environments and Design 21 3 14% 3 100% 1 33%
Russian 13 3 23% 3 100% 1 33%
Sociology 33 6 18% 4 67% 2 50%
Spanish 10 5 50% 3 60% 2 67%
Theatre Arts 22 3 14% 0%
College of Natural Resources and Environment 276 78 28% 46 59% 32 70% $27040 $39040 $55000
Environmental Informatics 16 2 13% 0%
Environmental Resources Management 30 8 27% 4 50% 2 50%
Fish Conservation 8 2 25% 1 50% 1 100%
Forestry 22 8 36% 5 63% 3 60%
Geography 26 13 50% 9 69% 7 78% $48000
Meteorology 21 5 24% 3 60% 3 100%
Natural Resources Conservation 18 7 39% 3 43% 1 33%
Packaging Systems and Design 38 9 24% 5 56% 4 80% $55000
Sustainable Biomaterials 25 5 20% 3 60% 2 67%
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management 20 6 30% 2 33% 1 50%
Wildlife Conservation 52 13 25% 11 85% 8 73% $24086
College of Science 1168 329 28% 157 48% 104 66% $33280 $45760 $74000
Biochemistry 82 16 20% 7 44% 3 43%
Biological Sciences 304 70 23% 32 46% 18 56% $27040 $36000 $48670
Chemistry 24 5 21% 2 40% 1 50%
Clinical Neuroscience 86 25 29% 10 40% 6 60% $29120
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience 49 12 24% 8 67% 2 25%
Computational and Systems Neuroscience 14 4 29% 3 75% 2 67%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 94 32 34% 25 78% 22 88% $77500 $83000 $90000
Economics 73 28 38% 16 57% 13 81% $41600 $50016 $68500
Experimental Neuroscience 15 7 47% 3 43% 3 100%
Geosciences 16 6 38% 1 17%
Mathematics 70 17 24% 6 35% 3 50%
Microbiology 23 8 35% 5 63% 4 80% $24960
Nanomedicine 4 3 75% 0%
Nanoscience 16 3 19% 1 33% 1 100%
Physics 71 24 34% 8 33% 7 88% $39444
Psychology 174 47 27% 15 32% 10 67% $35500
Statistics 33 12 36% 8 67% 6 75% $60000
Systems Biology 20 10 50% 7 70% 3 43%
Pamplin College of Business 1161 611 53% 513 84% 399 78% $50000 $60000 $70000
Accounting and Information Systems 136 87 64% 61 70% 47 77% $54000 $60000 $63000
Business Information Technology 433 239 55% 215 90% 164 76% $60000 $70000 $75000
Finance 239 112 47% 98 88% 80 82% $50000 $60000 $66000
Hospitality and Tourism Management 54 32 59% 28 88% 21 75% $34008 $40000 $50000
Management 112 47 42% 36 77% 28 78% $40000 $46356 $50000
Marketing Management 148 76 51% 59 78% 46 78% $42000 $52000 $62500
Real Estate 39 18 46% 16 89% 13 81% $47840 $50000 $56000