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 |