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