First Destination Report: 2020-2021 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 7364 4737 64% 2496 53% 1768 71% $46500 $63000 $72384
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 753 445 59% 166 37% 89 54% $27040 $35360 $45000
Agribusiness 33 25 76% 15 60% 9 60% $46500
Agricultural Sciences 18 11 61% 6 55% 2 33%
Agricultural Technology 53 16 30% 14 88% 9 64% $31200
Animal and Poultry Sciences 158 101 64% 39 39% 16 41% $19760 $20800 $35000
Applied Economic Management 19 10 53% 6 60% 4 67% $39445
Biochemistry 48 22 46% 4 18% 2 50%
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences 19 12 63% 10 83% 5 50% $42000
Dairy Science 18 14 78% 6 43% 5 83% $42000
Environmental Horticulture 31 14 45% 6 43% 3 50%
Environmental Science 43 27 63% 14 52% 11 79% $44720
Food Science and Technology 26 15 58% 5 33% 4 80% $31200
Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise 284 178 63% 41 23% 19 46% $24960 $30160 $40000
Landscape Horticulture and Design 3 0 0%
College of Architecture and Urban Studies 436 274 63% 155 57% 111 72% $50960 $58000 $65000
Architecture 129 85 66% 38 45% 24 63% $50000 $53000 $57200
Art 11 6 55% 0%
Building Construction 132 86 65% 75 87% 62 83% $60000 $65000 $70000
Creative Technologies 17 9 53% 3 33% 1 33%
Environmental Policy and Planning 22 14 64% 2 14% 1 50%
Graphic Design 22 13 59% 4 31% 3 75%
Industrial Design 29 18 62% 11 61% 5 45% $31200
Interior Design 34 20 59% 15 75% 12 80% $52000 $53000 $57000
Landscape Architecture 13 7 54% 4 57% 2 50%
Public and Urban Affairs 3 2 67% 0%
Smart and Sustainable Cities 19 13 68% 3 23% 1 33%
Studio Art 5 1 20% 0%
College of Engineering 2062 1435 70% 845 59% 674 80% $63000 $70500 $80000
Aerospace Engineering 156 100 64% 46 46% 38 83% $67000 $75000 $80000
Biological Systems Engineering 79 59 75% 23 39% 16 70% $50000 $62400 $68000
Chemical Engineering 97 71 73% 42 59% 33 79% $61360 $69000 $73000
Chip-Scale Integration 2 1 50% 0%
Civil Engineering 257 179 70% 118 66% 91 77% $60000 $64000 $68000
Communications & Networking 11 6 55% 5 83% 4 80% $68000
Computer Engineering 65 42 65% 28 67% 20 71% $72500 $83000 $90000
Computer Science 369 245 66% 148 60% 120 81% $75000 $86200 $105000
Construction Engineering and Management 50 39 78% 30 77% 25 83% $63000 $65000 $65000
Controls, Robotics, & Autonomy 48 32 67% 16 50% 10 63% $80000
Data-Centric Computing 1 0 0%
Electrical Engineering 63 39 62% 18 46% 15 83% $67000 $72000 $78000
Energy & Power Electronics Systems 21 13 62% 10 77% 10 100% $67000
Engineering Science and Mechanics 40 23 57% 13 57% 10 77% $70000
Industrial and Systems Engineering 202 143 71% 110 77% 91 83% $63906 $70720 $77500
Machine Learning 41 28 68% 17 61% 13 76% $80000 $84000 $90000
Materials Science and Engineering 68 52 76% 20 38% 17 85% $55000 $65000 $70800
Mechanical Engineering 381 284 75% 145 51% 119 82% $60282 $68000 $74000
Micro/Nano Systems 5 4 80% 1 25% 1 100%
Mining Engineering 14 10 71% 7 70% 4 57% $63000
Networking & Cybersecurity 31 23 74% 19 83% 12 63% $70000 $80300 $85000
Ocean Engineering 22 11 50% 8 73% 7 88% $67000
Photonics 8 7 88% 2 29% 2 100%
Radio Frequency & Microwave 6 4 67% 3 75% 2 67%
Secure computing 1 1 100% 1 100% 1 100%
Software Systems 18 14 78% 11 79% 10 91% $85000
Space Systems 6 5 83% 4 80% 3 75%
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 1319 794 60% 285 36% 161 56% $37440 $42000 $53853
Childhood Pre-Education 1 1 100% 0%
Cinema 10 6 60% 1 17%
Classical Studies 2 2 100% 0%
Communication Science and Social Inquiry 43 28 65% 9 32% 3 33%
Communication Studies 18 7 39% 3 43% 3 100%
Consumer Studies 24 9 38% 2 22% 2 100%
Creative Writing 14 6 43% 2 33%
Criminology 136 77 57% 31 40% 15 48% $27040 $40000 $55000
English 35 18 51% 5 28% 1 20%
Family and Consumer Science 2 2 100% 1 50% 1 100%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 31 17 55% 5 29% 1 20%
French 2 1 50% 1 100%
History 62 43 69% 7 16% 4 57% $36400
Human Development 228 142 62% 35 25% 22 63% $34840 $37440 $41600
Humanities for Public Service 1 0 0%
International Public Policy 9 8 89% 1 13% 1 100%
International Relations 44 29 66% 13 45% 6 46% $45000
International Studies 30 20 67% 6 30% 4 67% $52000
Multimedia Journalism 72 38 53% 11 29% 5 45% $27040
Music 16 9 56% 2 22%
National Security & Foreign Affairs 68 54 79% 34 63% 24 71% $39445 $42000 $70000
Philosophy 9 8 89% 0%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 13 3 23% 0%
Political Science 170 106 62% 42 40% 25 60% $39445 $42000 $52000
Professional and Technical writing 17 9 53% 4 44% 2 50%
Property Management 24 12 50% 9 75% 7 78% $49920
Public Relations 128 77 60% 37 48% 24 65% $40000 $45000 $53000
Religion and Culture 6 3 50% 1 33% 1 100%
Residential Environments and Design 12 6 50% 2 33% 1 50%
Russian 10 5 50% 4 80% 2 50%
Sociology 37 22 59% 7 32% 3 43%
Spanish 13 7 54% 3 43% 1 33%
Sports Media and Analytics 19 11 58% 2 18%
Theatre Arts 13 8 62% 5 63% 3 60%
College of Natural Resources and Environment 295 178 60% 88 49% 59 67% $33000 $39445 $50000
Environmental Conservation & Society 3 1 33% 0%
Environmental Informatics 10 6 60% 6 100% 6 100% $55000
Environmental Resources Management 23 16 70% 7 44% 6 86% $37440
Fish Conservation 17 11 65% 3 27%
Forestry 26 18 69% 15 83% 10 67% $37000
Geography 30 12 40% 6 50% 3 50%
Meteorology 43 29 67% 16 55% 12 75% $39444 $39445 $40560
Natural Resources Conservation 18 12 67% 3 25% 2 67%
Packaging Systems and Design 48 25 52% 9 36% 7 78% $65000
Sustainable Biomaterials 16 5 31% 0%
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management 14 9 64% 6 67% 4 67% $31200
Wildlife Conservation 47 34 72% 17 50% 9 53% $26880
College of Science 1163 690 59% 227 33% 131 58% $33280 $45000 $72500
Biochemistry 70 37 53% 9 24% 5 56% $27000
Biological Sciences 308 164 53% 37 23% 18 49% $24000 $29120 $37440
Chemistry 16 9 56% 2 22% 1 50%
Clinical Neuroscience 123 69 56% 25 36% 13 52% $31200 $34424 $46800
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience 63 46 73% 12 26% 8 67% $35000
Computational and Systems Neuroscience 9 7 78% 0%
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 109 66 61% 38 58% 28 74% $63500 $75000 $91000
Economics 54 38 70% 18 47% 15 83% $56000 $65000 $75000
Experimental Neuroscience 14 12 86% 6 50% 2 33%
Geosciences 24 15 63% 5 33% 1 20%
Mathematics 52 33 63% 12 36% 8 67% $61000
Medicinal Chemistry 7 5 71% 2 40%
Microbiology 20 14 70% 6 43% 2 33%
Nanomedicine 6 2 33% 1 50%
Nanoscience 10 5 50% 2 40% 1 50%
Physics 40 18 45% 3 17% 2 67%
Polymer Chemistry 3 2 67% 0%
Psychology 198 121 61% 36 30% 20 56% $31200 $39444 $49920
Statistics 30 21 70% 11 52% 6 55% $72500
Systems Biology 7 6 86% 2 33% 1 50%
Pamplin College of Business 1336 921 69% 730 79% 543 74% $50000 $60500 $71000
Accounting and Information Systems 155 123 79% 81 66% 63 78% $55000 $60000 $65000
Business Information Technology 429 306 71% 254 83% 195 77% $63000 $71000 $75000
Finance 291 194 67% 160 82% 122 76% $51480 $60000 $66000
Hospitality and Tourism Management 65 44 68% 32 73% 21 66% $37440 $43000 $55200
Management 146 108 74% 85 79% 64 75% $41600 $50000 $62400
Marketing Management 200 125 63% 103 82% 68 66% $40000 $47500 $60500
Real Estate 50 21 42% 15 71% 10 67% $55000