First Destination Report: 2021-2022 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 7024 3968 56% 2375 60% 1667 70% $52000 $66560 $77000
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 710 369 52% 164 44% 88 54% $32760 $42000 $54080
Agribusiness 29 16 55% 12 75% 7 58% $52000
Agricultural Sciences 14 9 64% 4 44% 3 75%
Agricultural Technology 43 8 19% 5 63% 3 60%
Animal and Poultry Sciences 146 82 56% 40 49% 18 45% $24960 $31720 $37440
Applied Economic Management 14 9 64% 5 56% 3 60%
Biochemistry 57 29 51% 12 41% 8 67% $43680
Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences 20 11 55% 7 64% 5 71% $55000
Dairy Science 21 14 67% 5 36% 3 60%
Environmental Economics: Management and Policy 2 2 100% 1 50% 1 100%
Environmental Horticulture 25 13 52% 7 54% 2 29%
Environmental Science 38 20 53% 13 65% 11 85% $58000
Food Science and Technology 26 15 58% 9 60% 6 67% $49920
Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise 267 139 52% 43 31% 17 40% $31200 $33904 $47500
Landscape Horticulture and Design 8 2 25% 1 50% 1 100%
College of Architecture and Urban Studies 408 216 53% 144 67% 101 70% $52000 $57000 $65000
Architecture 132 68 52% 53 78% 34 64% $54500 $57000 $60000
Art 2 1 50% 0%
Building Construction 100 47 47% 44 94% 37 84% $59200 $65000 $70000
Creative Technologies 24 12 50% 3 25%
Environmental Policy and Planning 23 17 74% 3 18% 2 67%
Graphic Design 23 12 52% 5 42% 2 40%
Industrial Design 34 23 68% 14 61% 9 64% $57000
Interior Design 36 15 42% 14 93% 13 93% $50000 $50000 $55000
Landscape Architecture 11 7 64% 5 71% 4 80% $52000
Smart and Sustainable Cities 13 7 54% 1 14%
Studio Art 10 7 70% 2 29%
College of Engineering 1979 1165 59% 805 69% 640 80% $67163 $74000 $84000
Aerospace Engineering 175 102 58% 71 70% 58 82% $70000 $75000 $82000
Automotive Engineering 12 4 33% 2 50% 2 100%
Biological Systems Engineering 44 21 48% 16 76% 16 100% $65000 $67163 $72000
Biomedical Engineering 44 27 61% 10 37% 8 80% $68000
Chemical Engineering 76 54 71% 40 74% 34 85% $70000 $75000 $80000
Chip-Scale Integration 8 5 63% 3 60% 3 100%
Civil Engineering 208 130 63% 94 72% 69 73% $62400 $65000 $68000
Communications & Networking 5 3 60% 2 67% 1 50%
Computer Engineering 60 31 52% 20 65% 11 55% $84500
Computer Science 385 208 54% 141 68% 112 79% $81000 $95000 $117000
Construction Engineering and Management 72 46 64% 40 87% 31 78% $63000 $67000 $70000
Controls, Robotics, & Autonomy 44 23 52% 13 57% 11 85% $78000
Data-Centric Computing 17 13 76% 10 77% 8 80% $105000
Electrical Engineering 28 17 61% 8 47% 6 75% $70000
Energy & Power Electronics Systems 29 19 66% 12 63% 11 92% $71000
Engineering Science and Mechanics 21 16 76% 8 50% 6 75% $68000
Industrial and Systems Engineering 198 111 56% 90 81% 72 80% $70000 $74000 $80000
Machine Learning 45 25 56% 16 64% 9 56% $110000
Materials Science and Engineering 64 40 63% 24 60% 22 92% $68000 $72000 $78000
Mechanical Engineering 275 172 63% 120 70% 97 81% $68000 $73500 $78000
Micro/Nano Systems 6 4 67% 1 25% 1 100%
Mining Engineering 36 22 61% 18 82% 16 89% $63000 $67000 $70000
Networking & Cybersecurity 29 17 59% 9 53% 6 67% $74152
Ocean Engineering 31 16 52% 14 88% 8 57% $72905
Photonics 2 1 50% 0%
Radio Frequency & Microwave 6 4 67% 4 100% 4 100% $70775
Robotics and Mechatronics 27 13 48% 5 38% 5 100% $72000
Secure computing 8 5 63% 3 60% 2 67%
Software Systems 21 15 71% 11 73% 11 100% $88000
Space Systems 3 1 33% 0%
College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences 1123 631 56% 263 42% 142 54% $40000 $44000 $54500
Childhood Pre-Education 11 10 91% 2 20%
Cinema 10 4 40% 2 50% 1 50%
Classical Studies 3 2 67% 0%
Communication Science and Social Inquiry 63 37 59% 20 54% 12 60% $39520 $42500 $58000
Consumer Studies 20 8 40% 3 38% 1 33%
Creative Writing 16 8 50% 3 38%
Criminology 91 53 58% 24 45% 15 63% $41724 $48000 $60453
English 29 17 59% 1 6%
Family and Consumer Science 2 2 100% 0%
Fashion Merchandising and Design 25 15 60% 8 53% 4 50% $54000
German 2 1 50% 0%
History 46 27 59% 13 48% 7 54% $42000
Human Development 195 116 59% 34 29% 11 32% $41600
Humanities for Public Service 2 1 50% 0%
International Public Policy 6 4 67% 1 25% 1 100%
International Relations 26 15 58% 5 33% 1 20%
International Studies 27 20 74% 11 55% 7 64% $68000
Multimedia Journalism 45 27 60% 13 48% 7 54% $41000
Music 18 10 56% 2 20% 1 50%
National Security & Foreign Affairs 67 46 69% 35 76% 23 66% $41727 $50000 $64750
Philosophy 10 7 70% 2 29% 1 50%
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics 18 5 28% 3 60% 2 67%
Political Science 184 96 52% 29 30% 18 62% $40000 $41728 $50000
Professional and Technical writing 10 3 30% 2 67% 2 100%
Property Management 16 8 50% 6 75% 1 17%
Public Relations 80 39 49% 23 59% 14 61% $41600 $46800 $55000
Religion and Culture 6 2 33% 1 50%
Residential Environments and Design 9 4 44% 2 50% 2 100%
Russian 6 5 83% 4 80% 3 75%
Sociology 29 18 62% 4 22% 2 50%
Spanish 8 5 63% 3 60% 1 33%
Sports Media and Analytics 32 12 38% 6 50% 4 67% $22000
Theatre Arts 11 4 36% 1 25% 1 100%
College of Natural Resources and Environment 266 143 54% 87 61% 51 59% $31200 $45760 $58000
Environmental Conservation & Society 8 4 50% 2 50%
Environmental Informatics 15 8 53% 4 50%
Environmental Resources Management 23 15 65% 7 47% 6 86% $48000
Fish Conservation 10 6 60% 4 67% 2 50%
Forestry 22 15 68% 12 80% 9 75% $50000
Geography 33 17 52% 8 47% 2 25%
Meteorology 24 14 58% 9 64% 5 56% $60000
Natural Resources Conservation 13 3 23% 3 100% 2 67%
Packaging Systems and Design 25 14 56% 8 57% 7 88% $62000
Sustainable Biomaterials 18 6 33% 2 33% 1 50%
Water: Resources, Policy, and Management 14 9 64% 6 67% 4 67% $58000
Wildlife Conservation 61 32 52% 22 69% 13 59% $6000 $24960 $31200
College of Science 1162 591 51% 242 41% 162 67% $37440 $60000 $80000
Biochemistry 54 35 65% 10 29% 8 80% $41600
Biological Sciences 262 137 52% 46 34% 24 52% $33280 $39520 $49920
Chemistry 22 11 50% 2 18% 1 50%
Clinical Neuroscience 101 49 49% 28 57% 14 50% $27040 $31200 $35360
Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience 67 35 52% 10 29% 6 60% $41000
Computational and Systems Neuroscience 16 8 50% 6 75% 5 83% $72000
Computational Modeling and Data Analytics 171 84 49% 57 68% 49 86% $70000 $82000 $93500
Economics 58 23 40% 16 70% 10 63% $65000
Experimental Neuroscience 8 6 75% 2 33% 1 50%
Geosciences 21 8 38% 4 50% 2 50%
Mathematics 59 38 64% 11 29% 10 91% $56992
Medicinal Chemistry 2 1 50% 0%
Microbiology 19 10 53% 4 40% 2 50%
Nanomedicine 15 3 20% 1 33% 1 100%
Nanoscience 10 6 60% 4 67% 2 50%
Physics 54 25 46% 9 36% 6 67% $70000
Polymer Chemistry 3 2 67% 1 50%
Psychology 175 89 51% 21 24% 14 67% $31200 $31512 $44200
Statistics 37 17 46% 8 47% 6 75% $70000
Systems Biology 8 4 50% 2 50% 1 50%
Pamplin College of Business 1322 825 62% 661 80% 479 72% $55000 $65000 $75000
Accounting and Information Systems 155 112 72% 72 64% 56 78% $60000 $65000 $70000
Business Information Technology 443 285 64% 241 85% 169 70% $65000 $74000 $81000
Finance 266 168 63% 143 85% 113 79% $56000 $65000 $71500
Hospitality and Tourism Management 58 32 55% 28 88% 24 86% $41600 $45000 $55000
Management 143 78 55% 57 73% 39 68% $53000 $65000 $74000
Marketing Management 195 112 57% 89 79% 55 62% $45700 $50000 $61000
Real Estate 62 38 61% 31 82% 23 74% $52000 $65000 $70000
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine 54 28 52% 9 32% 4 44% $41600
Public Health 54 28 52% 9 32% 4 44% $41600