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Average Starting + Current Salaries by Major
This
list shows the average salary information that we have collected
from 13,829 alumni who have taken our survey. We
show the number of surveys and the average number years that an alumna/e has been in the working world. The number of years, motivation levels and the major all
play a role in salary rates. Not all the numbers are sensible -- they are generated from survey data
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| Major (sort) | # | Starting Salary | Current Salary | years | Ten Year Avg | | Accounting | 329 | $53,947 | $133,346 | 13 yrs | $115,023 | | Aerospace Engineering | 59 | $47,657 | $97,333 | 17 yrs | $76,878 | | Agriculture/Horticulture | 31 | $37,514 | $137,963 | 17 yrs | $96,602 | | Animal Studies | 20 | $131,554 | $166,250 | 11 yrs | $163,096 | | Anthropology | 85 | $46,786 | $108,559 | 10 yrs | $108,559 | | Archaeology | 5 | $43,984 | $80,000 | 12 yrs | $73,997 | | Architecture | 84 | $67,634 | $130,766 | 12 yrs | $120,244 | | Architecture & Urban Planning Department | 20 | $72,056 | $77,353 | 8 yrs | $78,677 | | Art & Design Department | 251 | $44,810 | $81,878 | 10 yrs | $81,878 | | Astronomy | 8 | $71,588 | $242,857 | 9 yrs | $261,887 | | Athletics/Training | 18 | $40,776 | $191,428 | 16 yrs | $134,934 | | Automotive Engineering | 30 | $41,942 | $56,316 | 12 yrs | $53,920 | | Biology | 483 | $59,605 | $176,233 | 14 yrs | $142,911 | | Business - Management and Administration | 1375 | $54,550 | $124,741 | 12 yrs | $113,042 | | Chemical Engineering | 81 | $59,531 | $125,726 | 13 yrs | $110,450 | | Chemistry | 149 | $64,740 | $176,348 | 14 yrs | $144,460 | | Civil Engineering | 118 | $49,537 | $135,602 | 15 yrs | $106,914 | | Communications | 457 | $42,401 | $84,702 | 11 yrs | $80,857 | | Computer Engineering | 99 | $59,787 | $84,976 | 9 yrs | $87,774 | | Computer Science | 513 | $57,268 | $109,317 | 10 yrs | $109,317 | | Criminal | 165 | $48,329 | $66,905 | 10 yrs | $66,905 | | Cultures/Civilization | 17 | $82,630 | $134,444 | 14 yrs | $119,640 | | Design Arts - Industrial Design/Graphic Design/etc | 136 | $45,162 | $79,381 | 10 yrs | $79,381 | | Economics | 349 | $81,045 | $217,340 | 13 yrs | $185,887 | | Education | 888 | $35,730 | $60,199 | 14 yrs | $53,208 | | Electrical Engineering | 233 | $60,592 | $122,411 | 13 yrs | $108,145 | | Engineering Department | 173 | $52,500 | $147,462 | 14 yrs | $120,330 | | English | 571 | $40,047 | $93,311 | 14 yrs | $78,093 | | Finance | 124 | $85,788 | $255,961 | 10 yrs | $255,961 | | Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | 126 | $73,444 | $103,859 | 10 yrs | $103,859 | | Genetics | 8 | $56,325 | $66,667 | 7 yrs | $71,099 | | Geography and Geosciences | 104 | $50,672 | $116,548 | 17 yrs | $89,422 | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | 435 | $44,078 | $102,497 | 14 yrs | $85,806 | | Industrial Design | 6 | $21,830 | $27,000 | 20 yrs | $24,415 | | Industrial Operations Engineering | 41 | $53,201 | $96,912 | 12 yrs | $89,627 | | Interior Design | 21 | $42,496 | $156,250 | 13 yrs | $129,999 | | Journalism | 144 | $40,530 | $91,708 | 13 yrs | $79,898 | | Kinesiology | 27 | $81,060 | $173,500 | 13 yrs | $152,168 | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | 104 | $38,548 | $67,257 | 17 yrs | $55,436 | | Linguistics | 10 | $47,832 | $48,333 | 8 yrs | $48,459 | | Math | 189 | $44,225 | $123,389 | 17 yrs | $90,792 | | Mechanical Engineering | 226 | $56,939 | $113,713 | 11 yrs | $108,551 | | Meteorology | 7 | $45,780 | $110,000 | 19 yrs | $79,580 | | Music - Composition/Theory | 46 | $136,971 | $60,345 | 13 yrs | $78,028 | | Music - Performance | 130 | $38,676 | $57,181 | 11 yrs | $55,499 | | Music Education | 88 | $34,985 | $85,786 | 16 yrs | $66,735 | | Natural Resources | 19 | $48,578 | $83,000 | 10 yrs | $83,000 | | Naval Engineering | 11 | $61,061 | $210,000 | 21 yrs | $131,984 | | Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | 6 | $64,066 | $150,000 | 8 yrs | $171,484 | | Nuclear Engineering | 8 | $55,382 | $175,000 | 13 yrs | $147,396 | | Nursing | 264 | $58,095 | $78,333 | 13 yrs | $73,663 | | Nutrition | 7 | $71,500 | $100,000 | 10 yrs | $100,000 | | Other | 934 | $76,333 | $115,697 | 14 yrs | $104,450 | | Perfomance Arts | 76 | $34,579 | $61,887 | 13 yrs | $55,585 | | Pharmacy | 36 | $67,373 | $154,074 | 12 yrs | $139,624 | | Philosophy | 111 | $54,984 | $92,500 | 13 yrs | $83,842 | | Physical Therapy/Exercise Science | 21 | $36,921 | $74,444 | 12 yrs | $68,190 | | Physics | 100 | $53,204 | $160,217 | 14 yrs | $129,642 | | Political Science | 559 | $50,518 | $133,556 | 13 yrs | $114,393 | | PreDent and Dentistry | 12 | $55,869 | $103,333 | 12 yrs | $95,423 | | PreLaw and Legal | 96 | $53,120 | $121,505 | 13 yrs | $105,724 | | PreMed and Medical | 90 | $104,774 | $348,644 | 14 yrs | $278,967 | | Preparatory | 3 | $169,010 | $125,000 | 9 yrs | $120,110 | | PreVet and Veterinary | 11 | $51,960 | $60,556 | 9 yrs | $61,511 | | Psychology | 521 | $43,945 | $81,888 | 12 yrs | $75,564 | | Public Health | 24 | $113,313 | $86,765 | 10 yrs | $86,765 | | Public Policy | 48 | $58,583 | $81,818 | 11 yrs | $79,706 | | Radiological Sciences | 9 | $50,000 | $68,750 | 7 yrs | $76,786 | | Religion/Religious | 383 | $39,365 | $68,758 | 12 yrs | $63,859 | | School of Information | 49 | $62,401 | $71,395 | 6 yrs | $77,391 | | Social Work | 62 | $46,071 | $80,814 | 13 yrs | $72,796 | | Sociology | 165 | $49,617 | $76,120 | 15 yrs | $67,285 | | Telecommunications | 25 | $44,583 | $143,478 | 13 yrs | $120,656 | | Undecided | 78 | $478,788 | $485,948 | 32 yrs | $481,025 | | Urban Planning | 21 | $212,378 | $170,789 | 23 yrs | $194,296 | | Video/Media | 28 | $87,948 | $71,667 | 11 yrs | $73,147 | | Zoology | 20 | $242,202 | $295,555 | 35 yrs | $257,446 |
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