Salary Statistics

Salary Summary

Range

Average

Base Salary - Bachelors

$26,000

-

$100,000

$61,035

Base Salary - Masters

$40,000

-

$135,000

$69,837

Base Salary - PhD

$35,000

-

$115,000

$82,981

Salary Acceptance by Major - Bachelors*

Range

Average

NACE

Average**

Aerospace Engineering

$35,000

-

$78,000

$54,675

$57,999

Agricultural & Biological Engineering

$45,000

-

$62,000

$57,500

$58,623

Bioengineering

$54,694

Chemical & Bimolecular Engineering

$57,000

-

$85,000

$66,125

$63,616

Civil & Environmental Engineering

$42,000

-

$80,000

$55,346

$50,940

Computer Engineering

$38,800

-

$80,000

$68,804

$59,962

Computer Science

$36,000

-

$100,000

$70,114

$59,873

Electrical Engineering

$26,000

-

$80,000

$61,099

$56,944

Engineering Mechanics

$52,000

$60,000

$56,892

General Engineering (Systems & Technology)

$34,000

-

$80,000

$57,481

$55,352

Industrial Engineering

$53,000

-

$65,000

$60,000

$58,252

Materials Science & Engineering

$52,800

-

$78,000

$60,409

$56,954

Mechanical Engineering

$40,000

-

$80,000

$59,685

$57,821

Nuclear Engineering

$56,000

-

$61,500

$58,966

$63,260

Salary Acceptance by Discipline - Masters*

Range

Average

NACE

Average**

Aerospace Engineering

$58,000

-

$67,000

$62,500

$68,603

Civil & Environmental Engineering

$40,000

-

$65,000

$56,015

$58,187

Computer Science

$72,000

-

$135,000

$92,571

$75,369

Electrical Engineering

$65,000

-

$93,500

$78,687

$70,748

General Engineering (System & Technology)

$65,000

-

$75,000

$70,000

-

Materials Science & Engineering

$69,000

-

$76,680

$72,840

$64,000

Mechanical Engineering

$65,000

-

$82,500

$70,020

$63,487

Salary Acceptance by Discipline - PhD*

Range

Average

NACE

Average**

Aerospace Engineering

$75,000

-

$92,000

$82,000

$58,563

Civil & Environmental Engineering

$35,000

-

$90,000

$62,067

$54,724

Computer Science

$87,000

-

$115,000

$101,000

$85,720

Physics

$45,000

-

$95,000

$69,525

$56,083

Salary information is based on data self-reported to Engineering Career Services by students on a voluntary basis. To maintain confidentiality of the data, information is included only for those disciplines/majors for which adequate reports were received. Available NACE average salaries are reprinted from the Spring 2008 Salary Survey with the permission of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, copyright holder.

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