ITWS@Rensselaer graduates often begin careers as Analysts or Consultants, working first with customers to analyze and understand a problem and then with technology creators to analyze and design the solution. Other graduates enter Leadership Development positions that prepare them for accelerated career paths to technology management.
Since it is the lower-level technology jobs (e.g., programming, support) that are being outsourced, graduates of ITWS@Rensselaer are not affected. In fact, outsourcing creates greater demand for people in Analyst and Leadership Development positions who define and manage the outsourced tasks and integrate the results back into US and Global companies.
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that four of the five job categories with the largest expected percentage growth will be in ITWS areas (network systems and data communications analysts, computer applications software engineers, computer systems software engineers, and database administration). The Bureau report also places these ITWS areas in the highest quartile for salaries.
The average starting salary for graduates of the Bachelor of Science program was $64,000 in May 2012. For December 2012 MS in IT graduates, the average starting salary was $84,000. Nearly all graduates had accepted job offers by graduation with many choosing from multiple offers.
To give you a very specific idea of where you may be employed and what your title might be, we have listed actual first employment companies and job titles for a sampling of B.S. and M.S. graduates of ITWS@Rensselaer. Student and Alumni Stories will also show you the wide variety of career opportunities.
Company
|
Title
|
| ABN AMRO |
Financial Analyst |
| Accenture |
Associate Consultant Analyst
|
| Aetna |
Business Analyst
IT Leadership Development Program
|
| CGI-AMS |
Associate Business Analyst
Associate Consultant
IT Consultant |
| American Power Conversion (APC) |
Sales Representative |
| Bank of America |
Assistant Vice President
Application Developer
Business Analyst
Project Manager
|
| Barbizon Lighting Company |
Project Manager |
| BidNet |
Web and Database Developer |
| BookCurrency, Inc. |
Chief Marketing Officer |
| CACI International Inc. |
Deputy Manager of the SPS Deployment Project
Developer
|
| U.S. Census Bureau |
Application Development Analyst |
| Cisco Systems |
Customer Support Engineer |
| CNN - Turner Broadcasting |
Freelance Cameraman/Video Producer |
| CORESense Inc. |
Project Manager |
| Deloitte |
Systems Analyst |
| Feuz Manufacturing |
Director of Workforce Development |
| GE |
Information Management Leadership Program
Financial Management Leadership Program
Application Developer
|
| Gerson Lehman |
Research Manager |
| Goldman Sachs |
Financial Analyst
Technical Analyst
Client Relationship Manager
|
| Hillcrest Technologies |
Owner/Consulting |
| IBM |
E-business Consultant
IT Consultant
IT Specialist
Software Engineer
Consultant
|
| Interntional Atomic Energy Agency |
Cryptography Intern |
| Johnson and Johnson |
Associate Analyst |
| JP Morgan Chase |
Internal Consulting Services Analyst |
| Jupiter Construction |
Supervisor |
| Kittelson and Associates |
Transportation Analyst |
| Kraft, Kennedy and Lesser |
Network Consultant |
| Lehman Brothers |
Fixed Income Collateral Analyst
START Analyst
|
| Lockheed Martin |
Commercial Applications Software Engineer
Software Engineer
System Integration Analyst
|
| Merrill Lynch |
Technical Analyst Training Program |
| Microsoft |
Infrastructure Consultant |
| New World Apps Inc. |
Systems Engineer |
| Nortel |
Systems Engineer |
| New York State Comptroller's Office |
Senior Computer Programmer/Analyst |
| Oracle |
Senior Product Manager |
| Professional Planning Services |
Marketing Associate |
| Salomon Smith Barney |
Leadership Training Program Associate |
| Sytex |
Researcher |
| Target |
Team Leader |
| Travelers |
IT Leadership Development Program |
| UBS Financial Services |
Information Services Division Associate |
| Vermont HITEC |
Director of IT Consulting Division |
| VIDOX Image and Data |
Video/Audio Performance Software Developer |
| Viecore Inc. |
Jr. Voice User Interface Designer |
| Visco Systems LLC |
Wireless Networking Escalation Team |
| VistaPrint |
Software Engineer |
