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Salary Highlights for the Class of 2005*

Average BS Starting Salaries
$

Average MS Starting Salaries
$

Major
Degree
Average Salary for 2005
Average Salary for 2004
School of Architecture
Architecture
B
-
34,475
Building Science
B
-
40,750
School of Engineering
Aeronautical Engr.
B
53,290
50,414
Biomedical Engr.
B
56,500
51,293
Chemical Engr.
B
55,542
54,258
Civil Engr.
B
47,284
43,700
Computer & Systems Engr.
B
56,248
51,329
M
67,000
NA
Electrical Engr.
B
56,643
54,579
M
65,000
70,050
Electric Power Engr.
B
-
-
Environmental Engr.
B
-
-
Industrial & Management Engr.
B
51,636
52,794
M
-
-
Materials Engr.
B
51,150
50,220
Mechanical Engr.
B
50,905
51,731
M
63,150
-
Nuclear Engineering
B
56,988
54,250
School of Humanities & Social Sciences
EMAC
B
-
Technical Communications
M
-
56,604
Lally School of Management & Technology
Management
B
50,979
46,996
MBA
M
65,889
65,033
School of Science
Biology
B
36,000
34,750
Computer Science
B
54,224
53,117
  
M
62,500
59,714
Mathematics
B
-
-
Information Technology
B
53,557
50,806
M
62,286
62,320

*Preliminary salary data collected as of July 2005.  

If no data appears, salary information was not available. National averages can be
obtained from the CDC for most majors.

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