AEM Graduate Statistics

Starting Salary for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

• Starting Salary for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

  Mean: $62,865

  Median: $65,000

  Low: $32,988

  High: $80,000

  *Average Starting Salary for CSE graduate: $65,210

Internship Pay for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

• Internship Pay for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

  	# Responded	Average	Minimum	Maximum
  All Internships:	45	$18.72	$10.00	$26.00
  Paid Internships:	45	$18.72	$10.00	$26.00

Number of Internships Completed by AEM Graduates: (2017-2018)

• Number of Internships Completed by AEM Graduates: (2017-2018)

  	# of Responded	%
  1	22	66.7%
  2	5	15.2%
  3	4	12.1%
  4 or more	2	6.1%
  Total	33	100%

   

Full-Time Employment Offer from Internship Organization: (2017-2018)

• Full-Time Employment Offer from Internship Organization: (2017-2018)

  	# Responded	%
  Yes	22	59.5%
  No	15	40.5%
  Total	37	100%

   

Experiences Outside of the Classroom (2017-2018)

• Experiences Outside of the Classroom (2017-2018)

  	# Responded	%
  Research outside of the classroom	34	45.3%
  Internship (either for credit or not for credit)	39	52.0%
  Co-op	7	9.3%
  Student Group(s)	63	84.0%
  International Experience	10	13.3%
  On-Campus Student Employment	41	54.7%
  Off-Campus Student Employment	22	26.9%
  None of the above	2	2.7%
  Total Responses	75

   

  *84.0% of students were a part of at least one student group

Number of Employment Offers (2017-2018)

• Number of Employment Offers (2017-2018 )

  	# Responded	%
  1	26	70.3%
  2	8	21.6%
  3	3	8.1%
  4	0	0%
  5 or more	0	0%
  Total	37	100%

Length of Job Search (2017-2018)

• Length of Job Search for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

  	# Responded	%
  Less than 1 month	8	23.5%
  1 to 2 months	6	17.7%
  3 to 4 months	7	20.6%
  5 to 6 months	3	8.8%
  7 to 8 months	3	8.8%
  9 to 10 months	3	8.8%
  11 to 12 months	1	2.9%
  More than 12 months	3	8.8%
  Total

Company and Position Titles for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

• Company and Position Titles for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

  Company	Position Titles	City	State
  3M	Lab Analyst III	Maplewood	Minnesota
  Abbott Laboratories	Operator II	Little Canada	Minnesota
  Aerospace Advisory OSC	Analyst	Minnetonka	Minnesota
  Applied Engineering	Test Engineer	Bismark	North Dakota
  ASTER Labs	Associate Research Scientist	Shoreview	Minnesota
  ASTER Labs	Research Scientist	Shoreview	Minnesota
  Aster Labs	Research Scientist	Shoreview	Minnesota
  Aster Labs	Research Scientist	Shoreview	Minnesota
  BAE Systems	Controls Engineer	Fridley	Minnesota
  Bigelow Aerospace	Softgoods Design Engineer	Las Vegas	Nevada
  Boeing	Aerodynamics Performance Engineer	Seattle	Washington
  Boeing	Systems Engineer	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma
  Boeing	Aerodynamics Engineer	St. Louis	Missouri
  Conti Solar	Field Engineer	Minneapolis	Minnesota
  Crane Aerospace & Electronics	Test Engineer	Lynnwood	Washington
  Daikin Applied	Development Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
  Epic Systems	Integration Engineer	Madison	Wisconsin
  EXB Solutions	Software Engineer	Minneapolis	Minnesota
  Fedex Express	Associate Engineer/AOD	Memphis	Tennessee
  Garmin AT, Inc.	Aviation Systems Engineer	Salem	Oregon
  Graco	Manufacturing Engineer	Rogers	Minnesota
  HAF Equipment	Mechanical Design Engineer	Maplewood	Minnesota
  Honeywell	Associate Systems Engineer	Minneapolis	Minnesota
  Honeywell Aerospace	Navigation Analyst	Minneapolis	Minnesota
  Honeywell Aerospace	Systems Engineer	Coon Rapids	Minnesota
  Honeywell Aerospace	Systems Engineer 1	Coon Rapids	Minnesota
  Jacobs Technology	Engineer 1 - Mechanical	Cape Canaveral	Florida
  L3 Commercial Aviation	Software Engineer 1	Burnsville	Minnesota
  Mercury Marine	Manufacturing Engineer	Fond du Lac	Wisconsin
  Momentum Aeronautics, LLC.	Aerospace Engineer	St. Paul	Minnesota
  NASA	Fluid System Engineer	Cleveland	Ohio
  National Instruments	ELP Engineer	Austin	Texas
  National Instruments	Application Engineer	Austin	Texas
  Niche Frontiere	Mechanical Engineer	Gopeng	Malaysia
  Orbital ATK	Associate Manufacturing Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
  Orbital ATK	Associate Aerodynamicist	Plymouth	Minnesota
  Orbital ATK	Associate Systems Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
  Orbital ATK	Associate Aerospace Engineer	Plymouth	Minneosota
  Orbital ATK	Associate Systems Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
  Progress Rail Services	Signal Engineer III	Hudson	Wisconsin
  Progress Rail Services	Engineer	Hudson	Wisconsin
  Raytheon	Systems Engineer	Springfield	Virginia
  Raytheon	Systems Engineer	Tucson	Arizona
  Seagate Technology	Engineer	Bloomington	Minnesota
  Sentera	Associate Task Engineer	Minneapolis	Minnesota
  Sentera	Aerospace Engineer	Richfield	Minnesota
  SpaceX	Crew Dragon Launch Engineer	Cape Canaveral	Florida
  SpaceX	Propulsion Engineer	Hawthorne	California
  The Boeing Company	Software Engineer	St. Louis	Missouri
  Twin City Fan Companies, Ltd.	Design Engineer	Plymouth	Minnesota
  UTC Aerospace Systems	Associate GNC Engineer	Burnsville	Minnesota
  UTC Aerospace Systems	Associate Mechanical Engineer	Burnsville	Minnesota
  UTC Aerospace Systems	Associate GNC Engineer	Burnsville	Minnesota
  Wipaire	R&D Engineer	Inver Grove Heights	Minnesota

Program Types for Graduate Students (2017-2018)

• Program Types for Graduate Students (2017-2018)

  Type of Degree	# Responded	%
  Further Undergraduate Coursework	0	0.0%
  Second Bachelor's Degree	0	0.0%
  Masters in a Technical Field	6	54.6%
  Masters in Non-Technical Field	0	0.0%
  PhD Program	4	36.4%
  Doctoral Health Degree (e.g. M.D., D.D.S, PharmD, D.V.M.)	0	0.0%
  Law Degree (LL.B. or J.D.)	1	9.0%
  MBA	0	0.0%
  Total	11	100.0%

   

University and Program Information for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

• University and Program Information for AEM Graduates (2017-2018)

   

  University	Program	City	State	Country	Program Type
  California Institute of Technology	Computing and Mathematical Sciences	Pasadena	California		PhD Program
  Georgia Tech	Aerospace Engineering	Atlanta	Georgia		Masters in a technical field
  McGill	Aerospace Engineering Masters	Montreal		Canada	Masters in a technical field
  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Aerospace Engineering	Troy	New York		PhD Program
  RWTH Aachen	Automotive Engineering	Aachen		Germany	Masters in a technical field
  University of Minnesota	Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics	Minneapolis	Minnesota		Masters in a technical field
  University of Minnesota	Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics	Minneapolis	Minnesota		Masters in a technical field
  University of Minnesota	Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics	Minneapolis	Minnesota		PhD Program
  University of Minnesota	Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics	Minneapolis	Minnesota		PhD Program
  University of Southern California	Law School	Los Angeles	California		Law Degree (LL.B. or J.D.)
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Aerospace Engineering	Blacksburg	Virginia		Masters in a technical field