Average starting salaries for CSE graduates
These salary averages are based on data submitted by College of Science and Engineering undergraduate students graduating between December 2023 and August 2024.
Average overall CSE starting salary: $78,000
Starting salaries by major
| Major | Low | Average | High |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerospace engineering and mechanics | $71,700 | $76,000 | $80,100 |
| Astrophysics | * | * | * |
| Biomedical engineering | $73,000 | $78,500 | $80,000 |
| Bioproducts and biosystems engineering | $64,000 | $68,000 | $73,900 |
| Chemical engineering | $75,000 | $78,000 | $83,000 |
| Chemistry | $55,200 | $70,000 | $79,700 |
| Civil engineering | $70,200 | $73,500 | $75,000 |
| Computer engineering | $83,000 | $85,000 | $95,200 |
| Computer science | $78,000 | $85,000 | $93,600 |
| Data Science | $70,000 | $80,000 | $85,000 |
| Earth sciences | * | * | * |
| Electrical engineering | $74,500 | $79,000 | $85,500 |
| Environmental engineering | $72,000 | $73,500 | $79,500 |
| Environmental geosciences | * | * | * |
| Geo-engineering | * | * | * |
| Industrial and systems engineering | $73,600 | $78,800 | $85,100 |
| Materials science and engineering | $70,000 | $74,000 | $78,000 |
| Mathematics | $66,300 | $75,000 | $87,300 |
| Mechanical engineering | $71,800 | $76,100 | $80,000 |
| Physics | * | * | * |
*The number of students in this major entering their industry is too few to report data.