Average starting salaries for CSE graduates

These salary averages are based on data submitted by College of Science and Engineering undergraduate students graduating between August 2020 and May 2021.

Average overall CSE starting salary: $72,300

Starting salaries by major

Major Low Average High
Aerospace engineering and mechanics $35,400 $68.400 $81,000
Astrophysics * * *
Biomedical engineering $38,400 $66,900 $93,000
Bioproducts and biosystems engineering $45,800 $64,900 $80,000
Chemical engineering $46,800 $70,200 $120,000
Chemistry $37,400 $59,000 $120,000
Civil engineering $51,800 $62,600 $74,000
Computer engineering $40,000 $82,000 $125,000
Computer science $43,700 $83,600 $170,000
Earth sciences * * *
Electrical engineering $62,400 $74,600 $115,000
Environmental engineering * * *
Environmental geosciences * * *
Geo-engineering * * *
Industrial and systems engineering $49,000 $67,700 $87,000
Materials science and engineering $40,000 $67,600 $87,400
Mathematics $40,000 $80,100 $200,000
Mechanical engineering $45,800 $67,500 $89,800
Physics * * *

*The number of students in this major entering their industry is too few to report data.