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 2022 and August 2023.

Average overall CSE starting salary: $79,188

Starting salaries by major

MajorLowAverageHigh
Aerospace engineering and mechanics$54,100$78,600$144,000
Astrophysics***
Biomedical engineering$43,700$71,000$96,000
Bioproducts and biosystems engineering$54,100$70,800$83,000
Chemical engineering$49,900$75,200$94,200
Chemistry$39,500$56,100$78,000
Civil engineering$60,300$69,900$101,700
Computer engineering$49,100$87,600$140,000
Computer science$33,600$94,700$228,000
Data Science***
Earth sciences***
Electrical engineering$72,000$82,500$105,000
Environmental engineering***
Environmental geosciences***
Geo-engineering***
Industrial and systems engineering$58,000$75,700$110,000
Materials science and engineering$60,000$81,600$195,000
Mathematics$39,500$75,900$135,000
Mechanical engineering$43,700$77,900$200,000
Physics***

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