Salary statistics
Information from the National Association of Colleges and Employers
(NACE) allow you to compare salary data for various disciplines.
Starting salaries—national averages
Average starting salaries for CBS disciplines *
Discipline |
Average starting salary |
| Biology |
$34,128 |
| Biochemistry |
$32,500 |
| Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior |
$26,340 |
| Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development |
$36,253 |
| Microbiology |
$35,000 |
| Neuroscience |
$34,942 * |
| Plant Biology |
$40,380 |
Average starting salaries for IT disciplines *
Discipline |
Average starting salary |
| Aerospace engineering |
$58,500 |
| Bio-based products and Bio-systems engineering |
$50,420 * |
| Biomedical engineering |
$55,000 |
| Chemical engineering |
$60,266 |
| Chemistry |
$60,000 |
| Civil engineering |
$51,793 * |
| Computer engineering |
$55,200 |
| Computer science |
$61,290 |
| Electrical engineering |
$60,500 |
| Geological engineering |
$67,600 * |
| Geology/geophysics |
$51,778 * |
| Materials science and engineering |
$62,000 |
| Mathematics |
$56,000 |
| Mechanical engineering |
$59,682 |
| Physics/astrophysics |
$52,800 * |
| Statistics |
$51,940 |
* Reprinted from the Spring 2009 Salary Survey, with the permission of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, copyright holder. All other salaries reported are based on the 2007-2008 University of Minnesota student (self-reported) salary data.
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