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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 IT disciplines

Discipline

Average starting salary

Aerospace engineering $49,873
Bio-based products engineering $50,420
Biomedical engineering $46,520
Biosystems engineering $50,420
Chemical engineering $56,335
Chemistry $38,646
Civil engineering $46,023
Computer engineering $53,651
Computer science $51,305
Electrical engineering $53,552
Geological engineering $51,643
Geology/geophysics $35,034
Materials science $55,468
Mathematics/statistics) $41,124
Mechanical engineering $51,732
Physics/astrophysics $58,000
Statistics $41,124

 

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