| Salary offers to Ph.D. candidates are grouped into three separate categories
because of the varying nature of the employers, positions and salaries.
Industrial offers include both career and two- to three- year industrial
postdoctoral positions; but since the salaries vary by a significant amount,
about $12,000 per annum, they are reported in separate tables. While these salary tables do provide valuable information they are not complete as 30 of the 76 graduates who reported taking industrial positions did not divulge the salary. The average industrial salary offer ranges from $60,000 to $72,000. |
Industrial Salaries Offered
| Option | Number | Salary Ranges | Mean | |||||||
| xxx | xxx | Under 51,999 |
52,000- 55,999 |
56,000- 59,999 |
60,000- 63,999 |
64,000- 67,999 |
68,000- 71,999 |
72,000- 75,999 |
76,000+ |
xxxxxxxx |
| Ae | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AMa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| APh | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62,366 |
| CE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ch | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 60,400 |
| ChE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61,857 |
| CNS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| EE | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 74,079 |
| Env | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ge | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 56,344 |
| ME | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62,790 |
| Ph | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 66,901 |
| Total | 90 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 65,802 |
Industrial Salaries Accepted
| Option | Number | Salary Ranges | Mean | |||||||
| xxx | xxx | Under 51,999 |
52,000- 55,999 |
56,000- 59,999 |
60,000- 63,999 |
64,000- 67,999 |
68,000- 71,999 |
72,000- 75,999 |
76,000+ |
xxxxxxxx |
| Ae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| AMa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| APh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 62,056 |
| CE | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ch | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 59,633 |
| ChE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61,857 |
| CS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| EE | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 79,944 |
| Env | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| ME | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ph | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 65,460 |
| Total | 46 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 64,962 |
Postdoctoral Industrial Salaries Offered
| Option | Number | Salary Ranges | Mean | |||||
| xxx | xxx | Under 48,999 |
49,000- 53,999 |
54,000- 58,999 |
59,000- 63,999 |
64,000- 68,999 |
69,000+ |
xxxxxxxx |
| Ch | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ChE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52,333 |
Postdoctoral Industrial Salaries Accepted
| Option | Number | Salary Ranges | Mean | |||||
| xxx | xxx | Under 48,999 |
49,000- 53,999 |
54,000- 58,999 |
59,000- 63,999 |
64,000- 68,999 |
69,000+ |
xxxxxxxx |
| Ch | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ChE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48,500 |