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Salaries

Salary data for 2009 is expected to be flat -- unchanged from 2008. Use the salary averages below as a guide. Offers will vary depending upon the following.
  • Your profile -- degree level, major, GPA, skills, experience.
  • Employer's profile -- industry, size, location.

Internships -- summer 2008

Non-technical majors

Rising sophomores
through seniors:

$8.00-14.00 per hour

Technical majors

Rising sophomores: $12.00-16.00 per hour
Rising juniors: $14.00-18.00 per hour
Rising seniors: $16.00-22.00 per hour


New Graduates -- BA/BS -- NACE Salary Survey, Summer 2008

College of Design

Architecture $40,652.
Art + Design $35,571.
Graphic Design $35,409.
Industrial Design $40,652.
Landscape Architecture $40,652.

College of Education

Business & Marketing $35,633.  
Elementary $34,071.  
French or Spanish $35,633.  
Language Arts $35,633.  
Mathematics $35,633.  
Science $35,633.  
Social Studies $35,633.  
Technology Education $36,697.  

College of Engineering

Aerospace $56,075.
Biological $54,661.
Biomedical $54,661.
Chemical $63,165.
Civil $51,632.
Computer $59,576.
Computer Science $60,416.
Construction $50,592.
Electrical $56,910.
Environmental $50,170.
Industrial $57,943.
Materials $57,838.
Mechanical $57,009.
Nuclear $57,657.
Paper Science $63,407.
Textile $56,603.

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Africana Studies $34,796.
Anthropology $34,796.
Arts Application $35,571.
Communication $36,585.
Criminology $45,106.
English $34,327.
Foreign Languages $35,366.
History $37,223.
International Studies $42,816.
Philosophy $33,564.
Political Science $38,179.
Psychology $33,564.
Religious Studies $33,564.
Science, Technology & Soc. $38,910.
Social Work $30,399.
Sociology $34,796.
Women/Gender Studies $34,796.

College of Management

Accounting $48,085.
Economics $50,507.
Management $45,915.

College of Natural Resources

Environmental Science $38,720.
Environmental Technology $38,720.
Fisheries & Wildlife $35,004.
Forest Management $35,004.
Natural Resources $35,004.
Parks, Recreation, Tourism $34,876.
Wood Products $38,910.

College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences

Chemistry $45,106.
Environmental Science $38,720.
Geology $44,800.
Marine Science $38,720.
Mathematics $49,736.
Meteorology $38,720.
Physics $47,496.
Statistics $49,736.

 

New Graduates -- MA/MS

Average salary increase $10,000.
                   
 
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