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Engineering Career Assistance Center

Salaries & Statistics

Offers of Starting Annual Salaries for 2011-12
Major Offers Low High UT Average UT Median Standard Deviation
Aerospace - BS 61 50,000 75,000 62,499 61,500 4,957
Architectural - BS 26 45,000 67,500 56,108 55,000 6,153
Architectural - MS 4 55,200 62,500 59,725 60,600 3,185
Biomedical - BS 38 50,000 74,000 61,859 62,750 5,729
Chemical - BS 147 46,000 95,000 72,738 71,100 10,675
Chemical - PhD 1 103,300 103,300 103,300 103,300 n/a
Civil - BS 64 45,000 70,000 55,131 54,500 6,224
Civil - MS 11 55,200 70,720 62,553 61,500 4,915
Electrical - BS 158 50,000 100,000 69,014 67,500 10,434
Electrical - MS 4 52,400 102,000 79,350 81,500 23,587
Mechanical - BS 239 52,000 100,000 69,044 66,000 10,683
Mechanical - MS 7 65,000 82,000 73,100 74,000 7,110
Mechanical - PhD 2 75,000 90,000 82,500 82,500 10,607
Petroleum - BS 115 57,000 125,000 88,281 92,750 12,972
Engineering Mechanics - PhD 1 97,500 97,500 97,500 97,500 n/a
Offers of Starting Monthly Internship Salaries for 2011-12
Major Offers Low High UT Average
Aerospace - BS 32 1,800 4,400 2,946
Architectural - BS 16 2,000 3,600 2,513
Architectural - MS 2 2,600 3,200 2,900
Biomedical - BS 15 1,600 4,160 2,554
Chemical - BS 111 1,700 7,000 3,636
Civil - BS 56 1,907 5,000 2,640
Civil - MS 20 2,040 6,000 3,694
Electrical - BS 142 2,000 6,300 3,538
Electrical - MS 26 2,400 6,933 4,579
Electrical - PhD 9 3,000 8,000 5,323
Mechanical - BS 166 1,600 6,560 3,318
Mechanical - PhD 2 5,000 6,180 5,590
Petroleum - BS 101 2,000 8,880 4,508
Petroleum - MS 11 3,200 8,000 6,515
Petroleum - PhD 24 3,236 8,700 6,757
Operations Research - MS 4 3,000 5,500 4,175
Operations Research - PhD 6 3,200 6,400 4,817
Offers of Starting Co-op Salaries for 2011-12
Major UT Average
Aerospace 3,266
Architectural/Civil 2,796
Chemical 4,211
Electrical 3,723
Mechanical 3,327
Petroleum 3,250