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VT bachelor's degree graduate salaries
VT bachelor's degree graduate bonuses
NACE national new grad salary data
VIRGINIA TECH UNDERGRADUATE CO-OP SALARIES
When students enroll in the Virginia Tech Undergraduate Cooperative Education & Internship Program, we ask their first-work-term salaries:
First-work-term median salaries of students ENROLLED in CEIP, by major.
Please note that over a several-year period:
- Engineering majors have accounted for 82-92% of co-op enrollees.
- Business majors have accounted for 5-13% of co-op enrollees.
VIRGINIA TECH BACHELOR'S & ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE GRADUATE SALARIES:
Virginia Tech Post-Graduation Report contains data from our annual survey of Virginia Tech graduates completing an undergraduate degree to determine if graduates are continuing education, employed, or other; first jobs, employers, salaries, and more.
The survey closes six months after commencement, and the report is published the winter following commencement.
EIGHT year summary: salary medians by university and colleges [PDF].
ANNUAL reports: salary medians by colleges, and majors.
With 25th & 75th percentiles, where sufficient numbers reported salary.Where insufficient data exists for a major, you may wish to contact the department head for that major to see what information is known to the academic department.
VIRGINIA TECH BACHELOR'S & ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE GRADUATE BONUSES:
Virginia Tech Post-Graduation Report contains data from our annual survey of Virginia Tech bachelor's and associate's degree graduates, included bonuses reported by employed grads.
ANNUAL reports: Bonuses reported, by colleges and majors.
Of the latest cohort of employed respondents:
22% of employed grads [N=293] said yes to "did your job offer including a signing bonus?"
289 employed graduates reported the actual dollar amount of the bonus.
NATIONAL NEW GRADUATE SALARY DATA
NACE = National Association of Colleges and Employers.
Collects salary data on new college graduates.NACE Salary Calculators for colleges, job seekers, employers
As a NACE member we receive a detailed print report with salary data by curriculum and employer industry; Ns are limited for some majors and industries. We do not have permission to publish this online. Contact us and we can share information from that report with you.
Learn more about NACE salary reports and how to receive them.
NACE NATIONAL INTERN WAGE DATA
NACE = National Association of Colleges and Employers.
2011 Internship Survey: intern hourly wage by major.
Shows wage rate for 15 academic majors; data for 2011 juniors pursuing bachelor's degree.Average intern wage rates, 2010 benchmarks by NACE
Average rate for all bachelor's degree student interns and all master's degree student interns.
By major only for five undergraduate majors.
Based on survey open 1/11/10 - 2/26/10; response by 235 employers.
GRADUATE STUDENT SALARIES
NACE = National Association of Colleges and Employers.
NACE report referenced above contains some salary data on master's and doctoral degree graduates' salaries. Contact our Employer Relations staff.
NACE Salary Calculators for colleges, job seekers, employers
Academic department heads might have information about their graduates' salary offers.
We do not survey graduate students to ask their post-graduation salaries because of insufficient Ns to report data.
OTHER SALARY INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE
You are no doubt familiar with salary information sources such as Salary.com and SalaryExpert.com and others that are available to job seekers and commonly used by human resource professionals and others involved in recruiting. You may also know that many of these sites offer specialized information for HR professionals. These links are provided as a service to students and to employers. We do not own these resources or have control over their content.
For assistance with salary information contact our Employer Relations staff.