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Virginia Tech co-op salaries

• Virginia Tech Undergraduate Cooperative Education & Internship Program, first work-term salaries:
  Virginia Tech co-ops' 1st term salaries
• Students who enroll with the Virginia Tech Undergraduate Cooperative Education & Internship Program are asked to provide salary data for their first work terms.
  • Engineering majors account for 82-88% of enrollees in the co-op program.
  • Business majors account for 7-13% of enrollees.

Virginia Tech bachelor's graduate salaries and bonuses

• Salaries reported by bachelor's degree graduates:
  Virginia Tech Post-Graduation Report: Bachelor's degree graduates' salaries by university, college and major.
  • Data from our annual survey of Virginia Tech graduates' about their first jobs, employers, salaries, and more.
  • The survey closes six months following commencement, and the report is published the winter following commencement. Data is not released preliminary to the report's publication.
  • University-wide, based on respondents' reports, new graduates' median salary increased 5.1% between 03-04 and 04-05, and increased 9.7% between 04-05 and 05-06. Of course this varies by college and by major, and you can view the salary data (major, college, year) pertinent to your recruiting interests.
  • In cases 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.
• Bonuses reported by bachelor's degree graduates:
  Virginia Tech Post-Graduation Report: Bonuses reported, by college and major.
  • Of employed respondents, 29% reported they received a bonus with their employment offer.
  • The median bonus for the 05-06 graduates was $2,500. Of course this varies by college and major.
  • Median reported bonusus by college:
    • Agriculture and life sciences = $3,000
    • Science = $3,000
    • Engineering = $3,000.
    • Liberal arts and human sciences = $2,920.
    • Business = $2,500
    • Architecture and urban studies = $2,000.
    • For data by major, see Virginia Tech Post-Graduation Report: Bonuses reported, by college and major.

National data on new graduate salaries

• NACE, the National Association of Colleges and Employers, collects salary data on new college graduates. As a NACE member, we receive: NACE Salary Snapshot information.
  This NACE data is shown with permission, and is one of the resources to which we direct students for salary research.
• As a NACE member we also receive a more detailed print report with salary data breakdowns by curriculum and employer industry. Contact us and we can share information from that report with you.
• NACE also provides salary information online. See
  National Salary Information on NACE's JobWeb
  Salary information based on the NACE (National Association of Colleges & Employers) quarterly Salary Survey reports. Learn more about NACE salary reports and how to receive them.

Comprehensive salary information available to all

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