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Summer 2000 - Spring 2001

The Ohio State University - Engineering Career Services

BS-MS-PhD Average Yearly Starting Salary Offers Reported

Major

BS Graduates

MS Graduates

PhD Graduates

Salaries Reported

Average $ Amount

% Change from Year Ago

Salaries Reported

Average $ Amount

% Change from Year Ago

Salaries Reported

Average $ Amount

% Change from Year Ago

Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering

8

$46,760

+9%

7

$48,043

-4%

*

$62,500

NA

Aviation

*

$32,000

NA

-

-

Biomedical Engineering

-

*

$58,000

+62%

*

$80,000

NA

Ceramic Engineering

0

NA

NA

-

-

Chemical Engineering

50

$51,097

+12%

*

$50,333

+2%

7

$77,857

NA

Civil Engineering

42

$39,952

+5%

14

$48,493

+1%

0

NA

NA

Computer & Information Science

-

21

$68,238

+13%

7

$83,786

-1%

Computer Science & Engineering

81

$53,665

+10%

-

-

Electrical/Electrical & Computer Engineering

107

$52,351

+9%

65

$63,954

+8%

11

$68,745

-5%

Engineering Mechanics

-

*

$60,000

+28%

0

NA

NA

Engineering Physics

*

$51,900

+10%

-

-

Food, Agricultural & Biological Engineering

*

$44,000

+5%

*

$52,600

+13%

0

NA

NA

Geodetic Science

-

*

$61,115

+39%

0

NA

NA

Geomatics Engineering/Surveying

7

$31,620

NA

-

-

Industrial & Systems Engineering

62

$49,611

+7%

22

$56,682

+4%

6

$74,083

+20%

Materials Science & Engineering

8

$48,312

+2%

19

$57,974

+14%

13

$72,800

+4%

Mechanical Engineering

142

$48,510

+8%

24

$55,750

+3%

8

$72,225

-10%

Metallurgical Engineering

12

$47,650

+19%

-

-

Nuclear Engineering

-

5

$54,780

-4%

0

NA

NA

Welding Engineering

27

$47,754

+1%

0

-

NA

*

$65,500

-6%

* 4 or fewer reported offers

- Degree not offered at this level

NA data not available