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B. S. Level National Averages

Reprinted from the Summer 2009 Salary Survey, with the permission of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), copyright holder. We also have national salary averages for Engineering Physics; however NACE has requested that those figures not be posted online since the number of offers reported is low.

National Averages

Engineering discipline,
BS Level
Current Average
Aerospace Engineering $56,311
Architectural Engineering *
Chemical Engineering $64,902
Civil Engineering $52,048
Computer Engineering $61,738
Computer Science $61,407
Electrical/Electronics Engineering $60,125
Environmental Engineering *
Mechanical Engineering $58,766
Petroleum Engineering $83,121
Reprinted from the 2009 Salary Survey, with the permission of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, copyright holder.

 

B. S. Level KU Averages

University of Kansas Offers (Reported from December 2008 & May 2009 Graduates - excludes Military Offers)

Engineering Discipline,
BS LEVEL
Number of Offers Yearly Average Range of offers Number of Bonus Offers Average Bonus
Aerospace Engineering   6 $58,667 $51,000 – 68,000                  2 $3,500
Architectural Engineering  14 $52,550 $45,000 – 59,500                  8 $3,313
Chemical Engineering  13 $71,981 $58,000 – 90,000                  6 $11,445
Civil Engineering  20 $50,484 $40,000 – 60,480                  8 $3,625
Computer Engineering   6 $58,333 $54,000 – 70,000                  1 $5,000
Computer Science  16 $57,383 $42,000 – 80,000                  2 $2,500
Electrical/Electronics Engineering  18 $59,471 $50,000 – 67,000                 13 $5,192
Mechanical Engineering  35 $61,837 $45,000 – 94,000                 16 $5,406
Petroleum Engineering  * *      *                   * *
Engineering Physics  * *      *                   * *
* Insufficient data available- Salary data is provided voluntarily by students

 

M.S. Level

The National Association of Colleges and Employers has requested that the national averages not be posted online since the number of offers reported is low. We do have those figures available in the Engineering Career Center, 1001 Eaton.