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NACE salary surveys

Surveys conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) allow you to compare salary data for various disciplines.

Average starting salaries

 

Average starting salaries for IT disciplines

Discipline

Average salary

Aerospace engineering $50,993
Biomedical engineering $48,503
Biosystems engineering $46,172
Chemical engineering $53,813
Chemistry $39,231
Civil engineering $43,679
Computer engineering $52,464
Computer science $50,820
Electrical engineering $51,888
Geological engineering $48,643
Geology/geophysics $39,365
Materials science $50,982
Mathematics/statistics) $43,448
Mechanical engineering $50,236
Physics/astrophysics $41,634
Source: Summer 2005 Salary Survey, NACE

 

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