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ALL CAMPUS UNDERGRADUATE

2024-2025 REPORT

Graduates in blue gowns joyfully celebrate their graduation.

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Guide to This Report

This guide provides an overview of how graduate outcome data are organized and presented in this report.

This report presents the outcomes of bachelor’s degree recipients and is organized into two primary sections: Campus-Wide Graduate Outcomes and Graduate Outcomes by College. A detailed Methods section is provided at the conclusion of the report.

Additionally, due to rounding, the values presented in the tables may not sum exactly to the reported totals. Individual figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number, which may result in minor discrepancies when aggregated.

Campus-Wide Graduate Outcomes

The campus-wide section provides a comprehensive overview of outcomes for all Illinois bachelor’s degree recipients from August 2024, December 2024, and May 2025.

This section includes:

Campus-Wide Graduate Outcomes
Summary of Graduate Outcomes by College
Campus-Wide Select Employment
Campus-Wide Select Continuing Education
Geographic Locations
Experiential Learning Participation

College-Level Graduate Outcomes

Graduate outcomes are presented by college in alphabetical order. Each college section includes:

Summary of College-Level Outcomes
Success Story
College-Level Select Employers
College-Level Select Graduate and Professional Schools
Graduate Outcomes by Major

All graduate outcomes by major are presented in orange tables. To provide clearer aggregation and facilitate interpretation of the results, broader groupings—such as school, department, or category—are used where appropriate. These broader groupings are presented in blue tables, with the corresponding majors listed beneath them in an indented orange table format.

Graduate outcomes by major are presented in alphabetical order in the full tables, regardless of the prefix (e.g., school, department, category, or major), and follow the same order in the indented tables.

Methods

The final section of this report details the methodology used to compile and analyze the data and provides the number of graduates and knowledge rates by graduate cohort, detailing cohort size and knowledge rates for each graduating class.

Additional information on data collection, privacy and confidentiality, terms and conditions, and data analysis and presentation can be accessed via this link.

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Summary of the 2024-2025 Graduating Class

The Illini Success initiative gathers data about the post-graduation pursuits of bachelor’s degree recipients at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This report focuses on the experiences of Illinois students who graduated during the 2024-2025 academic year, including the August 2024, December 2024, and May 2025 graduation cohorts.

Post-graduate outcomes were identified for 65% of the graduates. Within the data collected, 93% of reporting graduates had secured a

first destination of employment, additional education, or volunteer/service work within six months of graduation. Sample sizes and knowledge rates vary considerably across colleges and majors. As with all data sets, careful interpretation of the results is encouraged.

Warm congratulations are extended to all the graduates. Much appreciation is extended to those who shared information about their post-graduation endeavors and their stories for this report.

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65%

knowledge rate of where our graduates have landed

91%

of graduates report participating in experiential learning opportunities while at Illinois

93%

secured a first destination of employment (58%), additional education (34%), or volunteer service (<1%)

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U.S. states and 24 foreign countries were represented as first destination locations

80%

of Illinois residents secured their first destination within the state of Illinois (70% of graduates overall remain in Illinois)

43%

of graduates who participated in experiential learning opportunities received a job offer as a result

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52K-90K is the median salary range by college reported by employed bachelor's degree graduates

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Graduate Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Secured Destination¹ and Knowledge Rate²	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 65% (5,790)	Number of Graduates 8,903
First Destination	Employed 58%	Continuing Education 34%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation³	Median Salary (N) $79,000 (1,140)	Average Salary (N) $79,516 (1,140)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $6,000 (492)

¹Secured First Destination Rate: The percentage of graduates who indicated a Primary Status of working, enrolling in continuing education, or engaging in volunteer/military service within six months of graduation.
²Knowledge Rate: The percentage of graduates for whom a Primary Status is known, based on survey responses and/or secondary sources.
³Compensation: Median and Average Salaries are calculated from all types of employment, including full-time, part-time, internship, fellowship, etc. The analysis excludes values below the federal minimum wage equivalent for full-time employment and above $500,000. Outliers beyond three standard deviations are also removed before calculating averages and medians. Signing bonuses are not included in salary calculations.

These definitions persist throughout the report. Additional information pertaining to data collection, privacy and confidentiality, and terms and conditions, as well as data analysis and presentation, can be accessed via this link.

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Graduate Outcomes by College

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 81%	Knowledge Rate (N) 95% (668)	Number of Graduates 702
First Destination	Employed 57%	Continuing Education 24%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (172)	Average Salary (N) $59,235 (172)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $4,000 (12)

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College of Applied Health Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (392)	Number of Graduates 655
First Destination	Employed 36%	Continuing Education 60%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $56,250 (12)	Average Salary (N) $58,177 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Gies College of Business

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 87% (759)	Number of Graduates 872
First Destination	Employed 78%	Continuing Education 19%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $81,000 (266)	Average Salary (N) $81,621 (266)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (172)

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College of Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 99%	Knowledge Rate (N) 86% (156)	Number of Graduates 182
First Destination	Employed 89%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $52,600 (21)	Average Salary (N) $49,993 (21)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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The Grainger College of Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 63% (1,328)	Number of Graduates 2,120
First Destination	Employed 60%	Continuing Education 35%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $90,000 (302)	Average Salary (N) $101,101 (302)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (184)

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College of Fine and Applied Arts

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 55% (244)	Number of Graduates 444
First Destination	Employed 60%	Continuing Education 36%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,600 (22)	Average Salary (N) $54,546 (22)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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School of Information Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 51% (117)	Number of Graduates 228
First Destination	Employed 59%	Continuing Education 36%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,000 (25)	Average Salary (N) $78,038 (25)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,600 (10)

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (1,994)	Number of Graduates 3,450
First Destination	Employed 52%	Continuing Education 42%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $73,250 (312)	Average Salary (N) $77,740 (312)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $6,000 (105)

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College of Media

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 89%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (181)	Number of Graduates 305
First Destination	Employed 77%	Continuing Education 12%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $58,000 (36)	Average Salary (N) $64,653 (36)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $7,000 (13)

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School of Social Work

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 79% (61)	Number of Graduates 77
First Destination	Employed 25%	Continuing Education 75%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Employment

The list below outlines the industries and employers that hired Illinois graduates. For insights into the specific employers who hired graduates from various colleges, please visit the respective college pages.

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Select Industries

Employed more than 100 graduates

Accounting

Banking & Financial Services

Education, Higher Education

Education, Pre-K - 12 Education

Healthcare Services & Hospitals

High Tech/Information Technology

Internet

Investment & Finance

Management Consulting

Manufacturing

Employed more than 50 graduates

Advertising, PR & Marketing

Aerospace & Aviation

Civil Engineering

Construction

Consulting

Electronics & Electronic Manufacturing

Food & Beverage

Government - Local, State & Federal

Insurance

Transportation & Logistics

Employed more than 30 graduates

Agriculture & Agri-Business

Automotive

Computer & Electronic Products

Legal Services

Medical Devices

Military & Defense

Non-Profit/Philanthropy

Research & Science

Retail Trade

Social & Human Services

Sports & Leisure

Utilities and Renewable Energy

Wholesale Trade

Employed more than 10 graduates

Architecture & Planning

Biotechnology & Life Sciences

Business Services

Chemicals

Computer Systems Design & Networks

Consumer Services & Products

Education, Other

Environment & Natural Resources

Health, Wellness & Fitness

Hotel, Restaurant, & Hospitality

Human Resources

Journalism, Media & Publishing

Law Enforcement & Security

Movies, TV, Music

Oil & Gas

Performing and Fine Arts

Pharmaceuticals

Real Estate

Religious Work

Scientific and Technical Consulting

Veterinary

Employed graduates

Animal & Wildlife

Communication Services

Design

Fashion & Apparel

Forestry

International Affairs

Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Mining & Metals

Museums, Historical Sites, & Libraries

Plastics & Rubber Products

Politics

Travel & Tourism

Waste Management

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Select Employers

Employed more than 30 graduates

Amazon

Deloitte

Epic Systems

EY

KPMG

PwC

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Employed more than 15 graduates

Caterpillar, Inc

Champaign Community Unit SD 4

City of Chicago SD 299

Google

IBM

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Meta Platforms

Northrop Grumman

SpaceX

Employed more than 10 graduates

Archer Daniels Midland

Capital One

CDW

Crowe

Echo Global Logistics

Medline Industries

Microsoft

PepsiCo

Protiviti

RSM

State Farm

Urbana SD 116

Employed more than 5 graduates

Abbott

AbbVie

Andersen Corporation

Apple

Athletico

BMO Financial Group

Boeing

bp

Busey Bank

Carle Health

Collins Aerospace

Constellation

Derick Dermatology

Ecolab

Eli Lilly and Company

Endeavor Health

ExxonMobil

Ford Motor Company

GEICO

General Motors

Goldman Sachs

Grainger

Honeywell

Illinois Tool Works

International Motors

Kimley-Horn

Lincoln International

Mastercard

Mayo Clinic

McDonald’s

Milwaukee Tool

Morgan Stanley

Mortenson

Motorola Solutions

Northwestern Medicine

NVIDIA

Optiver

Palo Alto Networks

Plainfield Community Consolidated SD 202

Plante Moran

Procter & Gamble

Rivian

Rush University Medical Center

Sargent & Lundy

Schaumburg Community Consolidated SD 54

Synchrony

Tesla

Texas Instruments

TopBloc

U.S. Bank

UL Solutions

Uline

Zebra Technologies

Employed more than 3 graduates

Accenture

Action Behavior Centers

Adobe

ADP

Advocate Health Care

AGCO Corporation

Alvarez & Marsal

American Hip Institute

Ameriprise Financial Services

Aon

Atlassian

Bain & Company

Baird

Baker Tilly

Bank of America

Barclays

BlackRock

Burns & McDonnell

CACI International

Charles Schwab

Chicago Bears

CITGO

Citibank

Coinbase

ComEd

Community Consolidated School District 45

Connelly Electric

COUNTRY Financial

CVS Health

Danville Community Consolidated School District 118

Dashiell

Datadog

Duly Health and Care

Eaton

Enterprise Mobility

Extern

FCB Chicago

Ferrara

Gallagher

GE HealthCare

Glanbia Performance Nutrition

Grant Thornton

Handshake

Health Care Service Corporation

HealthScape Advisors

HNTB

Houlihan Lokey

Hub Group

Illinois Bone & Joint Institute

Illinois Student Assistance Commission

Insight Global

Invenergy

Jump Trading

Kaufman Hall

KCIC

Kearney

Kiewit

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Kroll

Marvell Technology

McLean County Unit District No. 5

Miller Cooper

Molex

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Nokia

Northern Trust

Northwestern Mutual

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

OneDigital Advanced Health

Oracle

Origami Risk

Ortho Molecular Products

Palantir Technologies

PayPal

Phillips 66

Piper Sandler

PNC Bank

Rivos

Rosecrance Health Network

Salesforce

Samsung Electronics

SAP

School District U-46

Siemens

Stanford University

Stripe

Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company

Target

Techtronic Industries

The Trade Desk

The Walt Disney Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thresholds

Turner Construction Company

Uber

United Airlines

Walgreens

Walmart

WCIA

Wells Fargo

William Blair

Wintrust Financial Corporation

Woodward

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Continuing Education

The list below outlines the graduate and professional school choices of Illinois graduates. For insights into the specific graduate and professional schools by colleges, please visit the respective college pages.

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Enrolled more than 800 graduates

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Enrolled more than 25 graduates

Columbia University

Cornell University

Northwestern University

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Michigan

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Enrolled more than 10 graduates

Carnegie Mellon University

DePaul University

Elmhurst University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Loyola University Chicago

New York University

Northern Illinois University

Purdue University

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Rush University

Saint Louis University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Stanford University

The Ohio State University

The University of Texas at Austin

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Chicago

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

Washington University in St. Louis

Enrolled more than 5 graduates

Aurora University

Boston University

Brown University

Case Western Reserve University

Duke University

Eastern Illinois University

Governors State University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois State University

Indiana University Bloomington

Johns Hopkins University

Lewis University

Marquette University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

North Central College

Saint Xavier University

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Chicago School

University of California, San Diego

University of Maryland

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of Washington

Vanderbilt University

Enrolled graduates

A.T. Still University

Bradley University

Chamberlain University

City University of New York

Creighton University

Des Moines University

Dominican University

Emory University

Florida State University

Georgetown University

Illinois College of Optometry

Indiana University Indianapolis

Iowa State University

Michigan State University

National Louis University

National University of Health Sciences

Northeastern University

Pratt Institute

Princeton University

Relay Graduate School of Education

Rice University

Roosevelt University

Southern Illinois University

Texas A&M University

The Pennsylvania State University

The University of Hong Kong

The University of Texas at Dallas

University of California, Davis

University of California, Irvine

University of California, San Francisco

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Illinois Springfield

University of Missouri - Columbia

University of Missouri - St. Louis

University of Nebraska Medical Center

University of Notre Dame

University of Rochester

University of South Florida

Western Governors University

Western Illinois University

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Degree Sought

32%

Master of Science (M.S.)

30%

Other Master's Degree (e.g, M.A., M.Eng., M.S.W.)

11%

Doctoral Degree (e.g., Ph.D.)

8%

Other Doctoral Professional Degree (e.g., D.O.T., D.P.T., D.V.M.)

6%

Master of Accounting Science (M.A.S.)

5%

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

5%

Other (e.g., Certificate, Post-Bacc)

3%

Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) /Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)

Select Area of Study

Enrolled more than 100 graduates

Computer & Information Sciences

Health Professions & Sciences

Enrolled more than 50 graduates

Accountancy

Business & Management

Data Science & Informatics

Engineering – Aerospace, Materials, Mechanical

Engineering – Computer, Electrical

Legal Professions & Studies

Medicine

Psychology

Social Work

Enrolled more than 25 graduates

Architecture & Landscape Architecture

Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Education & Teaching

Engineering – Agricultural, Bio, Chemical

Engineering – Civil, Environmental, Industrial

Engineering & Science Technologies

Finance

Human Resources & Labor Relations

Library & Information Science

Mathematics & Statistics

Nursing

Physical Sciences

Veterinary Medicine/Sciences

Enrolled more than 10 graduates

Animal Sciences

Community & Public Health

Economics

Health Administration

Visual & Performing Arts

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Geographic Locations

As shared by 5,004 graduates, the majority of the class (70%) chose a first destination within the state of Illinois, with an additional 28% selecting other U.S. destinations. Some of the most common U.S. destinations outside of Illinois include California, New York, Wisconsin, Texas, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Washington, Indiana, Michigan, and Massachusetts. An additional 2% of graduates indicated a variety of international locations across the world, including China, the United Kingdom, South Korea, India, Japan, France, the United Arab Emirates, and Singapore.

A geographical map of the United States represents the distribution of graduates across all states.

First Destinations of Illinois Graduates

Alabama:
1
Alaska:
1
Arizona:
17
Arkansas:
3
California:
279
Colorado:
20
Connecticut:
10
Delaware:
2
District of Columbia:
19
Florida:
25
Georgia:
34
Hawaii:
0
Idaho:
2
Illinois:
3,511
Indiana:
60
Iowa:
18
Kansas:
6
Kentucky:
3
Louisiana:
6
Maine:
1
Maryland:
18
Massachusetts:
49
Michigan:
49
Minnesota:
33
Mississippi:
1
Missouri:
64
Montana:
1
Nebraska:
9
Nevada:
2
New Hampshire:
0
New Jersey:
26
New Mexico:
1
New York:
185
North Carolina:
36
North Dakota:
2
Ohio:
35
Oklahoma:
3
Oregon:
8
Pennsylvania:
64
Rhode Island:
5
South Carolina:
2
South Dakota:
2
Tennessee:
16
Texas:
92
Utah:
8
Vermont:
1
Virginia:
22
Washington:
60
West Virginia:
3
Wisconsin:
110
Wyoming:
3
U.S. (No state provided): 119
INTERNATIONAL
Australia:
1
Canada:
1
China:
14
Costa Rica:
1
France:
3
Germany:
2
India:
7
Indonesia:
1
Ireland:
1
Japan:
4
Mexico:
1
Netherland:
2
Puerto Rico:
1
Saudi Arabia:
2
Singapore:
3
South Korea:
10
Spain:
2
Sweden:
1
Switzerland:
2
Taiwan:
1
Thailand:
1
United Arab Emirates:
3
United Kingdom:
12
Vietnam:
1

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Experiential Learning

Experiential learning activities connect classroom knowledge to the world in which students live and work. These experiences help students explore career and personal interests, develop transferable skills, expand networks and references, and strengthen their portfolios as they prepare to transition beyond their bachelor’s degrees. 91% of graduates reported participating in experiential learning. Here is a snapshot of how they gained experience, as shared by 2,245 graduates.

Experiential Learning Activity	Number of Respondents	Percentage of Respondents
Internships	1,725	77%
Undergraduate Research Projects	745	33%
Assistantships	391	17%
Study Abroad	368	16%
Service Learning/Volunteering	325	14%
Field Experiences/Practicums	207	9%
Student Teaching	271	12%
Clinical Experiences	133	6%
Co-ops	127	6%

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91%

of graduates reported participating in experiential learning

43%

of graduates who participated in experiential learning activities received a job offer as a result

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College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

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702

Number of Graduates

81%

Secured First Destination

57%

Employed

24%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$60,000 (172)

Median Salary (N)

$59,235 (172)

Average Salary (N)

95%

Knowledge Rate

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Select Employers

Adullam Cave

Amazon

Ameriprise Financial Services

Animal Care League

Archer Daniels Midland

Archer Veterinary Clinic

BluePearl Pet Hospital

Busey Bank

Byrne Enterprise

Champaign County Humane Society

Compeer Financial

Cotter Consulting

DeLong Company

Echo Global Logistics

Epic Systems

Equitable Advisors

Family Care Health Centers

Farm Credit Illinois

FH Paschen

Fidelity Investments

Goldman Sachs

Governors State University

Granite Construction

Hagyard Equine Medical Institute

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

Illinois Farm Business Farm Management

Illinois High School

Kiewit

KPMG

Morgan Stanley

Mostardi Platt

Nutrien Ag Solutions

OneDigital Advanced Health

Prairie Research Institute, Illinois Natural History Survey

Richard’s Body Shop

State Farm

Sterling Labs

Tegus

Turner Construction Company

U.S. Bank

United States Armed Forces

United States Army

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urban Farmer

Ventana DBS

Viterra

Walsh Group

Wells Fargo Advisors

Wesco

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Andrews University

Boston University

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Columbia University

Cornell University

DePaul University

Duke University

Florida State University

Illinois State University

Indiana University Bloomington

Madison Area Technical College

Michigan State University

New York University

North Central College

Northern Illinois University

Northwestern university

Oregon State University

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Royal Veterinary College

Smith College

South Dakota State University

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Southwestern Illinois College

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

The Ohio State University

The Pennsylvania State University

The University of Hong Kong

The University of Texas at Austin

University College Dublin

University of California, Davis

University of Chicago

University of Glasgow

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Mary Hardin–Baylor

University of Missouri - Columbia

University of Pennsylvania

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Wheaton College

Worsham College of Mortuary Science

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College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 84%	Knowledge Rate (N) 90% (64)	Number of Graduates 71
First Destination	Employed 66%	Continuing Education 19%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $75,000 (25)	Average Salary (N) $72,736 (25)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (5)

^Majors included: Agricultural & Biological Engineering and Engineering Technology and Management for Agricultural Systems. Find Agricultural & Biological Engineering in The Grainger College of Engineering.

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Major in Engineering Technology & Management for Agricultural Systems

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 81%	Knowledge Rate (N) 98% (54)	Number of Graduates 55
First Destination	Employed 69%	Continuing Education 13%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $75,000 (20)	Average Salary (N) $74,409 (20)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $4,000 (9*)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting signing bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide signing bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 85%	Knowledge Rate (N) 97% (203)	Number of Graduates 210
First Destination	Employed 73%	Continuing Education 12%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $67,750 (76)	Average Salary (N) $67,235 (76)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (6)

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Major in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 89%	Knowledge Rate (N) 97% (36)	Number of Graduates 37
First Destination	Employed 78%	Continuing Education 11%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,000 (15)	Average Salary (N) $55,338 (15)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Department of Animal Sciences^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 80%	Knowledge Rate (N) 89% (131)	Number of Graduates 147
First Destination	Employed 36%	Continuing Education 45%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $32,640 (17)	Average Salary (N) $36,176 (17)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Animal Science and Computer Science + Animal Sciences

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Major in Animal Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 81%	Knowledge Rate (N) 89% (129)	Number of Graduates 145
First Destination	Employed 36%	Continuing Education 45%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $32,640 (17)	Average Salary (N) $36,176 (17)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Computer Science + Animal Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 50%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (2)	Number of Graduates 2
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Department of Crop Sciences^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 84%	Knowledge Rate (N) 94% (32)	Number of Graduates 34
First Destination	Employed 44%	Continuing Education 41%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (6)	Average Salary (N) $57,500 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Agronomy, Computer Science + Crop Sciences, Crop Sciences, and Plant Biotechnology.

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Major in Agronomy

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (2)	Number of Graduates 2
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Computer Science + Crop Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (5)	Number of Graduates 5
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Crop Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 76%	Knowledge Rate (N) 91% (21)	Number of Graduates 23
First Destination	Employed 43%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $51,000 (8*)	Average Salary (N) $52,125 (8*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Plant Biotechnology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (4)	Number of Graduates 4
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 96% (71)	Number of Graduates 74
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 35%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,000 (17)	Average Salary (N) $52,670 (17)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Dietetics and Nutrition, Food Science, Hospitality Management, and Nutrition & Health.

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Major in Dietetics and Nutrition

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (18)	Number of Graduates 18
First Destination	Employed 11%	Continuing Education 83%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Food Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 96% (27)	Number of Graduates 28
First Destination	Employed 62%	Continuing Education 31%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $61,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $61,957 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Hospitality Management

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 83%	Knowledge Rate (N) 92% (12)	Number of Graduates 13
First Destination	Employed 83%	Continuing Education 0%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,000 (6)	Average Salary (N) $48,500 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Nutrition & Health

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 77%	Knowledge Rate (N) 93% (14)	Number of Graduates 15
First Destination	Employed 69%	Continuing Education 8%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $40,000 (7*)	Average Salary (N) $39,242 (7*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Human Development and Family Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 74%	Knowledge Rate (N) 98% (58)	Number of Graduates 59
First Destination	Employed 44%	Continuing Education 30%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $40,000 (8)	Average Salary (N) $38,150 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 66%	Knowledge Rate (N) 96% (81)	Number of Graduates 84
First Destination	Employed 55%	Continuing Education 11%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $42,000 (12)	Average Salary (N) $45,983 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Sustainability in Food & Environmental Systems

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate -	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (3)	Number of Graduates 3
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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College of Applied Health Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

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655

Number of Graduates

96%

Secured First Destination

36%

Employed

60%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$56,250 (12)

Median Salary (N)

$58,177 (12)

Average Salary (N)

60%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

SAY YES TO OPPORTUNITIES, TO LEADERSHIP ROLES, AND TO EXPERIENCES THAT MAY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AT FIRST

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Nevin Adams

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Select Employers

Advocate Health Care

Athletico

Ball State University

Carle Health

CDW

Champaign Community Unit School District 4

Chicago Bears

Cleveland Cavaliers

Coal City Community Unit School District 1

Coast to Coast Logistics

Consolidated High School District 230

Crunch Fitness

DePuy Synthes

DICK’S Sporting Goods

Disney Vacation Club

Elmhurst Hospital

Epic Systems

Feel Good Counseling Center

Fleming Law Office

Granite School District

Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204

Interlochen Center for the Arts

LEARN Behavioral

Maatuka Al-Heeti Emkes

Mahomet-Seymour Community Unit School District 3

Matlin Law Group

Medline Industries

Northwestern Medicine

Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine

Peoria Toyota

PepsiCo

Prime Healthcare

Robert Half

Rotech Healthcare

RUSH Kids Pediatric Therapy

Rush University Medical Center

Shirley Ryan AbilityLab

SpectrumVoIP

StretchLab

Stryker

UnitedHealth Group

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Oklahoma

Valley View Community Unit School District 365U

Wheaton Park District

William Fremd High School

Wilmette District 39

Wood River Police Department

,

Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Aurora University

Bradley University

Case Western Reserve University

Chamberlain University

Clarke University

DePaul University

Des Moines University

Eastern Illinois University

Elmhurst University

Florida State University

Governors State University

Illinois State University

Iowa State University

Johns Hopkins University

Lewis University

Marquette University

Middle Tennessee State University

National University of Health Sciences

North Central College

North Park University

Northern Illinois University

Northwestern University

Purdue University

Quincy University

Rasmussen University

Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

Rush University

Saint Louis University

Saint Xavier University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Ohio State University

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Springfield

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of New England

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Vanderbilt University

Washington University in St. Louis

Western Illinois University

,

College of Applied Health Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

Department of Health and Kinesiology^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (281)	Number of Graduates 481
First Destination	Employed 38%	Continuing Education 59%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $56,250 (10)	Average Salary (N) $50,550 (10)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Community Health, Interdisciplinary Health Science, and Kinesiology.

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Major in Community Health

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 99%	Knowledge Rate (N) 64% (81)	Number of Graduates 127
First Destination	Employed 48%	Continuing Education 51%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $70,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $66,920 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Interdisciplinary Health Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (85)	Number of Graduates 146
First Destination	Employed 33%	Continuing Education 63%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $40,000 (7*)	Average Salary (N) $45,857 (7*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Kinesiology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 55% (115)	Number of Graduates 208
First Destination	Employed 35%	Continuing Education 61%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 45% (45)	Number of Graduates 99
First Destination	Employed 60%	Continuing Education 38%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $41,520 (5*)	Average Salary (N) $37,588 (5*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Speech & Hearing Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 88% (66)	Number of Graduates 75
First Destination	Employed 11%	Continuing Education 82%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Gies College of Business

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

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872

Number of Graduates

96%

Secured First Destination

78%

Employed

19%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$81,000 (266)

Median Salary (N)

$81,621 (266)

Average Salary (N)

87%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

TO BE AS INVOLVED IN EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR COLLEGE LIFE AS POSSIBLE

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Oscar Garcia

,

Select Employers

Abbott

AbbVie

Accenture

Alvarez & Marsal

Amazon

Andersen Corporation

Archer Daniels Midland

Bain & Company

Baird

Baker Tilly

Bank of America

BMO Financial Group

Boeing

bp

Capital One

Caterpillar

CDW

Citibank

Claro Healthcare

CliftonLarsonAllen

Conagra Brands

Crowe

Deloitte

DHL Supply Chain

Echo Global Logistics

Ernst & Young

GE HealthCare

Grainger

Grant Thornton

Houlihan Lokey

IBM

Illinois Tool Works

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

KPMG

Kroll

Lincoln International

McDonald’s

Medline Industries

Middle River Power

Miller Cooper

Morgan Stanley

Northern Trust

PepsiCo

Perella Weinberg Partners

Plante Moran

PNC Bank

Protiviti

PwC

RSM

Salesforce

State Farm

Synchrony

U.S. Bank

UL Solutions

Uline

Ulta Beauty

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Walgreens

William Blair

Zebra Technologies

,

Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Boston University

Carnegie Mellon University

Columbia University

Cornell University

DePaul University

Duke University

Full Sail University

Georgetown University

Indiana University Bloomington

Nanyang Technological University

New York University

Northwestern University

Santa Clara University

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The University of Hong Kong

University Carlos III of Madrid

University of Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Iowa

University of Michigan

University of Notre Dame

University of Oxford

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Valparaiso University

Vanderbilt University

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Gies College of Business: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

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Department of Accountancy^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 91% (323)	Number of Graduates 356
First Destination	Employed 64%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $82,000 (95)	Average Salary (N) $84,324 (95)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (53)

^Majors included: Accountancy and Accountancy + Data Science.

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Major in Accountancy

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 91% (297)	Number of Graduates 326
First Destination	Employed 65%	Continuing Education 32%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $82,000 (87)	Average Salary (N) $84,343 (87)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (48)

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Major in Accountancy + Data Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 87% (26)	Number of Graduates 30
First Destination	Employed 60%	Continuing Education 36%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $82,500 (8)	Average Salary (N) $84,125 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (5)

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Department of Business Administration^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 87% (309)	Number of Graduates 354
First Destination	Employed 87%	Continuing Education 9%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,000 (125)	Average Salary (N) $77,174 (125)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (79)

^Majors included: Business + Data Science, Information Systems, Management, Marketing, Operations Management, Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, and Supply Chain Management.

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Major in Business + Data Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 67% (2)	Number of Graduates 3
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Information Systems

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 93% (174)	Number of Graduates 187
First Destination	Employed 90%	Continuing Education 5%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $82,000 (77)	Average Salary (N) $82,462 (77)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (55)

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Major in Management

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 85% (46)	Number of Graduates 54
First Destination	Employed 76%	Continuing Education 20%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $67,500 (16)	Average Salary (N) $68,475 (16)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (6)

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Major in Marketing

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 86% (122)	Number of Graduates 142
First Destination	Employed 87%	Continuing Education 8%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $73,000 (43)	Average Salary (N) $71,793 (43)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (26)

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Major in Operations Management

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 78% (21)	Number of Graduates 27
First Destination	Employed 95%	Continuing Education 5%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $69,350 (12)	Average Salary (N) $72,558 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (10)

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Major in Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 78% (21)	Number of Graduates 27
First Destination	Employed 81%	Continuing Education 14%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $62,000 (8)	Average Salary (N) $68,191 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Supply Chain Management

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 92% (35)	Number of Graduates 38
First Destination	Employed 89%	Continuing Education 9%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $75,000 (16)	Average Salary (N) $76,694 (16)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (13)

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Department of Finance^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 86% (293)	Number of Graduates 339
First Destination	Employed 87%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (118)	Average Salary (N) $87,424 (118)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $7,000 (91)

^Majors included: Finance and Finance + Data Science.

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Major in Finance

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 86% (262)	Number of Graduates 306
First Destination	Employed 86%	Continuing Education 11%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $83,000 (105)	Average Salary (N) $86,743 (105)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $7,000 (79)

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Major in Finance + Data Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 94% (31)	Number of Graduates 33
First Destination	Employed 97%	Continuing Education 3%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $90,000 (13)	Average Salary (N) $92,923 (13)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $6,000 (12)

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College of Education

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

,

182

Number of Graduates

99%

Secured First Destination

89%

Employed

10%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$52,600 (21)

Median Salary (N)

$49,993 (21)

Average Salary (N)

86%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

GIVE YOURSELF TIME AND UTILIZE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT RESOURCES AT ILLINOIS

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Daniel Vicens

,

Select Employers

Alexander Leigh Center for Autism

Baby TALK Head Start

Breese Elementary School District 12

Champaign Unit 4 Schools

Chicago Public Schools

Community Consolidated School District 102

Community Consolidated School District 168

Community Consolidated School District 45

Community Consolidated School District 59

Community Unit School District 200

Community Unit School District 201

Danville Community Consolidated School District 118

Decatur Public Schools

Effingham Community Unit School District 40

Elmhurst Community Unit School District 205

Evanston/Skokie School District 65

Georgetown-Ridge Farm Community Unit School District 4

Glenview Community Consolidated School District 34

Homer Community Consolidated School District 33C

Latin School of Chicago

McLean County Unit District No. 5

Meridian School

Mokena Elementary School

Montessori Kids Universe Effingham

Mount Prospect Park District

Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200

Orland School District 135

Park Ridge Community Consolidated School District 64

Parkland Child Development Center

Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202

Prairie Grove Community Consolidated School District 46

Rantoul City School District 137

Rosedale Union School District

Saint Martin’s University

Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54

Schiller Park School District 81

School District U-46

Springfield School District 186

Summit School District 104

Tuscola Community Unit School District 301

University Primary School

Urbana School District 116

Winnetka School District 36

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

DePaul University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Western Governors University

Wheaton College

,

College of Education: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

Department of Curriculum and Instruction^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 84% (131)	Number of Graduates 156
First Destination	Employed 90%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,000 (17)	Average Salary (N) $49,521 (17)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $2,500 (6*)

^Majors included: Computer Science + Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and Middle Grades Education.
*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting signing bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide signing bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Computer Science + Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (2)	Number of Graduates 2
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Early Childhood Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 71% (32)	Number of Graduates 45
First Destination	Employed 91%	Continuing Education 9%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $56,000 (6)	Average Salary (N) $51,300 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Elementary Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 89% (75)	Number of Graduates 84
First Destination	Employed 92%	Continuing Education 8%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $48,375 (8)	Average Salary (N) $46,406 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Middle Grades Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 88% (22)	Number of Graduates 25
First Destination	Employed 91%	Continuing Education 9%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $48,190 (6*)	Average Salary (N) $52,180 (6*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Learning and Education Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 90%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (10)	Number of Graduates 10
First Destination	Employed 70%	Continuing Education 20%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Special Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 94% (15)	Number of Graduates 16
First Destination	Employed 93%	Continuing Education 7%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $53,500 (8*)	Average Salary (N) $54,000 (8*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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The Grainger College of Engineering

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

,

2,120

Number of Graduates

95%

Secured First Destination

60%

Employed

35%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$90,000 (302)

Median Salary (N)

$101,101 (302)

Average Salary (N)

63%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

YOU GET TO CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE WHEN THINGS GET CHALLENGING

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Michaela McBride

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Select Employers

Amazon

Apple

Boeing

Burns & McDonnell

CACI International

Capital One

Caterpillar

Collins Aerospace

ComEd

Connelly Electric

Constellation

dbHMS

Eaton

Epic Systems

EY

ExxonMobil

Ford Motor Company

GEICO

General Motors

Google

Grainger

HNTB

Honeywell

IBM

International Motors

Jump Trading

Kimley-Horn

Marvell Technology

Medline Industries

Meta Platforms

Microsoft

Milwaukee Tool

Mortenson

Motorola Solutions

Northrop Grumman

NVIDIA

Optiver

Oracle

Procter & Gamble

Rivian

Rivos

Sargent & Lundy

Siemens

SpaceX

Stanford University

Tesla

Texas Instruments

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Woodward

,

Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Brown University

California Institute of Technology

Carnegie Mellon University

Case Western Reserve University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Imperial College London

Johns Hopkins University

Lehigh University

Loyola University Chicago

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

McGill University

New York University

North Carolina State University

Northwestern University

Purdue University

Rice University

Santa Clara University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Stanford University

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich

Texas A&M University

The Ohio State University

The University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Dallas

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, San Diego

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Maryland

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

University of Southern California

University of Utah

University of Virginia

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Washington University in St. Louis

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The Grainger College of Engineering: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

Major in Aerospace Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 66% (97)	Number of Graduates 147
First Destination	Employed 51%	Continuing Education 44%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $83,200 (13)	Average Salary (N) $81,982 (13)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (8)

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Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 84%	Knowledge Rate (N) 90% (64)	Number of Graduates 71
First Destination	Employed 66%	Continuing Education 19%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $75,000 (25)	Average Salary (N) $72,736 (25)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (5)

^Majors included: Agricultural & Biological Engineering and Engineering Technology and Management for Agricultural Systems. Find Engineering Technology & Management for Agricultural Systems in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences.

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Major in Agricultural & Biological Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 63% (10)	Number of Graduates 16
First Destination	Employed 50%	Continuing Education 50%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $78,500 (10*)	Average Salary (N) $77,280 (10*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Bioengineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 99%	Knowledge Rate (N) 74% (70)	Number of Graduates 94
First Destination	Employed 51%	Continuing Education 48%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $76,000 (11)	Average Salary (N) $74,927 (11)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $9,000 (6)

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (104)	Number of Graduates 178
First Destination	Employed 60%	Continuing Education 40%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,009 (20)	Average Salary (N) $82,408 (20)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $3,750 (12)

^Majors included: Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering.

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Major in Civil Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (99)	Number of Graduates 173
First Destination	Employed 61%	Continuing Education 39%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,018 (19)	Average Salary (N) $82,640 (19)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $3,750 (12)

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Major in Environmental Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (5)	Number of Graduates 5
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Computer Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 62% (229)	Number of Graduates 372
First Destination	Employed 62%	Continuing Education 34%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $133,000 (43)	Average Salary (N) $132,200 (43)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $15,500 (30)

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Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 91%	Knowledge Rate (N) 67% (456)	Number of Graduates 678
First Destination	Employed 56%	Continuing Education 35%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $99,700 (117)	Average Salary (N) $109,851 (117)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (82)

^Majors included: Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering.

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Major in Computer Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 89%	Knowledge Rate (N) 70% (321)	Number of Graduates 458
First Destination	Employed 57%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $117,650 (80)	Average Salary (N) $119,064 (80)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (60)

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Major in Electrical Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 61% (135)	Number of Graduates 220
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 42%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $83,250 (36)	Average Salary (N) $87,429 (36)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $6,500 (22)

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Department of Industrial & Enterprise Systems Engineering^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (71)	Number of Graduates 123
First Destination	Employed 92%	Continuing Education 8%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (25)	Average Salary (N) $85,000 (25)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (11)

^Majors included: Industrial Engineering and Systems Engineering and Design.

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Major in Industrial Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (32)	Number of Graduates 56
First Destination	Employed 88%	Continuing Education 13%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,000 (9)	Average Salary (N) $77,778 (9)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (5)

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Major in Systems Engineering and Design

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (39)	Number of Graduates 67
First Destination	Employed 95%	Continuing Education 5%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $89,500 (16)	Average Salary (N) $89,063 (16)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (6)

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Major in Innovation, Leadership & Engineering Entrepreneurship

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 67% (6)	Number of Graduates 9
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Materials Science & Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 66% (41)	Number of Graduates 62
First Destination	Employed 44%	Continuing Education 56%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $78,000 (8)	Average Salary (N) $80,250 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $9,500 (9*)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Department of Mechanical Science & Engineering^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (180)	Number of Graduates 334
First Destination	Employed 78%	Continuing Education 21%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $83,000 (57)	Average Salary (N) $86,293 (57)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,500 (32)

^Majors included: Engineering Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering.

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Major in Engineering Mechanics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 64% (16)	Number of Graduates 25
First Destination	Employed 75%	Continuing Education 25%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $72,500 (5*)	Average Salary (N) $75,700 (5*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Mechanical Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 53% (164)	Number of Graduates 309
First Destination	Employed 78%	Continuing Education 20%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $82,500 (55)	Average Salary (N) $86,267 (55)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (31)

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Major in Nuclear, Plasma & Radiological Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 81% (17)	Number of Graduates 21
First Destination	Employed 53%	Continuing Education 41%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (7*)	Average Salary (N) $87,143 (7*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Department of Physics^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (63)	Number of Graduates 106
First Destination	Employed 34%	Continuing Education 59%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $105,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $112,600 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Engineering Physics and Physics.

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Major in Engineering Physics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (53)	Number of Graduates 90
First Destination	Employed 33%	Continuing Education 61%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $102,500 (6*)	Average Salary (N) $115,500 (6*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Physics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 90%	Knowledge Rate (N) 63% (10)	Number of Graduates 16
First Destination	Employed 40%	Continuing Education 50%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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College of Fine and Applied Arts

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

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444

Number of Graduates

96%

Secured First Destination

60%

Employed

36%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$55,600 (22)

Median Salary (N)

$54,546 (22)

Average Salary (N)

55%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

LEARN TO EMBRACE THE “GRAY AREA”, WHERE YOU ARE TORN BETWEEN MULTIPLE INTERESTS

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MUKTA PHATAK

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Select Employers

2010 Engineering

Action Screen Print & Embroidery

Bureau Valley Community Unit School District 340

Caravel Autism Health

Cary Community Consolidated School District 26

Casco Industries

Central States Marketing

Chicago Public Schools

Chipman Design Architecture

City of Chicago School District 299

City Year

CJP Architects

East Aurora School District 131

Edgar County Community Unit School District 6

Expand K

Extern

Gateway Studios & Production Services

Gina Battaglia

Google

Grant Community High School District 124

Hanger

Harvey School District 152

Katherine Frank Creative

KGH

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

La Grange School District 102

LUNA Art and Technology

New Home Star

POP Manufacturing

Publicis Health

Rantoul Township High School District 193

Schaumburg Community Consolidated School District 54

Seagle Music Colony

Silkworm

St. Christopher School

The Bravo’s Landscape

Uline

Uniting Voices Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana School District 116

Valley View Community Unit School District 365U

Versay Solutions

Vertical

Village of Shorewood

Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Arizona State University

Carnegie Mellon University

Columbia University

Cornell University

DePaul University

Fordham University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Pratt Institute

School of Visual Arts

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Texas Tech University

The Ohio State University

The University of Texas at Austin

University of Arkansas

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Irvine

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Michigan

University of Notre Dame

University of Pennsylvania

University of Rochester

University of Southern California

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Washington University in St. Louis

Western Governors University

Yale University

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College of Fine and Applied Arts: Graduate Outcomes by Department/Category and Major

Major in Architectural Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 71% (60)	Number of Graduates 84
First Destination	Employed 39%	Continuing Education 59%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Art & Design Category^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 90%	Knowledge Rate (N) 44% (21)	Number of Graduates 48
First Destination	Employed 62%	Continuing Education 29%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Art Education, Art History, New Media, Photography, and Studio Art.

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Major in Art Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 75% (9)	Number of Graduates 12
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Art History

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (1)	Number of Graduates 2
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in New Media

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate -	Knowledge Rate (N) -	Number of Graduates 1
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Photography

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 67%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (3)	Number of Graduates 5
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Studio Art

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 29% (8)	Number of Graduates 28
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Environmental Design Category^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 44% (23)	Number of Graduates 52
First Destination	Employed 82%	Continuing Education 18%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $57,000 (12*)	Average Salary (N) $56,750 (12*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Design.
*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Landscape Architecture

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 15% (2)	Number of Graduates 13
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Sustainable Design

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (21)	Number of Graduates 39
First Destination	Employed 80%	Continuing Education 20%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $56,000 (5*)	Average Salary (N) $54,900 (5*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Graphic Design

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (32)	Number of Graduates 59
First Destination	Employed 67%	Continuing Education 30%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $59,250 (6*)	Average Salary (N) $61,833 (6*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Industrial Design

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 46% (17)	Number of Graduates 37
First Destination	Employed 65%	Continuing Education 24%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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School of Music^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 69% (64)	Number of Graduates 93
First Destination	Employed 70%	Continuing Education 25%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $57,600 (11)	Average Salary (N) $57,359 (11)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (5*)

^Majors included: Computer Science + Music, Instrumental Music, Jazz Performance, Lyric Theatre, Music, Music Composition, Music Education, Musicology, Open Studies, and Voice.
*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting signing bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide signing bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Computer Science + Music

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 89%	Knowledge Rate (N) 75% (9)	Number of Graduates 12
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Instrumental Music

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 73% (11)	Number of Graduates 15
First Destination	Employed 36%	Continuing Education 64%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $88,100 (5*)	Average Salary (N) $85,620 (5*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents. The compensation reflects outcomes for all students with this major, including those who completed dual degrees in other colleges.

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Major in Jazz Performance

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 33% (1)	Number of Graduates 3
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Lyric Theatre

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (4)	Number of Graduates 8
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Music

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 78%	Knowledge Rate (N) 41% (9)	Number of Graduates 22
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Music Composition

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (1)	Number of Graduates 1
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Music Education

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 94% (31)	Number of Graduates 33
First Destination	Employed 90%	Continuing Education 10%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $61,000 (7*)	Average Salary (N) $58,643 (7*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Musicology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (1)	Number of Graduates 1
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Open Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 67% (2)	Number of Graduates 3
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Voice

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (1)	Number of Graduates 2
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Performance Arts Category^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 91%	Knowledge Rate (N) 26% (11)	Number of Graduates 42
First Destination	Employed 64%	Continuing Education 27%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Dance and Theatre.

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Major in Dance

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 38% (6)	Number of Graduates 16
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Theatre

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 80%	Knowledge Rate (N) 19% (5)	Number of Graduates 26
First Destination	Employed 60%	Continuing Education 20%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Urban Studies & Planning

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 61% (19)	Number of Graduates 31
First Destination	Employed 47%	Continuing Education 53%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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School of Information Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

,

228

Number of Graduates

95%

Secured First Destination

59%

Employed

36%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$80,000 (25)

Median Salary (N)

$78,038 (25)

Average Salary (N)

51%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

APPLY FOR OPPORTUNITIES EVEN IF YOU DON’T FEEL LIKE THE PERFECT CANDIDATE

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Aisaiah Pellecer

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Select Employers

AArete

Adobe

AGCO Corporation

Al-Futtaim

Allstate

Capital One

Chicago Bears

City of Champaign

ConvergeOne

Crowe

Deloitte

Digital Design Corporation

Ecolab

Epic Systems

Ernst & Young

FirstService Residential

Garmin

Goldman Sachs

Hirose Electric Americas

IBM

Impact Genome

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kairos

Kaufman Hall

Kearney

KellyMitchell Group

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Molex

Morningstar

NAHSE Chicago Midwest Chapter

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

OneText

Optum

Origami Risk

Palo Alto Networks

Procter & Gamble

Progress Rail, A Caterpillar Company

RSM

Rush University, Medical Center

Tegus

TopBloc

U.S. Department of State

United Airlines

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Walmart

Wells Fargo

ZeroPays

,

Select Graduate and Professional Schools

California State University - Long Beach

Carnegie Mellon University

Cornell University

Duke University

École Normale Supérieure

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Northwestern University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Irvine

University of California, San Diego

University of Chicago

University of East London

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Michigan

University of Pennsylvania

Washington University in St. Louis

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School of Information Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Major in Information Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 47% (74)	Number of Graduates 157
First Destination	Employed 65%	Continuing Education 28%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $79,250 (18)	Average Salary (N) $77,719 (18)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,600 (8)

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Major in Information Sciences + Data Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 98%	Knowledge Rate (N) 61% (43)	Number of Graduates 71
First Destination	Employed 49%	Continuing Education 49%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $80,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $78,857 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,500 (6*)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting signing bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide signing bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

,

3,450

Number of Graduates

94%

Secured First Destination

52%

Employed

42%

Continuing Education

<1%

Volunteer/Service

$73,250 (312)

Median Salary (N)

$77,740 (312)

Average Salary (N)

58%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

TRY AS MANY NEW AND DIFFERENT THINGS AS POSSIBLE

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Megan Tafalla

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Select Employers

Action Behavior Centers

ADP

Amazon

Aon

Archer Daniels Midland

Barclays

bp

Capital One

Caterpillar

CDW

Champaign Community Unit School District 4

Champaign Public Library

Chicago Public Schools

City of Chicago School District 299

Crowe

Deloitte

Derick Dermatology

Duly Health and Care

Echo Global Logistics

Eli Lilly and Company

Endeavor Health

Epic Systems

EY

ExxonMobil

GEICO

Glanbia Performance Nutrition

Goldman Sachs

Google

Handshake

Honeywell

IBM

Illinois Bone & Joint Institute

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Mastercard

Mayo Clinic

Meta Platforms

Microsoft

Morgan Stanley

Northwestern University

Oak Street Health

Optiver

Palantir Technologies

PepsiCo

Phillips 66

Procter & Gamble

Protiviti

Rosecrance Health Network

RSM

School District U-46

State Farm

Target

Techtronic Industries

Tempus AI

TopBloc

UL Solutions

Uline

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Urbana School District 116

Zebra Technologies

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Aurora University

Benedictine University

Boston University

Brown University

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Creighton University

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University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Vanderbilt University

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Department/Category and Major

Department of Anthropology^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 42% (16)	Number of Graduates 38
First Destination	Employed 31%	Continuing Education 63%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (9*)	Average Salary (N) $67,333 (9*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Anthropology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 89%	Knowledge Rate (N) 36% (9)	Number of Graduates 25
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Computer Science + Anthropology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (7)	Number of Graduates 13
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Department of Astronomy^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 51% (32)	Number of Graduates 63
First Destination	Employed 55%	Continuing Education 45%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $90,000 (5*)	Average Salary (N) $94,333 (5*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Astronomy, Astronomy + Data Science, Astrophysics, and Computer Science + Astronomy.
*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Astronomy

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 48% (11)	Number of Graduates 23
First Destination	Employed 30%	Continuing Education 70%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Astronomy + Data Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (3)	Number of Graduates 6
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Astrophysics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (10)	Number of Graduates 20
First Destination	Employed 50%	Continuing Education 50%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Computer Science + Astronomy

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (8)	Number of Graduates 14
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Chemical Engineering

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 70% (70)	Number of Graduates 100
First Destination	Employed 77%	Continuing Education 23%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $86,500 (34)	Average Salary (N) $85,716 (34)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (7)

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Department of Chemistry^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (78)	Number of Graduates 131
First Destination	Employed 52%	Continuing Education 44%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $54,000 (21)	Average Salary (N) $60,048 (21)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Chemistry and Computer Science + Chemistry.

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Major in Chemistry

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (71)	Number of Graduates 119
First Destination	Employed 50%	Continuing Education 46%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,500 (18)	Average Salary (N) $55,333 (18)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Computer Science + Chemistry

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (7)	Number of Graduates 12
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Communication

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (105)	Number of Graduates 211
First Destination	Employed 65%	Continuing Education 29%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,000 (10)	Average Salary (N) $50,910 (10)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies Category^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (21)	Number of Graduates 37
First Destination	Employed 55%	Continuing Education 40%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: African American Studies, Gender and Women's Studies, Individual Plans of Study, Interdisciplinary, Latin American Studies, and Latina/Latino Studies.

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Major in African American Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 40% (2)	Number of Graduates 5
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Gender and Women's Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 91%	Knowledge Rate (N) 69% (11)	Number of Graduates 16
First Destination	Employed 45%	Continuing Education 45%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Individual Plans of Study

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate -	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (1)	Number of Graduates 1
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Interdisciplinary

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (1)	Number of Graduates 1
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Latin American Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (1)	Number of Graduates 1
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Latina/Latino Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 38% (5)	Number of Graduates 13
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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School of Earth, Society & Environment^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 85%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (62)	Number of Graduates 106
First Destination	Employed 47%	Continuing Education 39%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (12)	Average Salary (N) $64,485 (12)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Atmospheric Sciences, Computer Science + Geography & GIS, Earth, Society & Environmental Sustainability, Geography & Geographic Information Science, and Geology.

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Major in Atmospheric Sciences

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 82%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (11)	Number of Graduates 11
First Destination	Employed 0%	Continuing Education 82%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Computer Science + Geography & GIS

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (2)	Number of Graduates 4
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Earth, Society & Environmental Sustainability

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 82%	Knowledge Rate (N) 48% (33)	Number of Graduates 69
First Destination	Employed 48%	Continuing Education 33%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $60,000 (6)	Average Salary (N) $64,758 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Geography & Geographic Information Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 71% (12)	Number of Graduates 17
First Destination	Employed 50%	Continuing Education 42%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Geology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 90% (9)	Number of Graduates 10
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Department of Economics^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 73% (334)	Number of Graduates 455
First Destination	Employed 56%	Continuing Education 31%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $79,000 (89)	Average Salary (N) $86,721 (89)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (43)

^Majors included: Computer Science & Economics, Econometrics & Quantitative Economics, and Economics.

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Major in Computer Science & Economics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 88% (85)	Number of Graduates 97
First Destination	Employed 55%	Continuing Education 38%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $129,000 (23)	Average Salary (N) $127,283 (23)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $20,000 (17)

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Major in Econometrics & Quantitative Economics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 85%	Knowledge Rate (N) 71% (53)	Number of Graduates 75
First Destination	Employed 49%	Continuing Education 36%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $73,000 (11)	Average Salary (N) $69,532 (11)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (11*)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Economics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 86%	Knowledge Rate (N) 69% (196)	Number of Graduates 283
First Destination	Employed 59%	Continuing Education 27%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $70,000 (55)	Average Salary (N) $73,197 (55)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (22)

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Department of English^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 59% (70)	Number of Graduates 119
First Destination	Employed 55%	Continuing Education 42%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $48,000 (8)	Average Salary (N) $42,188 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Creative Writing and English.

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Major in Creative Writing

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 35% (11)	Number of Graduates 31
First Destination	Employed 18%	Continuing Education 82%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in English

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 67% (61)	Number of Graduates 91
First Destination	Employed 60%	Continuing Education 37%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $43,929 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in History

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 56% (60)	Number of Graduates 108
First Destination	Employed 55%	Continuing Education 42%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $47,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $45,700 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Integrative Biology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 53% (82)	Number of Graduates 155
First Destination	Employed 37%	Continuing Education 59%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $52,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $51,488 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 61% (94)	Number of Graduates 154
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 39%	Volunteer/Service <1%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,000 (15)	Average Salary (N) $77,483 (15)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Classics, Comparative & World Literature, Computer Science + Linguistics, East Asian Languages and Cultures, French, Germanic Studies, Global Studies, Italian, Linguistics, Linguistics and Teaching ESL, Religion, Spanish, and Teaching of Spanish.

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Major in Classics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 83% (5)	Number of Graduates 6
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Comparative & World Literature

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 100% (1)	Number of Graduates 1
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Computer Science + Linguistics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 61% (22)	Number of Graduates 36
First Destination	Employed 45%	Continuing Education 50%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $119,500 (6*)	Average Salary (N) $129,467 (6*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (6*)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary and bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary and bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in East Asian Languages and Cultures

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 71% (5)	Number of Graduates 7
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in French

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 80% (4)	Number of Graduates 5
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Germanic Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (1)	Number of Graduates 2
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Global Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 92%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (13)	Number of Graduates 23
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 31%	Volunteer/Service 8%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,500 (6*)	Average Salary (N) $54,833 (6*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Italian

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate -	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (1)	Number of Graduates 2
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Linguistics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 83%	Knowledge Rate (N) 32% (6)	Number of Graduates 19
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Linguistics and Teaching ESL

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 75%	Knowledge Rate (N) 67% (4)	Number of Graduates 6
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Religion

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (1)	Number of Graduates 2
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Major in Spanish

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 76% (37)	Number of Graduates 49
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 41%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $53,500 (10*)	Average Salary (N) $53,619 (10*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Teaching of Spanish

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 75% (3)	Number of Graduates 4
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Department of Mathematics^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 55% (186)	Number of Graduates 336
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 43%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $90,000 (25)	Average Salary (N) $101,428 (25)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $8,500 (16)

^Majors included: Actuarial Science, Mathematics & Computer Science, and Mathematics.

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Major in Actuarial Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 63% (38)	Number of Graduates 60
First Destination	Employed 79%	Continuing Education 16%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $81,500 (11)	Average Salary (N) $83,336 (11)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $6,000 (7)

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Major in Mathematics & Computer Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 54% (55)	Number of Graduates 102
First Destination	Employed 56%	Continuing Education 44%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $129,000 (8)	Average Salary (N) $162,000 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $15,000 (7)

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Major in Mathematics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 53% (93)	Number of Graduates 174
First Destination	Employed 42%	Continuing Education 54%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $96,143 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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School of Molecular & Cellular Biology^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 51% (174)	Number of Graduates 340
First Destination	Employed 42%	Continuing Education 53%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $47,000 (13)	Average Salary (N) $49,364 (13)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (7*)

^Majors included: Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Neuroscience.
*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Biochemistry

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 58% (29)	Number of Graduates 50
First Destination	Employed 39%	Continuing Education 54%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $55,000 (5)	Average Salary (N) $59,348 (5)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Molecular and Cellular Biology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 51% (142)	Number of Graduates 281
First Destination	Employed 42%	Continuing Education 53%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $43,500 (8)	Average Salary (N) $43,125 (8)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (5*)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Neuroscience

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 33% (3)	Number of Graduates 9
First Destination#	Employed -	Continuing Education -	Volunteer/Service -
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

#To protect the confidentiality of graduates, percentages for First Destination categories are not reported when fewer than 10 graduates have known post-graduation outcomes (Knowledge Rate N <10).

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Department of Philosophy^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 93%	Knowledge Rate (N) 47% (29)	Number of Graduates 62
First Destination	Employed 38%	Continuing Education 55%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $105,000 (5*)	Average Salary (N) $106,600 (5*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

^Majors included: Computer Science + Philosophy and Philosophy.
*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Computer Science + Philosophy

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 50% (13)	Number of Graduates 26
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 46%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Philosophy

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 44% (16)	Number of Graduates 36
First Destination	Employed 25%	Continuing Education 63%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Political Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 52% (150)	Number of Graduates 287
First Destination	Employed 54%	Continuing Education 41%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $58,000 (25)	Average Salary (N) $58,566 (25)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $3,750 (8*)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Department of Psychology^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (392)	Number of Graduates 656
First Destination	Employed 48%	Continuing Education 48%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $52,764 (36)	Average Salary (N) $57,717 (36)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (9)

^Majors included: Brain and Cognitive Science and Psychology.

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Major in Brain and Cognitive Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 56% (43)	Number of Graduates 77
First Destination	Employed 63%	Continuing Education 37%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $85,000 (9)	Average Salary (N) $89,389 (9)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Psychology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (349)	Number of Graduates 579
First Destination	Employed 46%	Continuing Education 49%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $50,000 (28)	Average Salary (N) $51,547 (28)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $4,000 (8)

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Major in Sociology

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 94%	Knowledge Rate (N) 52% (32)	Number of Graduates 62
First Destination	Employed 53%	Continuing Education 41%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $44,500 (6*)	Average Salary (N) $44,917 (6*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Department of Statistics^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (232)	Number of Graduates 389
First Destination	Employed 52%	Continuing Education 44%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $93,000 (37)	Average Salary (N) $110,333 (37)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (19)

^Majors included: Statistics and Statistics & Computer Science.

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Major in Statistics

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 96%	Knowledge Rate (N) 56% (136)	Number of Graduates 244
First Destination	Employed 48%	Continuing Education 48%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $81,500 (19)	Average Salary (N) $84,638 (19)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $10,000 (9)

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Major in Statistics & Computer Science

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 97%	Knowledge Rate (N) 66% (96)	Number of Graduates 145
First Destination	Employed 58%	Continuing Education 39%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $115,000 (17)	Average Salary (N) $133,482 (17)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $15,000 (11)

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College of Media

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

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305

Number of Graduates

89%

Secured First Destination

77%

Employed

12%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$58,000 (36)

Median Salary (N)

$64,653 (36)

Average Salary (N)

59%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

THERE IS NO ONE STRAIGHT PATH, AND LET YOURSELF EXPLORE WITHOUT BEING AFRAID OF UNCERTAINTY

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Francesca Dumitrescu

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Select Employers

153/Joombas Music Group

Amazon

American Vintage Home

Aquascape

Cancer Center at Illinois

CDW

CDW Government

DCC Marketing

Dealer eProcess

Delta Air Lines

Derse

DICK’S Sporting Goods

Echo Global Logistics

Education Justice Project

Elim Christian Services

Epic Systems

FCB Chicago

HealthScape Advisors

Highdive

Hub Group

Innovid

Insight Global

Intersport

Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf

Jewish United Fund

NBCUniversal

Peoria Charter Coach

PepsiCo

Quantonium

Razorfish

Schafer Condon Carter

Selective Search

Spirito Singers

SpotOn

Stern Pinball

The Trade Desk

TMS

Uline

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Vision One Agency

VML

WCIA

Wintrust Wealth Management

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Columbia University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Liberty University

Northwestern University

The University of Hong Kong

University of California, San Diego

University of Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of Michigan

University of Southern California

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College of Media: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

Department of Advertising^

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 89%	Knowledge Rate (N) 62% (143)	Number of Graduates 229
First Destination	Employed 76%	Continuing Education 12%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $67,000 (28)	Average Salary (N) $69,804 (28)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $8,500 (12)

^Majors included: Advertising and Computer Science + Advertising.

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Major in Advertising

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 87%	Knowledge Rate (N) 60% (126)	Number of Graduates 211
First Destination	Employed 76%	Continuing Education 11%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $56,550 (22)	Average Salary (N) $61,918 (22)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $5,000 (8)

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Major in Computer Science + Advertising

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 94% (17)	Number of Graduates 18
First Destination	Employed 82%	Continuing Education 18%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $96,000 (7)	Average Salary (N) $111,043 (7)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) $24,000 (6*)

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting signing bonus, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide signing bonus information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Major in Journalism

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 95%	Knowledge Rate (N) 57% (21)	Number of Graduates 37
First Destination	Employed 71%	Continuing Education 24%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $44,000 (6)	Average Salary (N) $46,333 (6)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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Major in Media and Cinema Studies

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 88%	Knowledge Rate (N) 44% (17)	Number of Graduates 39
First Destination	Employed 88%	Continuing Education 0%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) -	Average Salary (N) -	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

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School of Social Work

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

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77

Number of Graduates

100%

Secured First Destination

25%

Employed

75%

Continuing Education

0%

Volunteer/Service

$41,000 (5)

Median Salary (N)

$42,200 (5)

Average Salary (N)

79%

Knowledge Rate

GRADUATE STORIES

STEP OUTSIDE OF YOUR COMFORT ZONE, SEEK OUT OPPORTUNITY, AND INVEST IN RELATIONSHIPS THAT CONTINUE TO SHAPE YOUR PROFESSIONAL PATH

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Ryan Johnson

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Select Employers

Brightpoint

Chicago Behavioral Hospital

Eating Recovery Center

Immigrant Services of Champaign Urbana

Intrinsic Schools

Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center

Next Generation School

Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123

Publicis Media

Shields Elementary School

Steger-South Chicago Heights Public Library

Swedish Covenant Hospital

Thresholds

Township High School District 214

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Aurora University

Loyola University Chicago

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Tulane University

University of Chicago

University of Denver

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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School of Social Work: Graduate Outcomes by Major

Major in Social Work

Secured Destination and Knowledge Rate	Secured First Destination Rate 100%	Knowledge Rate (N) 79% (61)	Number of Graduates 77
First Destination	Employed 25%	Continuing Education 75%	Volunteer/Service 0%
Compensation	Median Salary (N) $41,000 (5*)	Average Salary (N) $42,200 (5*)	Median Signing Bonuses (N) -

*Fewer than 5 graduates reporting salary, responses are combined with the 2023-2024 class in order to provide salary information while protecting the privacy of survey respondents.

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Methods

Information pertaining to data collection, privacy and confidentiality, terms and conditions, as well as data analysis and presentation, can be accessed via this link.

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Sources of Data

Post-graduate outcomes were identified for 65% of the 2024-2025 graduates (knowledge rate). Of this knowledge data, 44% came directly from graduates through survey responses, while the remaining 56% were obtained from secondary sources. Detailed data counts and percentages by data sources are shown in Table 1. Knowledge rates vary considerably across colleges and majors. Throughout the report, sample sizes and knowledge rates are reported to help make appropriate use of the data. As with all data sets, careful interpretation of the results is encouraged.

Table 1: Sources of Graduate Outcomes Data

Graduate Outcomes Source	Number of Graduates	Percentage of Graduates
Primary Source	2,550	29%
Survey	2,156	24%
Survey + Secondary Source	394	4%
Secondary Source	3,240	36%
National Student Clearinghouse + Other Sources	1,439	16%
U of I Academic Data	4	<1%
Data from Medical School Application Systems	4	<1%
College Report + Other Sources	904	10%
Social Media + Other Sources	889	10%
Total Knowledge Rate	5,790	65%
No Response	3,113	35%

Data was collected for six months past the May 2025 graduation date, closing data collection in mid-November 2025. For August and December 2024 graduates, data was accepted through mid-November 2025, but there was not a rigorous pursuit of responses after their initial six-month time periods. Graduate numbers and knowledge rates by cohort are shown in Table 2.

Table 2: Numbers of Graduates and Knowledge Rates by Graduate Cohort

Graduation Cohort	Number of Graduates	Number of Respondents	Knowledge Rate by Cohort¹	Percent of Total Graduates²	Percent of Total Knowledge Rate³
August 2024	429	237	55%	5%	4%
December 2024	1,352	911	67%	15%	16%
May 2025	7,122	4,642	65%	80%	80%
Total	8,903	5,790

¹Knowledge Rate by Cohort = Number of Respondents / Number of Graduates

²Percent of Total Graduates = Number of Graduates / Total Number of Graduates

³Percent of Total Knowledge Rate = Number of Respondents / Total Number of Respondents

2024 - 2025 Annual Report

Guide to This Report

Campus-Wide Graduate Outcomes

College-Level Graduate Outcomes

Methods

Summary of the 2024-2025 Graduating Class

Graduate Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Graduate Outcomes by College

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

College of Applied Health Sciences

Gies College of Business

College of Education

The Grainger College of Engineering

College of Fine and Applied Arts

School of Information Sciences

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

College of Media

School of Social Work

Employment

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Continuing Education

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Degree Sought

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Geographic Locations

First Destinations of Illinois Graduates

Experiential Learning

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

Select Employers

Select Graduate and Professional Schools

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering^

Major in Engineering Technology & Management for Agricultural Systems

Major in Agricultural and Consumer Economics

Major in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications

Department of Animal Sciences^

Major in Animal Sciences

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Major in Computer Science + Animal Sciences

Department of Crop Sciences^

Major in Agronomy

Major in Computer Science + Crop Sciences

Major in Crop Sciences

Major in Plant Biotechnology

Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition^

Major in Dietetics and Nutrition

Major in Food Science

Major in Hospitality Management

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Major in Nutrition & Health

Major in Human Development and Family Studies

Major in Natural Resources & Environmental Sciences

Major in Sustainability in Food & Environmental Systems

College of Applied Health Sciences

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

Select Employers

Select Graduate and Professional Schools

College of Applied Health Sciences: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

Department of Health and Kinesiology^

Major in Community Health

Major in Interdisciplinary Health Science

Major in Kinesiology

Major in Recreation, Sport, and Tourism

Major in Speech & Hearing Science

Gies College of Business

Outcomes for Bachelor's Degree Recipients

Select Employers

Select Graduate and Professional Schools

Gies College of Business: Graduate Outcomes by Department and Major

Department of Accountancy^

Major in Accountancy

Major in Accountancy + Data Science

Department of Business Administration^

Major in Business + Data Science

Major in Information Systems

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Major in Management