Study Shows ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Grads Earn Top Median Salaries Early in Careers
Thursday, June 24, 2021
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ graduates earn the highest median salaries one year after graduation of any alumni from Indiana colleges and universities.
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ tops a list of more than 50 Indiana colleges and universities for alumni median salaries one year after graduation, according to a study by the U.S. Census Bureau in cooperation with Hoosier institutions of higher education.
According to data collected from the fall of 2012 through 2015, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ alumni had a median salary of $65,642 one year after receiving their degrees, regardless of academic major. That was approximately $15,000 more than any other Indiana college or university whose data appears in the and more than twice the figure for nearly half of the 51 other schools included.
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ engineering alumni earned a median salary of $64,967 one year after graduation while those earning degrees in computer and information sciences earned a median salary of $84,653 at the same early point in their careers. These were the top figures for all graduates in those categories in the state and the highest one-year-post-graduation median salaries for any of the academic majors reviewed.
“We have always known that a ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ degree is an outstanding investment and we are very proud of our students’ career success,” says Robert A. Coons, president of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. “Like other members of the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI), ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is pleased to take part in the Census Bureau’s highly transparent and reliable review of the value of a college degree for the benefit of prospective students and their parents.”
The Census Bureau study, known as the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) initiative, attempts to show the earning potential of different academic majors and the short-and-long-term earning potential of a college education.
The PSEO initiative matches college student records with the Census Bureau’s job database. In Indiana, the bureau partnered with the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI), of which ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is a member. In total, more than 50 Indiana colleges and universities have their alumni salary data reported in the study.
According to data collected from the fall of 2012 through 2015, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ alumni had a median salary of $65,642 one year after receiving their degrees, regardless of academic major. That was approximately $15,000 more than any other Indiana college or university whose data appears in the and more than twice the figure for nearly half of the 51 other schools included.
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ engineering alumni earned a median salary of $64,967 one year after graduation while those earning degrees in computer and information sciences earned a median salary of $84,653 at the same early point in their careers. These were the top figures for all graduates in those categories in the state and the highest one-year-post-graduation median salaries for any of the academic majors reviewed.
“We have always known that a ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ degree is an outstanding investment and we are very proud of our students’ career success,” says Robert A. Coons, president of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. “Like other members of the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI), ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is pleased to take part in the Census Bureau’s highly transparent and reliable review of the value of a college degree for the benefit of prospective students and their parents.”
The Census Bureau study, known as the Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO) initiative, attempts to show the earning potential of different academic majors and the short-and-long-term earning potential of a college education.
The PSEO initiative matches college student records with the Census Bureau’s job database. In Indiana, the bureau partnered with the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI), of which ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ is a member. In total, more than 50 Indiana colleges and universities have their alumni salary data reported in the study.