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Salaries

Use the 2009 salary averages below as a guide. Offers will vary depending upon your profile (major, GPA, skills, experience), the employer's profile (industry, size, location) and the current job market.


Internships

Non-technical majors

Rising sophomores
through seniors:

$8.00-14.00 per hour

Technical majors

Rising sophomores: $12.00-16.00 per hour
Rising juniors: $14.00-18.00 per hour
Rising seniors: $16.00-22.00 per hour


Bachelors Degree -- NACE Salary Survey

College of Design

Architecture $43,484.
Art + Design $34,224.
Graphic Design $34,090.
Industrial Design $40,652.
Landscape Architecture $43,484.

College of Education

Business & Marketing $35,486.  
Elementary $35,486.  
French or Spanish $35,486.  
Language Arts $35,486.  
Mathematics $35,486.  
Science $35,486.  
Social Studies $35,486.  
Technology Education $35,486.  

College of Engineering

Aerospace $56,311.
Biological $54,158.
Biomedical $54,158.
Chemical $64,902.
Civil $52,048.
Computer $61,738.
Computer Science $61,407.
Construction $53,100.
Electrical $60,125.
Environmental $48,535.
Industrial $58,358.
Materials $57,349.
Mechanical $58,766.
Mechatronics $57,438.
Nuclear $61,610.
Paper Science $64,902.
Textile $54,450.

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Africana Studies $33,280.
Anthropology $33,280.
Arts Application $34,224.
Communication $35,113.
Criminology $39,503.
English $34,704.
Foreign Languages $34,834.
History $37,861.
International Studies $34,778.
Philosophy $34,284.
Political Science $38,096.
Psychology $34,284.
Religious Studies $34,284.
Science, Technology & Soc. $37,000.
Social Work $29,326.
Sociology $33,280.
Women/Gender Studies $33,280.

College of Management

Accounting $48,993.
Economics $49,829.
Management $44,944.

College of Natural Resources

Environmental Science $39,160.
Environmental Technology $39,160.
Fisheries & Wildlife $35,358.
Forest Management $35,358.
Natural Resources $35,358.
Parks, Recreation, Tourism $35,384.
Wood Products $

College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences

Chemistry $39,897.
Environmental Science $39,160.
Geology $52,770.
Marine Science $33,254.
Mathematics $47,807.
Meteorology $35,358.
Physics $51,586.
Statistics $47,807.

 

Masters Degree

Average salary increase $10,000.
                   
 
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