Employment

PipettingTechers who choose to go directly into the job market are usually courted by a wide variety of organizations, many of whom recruit on campus.

In 2006, over 120 different employers recruited on campus, among them BP; Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical; Intel Corp.; GE; GlaxoSmithKline; Goldman Sachs; Honeywell; JPL; Lehman Bros.; Microsoft; Mitsubishi Electronic; Oracle; Pixar Animation Studios; Raytheon Systems Co.; Salomon Smith Barney; Sandia National Labs; Sun Microsystems; TRW; Yahoo! Inc. (The complete list is available on the Career Development Center website.)

Of the 247 students who received BS degrees in 2006, 186 told us about their post-graduation plans. The average salary offer was $58,000.

Salary Range Offers
less than $30K 1
$30 to 40K 10
$40 to 50K 5
$50 to 60K 22
$60 to 70K 26
$70 to 80K 11
more than $80K 5

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