CRA Bulletin

A recent NSF InfoBrief provides a snapshot of 2003, 2004 and 2005 bachelor’s and master’s degree recipients in April 2006. Compared to several other majors, computer and information sciences (CS) graduates were doing quite well.

CS graduates were most likely to be employed in business and industry and to be working full-time. At the bachelor’s level, 82% of CS majors were employed in business and industry and 91% of them (along with engineering majors) had full-time jobs. At the master’s level, 76% worked in business/industry and 93% had full-time jobs.

CS graduates also earned high salaries. CS tied for second with health majors for the highest median salary at the bachelor’s level ($45,000) and tied for first with engineering at the master’s level ($65,000). This compared to median salaries among all science, engineering and health fields of $39,000 at the bachelor’s level and $56,000 at the master’s level.

National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, An Overview of Science, Engineering, and Health Graduates: 2006, Arlington, VA (NSF 08-304)