Salary Information
B. S. Level National Averages
Reprinted from the Summer 2007 Salary Survey, with the permission of the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), copyright holder. We also have national salary averages for Petroleum Engineering and Engineering Physics; however NACE has requested that those figures not be posted online since the number of offers reported is low.
National Averages
Engineering discipline,
BS Level | Current Average |
| Aerospace Engineering |
$53,408 |
| Architectural Engineering |
$48,664 |
| Chemical Engineering |
$59,361 |
| Civil Engineering |
$48,509 |
| Computer Engineering |
$56,201 |
| Computer Science |
$53,396 |
| Electrical/Electronics Engineering |
$55,292 |
| Mechanical Engineering |
$54,128 |
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Reprinted from the 2007 Salary Survey, with the
permission of the National Association of Colleges and
Employers, copyright holder.
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B. S. Level KU Averages
University of Kansas Offers (Reported from December 2006 & May 2007 Graduates - excludes Military Offers)
Engineering Discipline,
BS LEVEL | Number of Offers | Yearly Average | Range of offers | Number of Bonus Offers | Average Bonus |
| Aerospace Engineering |
9 |
$56,000 |
$49,000 – 62,000 |
4 |
$5,750 |
| Architectural Engineering |
34 |
$49,092 |
$40,000 – 60,000 |
16 |
$3,019 |
| Chemical Engineering |
14 |
$63,000 |
$45,000 – 72,000 |
8 |
$7,650 |
| Civil Engineering |
21 |
$49,193 |
$41,000 – 58,000 |
9 |
$3,056 |
| Computer Engineering |
14 |
$56,771 |
$46,000 – 80,000 |
4 |
$3,750 |
| Computer Science |
14 |
$48,179 |
$28,000 – 60,000 |
4 |
$3,250 |
| Electrical/Electronics Engineering |
21 |
$55,820 |
$50,000 – 66,000 |
12 |
$4,133 |
| Mechanical Engineering |
39 |
$53,954 |
$40,000 – 78,000 |
15 |
$5,546 |
| Petroleum Engineering |
5 |
$82,300 |
$77,000 – 95,000 |
4 |
$11,604 |
| Engineering Physics |
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| * Insufficient data available- Salary data is provided voluntarily by students |
M.S. Level
The National Association of Colleges and Employers has requested that the national averages not be posted online since the number of offers reported is low. We do have those figures available in the Engineering Career Center, 1001 Eaton.