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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
Reprinted from the 2007 Salary Survey, with the permission of the National Association of Colleges and Employers, copyright holder.

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 OffersYearly AverageRange of offers Number of Bonus OffersAverage 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 * * * * *
* 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.