With an average starting salary of $76,986, computer and information sciences (CIS) majors were the highest-paid from the Class of 2019. According to a report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the average salary for CIS majors is 7.8% higher than the average paid to these graduates from the Class of 2018.
NACE’s Summer 2020 Salary Survey report shows that the average starting salary for the Class of 2019 engineering graduates also exceeded $70,000.
However, no discipline in the Class of 2019 saw as large an increase as math and stats majors. The average starting salary of $66,942 for Class of 2019 mathematics and statistics majors jumped 8.5% from that paid to these majors from the Class of 2018.
Since 1956, the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) has been the leading source of information about the employment of college graduates. NACE’s Summer 2020 Salary Survey provides actual starting salaries for the college Class of 2019 and serves as the final salary report for this class.
The salary data presented were reported to NACE through its Class of 2019 First-Destination Survey by 356 colleges and universities, and represent data for almost 729,756 graduates at the associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree levels. Data were gathered from Class of 2019 graduates through December 31, 2019, and reported to NACE through June 30, 2020.
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