Explore this summary from the Spartan First Destination Survey to learn the post-graduation plans of 650 graduates from the College of Engineering class of 2016-17. The SJSU Career Center used email surveys, employer and college information, and other forms of research to gather student career outcomes. To view detailed results from the 2016-2017 Spartan First Destination Survey, visit our website at sjsu.edu/careercenter/about-us/career-outcomes.

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$30,000 $39,000 $50,000 $71,375 $97,000

$40,000 $45,500 $56,000 $64,250 $70,000

$27,000 $64,500 $90,000 $110,000 $198,000

$44,000 $90,000 $93,990 $100,000 $103,000

$44,000 $60,500 $69,460 $86,730 $160,000

$27,000 $40,000 $52,200 $68,000 $106,000

$40,000 $82,500 $105,000 $110,000 $130,000

$32,000 $55,250 $67,000 $72,350 $87,000

$57,740 $86,000 $92,100 $106,750 $116,000

$40,000 $100,000 $110,000 $117,500 $150,000

Salaries

College of Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Software Engineering

College of Engineering2016-2017 Graduate Career Outcomes

Salaries reported for degree programs that accumulated five or more student responses.

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Graduate Programs Aerospace Engineering

Biomedical Engineering

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Top Job Functions and Titles

Job Functions

Customer/Technical Support

Data & Analytics

Engineering - Civil/Mechanical/Other

Engineering - Web/Software

Technical Support Engineer

Software Engineer - Data Scientist

Mechanical Engineer

Project Engineer

Software Developer

Software Engineer

Sample Titles Job Functions Sample Titles

Information Technology

Operations/Production

Product/Project Management

Quality Assurance

Research

First Level Tech/Helpdesk Support

Manufacturing Engineer

Projects CoordinatorQuality Engineer

Research Engineer

Graduate SchoolsCollege Sample Programs

College of Engineering University of California, DavisMasters in

Electrical Engineering

Top Graduate School Destinations

Job Functions derived from a standard list in SJSU Handshake.

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Top Employers and Industries

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