Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Report Overview
As of November 4, 2015
Information contained in this report has been compiled from student-reported data. Offer and
salary information for each student has been collected during person-to-person counseling
sessions with Career Services staff, and also from staff outreach that includes phone calls and
emails to students. Some student reports have also been collected via a direct website
submission form.
2015 Placement & Salary Summary
As of November 4, 2015 the overall placement for the 2015 graduating class is 98%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
or who are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
439
Employed
347
Attending Graduate School
71
Military Commitments
7
Not Actively Looking
4
Still Available
10
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$106,000
Low Offer:
$33,250
Average Offer:
$66,576
Average Accepted Offer:
$66,940
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Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Biology
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Biology graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
and who are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
4
Employed
2
Attending Graduate School
2
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
0
Starting Salary Summary:
No reported data
Companies Employing:
Eurofins Lancaster Labs
Graduate Schools Chosen:
University of Illinois, Simmons College
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Biomedical Engineering
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Biomedical Engineering graduates is 91%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
34
Employed
22
Attending Graduate School
8
Military Commitments
1
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
3
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$65,000
Low Offer:
$50,000
Average Offer:
$58,735
Average Accepted Offer:
$57,500
Companies Employing:
Zimmer, Biotronik, Philips Medical Systems, National Instruments, Paragon Medical,
OrthoPediatrics, Epic Systems, B. Braun Corporation, Torax Medical, Hill-Rom, Indigo
Biosystems, Belcan
Graduate Schools Chosen:
Indiana State University, University of Toledo, University of Colorado, Cornell, Grace College,
Rose-Hulman
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Civil Engineering
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Civil Engineering graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
34
Employed
25
Attending Graduate School
9
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
0
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$102,000
Low Offer:
$45,000
Average Offer:
$55,955
Average Accepted Offer:
$58,159
Companies Employing:
Jones Petrie Rafinski Corp., Kimley-Horn and Associates, Burns and McDonnell, Tank Industry
Consultants, Isolux Corsan, Hunt Construction Group, Walsh Group, Crawford, Murphy and Tilly,
John W Judge Co., Butler Fairman & Seufert Engineering, Arco, Walsh Construction, LJA
Engineering, DB Engineering, Turner Construction, Lutron Electronics, ExxonMobil, US Army
Corps of Engineers, Hensel Phelps Construction, Herbert Rowland and Grubic, DLZ,
Graduate Schools:
Rose-Hulman, Colorado State University, Stanford University, University of Illinois, Purdue,
University of California, Merrimack College
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Chemical Engineering
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Chemical Engineering graduates is 97%
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
72
Employed
58
Attending Graduate School
9
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
3
Still Available
2
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$104,000
Low Offer:
$47,840
Average Offer:
$67,986
Average Accepted Offer:
$69,580
Companies Employing:
Aramco Services, Outbound Technologies, Honeywell UOP, Huntsman International, Ingredion,
Endress+Hauser, Dow Chemical, Marathon Petroleum, Clarke Engineering Services, The Hallstar
Company, Halliburton, Nalco Chemical Company, Cornerstone Controls, CF Environmental,
Smith & Burgess, ExxonMobil, Sekisui Voltek, Delek, MeadWestvaco, Lockheed Martin, Archer
Daniels Midland, Calumet Specialty Products, Air Liquid Advanced Materials, KYB Americas
Corporation, Whirlpool, Nestle USA, Eli Lilly, ORS Inc., Gibbs Die Casting, Epic Systems, Jacobs
Engineering, Ingredion, Accenture, Clopay, Gerdau Special Steel North America, Amfine
Chemical Corporation, Haldor Topsoe Inc., Elanco, International Paper, Arcelor Mittal
Graduate Schools Chosen:
MIT, Georgia Tech, Purdue, Rose-Hulman
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Chemistry
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Chemistry graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary for Chemistry:
Total Graduates
4
Employed
3
Attending Graduate School
1
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
0
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$61,008
Low Offer:
$33,250
Average Offer:
$45,753
Average Accepted Offer:
$45,753
Companies Employing:
Elanco, Monument Chemical Kentucky, Bristol-Myers Squibb
Graduate Schools Chosen:
Rose-Hulman
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Computer Engineering
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Computer Engineering graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
15
Employed
12
Attending Graduate School
2
Military Commitments
1
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
0
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$80,000
Low Offer:
$59,926
Average Offer:
$68,939
Average Accepted Offer:
$69,314
Companies Employing:
NAVSEA, BP3, C.H. Garmong & Son, Glas-Col, Freescale Semiconductor, Amazon, Jacobs
Engineering, Texas Instruments, Arcelor Mittal
Graduate Schools Chosen:
Rose-Hulman
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Computer Science
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Computer Science graduates is 97%
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
36
Employed
31
Attending Graduate School
4
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
1
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$105,000
Low Offer:
$52,000
Average Offer:
$79,122
Average Accepted Offer:
$82,314
Companies Employing:
Betterment LLC, Microsoft, LGS Innovations, NextGear Capital, General Dynamics, BP3, Epic
Systems, Interactive Intelligence, Amazon, The Progressive Corporation, Northwest Planning
Inc., Enova, Indigo Biosystems, Workday, Ford Motor Company, Groupon, Emerging Threats,
Booz Allen Hamilton, Allegient, Cerner Corporation
Graduate Schools Chosen:
University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University, Purdue University, Rose-Hulman
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Electrical Engineering
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Electrical Engineering graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
48
Employed
38
Attending Graduate School
9
Military Commitments
1
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
0
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$85,000
Low Offer:
$50,000
Average Offer:
$63,899
Average Accepted Offer:
$63,968
Companies Employing:
Technology Service Corporation, Archer Daniels Midland, Texas Instruments, Inpwr, Systec
Conveyors, National Instruments, Raytheon, Glas-Col, Delek US Holdings, Edgile, SMS Data
Products, SimplexGrinnell, North American Lighting, Textron Aviation, Tower Innovations,
Gerdau Steel, Frito-Lay, NAVSEA, Tesla Motors, Wessler Engineering, ArcelorMittal, Freescale
Semiconductor, US Air Force, MacAulay Brown, Rega Research Limited, Booz Allen Hamilton,
General Electric, Hazen and Sawyer
Graduate Schools Chosen:
Rose-Hulman, Virginia Tech, University of Illinois, Stanford, Purdue, Georgia Tech
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Mathematics
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Mathematics graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
11
Employed
5
Attending Graduate School
6
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
0
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$90,000
Low Offer:
$60,000
Average Offer:
$75,000
Average Accepted Offer:
$75,333
Companies Employing:
Amazon, Epic Systems, Software Engineering Professionals
Graduate Schools Chosen:
IUPUI, Rose-Hulman, Southern Methodist University, Penn State, Virginia Tech
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Mechanical Engineering
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Mechanical Engineering graduates is 99%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
123
Employed
104
Attending Graduate School
14
Military Commitments
4
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
1
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
Low Offer:
Average Offer:
Average Accepted Offer:
$106,000
$40,400
$63,369
$64,183
Companies Employing:
Honda, Caterpillar, Aisin Drivetrain, M.A. Mortenson, NAVSEA, Arcelor Mittal, Zimmer, Belcan,
Advantis Medical, Samsung, Faurecia, Eli Lilly, Cummins, Acuity Brands Lighting, Electro-Motive
Diesel, DMC, Greenlee Textron, AI International, Bastian Solutions, Knauf Insulation, KJWW
Engineering Consultants, The Gravity Group, Systec Conveyors, Ford Motor Company, Textron,
Inc., VOLT, Epic Systems, Kohler Engines, Halliburton, Wynright, Sargent and Lundy, Honeywell,
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, ThyssenKrupp Presta, New Hudson Facades, Minnetronix,
Pulmodyne, Apache, SPX, John Crane, Calcon Systems, Molex, Hotfoil-EHS, Tate & Lyle, Elanco,
Cyrus Shank, Babcock & Wilcox, Honeywell FM&T, Gerdau Special Steel, Open Control Systems,
Crown Equipment, BNSF Railway, Bowen Engineering, Ryobi Diecasting, Harvard Health
Publications, Rolls-Royce, Luckett & Farley Architects, J.W. Hicks
Graduate Schools Chosen:
Virginia Tech, University of Sheffield, Georgia Tech, Rose-Hulman, Texas A&M, University of
Texas-Austin, Purdue, Northwestern
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Optical Engineering
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Optical Engineering graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
12
Employed
10
Attending Graduate School
1
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
1
Still Available
0
Starting Salary:
No salaries reported
Companies Employing:
Vortex Optics, Belden, Epic Systems, Sunex, Optis North America, L3 Communications,
HoMedics, Spectral Energies
Graduate Schools Chosen:
Rose-Hulman
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Physics & Engineering Physics
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Physics & Engineering Physics graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
11
Employed
5
Attending Graduate School
6
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
0
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
70,000
Low Offer:
56,000
Average Offer:
62,667
Average Accepted Offer:
62,667
Companies Employing:
NAVSEA, Siemens, St. Jude Medical, Epic Systems
Graduate Schools Chosen:
Purdue, University of Arizona, North Carolina State, Southern Methodist University, Virginia
Tech, Ohio State University
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Software Engineering
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Software Engineering graduates is 91%
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
34
Employed
31
Attending Graduate School
0
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
3
Starting Salary Summary:
High Offer:
$105,000
Low Offer:
$55,000
Average Offer:
$73,387
Average Accepted Offer:
$76,273
Companies Employing:
BP3, Blackboard, Allegient, Amazon, Edgile, Goldman Sachs, Progressive Corp., Groupon, ORS,
Microsoft, Enova, Firebase, Vision Aid Systems, Appirio, Avalon Consulting, SalesForce.com,
Sogeti, Garmin International, Epic Systems, Doxpop, PayPal
Class of 2015
Placement & Salary Overview for Biochemistry
As of November 4, 2015 the placement for Biochemistry graduates is 100%.
This number includes students who have accepted offers for employment, those students who
will be starting their own companies, those students with a military commitment and those
who will be attending graduate school. It also includes those few who are not actively looking
as well those that are still available.
Placement Summary:
Total Graduates
1
Employed
1
Attending Graduate School
0
Military Commitments
0
Not Actively Looking
0
Still Available
0
Starting Salary Summary: (none reported)
Companies Employing:
Elanco
Graduate Schools Chosen: