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About 25% of Northwestern's ChE graduates pursue advanced study
in graduate or professional schools (including law, medicine &
business). For the 3 year period 2002-2004, NU graduates enrolled
at the following institutions:
Graduate study: Caltech, UC Davis, UC Irvine,
UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara, Cornell, Illinois, Northwestern,
Lehigh, Yale, MIT.
Law School: George Washington University, Loyola
University, Northwestern University
Medical School: Baylor, Case Western (MD/PhD),
Illinois, Minnesota, Northwestern, Southwestern Med. School, Wisconsin
The remaining 75% typically work in industry or government. The
following table provides a breakdown of industrial sectors, comparing
NU graduates against national averages.
Field |
Northwestern* |
Natl.
Average** |
| Chemical Industry, Materials |
18.5% |
25.2% |
| Fuels,
oil companies |
7.4% |
14.2% |
| Food,
consumer products |
14.8% |
13.3% |
| Biotechnology,
pharma |
12.7% |
8.1% |
| Engineering
design services |
10.6% |
9.8% |
| Business
consulting, finance |
21.2% |
6.1% |
| Electronics,
software, computers |
3.7% |
15.8% |
| Other
private sector |
11.1% |
4.4% |
* based on graduation surveys,
1995-2001
**based on AIChE employment survey, 2000 & 2001
FALL 2004 SALARY SURVEY
Major |
Starting Salary |
| Chemical Engineering |
$52,539 |
| Computer Engineering |
$51,297 |
| Computer Science |
$49,036 |
| Mechanical Engineering |
$48,578 |
| Information Science & Systems |
$42,375 |
| Management Information Systems |
$41,579 |
| Accounting |
$41,058 |
| Business Administration |
$38,254 |
| Political Science |
$32,296 |
| English |
$31,113 |
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