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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
Source: http//www.jobweb.com

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Jan Kemper
Jan Kemper, BS '03 Chemical Engineer Stepan Company
Northwestern University
Chemical and Biological Engineering Northwestern University McCormick School of Engineering