In coordination with the Career Services Council’s Research and Assessment Committee, Campus Career and Advising Services administers the First Destination Survey to all IUPUI undergraduates who earn a certificate, associate degree, or bachelor’s degree.
90.0% of graduates reported positive career outcomes with employment or further education, and 59.4% reported full-time employment.
Explore our career outcomes dashboard to see the various career outcomes of our graduates by school and by major. Choose the 2022 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
Explore our salary dashboard to see the starting salaries of our full-time employed graduates by school and by major. Choose the 2022 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
Majors with highest average starting salaries (limited to majors with at least 10 graduates reporting salaries)
Computer Science BS/MS
$78,750.00
Applied Computer Science BA
$77,062.50
Computer Science BS
$74,062.38
Mechanical Engineering BSME
$68,416.67
Mechanical Engineering BS
$67,454.55
Human Computer Interaction CRT
$64,650.00
Construction Management BS
$62,116.67
Informatics BS
$59,290.40
Management BSB
$59,227.27
Accounting BSB Finance
$58,975.00
Supply Chain Management BSB
$58,853.71
Finance BSB
$56,533.03
Nursing BSN
$55,769.29
Non Nursing Bacc to BSN Accel
$55,195.33
Marketing BSB
$54,851.30
Salary negotiation
To further explore salary differences across demographic backgrounds, the Career Services Council added a question on salary negotiation to the 2022 survey:
Was this the first salary you were offered?
Yes, and I accepted without negotiating (67.7% of responses).
Yes, but I did attempt to negotiate (14.8% of responses).
No, I negotiated for this salary (e.g., successful negotiation) (18.4% of responses).
Summary of analyses
67.7% of all graduates who responded to the negotiation question (N = 811) accepted the first salary they were offered without negotiating. That is, only 33.2% of respondents negotiated. Of those who negotiated, 56.9% were successful.
Explore our employers dashboard to see the employers and locations of employment for our full-time employed graduates by school and by major. Choose the 2022 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
88.0% of full-time employed graduates are employed in Indiana, 61.0% in Indianapolis specifically.
Top 15 Employers
IU Health
Amazon
Eskenazi Health
Community Health Network
IUPUI
Infosys
Allison Transmission
LabCorp
Entrepreneur/Self-Employed
Baker Tilly
Eli Lilly
Eurofins
EY
General Motors
Salesforce
Explore our position relationship to major dashboard to see the percentages of our full-time employed graduates reporting that their job is related to their major. Choose the 2022 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
83.9% of full-time employed graduates report their position is related to their field of study.
In all schools, the majority of respondents report working in a related field.
School of Major
% Reporting Their Position Is Related to Their Field of Study
Education
100.0%
Nursing
100.0%
Engineering and Technology
96.2%
Business
94.2%
School of Health and Human Science
93.3%
Public Health
93.0%
Medicine
91.7%
Informatics and Computing
86.7%
Science
81.8%
Public and Environmental Affairs
69.0%
Liberal Arts
57.1%
Social Work
53.3%
Art and Design
52.0%
Explore our further education dashboard to see the institutions and fields of study for graduates who are continuing their education. Choose the 2022 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
Explore our debt and repayment dashboard to see the levels of debt our graduates incur and their levels of confidence in repaying their debt on time. Choose the 2022 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
55.6% of graduates report holding no student loan debt; 35.6% report holding less than $50,000 in debt.
69.4% of graduates who hold loan debt report that they are very confident or somewhat confident in their ability to repay their loans on time.
Explore our internship participation dashboard to see the rates at which our graduates participate in practical work and learn opportunities. Choose the 2022 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
61.0% of graduates completed at least one internship, practicum, co-op, student teaching, or clinical placement.
35.2% of those graduates (who had an internship) reported an internship leading to a full-time offer.
93.5% agreed the internship completed their degree and helped prepare them for a career.
*Most recent data come from the 2022 cohort (graduated July 2021 through June 2022; data collected through December 2022) and are based on a 42.2% knowledge rate.
