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.
90.7% of graduates reported positive career outcomes with employment or further education, and 63.2% 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 2021 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 2021 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
$71,435
Mechanical Engineering BSME
$61,506
Informatics BS
$61,438
Applied Computer Science BA
$60,783
Finance BSB
$58,211
Accounting BSB Finance
$54,740
Nursing BSN
$54,652
Non Nursing BACC to BSN ACCEL
$53,726
Supply Chain Mgmt BSB
$52,140
Marketing BSB
$51,633
International Studies BSB
$50,871
Management BSB
$50,577
Communication Studies BA
$49,091
Human Resources Mgmt BSB
$48,327
Public Safety Management BSCS
$47,557
Salary negotiation
To further explore salary differences across demographic backgrounds, the Career Services Council added a question on salary negotiation to the 2021 survey:
Was this the first salary you were offered?
Yes, and I accepted without negotiating (71.2% of responses).
Yes, but I did attempt to negotiate (11.6% of responses).
No, I negotiated for this salary (e.g., successful negotiation) (17.2% of responses).
Summary of analyses
71.2% of all graduates who responded to the negotiation question (N = 860) accepted the first salary they were offered without negotiating. That is, only 28.8% of respondents negotiated. Of those who negotiated, 59.7% 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 2021 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
87.4% of full-time employed graduates are employed in Indiana, 61.1% in Indianapolis specifically.
Top 15 Employers
Amazon
IU Health
Indiana University
Cummins Inc.
Ascension
Community Health Network
Spot Freight
Entrepreneur/Self-Employed
Eskenazi Health
Infosys
Covance
Salesforce
Department of Child Services
Allison Transmission
Alter Domus
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 2021 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
76.4% 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
Dentistry
100.0%
Medicine
100.0%
Nursing
97.6%
Education
95.2%
Public Health
93.7%
Engineering and Technology
90.4%
Business
90.3%
Social Work
82.4%
Informatics and Computing
81.6%
Health and Human Services
80.4%
Science
73.7%
Art and Design
54.5%
Science
69.5%
Public and Environment Affairs
53.0%
Liberal Arts
48.7%
Explore our further education dashboard to see the institutions and fields of study for graduates who are continuing their education. Choose the 2021 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 2021 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
35.5% of graduates report holding no student loan debt; 87.1% report holding less than $50,000 in debt.
77.6% 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 2021 Graduate Cohort to see the latest data.
64.6% of graduates completed at least one internship, practicum, co-op, student teaching, or clinical placement.
33.3% of those graduates (who had an internship) reported an internship leading to a full-time offer.
93.8% agreed the internship completed their degree and helped prepare them for a career.
*Most recent data come from the 2021 cohort (graduated July 2020 through June 2021; data collected through December 2021) and are based on a 50.7% knowledge rate.
