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Salaries by Major at University of Wisconsin Madison

How much money do University of Wisconsin Madison graduates make and which majors earn the most upon graduating? Six years after enrolling, alumni who are working have average earnings of $47,100 per year. After ten years, graduates earn $64,800 on average.

In terms of specific areas of study, the following is a ranking of degree programs by the median first-year starting salaries for Wisconsin graduates.

The undergraduate degree which initially pays the highest is Computer Engineering with a median starting salary of $76,900 followed by Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods paying $74,000 and Computer and Information Sciences graduates who have a median starting income of $71,500 .

Looking at post-graduate and doctorate students, those completing the Marketing (Master's Degree) program rank first with a median initial income of $108,000 followed by Business/Commerce (Master's Degree) at $107,800 and Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degree) who earn $103,700 .

Note about salary data: First year earnings data are aggregated by the US Department of Education and analyzes IRS reported income for University of Wisconsin Madison graduates who received federal financial aid in the form of grants or loans. Not all graduates or fields of study are represented as data for some degree programs are omitted for privacy purposes.

Median first-year earnings for University of Wisconsin Madison graduates ranked by degree type and major
Major Earnings
Marketing (Master's Degree) $108,000
Business/Commerce (Master's Degree) $107,800
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First Professional Degree) $103,700
Finance and Financial Management Services (Master's Degree) $103,500
Engineering (Master's Degree) $101,400
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (First Professional Degree) $93,800
Mechanical Engineering (Master's Degree) $82,600
Computer Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $76,900
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Bachelor’s Degree) $74,000
Computer and Information Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $71,500
Veterinary Medicine (First Professional Degree) $70,900
Industrial Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $69,700
Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $69,100
Chemical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $68,900
Real Estate (Bachelor’s Degree) $68,100
Insurance (Bachelor’s Degree) $66,600
Materials Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $66,300
Biotechnology (Master's Degree) $65,700
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $65,100
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First Professional Degree) $64,700
Civil Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $64,400
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor’s Degree) $63,300
Chemistry (Doctoral Degree) $63,200
Curriculum and Instruction (Doctoral Degree) $61,000
Agricultural Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $61,000
Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $60,900
Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $60,700
Accounting and Related Services (Master's Degree) $58,100
Business Administration, Management and Operations (Bachelor’s Degree) $57,800
Biomedical/Medical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $57,100
Geological/Geophysical Engineering (Bachelor’s Degree) $57,100
Medicine (First Professional Degree) $56,600
Marketing (Bachelor’s Degree) $56,300
Law (First Professional Degree) $56,000
Public Health (Master's Degree) $53,500
Public Policy Analysis (Master's Degree) $52,900
Food Science and Technology (Bachelor’s Degree) $52,600
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's Degree) $52,500
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $52,100
Mathematics (Bachelor’s Degree) $52,000
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's Degree) $49,900
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations (Bachelor’s Degree) $48,200
Educational Administration and Supervision (Master's Degree) $46,500
Economics (Bachelor’s Degree) $46,500
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Master's Degree) $46,200
Chemistry (Bachelor’s Degree) $45,700
Design and Applied Arts (Bachelor’s Degree) $45,600
Social Work (Master's Degree) $44,600
Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor’s Degree) $43,800
Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor’s Degree) $40,900
Library Science and Administration (Master's Degree) $40,900
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate) (Bachelor’s Degree) $38,100
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Bachelor’s Degree) $37,900
Journalism (Bachelor’s Degree) $37,600
Agricultural Public Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $37,300
Genetics (Bachelor’s Degree) $37,100
Animal Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $36,500
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $36,500
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology (Bachelor’s Degree) $36,300
Sociology (Bachelor’s Degree) $35,200
Political Science and Government (Bachelor’s Degree) $35,100
Physics (Bachelor’s Degree) $34,900
Communication and Media Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,800
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,800
Plant Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,600
History (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,600
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,500
Social Work (Bachelor’s Degree) $32,300
Psychology (Bachelor’s Degree) $31,800
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (Bachelor’s Degree) $31,600
International/Global Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $31,500
Nutrition Sciences (Bachelor’s Degree) $31,400
Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $31,100
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (Bachelor’s Degree) $31,000
English Language and Literature (Bachelor’s Degree) $30,000
Fine and Studio Arts (Master's Degree) $29,200
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Bachelor’s Degree) $29,000
Health and Physical Education/Fitness (Bachelor’s Degree) $28,800
Fine and Studio Arts (Bachelor’s Degree) $28,100
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (Bachelor’s Degree) $28,000
Rural Sociology (Bachelor’s Degree) $27,600
Anthropology (Bachelor’s Degree) $27,300
Geography and Cartography (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,800
Area Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,100
Philosophy (Bachelor’s Degree) $26,000
Natural Resources Conservation and Research (Bachelor’s Degree) $25,800
Zoology/Animal Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $25,800
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (Bachelor’s Degree) $24,600
Music (Master's Degree) $22,500
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (Bachelor’s Degree) $22,200
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management (Bachelor’s Degree) $19,400

Primary data source, U.S. Department of Education https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=240444 IPEDS survey and College Scorecard data for University of Wisconsin Madison.