This table is compiled with the results of the annual Graduate Employment Survey(GES) AY23-24 which is administered to graduates about 6 months after taking their final examinations in NUS. 7,629 full-time graduates and 819 follow-up graduates from NUS were surveyed in November 2023 and the overall response rate obtained was 73.2% and 53.2% respectively. Salaries shown are on a per-month basis.
Source: MOE
NUS Programme Overall Employment Rate (%) Full-Time Perm ER (%) Median Gross Salary (S$) 25th Percentile Gross Salary (S$) 75th Percentile Gross Salary (S$) Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Bachelor of Arts 80.40% 66.10% $3,745 $3,400 $5,000 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) 86.50% 73.60% $4,008 $3,500 $4,500 Bachelor of Social Sciences 89.00% 80.70% $4,015 $3,720 $4,500 Faculty of Dentistry Bachelor of Dental Surgery 100.00% 100.00% $4,550 $4,500 $4,950 Faculty of Law Bachelor of Laws6 96.90% 96.90% $7,000 $6,000 $7,100 Faculty of Science Bachelor of Science* 88.20% 70.60% $4,250 $3,650 $4,800 Bachelor of Science (Hons) 89.60% 81.70% $4,000 $3,600 $4,500 Bachelor of Science (Computational Biology)** N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy)6** N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. Bachelor of Science (Pharmaceutical Science) (Hons) 96.60% 93.10% $3,900 $3,625 $4,200 Bachelor of Science (Data Science and Analytics) 83.20% 80.40% $5,000 $4,500 $5,500 NUS Business School Bachelor of Business Administration 87.80% 77.60% $5,167 $4,077 $7,500 Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) 94.50% 90.60% $4,800 $4,000 $5,800 Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy)* 92.30% 76.90% $3,600 $3,520 $3,820 Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) 96.50% 94.40% $4,200 $3,600 $5,450 Bachelor of Science (Real Estate) 92.00% 86.60% $4,000 $3,800 $4,500 School of Computing Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) 92.40% 91.90% $6,333 $5,500 $7,700 Bachelor of Computing (Information Security) 89.50% 89.50% $5,500 $5,000 $6,210 Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) 91.40% 91.40% $5,500 $5,000 $6,000 Bachelor of Science (Business Analytics) 93.60% 93.00% $5,500 $5,000 $6,600 College of Design and Engineering Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) 87.60% 81.40% $4,100 $3,740 $4,600 Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) 85.70% 80.70% $4,405 $4,000 $4,760 Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) 93.90% 87.70% $4,000 $3,800 $4,500 Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) 92.20% 89.70% $4,800 $4,340 $5,350 Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science) 77.80% 77.80% $4,500 $4,000 $5,200 Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) 76.90% 74.40% $4,243 $3,900 $4,588 Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) 94.60% 94.60% $4,600 $4,280 $4,990 Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) 83.00% 75.50% $4,346 $4,000 $4,700 Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 89.20% 87.90% $4,490 $4,030 $5,046 Bachelor of Arts (Architecture)6** N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. Bachelor of Landscape Architecture* 93.80% 93.80% $3,450 $3,350 $3,500 Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design) 85.70% 71.40% $4,000 $3,600 $4,500 Bachelor of Science (Project and Facilities Management) 87.00% 83.50% $3,855 $3,650 $4,299 Yong Loo Lin School (Medicine) Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery6** N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. Bachelor of Science (Nursing) 98.10% 95.40% $3,850 $3,500 $4,200 Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons) 97.80% 97.00% $4,000 $3,700 $4,250 YST Conservatory of Music Bachelor of Music 70.80% 50.00% $4,000 $3,400 $4,500 Yale-NUS College Bachelor of Arts with Honours 91.30% 85.20% $4,250 $3,850 $5,500 Bachelor of Science with Honours 82.90% 82.90% $4,600 $4,100 $6,372 Multi-Disciplinary Programmes Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) 89.90% 86.20% $5,595 $4,900 $6,355 Bachelor of Environmental Studies7 96.90% 93.80% $4,000 $3,600 $4,400
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Additional Notes:
1. The employment rates refer to the number of graduates employed as a proportion of economically active graduates (i.e. graduates who have entered the labour market) as of 1 Nov 2023 (i.e. approximately 6 months after completing their final examinations).
2. Overall employment includes all types of full-time and part-time/temporary employment.
3. Full-time permanent employment refers to the employment of at least 35 hours a week and where the employment is not temporary. It includes those on contracts of one year or more.
4. Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises the basic salary, fixed allowances, over-time pay and commissions. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, other lump sum payments, and payments-in-kind are excluded.
5. Data on law, medical and pharmacy graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on 2022 graduates after they have completed their 1-year practical law course/pupillage/housemanship/first-year residency/practical training. Data on architecture graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on 2020 architecture graduates after they have completed their practical training.
6. **: No data is shown due to the small number/proportion of respondents.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. What is median salary?
The median monthly salary is the salary of the ‘central’ (i.e. 50th Percentile) graduate in a set of full-time permanently employed graduates when they are arranged in a sequential order by salary. The median is a useful reference when the salary data is not evenly distributed (e.g. when the group contains graduates with exceptionally low or high salaries, especially when the number of respondents is relatively small).
2. What do the 25th and 75th percentile gross monthly salaries indicate?
If there are 100 students from that course who responded, then the 25th percentile (i.e. the lower quartile) gross monthly salary indicates that 75 graduates earn more than that salary, and the 75th percentile (i.e. the upper quartile) indicates that 25 graduates earn more than the gross monthly salary indicated.
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