Graduate Employment Survey (GES) of NUS NTU SMU SIT SUTD 2019

Published in 2019

This table is compiled with the latest results of the annual Graduate Employment Survey (GES) which is administered to graduates about 6 months after taking their final examinations in NTU, NUS, SIT, SMU, SUSS & SUTD. Figures for NTU, NUS, SMU, SUSS, pertain to 2018 graduates. SIT is still in the midst of the GES surveys, so figures reflected here are from 2018. SUTD’s GES figures are also based on their 2017 batch.

Salaries shown are on per-month basis.

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Source: MOE

S/N	University	Programme	Overall Employment Rate (%)	Mean Gross Salary (S$)	Median Gross Salary (S$)	25th percentile Gross Salary (S$)	75th percentile Gross Salary (S$)
1	NUS	Arts	83.7	3322	3200	2800	3600
2	NUS	Arts (Hons)	87.5	3377	3300	3000	3600
3	NUS	Social Sciences	88.2	3526	3400	3200	3800
4	NUS	Business Administration	95.7	3732	3225	3000	3750
5	NUS	Business Administration (Hons)	96.6	4424	3895	3300	4748
6	NUS	Business Administration (Accountancy)*	95.2	3522	3020	2700	3500
7	NUS	Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons)	97.6	3683	3200	3000	4000
8	NUS	Computing (Communications and Media)**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
9	NUS	Computing (Computational Biology)**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
11	NUS	Computing (Computer Science)	96.9	4658	4320	3900	5000
12	NUS	Computing (Electronic Commerce)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
13	NUS	Computing (Information Systems)	98.4	4472	4458	4000	5000
10	NUS	Bachelor of Science (Business Analytics)	93.5	4499	4500	4000	5000
14	NUS	Dental Surgery	100	4228	4050	4000	4450
15	NUS	Arts (Architecture)**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
16	NUS	Arts (Industrial Design)	87	3371	3250	3000	3800
17	NUS	Science (Project and Facilities Management)	89	3237	3060	3000	3300
18	NUS	Science (Real Estate)	91.7	3372	3300	3000	3600
19	NUS	Engineering (Biomedical Engineering)	79.4	3444	3389	3280	3650
20	NUS	Engineering (Chemical Engineering)	89.9	4050	4000	3500	4300
21	NUS	Engineering (Civil Engineering)	91.8	3627	3500	3300	3900
22	NUS	Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering)	88.6	4188	3975	3500	4900
23	NUS	Engineering (Electrical Engineering)	91	3982	3700	3400	4546
24	NUS	Engineering (Engineering Science)**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
25	NUS	Engineering (Environmental Engineering)	88.9	3518	3400	3000	3868
26	NUS	Engineering (Industrial and Systems)	91.5	4051	3895	3600	4500
27	NUS	Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering)	88.6	3794	3600	3500	4305
28	NUS	Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)	92.8	3877	3700	3300	4100
29	NUS	Laws (LLB) (Hons)	97.3	5263	5500	4500	5840
30	NUS	Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
31	NUS	Science (Nursing)	94.6	3469	3450	3300	3500
32	NUS	Science (Nursing) (Hons)	98	3546	3550	3400	3750
33	NUS	Music**	81	2100	1800	1500	2700
34	NUS	Applied Science**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
35	NUS	Applied Science (Hons)	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
36	NUS	Science	81.6	3289	3100	2900	3850
37	NUS	Science (Hons)	87.3	3460	3400	3000	3725
38	NUS	Science (Computational Biology)**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
39	NUS	Science (Pharmacy) (Hons)	96.6	3723	3650	3500	3900
40	NUS	Environmental Studies*	84.2	3385	3414	3000	3600
41	NUS	Yale-NUS College Bachelor of Arts with Honours	90.5	4381	3630	3275	4642
42	NUS	Yale-NUS College Bachelor of Science with Honours*	89.5	5136	4800	3600	6435
43	NTU	Accountancy	94.6	3245	3000	3000	3200
44	NTU	Accountancy and Business	99.2	4456	4000	3600	4633
45	NTU	Business	92.6	3776	3500	3200	4000
46	NTU	Business and Computing*	100	4572	4575	4200	4900
47	NTU	Aerospace Engineering	95.3	3873	3800	3365	4280
48	NTU	Bioengineering	77.5	3660	3500	3200	4000
49	NTU	Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering	91.6	3782	3600	3300	4200
50	NTU	Civil Engineering	96.5	3597	3500	3200	3816
51	NTU	Computer Engineering	95.8	3865	3775	3400	4200
52	NTU	Computer Science	94.4	4062	4000	3500	4500
53	NTU	Electrical and Electronic Engineering	92.7	3772	3600	3323	4000
54	NTU	Environmental Engineering	92.1	3485	3400	3000	3500
55	NTU	Information Engineering and Media	93.2	3796	3750	3500	4140
56	NTU	Maritime Studies	93.3	3409	3350	3000	3640
57	NTU	Materials Engineering	86.5	3673	3500	3200	4000
58	NTU	Mechanical Engineering	85.6	3653	3500	3200	4000
59	NTU	Art, Design & Media	85.7	2986	3000	2600	3300
60	NTU	Chinese	86.4	3260	3500	3000	3518
61	NTU	Communication Studies	95	3166	3000	2750	3500
62	NTU	Economics	90.1	3755	3536	3200	3959
63	NTU	English	81.6	3124	3000	2600	3500
64	NTU	History	74.4	3719	3500	3260	4150
65	NTU	Linguistics And Multilingual Studies	79.2	3091	3200	2900	3500
66	NTU	Philosophy	80	3126	3000	2550	3500
67	NTU	Psychology	90.1	3389	3380	3000	3684
68	NTU	Public Policy and Global Affairs	80.6	3619	3350	3050	4018
69	NTU	Sociology	80.2	3374	3220	3000	3841
70	NTU	Biological Sciences	80.1	3319	3250	3035	3650
71	NTU	Biomedical Sciences**	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
72	NTU	Biomedical Sciences & Chinese Medicine *	90.9	2953	3000	2700	3100
73	NTU	Chemistry & Biological Chemistry	77.6	3427	3200	3000	3725
74	NTU	Environmental Earth Systems Science*	76.2	3562	3500	3200	4000
75	NTU	Mathematical Sciences	87.1	3744	3650	3360	4000
76	NTU	Mathematics & Economics	96.3	3569	3600	3200	4000
77	NTU	Physics & Applied Physics	80.2	3576	3400	3025	3800
78	NTU	Arts (with Education)	100	3751	3800	3600	3806
79	NTU	Science (with Education)	100	3738	3800	3600	4000
80	NTU	Sports Science and Management	87	3382	3300	3000	3600
81	SMU	Accountancy (4-year programme)	96.4	3607	3000	3000	3650
82	SMU	Accountancy Cum Laude and above	96.3	4439	3550	3013	4773
83	SMU	Business Management (4-year programme)	91.6	4133	3700	3250	4500
84	SMU	Business Cum Laude and above	97.4	4544	4000	3500	4800
85	SMU	Economics (4-year programme)	91.1	4140	3700	3200	4600
86	SMU	Economics Cum Laude and above	93.4	4721	4000	3500	5200
87	SMU	Information Systems Management (4-year programme)	93.6	4160	4000	3600	4600
88	SMU	Information Systems Cum Laude and above	100	4659	4685	4200	5000
89	SMU	Social Sciences (4-year programme)	85.6	3409	3210	3000	3710
90	SMU	Social Sciences Cum Laude and above	84.2	3880	3600	3200	4100
91	SMU	Law (4-year programme)	92.7	4856	4500	4050	5600
92	SMU	Law Cum Laude and above	94.4	5256	5513	4500	6000
93	SIT	Bachelor of Arts in Game Design* 86.7 3,277 3,300	86.7	3,324	3,300	3,196	3,500
94	SIT	Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation	91.2	2,861	2,800	2,600	3,000
95	SIT	Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Game Design*	94.7	3,576	3,600	3,300	4,000
96	SIT	Bachelor of Science in Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation	96.8	4,088	4,016	3,830	4,200
97	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Chemical Engineering	84.6	3,451	3,300	3,000	3,600
98	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Electrical Power Engineering	94.5	3,438	3,343	3,050	3,500
99	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Marine Engineering	97.1	3,439	3,250	3,000	3,600
100	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering	93.5	3,484	3,253	3,100	3,600
101	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Naval Architecture*	100	3,479	3,400	3,300	3,800
102	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Offshore Engineering*	92.3	3,545	3,510	3,100	3,850
103	SIT	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Food and Human Nutrition	90.4	2,895	2,900	2,625	3,200
104	SIT	Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours 91.5 3,188 3,050	96.3	3,216	3,075	3,000	3,250
105	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information & Communications Technology (Information Security)*	100	4,116	4,045	4,000	4,400
106	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Information & Communications Technology (Software Engineering)	95.7	3,914	4,000	3,600	4,300
107	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)	98.3	3,688	3,550	3,400	3,800
108	SIT	Bachelor of Hospitality Business with Honours	92.1	2,991	2,825	2,600	3,175
109	SIT	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Nursing	95.3	3,536	3,500	3,350	3,800
110	SIT	Bachelor in Science (Diagnostic Radiography)*	95.8	3,571	3,350	3,300	3,800
111	SIT	Bachelor in Science (Occupational Therapy)	96.6	3,431	3,460	3,300	3,610
112	SIT	Bachelor in Science (Physiotherapy) 100.0 3,258 3,300	100	3,276	3,300	3,000	3,600
113	SIT	Bachelor in Science (Radiation Therapy) **	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
114	SIT	Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering	83.7	3,298	3,200	3,000	3,550
115	SIT	Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering & Information Technology	83.3	3,609	3,500	3,300	4,000
116	SIT	Bachelor of Business Administration in Food Business Management	86.5	2,929	2,663	2,415	3,300
117	SIT	Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Communication Design	84.9	3,055	2,950	2,550	3,000
118	SIT	Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Interior Design	92.3	2,796	2,775	2,500	3,000
119	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Aeronautical Engineering	78.6	3,454	3,200	3,000	3,500
120	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Aerospace Systems	82.9	3,409	3,360	3,000	3,700
121	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechanical Design Engineering	94.4	3,712	3,500	3,100	4,000
122	SIT	Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Mechatronics	93.8	3,791	3,600	3,250	4,290
123	SIT	Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computing Science	94.7	3,996	4,000	3,500	4,225
124	SIT	Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Criminology and Security	91.9	3,726	3,729	3,260	4,100
125	SIT	Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education	100	2,911	2,925	2,800	3,100
126	SUTD	Engineering (Engineering Product Development)	89.9	3,638	3600	3,450	3,800
127	SUTD	Engineering (Engineering Systems and Design)	91.7	3,956	3,850	3,600	4,210
128	SUTD	Engineering (Information Systems Technology and Design)	100	4,175	4,023	3,600	4,900
129	SUSS	Bachelor of Accountancy	98.7	2879	3000	2700	3000
130	SUSS	Bachelor of Science in Finance	88	3393	3400	3200	3500
131	SUSS	Bachelor of Science in Marketing	94	3023	3000	2650	3245

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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 at 1 Nov 2018 (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 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. 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.

6. National Institute of Education (NIE) is an autonomous institute of NTU.

7. Data on Biomedical Sciences (Traditional Chinese Medicine) graduates is obtained from a follow-up survey on 2018 graduates after they have completed their practical training.

8. **: No data is shown due to the small number of graduates and/or low response rates.

Frequently Asked Questions:

1. What is the difference between mean and median salaries? The mean monthly salary is an average of the salaries of the full-time permanently employed graduates. 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. It is useful to refer to these 2 indicators together. 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).

For example, although the median gross monthly salary for the Accountancy and Business course offered by NTU shows that 50% of the graduates are earning $3,350 or less, the mean gross monthly salary is about $3,727. This indicates that there are some high earners who have raised the mean salary. In contrast, the mean gross monthly salary of Bioengineering graduates is relatively similar to the median gross monthly salary. This indicates that salaries are more evenly distributed on both sides of the median for this group of graduates.

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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