This table is compiled with the results of the annual Graduate Employment Survey(GES) which is administered to graduates about 6months after taking their final examinations in NTU/NUS/SMU. 15,365 graduates from the three publicly-funded universities were surveyed and the overall response rate obtained was 72%. Salaries shown are on per-month basis.
Source: MOE
NTU Programme Overall Employment Rate (%) Full-time Perm ER (%) Median Gross Salary (S$) 25th percentile Gross Salary (S$) 75th percentile Gross Salary (S$)
Accountancy and Business 98.2 95.6 3300 2900 4000
Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours Programme) 96.6 96.1 2840 2700 3000
Business (3-yr direct Honours Programme) 89.6 80.2 3100 2800 3600
Business and Computing 92.9 89.3 3450 3232 4000
Aerospace Engineering 84.6 82.7 3770 3300 4070
Bioengineering 79.8 69.7 3000 2825 3400
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 83.8 76.1 3400 3200 3575
Computer Engineering 91.4 88.8 3400 3200 3800
Civil Engineering 93.8 92.9 3100 3000 3300
Computer Science 94.5 93.7 3200 3000 3700
Electrical and Electronic Engineering 90.7 88.4 3200 3000 3500
Environmental Engineering 88.9 82.2 3000 3000 3500
Information Engineering and Media 85.7 73.2 3200 3000 3600
Materials Engineering 82.5 77.7 3150 3000 3410
Mechanical Engineering 90.2 87.8 3100 3000 3500
Maritime Studies 92.5 92.5 3050 3000 3500
Art, Design & Media 80.0 68.0 2700 2300 3000
Chinese 86.8 75.8 3000
2700 3300
Communication Studies 86.7 77.9 3000 2600 3294
Economics 88.7 78.4 3200 3000 3500
English 87.0 63.0 3100 2800 3990
Linguistics And Multilingual Studies 85.7 66.7 3230 2800 3500
Psychology 66.7 54.9 3100 2800 3500
Sociology 73.2 67.9 3100 2800 3260
Biomedical Sciences** - - - - -
Biomedical Sciences (Traditional Chinese Medicine) 100.0 100.0 2900 2786 3400
Biological Sciences 75.1 60.8 3000 2800 3400
Chemistry & Biological Chemistry 80.5 68.3 3100 2800 3400
Mathematics & Economics 88.4 87.0 3200 2800 3500
Mathematical Science 91.3 79.7 3200 2800 3300
Physics / Applied Physics 73.7 63.2 3100 2800 3560
Sports Science and Management 87.9 69.7 3000 2700 3590
Science (with Education) 100 100 3475 3400 3750
Arts (with Education) 100 100 3475
3400 3700
Refer to our university course selection guide on how to use the information here effectively to aid your selection of a course/major.
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 2013 (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. Basic monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic pay before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, overtime payments, commissions, allowances, other monetary and 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 2012 graduates after they have completed their practical training.
8. **: No data is shown due to the small number/proportion of respondents.
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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