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
NUS Programme Overall Employment Rate (%) Full-time Perm ER (%) Median Gross Salary (S$) 25th percentile Gross Salary (S$) 75th percentile Gross Salary (S$)
Arts 81.9 65.3 2800 2500 3010
Arts (Hons) 83.1 76.6 3300 3000 3600
Social Sciences 88.7 80.1 3250 3000 3600
Business Administration 87.9 83.6 3000 2800 3300
Business Administration (Hons) 94.4 90.6 3520 3200 4300
Business Administration (Accountancy) 93.9 89.8 2838 2700 3000
Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) 100.0 96.3 2912 2800 3614
Computing (Communications and Media) 82.1 82.1 3088 2900 3300
Computing (Computational Biology)** - - - - -
Computing (Computer Engineering)** - - - - -
Computing (Computer Science) 92 83 3425 3000 4000
Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce) 90.6 85.9 3500 3300 4000
Computing (Information Systems) 95.5 92.0 3500 3100 4039
Dental Surgery 100.0 100.0 4000 4000 4200
Arts (Architecture)** 98.4 95.2 4275 4000 4750
Arts (Industrial Design) 77.3 59.1 2565 2200 3000
Bachelor of Science (Project and Facilities Management) 95.3 94.1 3000 2900 3360
Science (Real Estate) 93.1 89.2 3000
2750 3300
Engineering (Bioengineering) 87.5 77.1 3000 2700 3300
Engineering (Chemical Engineering) 83.9 76.4 3300 3000 3650
Engineering (Civil Engineering) 97.1 97.1 3208
3000 3500
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Engineering) 95.2 92.4 3500 3200 4080
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) 90.6 88.1 3300 3000 3800
Engineering (Engineering Science) 81.3 62.5 3400 3275 3790
Engineering (Environmental Engineering) 95.2 92.9 3230 3000 3422
Engineering (Industrial and Systems) 96.5 96.5 3600 3200 4000
Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) 78.6 73.8 3300 3000 3600
Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 90.0 88.5 3200 3000 3500
Laws (LLB) (Hons) 98.2 97.6 5150 4800 5800
Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 100.0 1 100.0 1 5000 4500 5200
Science (Nursing) 100.0 95.6 3200 3050 3386
Science (Nursing) (Hons) 100 100 3500 3270 3600
Music** - - - -
Applied Science** - - - - -
Applied Science (Hons) 95.5 81.8 2800 2600 3000
Science 76.8 61.4 3000 2700 3200
Science (Hons) 86.6 75.8 3210 2950 3600
Science (Computational Biology)** - - - - -
Science (Pharmacy) (Hons) 98.9 96.7 3630 3470 4000
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. Data on law, medical and pharmacy graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on 2012 graduates after they have completed their 1-year practical law course/pupillage/housemanship. Data on architecture graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on 2010 architecture graduates after they have completed their practical training.
7. **: 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 Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) course offered by NUS shows that 50% of the graduates are earning $3,200 or less, the mean gross monthly salary is about $3,512. This indicates that there are some high earners who have raised the mean salary. In contrast, the mean gross monthly salary of Bachelor of Social Sciences 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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