This table is compiled with the results of the annual Graduate Employment Survey(GES) AY19-20 which is administered to graduates about 6months after taking their final examinations in NUS. 6,609 full-time graduates and 870 follow-up graduates from NUS were surveyed in November 2019 and the overall response rate obtained were 77.9% and 74.7% respectively. Salaries shown are on per-month basis.
Source: MOE
NUS Programme Overall Emplyment 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 84.90% 64.50% $3,200 $2,800 $3,700
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) 92.70% 68.20% $3,500 $3,250 $3,800
Bachelor of Social Sciences 88.00% 75.90% $3,500 $3,212 $3,850
Faculty of Dentistry
Bachelor of Dental Surgery 100.00% 97.30% $4,200 $4,000 $4,500
Faculty of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical Engineering) 80.40% 68.60% $3,500 $3,200 $3,800
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering) 92.40% 86.70% $3,950 $3,500 $4,300
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering) 95.00% 93.00% $3,600 $3,400 $4,025
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) 89.60% 85.20% $4,000 $3,600 $4,600
Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Science)* 84.60% 84.60% $3,750 $3,400 $5,200
Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) 89.50% 80.70% $3,400 $3,200 $3,900
Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and Systems Engineering) 97.60% 96.50% $4,000 $3,500 $4,600
Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) 78.60% 76.20% $4,000 $3,700 $4,600
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical Engineering) 88.60% 86.70% $3,700 $3,400 $4,300
Faculty of Law
Bachelor of Laws6 95.70% 93.00% $5,400 $4,500 $5,800
Faculty of Science
Bachelor of Science 84.00% 59.30% $3,100 $2,900 $3,600
Bachelor of Science (Hons)* 88.50% 72.30% $3,500 $3,100 $3,800
Bachelor of Science (Computational Biology)** N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy)6 100.00% 95.50% $3,750 $3,500 $4,000
NUS Business School
Bachelor of Business Administration 100.00% 82.60% $4,000 $3,400 $5,500
Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons) 95.50% 91.00% $4,150 $3,500 $5,000
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy)* 93.80% 93.80% $3,000 $3,000 $3,800
Bachelor of Business Administration (Accountancy) (Hons) 97.80% 97.80% $3,600 $3,000 $4,500
School of Computing
Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science) 92.80% 90.60% $5,000 $4,205 $5,585
Bachelor of Computing (Electronic Commerce)** N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
Bachelor of Computing (Information Security)** N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A. N.A.
Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems) 95.90% 95.90% $4,228 $4,000 $4,685
Bachelor of Science (Business Analytics) 100.00% 100.00% $5,000 $4,050 $5,200
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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 2019 (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. Data on law, medical and pharmacy graduates are obtained from a follow-up survey on 2018 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 2016 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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