Michigan Tech Tops State Public Universities in Mid-Career Salariesof Graduates

Michigan Technological University ranks first among public universities in Michigan for the mid-career salaries earned by its graduates.  In Payscale.com’s latest College Salary Report, Michigan Tech also ranked 13^th nationwide for mid-career salaries of graduates of public universities and 20^th in the nation for mid-career engineering salaries.

Payscale.com ranks schools based on the median mid-career salary of their bachelor’s degree graduates.  The website, which analyzes earnings, defines mid-career as 10 years or more of work in a field.  Median means that half of those surveyed earned more and half earned less.

The median mid-career salary reported for Michigan Tech was $99,900. The report also listed early-career salaries, defined as earnings by graduates who have been working five years or less in their fields. Michigan Tech graduates’ median early-career salary was  $62,800, placing Tech 7^th among public universities nationally.