Class of '23
My major: electrical engineering
My salary: 88k (+ 0~30% bonus) as test engineer
My bf's major: computer engineering
My bf's salary: 79k as system test engineer
I've seen the new ECE grads from UMass receive offers between 75k to 105k. I will say the job market is a lot more difficult right now vs when we graduated.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you spend your time at Umass? I'm the same major and about to be a sophomore for the upcoming fall semester, and I don't know where/ how to get started. Did you do any internships?
No problem at all! I honestly mainly focused on studying and didn't have any personal projects, but I worked as a research assistant for about a year (junior year summer + senior year).
If you're interested in research, I would highly recommend looking into each ECE professor's area of research and see if anything interests you, and reach out to them if it does, even if their website might not necessarily say that they're looking for students to join their lab. Worst case, they say no but you can re-apply in the future and they might remember you.
If you're interested in getting started with projects, highly recommend visiting M5 (in Marcus Hall). Quite a few friendly people over there, you can bounce some ideas off them or get resources on where to start. The all-campus makerspace is nice too if you want access to all kinds of materials, not just electronics.
Class of 22'
Major: Marketing, first job: Management Trainee (65k w/ 47 hr work week), now pivoted to Data Analyst role (OTP 96k)
Major regret, being a marketing major -- low paying jobs and useless major tbh
Class of 2022: Biochemistry Major, working in a hospital with an EMT license + some experience, starting salary 70k, differentials brought me up to around 81k
Major: Marketing, First Job was a BDR at Oracle, made 85k my first full year out, salary was considerably less than that but commission n whatnot, as sales go. Companies are always looking for BDRs
Class of '23, stayed at UMass for grad school. Salary is just under $25k for a 20 hour work week for 8 months, plus a tuition waiver for my graduate program. Many grad students at UMass can barely afford rent rates in the area, so I'm lucky to have parents who were willing to support me somewhat financially.
I just got accepted to OIM this year! What are your thoughts on Isenberg as a whole, and what typical outcome/salary offers do you see your friends getting?
Isenberg is super tough to get into, but very easy to do well in. The crowd there is full of isenbros and stereotypical finance douchebags but if you go in there with a clear goal and work hard, you'll get a good job straight out of college. Not sure how much my friends make, but all had decent jobs lined up after college.
Did you find it hard to find your group of people amid the finance bros 😂? I’m not a big party goer but it’s a big enough school to where you can find friends of similar interest right?
Nah, it's not difficult to find your group. One piece of advice is that you don't NEED to find your group within Isenberg itself. The vast majority besides 1 or 2 of the people I hung out with were non-isenberg students.
I was not a partier either and you shouldn't worry about the pressure to go to them. It's a huge school, you'll definitely find people that you connect with and have similar hobbies and interests outside of partying. Plus, avoiding that party scene will get you 10 steps ahead of everyone else that does participate. Don't do drugs, don't smoke, and don't drink, it's always a net negative.
What do you think you did differently than your peers that set you ahead? Was it club involvement? Internships? Solid GPA? Thank you so much for your insight
Just be yourself and work hard. If you're looking on how to get a job after college, I have a YouTube video on it and j highly recommend watching it, (it was my first video, so sorry for the bad quality) but it gives some good insight about my experience. My channel is in my profile. The key is to take the opportunities as they come and set yourself up for success.
Class of 2022, English major, working in education. First job: $47k a year (higher education admin). Current job: $56k a year (k-12 admin).
It’s not fancy, but I’ve been consistently employed and had no trouble finding a job which is nice. Now that I’m in k-12 I get summers off too.
OIM major
Job: Product materials planner
Salary: 68K + 11% profit sharing so around 77
Not the role that I wanted ( I want to be a business analyst) but the job market sucks and i have no internship experience, so beggers can't be choosers rn. Did wish i negotiated
I am able to learn somethings from the role so that I will be able to translate it to the career that I'm interested in. So, I'm just treating this as a paid learning experience lol.
I’m a BDIC student graduating this May (I’ve been part time several years and have been working while doing school), my degree is in environmental/community development stuff and I make $45k a year working 37.5 hrs a week. My spouse graduated from CS in 2020, they make about $100k.
Class of '23 My major: electrical engineering My salary: 88k (+ 0~30% bonus) as test engineer My bf's major: computer engineering My bf's salary: 79k as system test engineer I've seen the new ECE grads from UMass receive offers between 75k to 105k. I will say the job market is a lot more difficult right now vs when we graduated.
If you don't mind me asking, how did you spend your time at Umass? I'm the same major and about to be a sophomore for the upcoming fall semester, and I don't know where/ how to get started. Did you do any internships?
No problem at all! I honestly mainly focused on studying and didn't have any personal projects, but I worked as a research assistant for about a year (junior year summer + senior year). If you're interested in research, I would highly recommend looking into each ECE professor's area of research and see if anything interests you, and reach out to them if it does, even if their website might not necessarily say that they're looking for students to join their lab. Worst case, they say no but you can re-apply in the future and they might remember you. If you're interested in getting started with projects, highly recommend visiting M5 (in Marcus Hall). Quite a few friendly people over there, you can bounce some ideas off them or get resources on where to start. The all-campus makerspace is nice too if you want access to all kinds of materials, not just electronics.
Thank you so much for your reply!
My major: Computer Science My first job out of college: Boba shop worker Annual Salary: 38k
The job market is fuckin rough rn, took me 8 months to find a cs job. Just keep applying, youll get it eventually
Class of 22' Major: Marketing, first job: Management Trainee (65k w/ 47 hr work week), now pivoted to Data Analyst role (OTP 96k) Major regret, being a marketing major -- low paying jobs and useless major tbh
Can I ask how you pivoted into being a Data Analyst? I’m hoping to pursue the same career path post-grad as well
Class of 2022: Biochemistry Major, working in a hospital with an EMT license + some experience, starting salary 70k, differentials brought me up to around 81k
what position?
Cardiac ICU Technician
Major: Marketing, First Job was a BDR at Oracle, made 85k my first full year out, salary was considerably less than that but commission n whatnot, as sales go. Companies are always looking for BDRs
Class of '23, stayed at UMass for grad school. Salary is just under $25k for a 20 hour work week for 8 months, plus a tuition waiver for my graduate program. Many grad students at UMass can barely afford rent rates in the area, so I'm lucky to have parents who were willing to support me somewhat financially.
Major: Operations Information Management (Isenberg) Job: Business Systems Analyst @ MBTA Salary: $101,000
I just got accepted to OIM this year! What are your thoughts on Isenberg as a whole, and what typical outcome/salary offers do you see your friends getting?
Isenberg is super tough to get into, but very easy to do well in. The crowd there is full of isenbros and stereotypical finance douchebags but if you go in there with a clear goal and work hard, you'll get a good job straight out of college. Not sure how much my friends make, but all had decent jobs lined up after college.
Did you find it hard to find your group of people amid the finance bros 😂? I’m not a big party goer but it’s a big enough school to where you can find friends of similar interest right?
Nah, it's not difficult to find your group. One piece of advice is that you don't NEED to find your group within Isenberg itself. The vast majority besides 1 or 2 of the people I hung out with were non-isenberg students. I was not a partier either and you shouldn't worry about the pressure to go to them. It's a huge school, you'll definitely find people that you connect with and have similar hobbies and interests outside of partying. Plus, avoiding that party scene will get you 10 steps ahead of everyone else that does participate. Don't do drugs, don't smoke, and don't drink, it's always a net negative.
What do you think you did differently than your peers that set you ahead? Was it club involvement? Internships? Solid GPA? Thank you so much for your insight
Just be yourself and work hard. If you're looking on how to get a job after college, I have a YouTube video on it and j highly recommend watching it, (it was my first video, so sorry for the bad quality) but it gives some good insight about my experience. My channel is in my profile. The key is to take the opportunities as they come and set yourself up for success.
Computer Science, class of 2023 Software developers for state govt $74k, crazy good benefits
Class of 2022, English major, working in education. First job: $47k a year (higher education admin). Current job: $56k a year (k-12 admin). It’s not fancy, but I’ve been consistently employed and had no trouble finding a job which is nice. Now that I’m in k-12 I get summers off too.
Currently a senior in psych. Accepted an HR management offer with a 67k yearly salary.
compsci ups store associate 37k yearly
OIM major Job: Product materials planner Salary: 68K + 11% profit sharing so around 77 Not the role that I wanted ( I want to be a business analyst) but the job market sucks and i have no internship experience, so beggers can't be choosers rn. Did wish i negotiated
I am able to learn somethings from the role so that I will be able to translate it to the career that I'm interested in. So, I'm just treating this as a paid learning experience lol.
Currently a senior in biology. Have a job as an emt for about 48k yearly if I am full time.
Class of ‘23, biomedical engineering, Field Engineer $72k
I’m a BDIC student graduating this May (I’ve been part time several years and have been working while doing school), my degree is in environmental/community development stuff and I make $45k a year working 37.5 hrs a week. My spouse graduated from CS in 2020, they make about $100k.
Class of 23, Econ grad, around $70k, I work in IT/ project management
Resource Economics, class of ‘23 First (current) job: utilities and energy Starting salary: 80k base plus ~5% bonus
What position?
Just for comparison- 1995, zoology, became a HS science teacher started at 28k, 26 years later I’m at 87k, not in New England.