--- title: Exploring Outcomes For High Earning Female Graduates Under 40 in the Big 10 description: This analysis focused the post-graduation outcomes for high-earning female graduates under 40 from Big 10 universities. image: https://blog.steppingblocks.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-09%20at%2011.51.10%20AM.png --- [![Sb_logo220.png](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo%20Image%20Files/Sb_logo220.png?width=220&name=Sb_logo220.png "Sb_logo220.png")](https://www.steppingblocks.com) ## **Steppingblocks Stories** Industry trends, innovations and news for an empowered campus. Lead the future of higher education. ### Featured Story [All posts **](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/all) - ** [Lists](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/tag/lists) ## [Exploring Outcomes For High Earning Female Graduat...](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/high-earning-female-plc) Pay equity is a critical issue in the workforce and for Higher Education. Steppingblocks previously explored the R2 universities producing the highest... - ![](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(65)%20(1).png) - **Dr. Jacob Bonne ** July 11, 2023 12:56:04 PM EDT . 6 min read - READ TIME 6 MINS | - - [Lists](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/tag/lists) # Exploring Outcomes For High Earning Female Graduates Under 40 in the Big 10 - ![Dr. Jacob Bonne](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(65)%20(1).png) - Written by Dr. Jacob Bonne ![](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/hubfs/Screen%20Shot%202023-02-09%20at%2011.51.10%20AM.png) [![Tour the outcomes behind this list.](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2665497/77f43c19-a930-4613-a4e6-6e5b517b40b5.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2665497/77f43c19-a930-4613-a4e6-6e5b517b40b5)   Pay equity is a critical issue in the workforce and for Higher Education. Steppingblocks [previously explored](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/r2-universities-producing-high-earning-females-under-40) the R2 universities producing the highest earning female graduates. as well as outcomes for universities [across the country.](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/high-earning-female-residents-west) We've elected to expand this analysis to explore the post-graduation outcomes for female graduates under 40 years old living in the United States. These rankings also represent our latest [dataset](https://www.steppingblocks.com/our-data) (updated quarterly). How did we generate this data? To understand how we generated this report, you first have to understand our data. To obtain a comprehensive picture of education and workforce outcomes, we collect, organize, classify and analyze demographic, education and employment data from hundreds of sources. Our data then undergoes a rigorous process of validation for quality and veracity to ensure reliable, high-quality information on over 135 million people, over 25 million companies and over 1 billion career milestones. For this analysis, we explored the post-graduation outcomes of high earning female graduates under 40 from Big 10 institutions. This allows us to generate the provided data points and understand the impact of these colleges and universities. We leveraged the following variables: ****Age:** **Individuals identified as <40 years old in the Steppingblocks dataset. **Average Salary:** Using Steppingblocks' salary calculations, we identified individuals with a salary of more than $100,000. **Gender:** Individuals identified as Female in the Steppingblocks dataset. **Universities:** Each university in the Big 10. **Top Industries: **The top industries by volume for high-earning female graduates from each university. **Top Employers:** The top employers by volume for high-earning female graduates from each university. *Note: Institutions are very frequently one of their own top employers and have been excluded from the list of top employers.* [![Tour the outcomes behind this list.](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2665497/77f43c19-a930-4613-a4e6-6e5b517b40b5.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2665497/77f43c19-a930-4613-a4e6-6e5b517b40b5) Would you like more information about your institutions alumni data and graduate outcomes? Feel free to reach out to our team [to learn more.](https://www.steppingblocks.com/university-sign-up)    # The Big 10 ## Indiana University, Bloomington Average Salary: $128,292 Top Industries: Healthcare, Education, Information Technology, Finance, Marketing Top Employers: Community Health Network, Amazon, Humana, EY, Deloitte ## University of Maryland, College Park Average Salary: $129,710 Top Industries: Information Technology, Healthcare, Education, Finance, Government Top Employers: Deloitte, Capital One, Amazon, FDA, Northrop Grumman ## University of Michigan  Average Salary: $131,664 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Information Technology, Education, Finance, Legal Top Employers:  Google, Amazon, Ford Motor Company, Beaumont Health, General Motors ## Michigan State University Average Salary: $129,059 Top Industries:   Healthcare, Information Technology, Education, Marketing, Finance Top Employers:  General Motors, Spectrum Health, Beaumont Health, Amazon, Deloitte ## Ohio State University Average Salary: $128,692 Top Industries: Healthcare, Information Technology, Education, Finance, Retail Top Employers:  JPMorgan & Chase Co., Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, OhioHealth, CVS Health ## Penn State University Average Salary: $126,942 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Information Technology, Finance, Education, Life Sciences Top Employers: Deloitte, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, UPMC, Vanguard ## Rutgers University, New Brunswick Average Salary: $130,681 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Information Technology, Finance, Life Sciences, Education Top Employers: Hackensack Meridian Health, Barnabas Health, CVS Health, Amazon, Atlantic Health System ## University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Average Salary: $127,420 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Information Technology, Finance, Education, Marketing Top Employers:  Deloitte, Amazon, Google, EY, AbbVie ## University of Iowa  Average Salary: $129,103 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Education, Finance, Information Technology, Retail Top Employers:  Hy-Vee Inc., Walgreens, Collins Aerospace, Unitypoint Health, John Deere ## University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Average Salary: $127,954 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Information Technology, Education, Life Sciences, Finance Top Employers: Medtronic, Target, Mayo Clinic, Allina Health, 3M ## University of Nebraska, Lincoln Average Salary: $127,169 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Information Technology, Education, Finance, Retail Top Employers: Spreetail, C&A Industries, Mutual of Omaha, Ameritas, Deloitte ## Northwestern University Average Salary: $135,301 Top Industries: Information Technology, Healthcare, Finance, Education, Consulting Top Employers:  Amazon, Google, Deloitte, Bain & Company, Microsoft ## Purdue University Average Salary: $125,949 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Information Technology, Education, Life Sciences, Finance Top Employers:  CVS Health, Amazon, Boeing, Indiana University Health, Microsoft ## University of Wisconsin, Madison  Average Salary: $128,474 Top Industries:  Healthcare, Information Technology, Education, Finance, Life Sciences Top Employers:  Deloitte, SSM Health, Walgreens, Amazon, Kohls ### [![Tour the outcomes behind this list.](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2665497/77f43c19-a930-4613-a4e6-6e5b517b40b5.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2665497/77f43c19-a930-4613-a4e6-6e5b517b40b5) ## How are you leveraging graduate outcomes data? Graduation outcomes have become increasingly important to higher education. Universities across the country are leveraging outcomes data to make strategic decisions or support their student success initiatives. [For example,](https://blog.steppingblocks.com/datau/diagnose-post-graduation-health-with-data) Florida International University is leveraging data in their efforts to support alumni success. Georgia State is putting data-driven career roadmaps in the hands of every student as part of their leadership on the [Taskforce of Higher Education and Opportunity.](https://taskforceonhighered.org/initiatives/goal-1/data-driven-career-roadmaps) Interested in how you could leverage Steppingblocks? [Explore now.](https://www.steppingblocks.com/graduate-outcomes) ## Where do you rank? Want to see where your institution ranks or to see how we developed these rankings in real time? 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