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Pay equity is a critical issue in the workforce and for Higher Education. Steppingblocks previously explored the R2 universities producing the highest earning female graduates. as well as outcomes for universities across the country. 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 (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.
Would you like more information about your institutions alumni data and graduate outcomes? Feel free to reach out to our team to learn more.
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
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, 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.
Interested in how you could leverage Steppingblocks? Explore now.
Where do you rank?
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