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Exploring Outcomes For High Earning Female Graduates Under 40 in the Big 10

Written by Dr. Jacob Bonne | February 10, 2023 5:01:06 PM Z

 

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?

Want to see where your institution ranks or to see how we developed these rankings in real time? Get a free consultation for student success, and we’ll show you a lifetime of graduate outcomes data in seconds.

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