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Academic Year 2024 – 2025 (2024 Summer, 2024 Fall, 2025 Spring)<\/h2>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
College<\/th>Degree Level<\/th>Avg Salary<\/th>Min Salary<\/th>25%<\/th>50%<\/th>75%<\/th>Max Salary<\/th>Count<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Agriculture<\/td>Masters<\/td>$48,667<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$38,261<\/td>$100,000<\/td>30<\/td><\/tr>
PhD<\/td>$74,000<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$47,000<\/td>$55,000<\/td>$63,000<\/td>$120,000<\/td>40<\/td><\/tr>
Business<\/td>Masters<\/td>$96,000<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$58,000<\/td>$73,000<\/td>$88,000<\/td>$120,000<\/td>40<\/td><\/tr>
PhD<\/td>$96,000<\/td>$40,000<\/td>$63,333<\/td>$76,000<\/td>$85,714<\/td>$120,000<\/td>10<\/td><\/tr>
Education<\/td>Masters<\/td>$57,826<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$45,000<\/td>$48,333<\/td>$52,353<\/td>$80,000<\/td>23<\/td><\/tr>
PhD<\/td>$83,871<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$51,250<\/td>$60,625<\/td>$71,304<\/td>$120,000<\/td>31<\/td><\/tr>
Engineering<\/td>Masters<\/td>$91,546<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$48,571<\/td>$68,866<\/td>$82,192<\/td>$120,000<\/td>194<\/td><\/tr>
PhD<\/td>$94,549<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$52,453<\/td>$71,197<\/td>$86,114<\/td>$120,000<\/td>233<\/td><\/tr>
HHS<\/td>Masters<\/td>$59,167<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$45,556<\/td>$110,000<\/td>12<\/td><\/tr>
PhD<\/td>$68,750<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$50,000<\/td>$55,000<\/td>$60,556<\/td>$100,000<\/td>24<\/td><\/tr>
Liberal Arts<\/td>Masters<\/td>$68,667<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$41,250<\/td>$55,833<\/td>$120,000<\/td>15<\/td><\/tr>
PhD<\/td>$60,833<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$38,333<\/td>$49,167<\/td>$53,889<\/td>$100,000<\/td>24<\/td><\/tr>
Pharmacy<\/td>PhD<\/td>$78,750<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$40,000<\/td>$50,000<\/td>$65,000<\/td>$120,000<\/td>16<\/td><\/tr>
Science<\/td>Masters<\/td>$77,778<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$43,333<\/td>$61,528<\/td>$120,000<\/td>18<\/td><\/tr>
PhD<\/td>$82,585<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$48,438<\/td>$58,154<\/td>$70,619<\/td>$120,000<\/td>129<\/td><\/tr>
JaSP*<\/td>PhD<\/td>$64,286<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$40,000<\/td>$50,000<\/td>$54,000<\/td>$90,000<\/td>7<\/td><\/tr>
Polytech<\/td>Masters<\/td>$91,154<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$51,429<\/td>$69,231<\/td>$81,053<\/td>$120,000<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr>
PhD<\/td>$95,333<\/td>$30,000<\/td>$59,091<\/td>$76,400<\/td>$87,353<\/td>$120,000<\/td>45<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Young Hall, Room 170
155 S. Grant Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2114
Phone: (765) 494-2600
Fax: (765) 494-0136
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College Degree Level Avg Salary Min Salary 25% 50% 75% Max Salary Count Agriculture Masters $48,667 $30,000 $30,000 $30,000 $38,261 $100,000 30 PhD $74,000 $30,000 $47,000 $55,000 $63,000 $120,000 40 Business Masters $96,000 $30,000 $58,000 $73,000 $88,000 $120,000 40 PhD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1637,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7807","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7807"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7822,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7807\/revisions\/7822"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/academics\/ogsps\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}