Faculty Recruiting Support CICS

Destination Report 2018 (Text)

Knowledge Rate:

  • 90% undergraduates | 92% MS/PhD
  • 362 graduates

Undergraduate Outcomes

  • 91% BS/BA graduates are employed or continuing their education
  • 65% undergraduate retention in MA

MS/PhD Outcomes

  • 95% BS/BA graduates are employed or continuing their education
  • 37% MS/PhD retention in MA
  • Half of MS/PhD graduates work in CA, NY, WA

Top Employers

  • Amazon
  • BAE Systems
  • BOSE
  • Bloomberg
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
  • CISCO
  • Google
  • IBM
  • Lexalytics
  • Liberty Mutual
  • MassMutual
  • Microsoft Research
  • MITRE
  • Oracle
  • Pratt & Whitney
  • Raytheon
  • ViaSat
  • VOYA Financial

1 of 3 graduates work for an Industry Affiliates Program (IAP) member

Industry Exploration

Technology

Wayfair, Mathworks, Tracelink, and more...

Healthcare

Optum, Change Healthcare, Gritstone Oncology, and more...

Finance

Fidelity, Putnam Investments, Wealthfront, and more...

Advanced Degrees

UMass Amherst is the destination of choice, in part due to the popular Bay State Programs.

24 MS students decided to pursue their PhDs
here at UMass Amherst.

Other universities include: Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, and Brown.

Median Starting Salary

  • $80K (Undergraduates)
  • $110K (MS/PhD)

Did you know?

  • 128 different employers hired CICS graduates last year
  • 1/2 of the hires went to an employer who attended a career fair last year
  • 84% of Class of 2018 graduates report being satisfied with their current post-graduation plans

Who helped?

  • Friends/Classmates
  • CICS Careers
  • Family
  • Professors
  • Staff
  • Alumni

Handshake Response Rate:

27% undergraduates | 40% MS/PhD

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