Salary and employment rates for graduates in Singapore

Wondering about fresh university graduate salary in Singapore and how employable they are?

The results of the 2009 Graduate Salary/Employment Survey for National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore Management University (SMU) are out and can provide some answers.

You can download graduate salary survey results for the three universities here -> NUS, NTU and SMU.

Below are some quick details on the top salaries and employment rates.

Top Median Gross Monthly Graduate Salaries (75th-percentile salaries in brackets)

1. SMU Information Systems Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $4,000 ($4,600)
2. SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,200 ($4,000)
3. SMU Economics (4-yr programme) – $3,000 ($3,763)
4. NUS Business Administration (Honours) – $3,000 ($3,600)
5. SMU Business Management (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – $3,000 ($3,500)
6. NUS Chemical Engineering – $3,000 ($3,500)
7. NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering – $3,000 ($3,450)
8. NUS Dental Surgery – $3,000 ($3,400)
9. NTU Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering – $3,000 ($3,300)
10. NTU Aerospace Engineering – $3,000 ($3,250)
11. NTU Arts (with Education) – $3,000 ($3,200)
12. NUS Information Systems – $2,975 ($3,250)
13. NTU Physics & Applied Physics – $2,950 ($3,000)
14. NUS Computer Engineering – $2,900 ($3,440)
15. NTU Chemistry & Biological Chemistry – $2,900 ($3,300)
16. NUS Computer Science – $2,900 ($3,290)
17. NTU Computer Science – $2,900 ($3,250)
18. NTU Science (with Education) – $2,900 ($3,200)
19. NTU Computer Engineering – $2,900 ($3,200)
20. NUS Mechanical Engineering – $2,900 ($3,200)
21. NUS Science (Honours) – $2,900 ($3,200)

Top Permanent Graduate Employment Rate (average salaries in brackets)

1. NUS Nursing – 100.0% ($2,568)
2. NTU Science (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,030)
3. NTU Arts (with Education) – 100.0% ($3,109)
4. NUS Dental Surgery – 100.0% ($3,176)
5. NTU Chinese – 98.0% ($2,756)
6. NUS Business Administration (Accountancy) – 97.1% ($2,448)
7. SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 96.8% ($3,586)
8. NUS Computer Engineering – 95.7% ($2,890)
9. SMU Accountancy (4-yr programme) – 95.3% ($3,073)
10. NUS Applied Science (Honours) – 94.7% ($2,674)
11. NTU Computer Science – 94.3% ($2,930)
12. NUS Material Science and Engineering – 93.8% ($2,880)
13. NUS Civil Engineering – 92.9% ($2,801)
14. SMU Economics (4-yr programme) Cum Laude and above – 92.6% ($3,606)
15. NUS Industrial & Systems Engineering – 92.5% ($3,099)
16. NUS Business Administration (Honours) – 92.1% ($3,389)
17. NUS Information Systems – 91.1% ($2,918)
18. NTU Civil Engineering – 90.8% ($2,769)
19. NTU Accountancy (3-yr direct Honours programme) – 90.0% ($2,529)