Job Placement

Over 90% of Thayer School graduates seeking employment find full-time positions within 6 months of graduation.

Some graduates become professional engineers. Others become:

• research scientists
• entrepreneurs
• business leaders
• inventors
• architects
• scholars
• professors
• physicians
• attorneys
• venture capitalists . . . just to name a few.

Degree Outcomes

Approximately half of undergraduate engineering majors go into full-time employment after graduation and the other half go on to graduate school.

Twenty percent of Bachelor of Engineering graduates are continuing with graduate school, while the balance of BEs accept positions in a variety of fields including technical business management and consulting.

Nearly all Master of Engineering Management (MEM) graduates enter directly into full-time positions in areas such as engineering project management, consulting, or finance.

Between 20–40% of MS graduates continue on to pursue a PhD while the remaining 60–80% secure employment as R&D engineers, research associates and the like.

PhD recipients may enter into professorships (15%), post-doc/research positions (50–60%), entrepreneurship or industry (~30%). Dartmouth also offers the nation's first doctoral-level engineering Innovation Program.)

Average Starting Salaries – 2020

• BE
  - $82,000
• MEM
  - $98,000
• PhD (industry)
  - $118,000

Engineering Alumni – 2020

• Engineering Alumni: 5,192
  - BE and/or graduate degrees: 3,812
  - AB degree only: 1,380
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• Geographic distribution
  - 50 states and District of Columbia
  - 50 nations

Mission

Through customized coaching and networking resources, we support engineering students and alumni in developing strategies for career success.

Vision

All students will be confident and knowledgeable about the career development process and have strengthened self-awareness when they graduate from Thayer School.

We build relationships with employers to provide a diverse set of opportunities and internships for our students and serve as a resource for information on industry trends, job markets, and student outcomes.

In addition, our team recognizes that collaboration and creativity thrive when we fully embrace diverse perspectives and backgrounds on our teams, in our learning, and in our work.

We commit to creating a welcoming environment at Thayer and partnering with alumni and employers who share our vision of a more diverse and inclusive workplace—not only for a more equitable world, but also to best serve the future of innovation.

Goals

To that end, we will:

• Actively work towards Inclusive Excellence at Thayer School;
• Implement Dartmouth’s Campus Climate and Culture Initiative (C3i) (Amy Keeler, Associate Director of Career Services, serves on this committee);
• Participate in continuing anti-racism education opportunities;
• Prioritize programs that bring more under-represented minorities into engineering;
• Look to the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) for advice on addressing racism;
• Engage employers in discussion about hiring practices surrounding diversity and equity.