Starting Salaries of Local Graduates

The following tables show the Graduate Employment Survey (GES) – jointly conducted by NTU, NUS, SMU, SIT, SUTD and SUSS.

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY: 2025 Graduate Employment Survey Employment Rates1 and Salaries of Graduates by Bachelor Degree
5,950 fresh graduates and 145 follow-up graduates from NTU were surveyed in November 2025. Overall response rates: 75.1% (fresh) and 45.5% (follow-up).
DegreeProportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who wereGross Monthly Salary4
Employed1In Full-TIme Permanent Employed3MedianMean25th Percentile75th Percentile
College of Business (CoB) / Nanyang Business School
Accountancy92.3%88.5%$4,578$4,350$4,300$4,550
Accountancy and Business93.3%89.3%$5,385$4,680$4,350$6,000
Accountancy and Data Science & Artificial Intelligence**N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Business85.6%71.8%$4,946$4,500$4,000$5,300
College of Computing and Data Science + College of Business
(CCDS + CoB)
Double Degree in Business and Computer Engineering/Computing787.0%83.3%$6,993$6,950$5,520$8,000
College of Computing and Data Science (CCDS)
Computer Engineering83.1%75.4%$5,348$5,150$4,900$5,850
Computer Science85.1%79.7%$5,852$5,500$4,900$6,565
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence81.0%75.9%$5,408$5,250$4,850$6,130
College of Engineering (CoE)
Aerospace Engineering71.1%62.9%$4,901$4,640$4,200$5,400
Bioengineering74.2%62.9%$4,330$4,300$4,000$4,541
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering78.0%69.1%$4,434$4,400$4,000$4,900
Civil Engineering86.7%79.6%$4,522$4,200$4,000$4,620
Electrical and Electronic Engineering83.3%75.8%$4,786$4,800$4,250$5,200
Environmental Engineering73.7%63.2%$4,351$4,200$3,900$4,900
Information Engineering and Media66.7%59.6%$5,130$4,950$4,700$5,500
Maritime Studies86.4%80.7%$4,424$4,200$4,000$4,800
Materials Engineering78.4%72.0%$4,748$4,700$4,200$5,000
Mechanical Engineering79.5%73.3%$4,664$4,500$4,090$5,000
College of Engineering / Computing and Data Science + College
of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CoE / CCDS + CoHASS)
Double Degree in Engineering / Computer Science and Economics887.5%68.8%$6,270$5,500$5,000$7,500
College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences (CoHASS)
Art, Design and Media69.7%34.8%$3,464$3,350$3,000$3,600
Chinese89.8%73.5%$4,208$4,345$3,625$4,680
Communication Studies83.6%55.7%$4,164$4,000$3,700$4,618
Economics86.2%78.5%$4,709$4,621$4,100$5,200
English70.6%51.5%$4,008$4,100$3,200$4,680
History75.0%52.3%$4,516$4,583$3,700$4,800
Linguistics and Multilingual Studies69.8%47.2%$4,035$3,950$3,550$4,498
Philosophy75.0%62.5%$4,383$4,390$3,500$4,908
Psychology77.8%58.6%$4,354$4,065$3,850$4,945
Public Policy and Global Affairs77.4%71.0%$4,966$4,880$4,500$5,550
Sociology75.9%64.8%$4,398$4,500$4,000$4,780
Interdisciplinary Double / Integrated Major978.9%71.9%$4,605$4,500$4,000$5,000
College of Science (CoS)
Biological Sciences1083.9%69.4%$4,123$4,000$3,800$4,300
Biomedical Sciences1189.3%89.3%$4,049$3,700$3,500$4,400
Chemistry and Biological Chemistry72.8%64.8%$4,257$4,200$3,700$4,680
Environmental Earth Systems Science1290.0%76.7%$4,585$4,350$4,100$5,000
Mathematical Sciences69.9%64.4%$5,108$4,680$4,300$5,100
Physics and Applied Physics71.9%56.3%$4,706$4,600$3,800$5,221
Interdisciplinary Double Major1384.4%71.9%$5,628$5,226$5,020$6,500
National Institute of Education (NIE)14
Arts (Academic Discipline and Education)100.0%100.0%$4,749$5,000$4,309$5,105
Science (Academic Discipline and Education)100.0%100.0%$5,181$5,109$5,014$5,400
Sports Science and Management85.4%66.7%$4,331$4,100$3,625$4,773
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine
Medicine15100.0%100.0%$6,551$6,500$6,000$7,000

NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE: 2025 Graduate Employment Survey Employment Rates1 and Salaries of Graduates by Bachelor Degree
7,567 fresh graduates and 577 follow-up graduates from NUS were surveyed in November 2025 and the overall response rates obtained were 68.2% and 29.3% respectively.
DegreeProportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who wereGross Monthly Salary4
Employed1In Full-TIme Permanent Employed3MedianMean25th Percentile75th Percentile
Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences
Bachelor of Arts*60.0%40.0%N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Bachelor of Arts (Hons)78.9%66.2%$4,783$4,680$4,398$5,038
Bachelor of Social Sciences82.8%71.9%$4,578$4,500$4,000$5,000
Faculty of Dentistry
Bachelor of Dental Surgery100.0%100.0%$4,595$4,550$4,500$4,597
Faculty of Law
Bachelor of Laws7N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Faculty of Science
Bachelor of Science**N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Bachelor of Science (Hons) 882.7%71.2%$4,531$4,250$3,950$4,850
Bachelor of Science (Pharmacy)997.4%97.4%$4,598$4,475$4,200$4,986
Bachelor of Science (Data Science and
Analytics)
75.2%65.1%$5,380$5,000$4,450$6,000
NUS Business School
Bachelor of Business Administration95.0%82.5%$6,962$6,000$4,000$9,000
Bachelor of Business Administration (Hons)87.3%80.2%$5,463$4,860$4,300$6,000
Bachelor of Business Administration
(Accountancy)**
N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Bachelor of Business Administration
(Accountancy) (Hons)
92.4%90.9%$4,790$4,375$4,350$4,999
Bachelor of Science (Real Estate)92.9%81.4%$4,533$4,200$3,850$5,000
School of Computing
Bachelor of Computing (Computer Science)87.3%84.1%$6,674$6,400$5,300$7,500
Bachelor of Computing (Information Security)88.0%84.0%$6,071$6,000$5,150$6,800
Bachelor of Computing (Information Systems)92.1%92.1%$6,126$6,000$5,000$7,000
Bachelor of Science (Business Analytics)91.7%85.7%$6,375$5,700$5,000$7,083
College of Design and Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Biomedical
Engineering)
74.3%64.4%$4,504$4,385$4,017$4,900
Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical
Engineering)
81.1%73.0%$4,829$4,800$4,500$5,100
Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering)93.7%92.4%$4,543$4,378$4,100$5,000
Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical
Engineering)
85.1%82.1%$4,951$4,900$4,500$5,400
Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering
Science)
82.6%65.2%$5,016$5,000$4,500$5,800
Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental
Engineering)
76.7%63.3%$4,450$4,500$4,100$4,650
Bachelor of Engineering (Infrastructure
& Project Management)*
83.3%83.3%N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial and
Systems Engineering)
90.3%83.9%$5,183$5,000$4,500$5,600
Bachelor of Engineering (Materials Science
and Engineering)
68.8%59.4%$4,775$4,800$4,200$5,000
Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical
Engineering)
79.6%75.7%$5,045$5,000$4,495$5,591
Bachelor of Arts (Architecture) 998.4%96.8%$4,979$4,600$4,500$5,112
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture60.0%40.0%$3,949$3,800$3,800$4,008
Bachelor of Arts (Industrial Design)78.6%47.6%$4,071$4,050$3,500$4,500
Bachelor of Science (Project and Facilities
Management)
88.1%79.7%$4,386$4,265$4,000$4,600
Yong Loo Lin School (Medicine)
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery9100.0%100.0%$6,344$6,500$6,000$6,930
Bachelor of Science (Nursing)92.1%87.6%$4,094$4,000$3,850$4,300
Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Hons)91.5%87.7%$4,199$4,200$4,025$4,390
YST Conservatory of Music
Bachelor of Music*72.7%4.5%N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Yale-NUS College
Bachelor of Arts with Honours81.7%73.9%$5,242$4,600$4,030$5,650
Bachelor of Science with Honours76.7%66.7%$5,974$4,973$4,450$6,900
Multi-Disciplinary Programmes
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer
Engineering)
84.6%78.5%$5,988$5,600$5,230$6,500
Bachelor of Environmental Studies1092.0%72.0%$4,460$4,500$4,000$4,762

SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY: 2025 Graduate Employment Survey Employment Rates1 and Salaries of Graduates by Bachelor Degree
2,331 fresh graduates from SMU were surveyed in November 2025 and the overall response rate obtained was 73.4%.
DegreeProportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who wereGross Monthly Salary4
Employed1In Full-TIme Permanent Employed3MedianMean25th Percentile75th Percentile
School of Accountancy (4-year programme)6
Accountancy94.4%91.4%$4,774$4,350$4,300$5,000
Cum Laude and above95.5%93.2%$5,130$4,500$4,350$5,090
School of Business (4-year programme)6
Business Management84.8%75.9%$5,234$4,600$4,000$5,525
Cum Laude and above89.2%83.0%$5,618$5,000$4,300$6,000
School of Economics (4-year programme)6
Economics82.9%76.2%$4,900$4,500$4,100$5,200
Cum Laude and above86.1%83.3%$5,247$5,000$4,297$5,500
School of Computing & Information Systems (4-year programme) – Computing & Law6
Computing & Law81.0%76.2%$5,192$5,000$4,300$5,500
Cum Laude and aboveN.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
School of Computing & Information Systems (4-year programme) – Information Systems6
Information Systems90.5%83.4%$5,515$5,400$4,800$6,028
Cum Laude and above97.2%93.5%$5,919$5,785$5,000$6,750
School of Computing & Information Systems (4-year programme) – Computer Science6
Computer Science85.0%83.3%$6,135$6,000$5,000$7,083
Cum Laude and above85.7%85.7%$6,513$6,250$5,400$7,083
School of Social Sciences (4-year programme)6
Social Sciences86.0%74.4%$4,247$4,000$3,600$4,700
Cum Laude and above86.3%74.0%$4,489$4,350$3,900$4,900
School of Law (4-year programme)6
Law7N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Cum Laude and aboveN.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.

SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: 2025 Graduate Employment Survey Employment Rates¹ and Salaries of Graduates by Bachelor Degree
2,713 fresh graduates from SIT were surveyed in November 2025. Overall response rate: 76.9%.
DegreeProportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who wereGross Monthly Salary4
Employed1In Full-TIme Permanent Employed3MedianMean25th Percentile75th Percentile
Culinary Institute of America
Bachelor of Business Administration in Food
Business Management
90.9%63.6%$3,545$3,500$3,400$3,800
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts in User Experience and Game Design72.5%50.0%$3,814$3,600$3,300$4,100
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and
Animation*
66.7%44.4%N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.
Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)
Bachelor of Accountancy with Honours96.0%87.3%$4,349$4,350$4,000$4,550
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Computer Engineering
70.8%64.6%$4,638$4,534$4,000$5,000
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Information & Communications Technology Majoring in Information Security
82.1%74.7%$5,192$5,000$4,500$5,600
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Information & Communications Technology Majoring in Software Engineering
80.9%76.5%$5,128$5,000$4,800$5,500
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Pharmaceutical Engineering
95.2%92.1%$4,548$4,500$4,200$4,721
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Robotics Systems
76.0%72.0%$4,656$4,650$4,200$5,000
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Building Services)
84.3%80.4%$4,238$4,000$3,820$4,400
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (Land)
77.6%65.3%$4,513$4,550$4,081$5,025
Bachelor of Hospitality Business with
Honours
84.8%70.7%$3,767$3,500$3,310$4,000
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Air
Transport Management
71.1%60.0%$4,200$4,100$3,820$4,500
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Applied
Artificial Intelligence
62.9%57.1%$4,618$4,550$3,850$5,320
Bachelor of Science with Honours in
Diagnostic Radiography
96.2%92.4%$4,092$4,000$3,900$4,275
Bachelor of Science with Honours in
Dietetics and Nutrition
96.0%92.0%$3,976$4,000$3,850$4,050
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Digital
Communications and Integrated Media
81.6%69.4%$3,776$3,675$3,400$4,010
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Digital
Supply Chain
90.9%84.8%$3,994$4,080$3,800$4,200
Bachelor of Science with Honours in
Occupational Therapy
98.0%98.0%$3,858$3,925$3,800$4,048
Bachelor of Science with Honours in
Physiotherapy
100.0%99.0%$4,142$4,110$3,925$4,290
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Speech
and Language Therapy
100.0%95.5%$3,970$3,900$3,800$4,200
SIT – DigiPen Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Mechatronics Systems
72.7%69.7%$4,723$4,600$4,000$5,000
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science in Interactive Media and Game Development65.1%51.2%$4,635$4,560$4,025$5,200
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation90.3%83.9%$5,227$5,000$4,660$5,500
SIT – Massey University
Bachelor of Food Technology with Honours85.7%55.1%$3,707$3,600$3,200$4,040
SIT – Newcastle University
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Electrical Power Engineering
77.5%73.2%$4,483$4,250$4,000$4,745
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Engineering
78.7%72.3%$4,252$4,200$3,900$4,500
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
79.5%77.3%$4,819$4,700$4,000$5,400
SIT – University of Glasgow
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Aerospace Engineering
67.7%51.6%$4,925$4,400$4,000$6,000
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Civil Engineering
81.6%75.0%$4,363$4,200$4,000$4,400
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Mechanical Engineering
83.3%75.0%$4,326$4,200$3,890$4,675
Bachelor of Science with Honours in
Computing Science
68.3%65.3%$5,168$5,000$4,550$5,700
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Nursing92.5%75.5%$4,198$4,163$3,900$4,422
SIT – Technical University of Munich
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Chemical Engineering
79.3%75.9%$4,468$4,250$3,967$4,985
Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in
Electronics and Data Engineering
82.5%77.5%$4,705$4,700$4,250$5,100

SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN: 2025 Graduate Employment Survey Employment Rates1 and Salaries of Graduates by Bachelor Degree
419 fresh graduates and 49 follow-up graduates from SUTD were surveyed in November 2025. Overall response rates: 74.9% (fresh) and 73.5% (follow-up).
DegreeProportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who wereGross Monthly Salary4
Employed1In Full-TIme Permanent Employed3MedianMean25th Percentile75th Percentile
Bachelor of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Design)86.8%76.9%$5,375$5,000$4,800$5,825
Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Product Development)80.7%71.9%$5,020$4,965$4,500$5,400
Bachelor of Engineering (Engineering Systems and Design)91.2%73.7%$4,595$4,900$4,100$5,200
Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science (Architecture and Sustainable Design)97.1%91.4%$4,396$4,490$4,000$4,800
Bachelor of Science (Design and Artificial Intelligence)81.8%63.6%$4,652$4,925$4,096$5,393

SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES: 2025 Graduate Employment Survey Employment Rates1 and Salaries of Graduates by Bachelor Degree
907 fresh graduates from SUSS were surveyed in November 2025. Overall response rate: 72.8%.
DegreeProportion of Graduates in the Labour Force who wereGross Monthly Salary4
Employed1In Full-TIme Permanent Employed3MedianMean25th Percentile75th Percentile
S R Nathan School of Human Development
Bachelor of Early Childhood Education97.9%93.8%$3,698$3,800$3,500$3,995
Bachelor of Human Resource Management85.2%72.8%$4,143$4,000$3,700$4,300
School of Social Work and Social Development
Bachelor of Social Work88.6%82.3%$4,045$3,950$3,850$4,050
School of Business
Bachelor of Accountancy87.5%85.9%$4,371$4,350$4,300$4,500
Bachelor of Science in Business Analytics80.3%69.7%$4,990$4,800$4,200$5,439
Bachelor of Science in Finance83.8%64.9%$4,775$4,400$4,145$5,134
Bachelor of Science in Marketing77.4%56.2%$3,971$3,715$3,500$4,200
Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain
Management
72.1%63.2%$4,009$4,000$3,600$4,325
School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences
Bachelor of Public Safety and Security87.8%69.4%$4,930$5,000$4,185$5,800
School of Law
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)7N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.N.A.

Notes:

  1. Employment rates refer to the number of graduates employed as a proportion of graduates in the labour force (i.e. those who were working, or not working but actively looking and available for work) as at 1 November 2025 (i.e. approximately six months after completing their final examinations).
  2. Employment refers to graduates working on a full-time permanent, part-time, temporary or freelance basis.
  3. Full-time permanent employment refers to employment of at least 35 hours a week and where the employment is not temporary. It includes those on contracts of one year or more.
  4. Gross monthly salary pertains only to full-time permanently employed graduates. It comprises basic salary, overtime payments, commissions, fixed allowances and other regular cash payments, before deductions of the employee’s CPF contributions and personal income tax. Employer’s CPF contributions, bonuses, stock options, lump sum payments, and payments- in-kind are excluded.

Source: Graduate Employment Survey