Show me the money - CQUniversity graduates earn more
Published on 16 June, 2011
CQUniversity graduates are once again ahead of their state and national counterparts in terms of annual salary comparisons issued by Graduate Careers Australia...
CQUniversity graduates in fields such as Health are earning $18,400 (or about 37%) more than the national average.
Participants in a recent careers fair
CQUniversity graduates performed well (see TABLE 1 below) with an overall median salary of $52,000 compared with the national and state overall median salary of $50,000.
Based on aged-under-25 comparisons referred to in GCA media releases (see TABLE 2 below), CQUniversity also performed well with an overall median starting salary of $50,000 compared with the national overall median starting salary of $49,000 and state overall median starting salary of $49,100.
In general CQUniversity graduates fared well across many of the field of education comparisons, in particular building, humanities, psychology, business studies, other engineering, health other, computer science and life sciences.
"Once again CQUniversity graduates are performing much better and earning more upon graduation than the national and state average," Vice-Chancellor Professor Scott Bowman said.
"We are constantly killing the myth that to be successful and increase your earning potential, you have to move away from your home in a regional centre to study in the city. Its simply not true.
"Congratulations to all our fine graduates - and our great teaching staff - who have once again put CQUniversity ahead of the pack."
TABLE 1: Overall median salaries of graduates of CQUniversity Australia compared to the national and state median salaries - taken from Graduate Careers Australia's Table J Main Destinations of 2010 ALL bachelor degree Australian citizens and permanent residents in full-time employment in Australia (NB only those programs with more than 10 responses from graduates are included).
|
Field of Education |
CQUniversity Australia |
National |
State |
|
Building |
66,800 |
53,000 |
65,000 |
|
Humanities |
50,000 |
45,000 |
42,000 |
|
Psychology |
56,000 |
49,000 |
50,000 |
|
Business Studies |
60,100 |
47,000 |
47,000 |
|
Accounting |
48,600 |
47,000 |
45,000 |
|
Education Initial |
50,000 |
53,000 |
50,000 |
|
Other Engineering |
62,000 |
57,000 |
59,900 |
|
Health Other |
68,500 |
50,100 |
52,000 |
|
Nursing (Basic) |
52,000 |
48,600 |
52,000 |
|
Computer Science |
54,000 |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Life Sciences |
58,000 |
46,100 |
47,000 |
TABLE 2: Median starting salaries of new full-time employed graduates of CQUniversity Australia compared to the national and state median starting salaries - taken from Graduate Careers Australia's Table G Median Starting Salary of 2010 (Age under 25) bachelor degree Australian citizens and permanent residents in first full-time employment in Australia (NB only those programs with more than 10 responses from graduates are included).
|
Field of Education |
CQUniversity Australia |
National |
State |
|
Accounting |
44,000 |
45,000 |
43,000 |
|
Economics & Business |
48,000 |
45,000 |
43,000 |
|
Education |
50,000 |
53,000 |
50,000 |
|
Engineering |
62,000 |
56,000 |
57,200 |
|
Paramedical Studies |
50,000 |
50,000 |
52,000 |