2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES

School of Computer Science – Master’s Programs

Computational Biology Department

 MS, Computational Biology (with Biological Sciences)

 MS, Biotechnology Innovation and Computation

Computer Science

 MS, Computer Science

Human-Computer Interaction Institute

 Masters, Human Computer Interaction

 Masters, Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science

Institute for Software Research

 Master of Software Engineering

 MSIT, Software Engineering
 MSIT, Embedded Software Engineering
 MSIT, eBusiness Technology
 MSIT, Privacy Engineering

Language Technologies Institute

 Master of Computational Data Science

 MS, Language Technologies
 MS, Intelligent Information Systems

Machine Learning

 MS, Machine Learning

Robotics Institute

 MS, Robotics
 MS, Computer Vision
 MS, Robotic Systems Development
2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Computational Biology

Seeking
1 Continuing *Other
1
Education
SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

AVERAGE SALARY =
$115,667
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates $127,500
22
SALARY RANGE =
$64,000 – 150,000

Employed
17 *Other = volunteer, military, seeking graduate
school, or delay in post-graduate search.

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Agile SDE (2) Data Scientist Pleasanton California
Amazon Software Development Engineer Seattle Washington
Ancestry Software Engineer Lehi Utah
Appboy Software Engineer New York New York
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Computational Associate Cambridge Massachusetts
Carnegie Mellon University Research Programmer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital Bioinformatics Analyst Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Deep Sentinel Machine Learning Engineer Pleasanton California
Genia Technologies Data Scientist Santa Clara California
Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Bioinformatician New York New York
Indeed Software Engineer San Francisco California
INTL FCStone Data Engineer Chicago Illinois
Kakao Corporation Software Engineer Seoul South Korea
Mixpanel Software Engineer San Francisco California
Robinhood Data Engineer Palo Alto California
Snapchat Software Engineer Los Angeles California

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Computational Biology

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

5.5%
18%
Midwest
Northeast

59%
West

12%
Mid-Atlantic

5.5%
International

CONTINUING EDUCATION DESTINATIONS

INSTITUTION PROGRAM DEGREE
Baylor College of Medicine Bioinformatics & Computational Biology PhD
Dartmouth College Quantitative Biomedical Science PhD
University of Chicago Computational Biology PhD

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 100% of graduating Computational Biology Master’s students. This includes students who
graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Biotechnology Innovation & Computation

Seeking
1
SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

AVERAGE SALARY =
$116,393
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
$115,000
30
SALARY RANGE =
$100,000 – 150,000
Employed
29

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Amazon (3) Software Engineer (2) Seattle Washington
Software Engineer Palo Alto California
Bina Technologies Software Engineer Belmont California
Boeing Data Analyst Seattle Washington
Citadel LLC Software Engineer Chicago Illinois
Dropbox Software Engineer Seattle Washington
Facebook (4) Software Engineer Menlo Park California
Google (6) Software Engineer (5) Mountain View California
Software Engineer Denver Colorado
Jump Trading Software Engineer Chicago Illinois
LinkedIn Corporation Software Engineer Sunnyvale California
Lutron Electronics Company, Inc. Data Analyst Coopersburg Pennsylvania
Microsoft (3) Software Engineer (2) Seattle Washington
Software Engineer Redmond Washington
PayPal, Inc. (2) Software Engineer San Jose California
Software Engineer San Francisco California
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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Biotechnology Innovation & Computation

EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY

Snapchat Software Engineer Los Angeles California
TeleTracking Technologies Inc. Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Tinder, Inc. Software Engineer San Francisco California
Uber Software Engineer San Francisco California

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

7%
Midwest

86%
West

7%
Mid-Atlantic

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 97% of graduating Biotechnology Innovation & Computation Master’s students. This
includes students who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not
include PhD students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Computer Science
No Information
Available SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

Continuing
Education 5
7
AVERAGE SALARY =
$117,357

Total MEDIAN SALARY =

Graduates $120,000
42 SALARY RANGE =
$80,000 – 135,000

Employed
30

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Amazon Software Engineer Palo Alto California
Apple Software Engineer San Francisco California
Baidu Machine Learning Engineer Sunnyvale California
Bloomberg Software Engineer New York City New York
Dropbox (2) Software Engineer San Francisco California
Software Development Engineer San Francisco California
Facebook (4) Software Engineer (3) Menlo Park California
Software Development Engineer Menlo Park California
Google (5) Software Engineer (4) Mountain View California
Software Engineer New York City New York
Jet.com Software Engineer Hoboken New Jersey
LinkedIn Software Engineer Sunnyvale California
Magic Leap Sr. Software Engineer Mountain View California
Microsoft (2) Software Development Engineer Bellevue Washington
Software Engineer Seattle Washington
Orbital ATK Software Engineer
Pure Storage Member of Technical Staff Mountain View California

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Computer Science
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Snapchat Software Development Engineer Venice California
Soar Inc. Software Engineer Ann Arbor Michigan
Verily Software Engineer Mountain View California
VMware (2) Software Engineer Bellevue Washington
Member of Technical Staff San Francisco California
Western Digital Senior Engineer Rochester Minnesota

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

7%
11%
Midwest
Northeast

82%
West

CONTINUING EDUCATION DESTINATIONS

INSTITUTION PROGRAM DEGREE
Carnegie Mellon University (5) Computer Science (3) PhD
Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD
Robotics PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science PhD
Tsinghua University Computer Science PhD

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 88% of graduating Computer Science Master’s students. This includes students who
graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not includes PhD
students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S. Continuing Education Destinations list includes schools, programs, and/or degrees selected by one or more students
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Masters, Human Computer Interaction
No Information
Available
SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

AVERAGE SALARY =
$96,857
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
$99,000
52
SALARY RANGE =
$76,000 – 125,000

Employed
45

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Adecco at Google UX Research Associate Mountain View California
Amazon (2) UX Designer New York City New York
Product Manager Seattle Washington
Applause UX Designer Boston Massachusetts
Autodesk Senior Experience Designer San Francisco California
Ayasdi UX Designer Menlo Park California
Capital One Design Development Program New York City New York
Associate
Carnegie Mellon University Research Associate Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Center for Open Science UX Designer/Developer Charlottesville Virginia
Cisco (2) UX Designer San Francisco California
Computer Enterprises, Inc. User Experience Designer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Course Hero UX/UI Designer Redwood City California
Deloitte (3) UX Designer - Deloitte Digital Arlington Virginia
User Experience Designer Washington District of Columbia
Product Manager Washington District of Columbia
Domo Software Engineer American Fork Utah
Duolingo Product Designer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Electronic Arts User Experience Designer Redwood City California
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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Masters, Human Computer Interaction
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
eVestment UX Designer Atlanta Georgia
EZ Moto Inc Web Designer/Developer New York City New York
Facebook Product Designer Menlo Park California
FiveStars Product Designer San Francisco California
Focal Systems Product Designer San Francisco California
Google UX Research Associate Mountain View California
Hulu UX Designer Los Angeles California
Ideo Interaction Designer Chicago Illinois
Instawork Product Designer San Francisco California
Integral Ad Design UX/UI Designer New York City New York
IXL User Experience Designer San Francisco California
Junior.io UX Designer San Francisco California
Kurt Salmon Digital Project Lead & UX Designer New York City New York
LH Ventures (2) UX Consultant Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Lead UX Designer Los Angeles California
Lutron Electronics (2) Senior UX Designer Coopersburg Pennsylvania
UX Design Engineer Coopersburg Pennsylvania
Management Science Associates Senior User Experience Designer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
MasterCard User Experience Designer Washington District of Columbia
(Applied Predictive Technologies)
MemSQL Product Designer San Francisco California
Procore Technologies UX Designer Santa Barbara California
Rivers Agile Product Designer Canonsburg Pennsylvania
ServiceNow User Experience Designer Santa Clara California
Sony UX/UI Designer Los Angeles California
Under Armour UX Product Designer Austin Texas
VMware UX Designer Atlanta Georgia

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Masters, Human Computer Interaction

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

2%
13%
Midwest
Northeast

49%
West

29%
Mid-Atlantic

2%
Southwest
4%
Southeast

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 87% of graduating Human Computer Interaction Master’s students. This includes
students who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not includes
PhD students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Masters of Educational Technology & Applied Learning Science

DESTINATION OUTCOMES

Total
Graduates
Employed 7
7

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Bisk Learning Engineer Tampa Florida
Capital One Software Engineer Associate McLean Virginia
Carnegie Mellon University (2) Learning Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Microsoft Software Engineer Redmond Washington
Rolling Glory UX Researcher and Designer Bandung Indonesia
Quora Software Engineer San Francisco California

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Masters of Educational Technology & Applied Learning Science

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

29%
West

43%
Mid-Atlantic

14%
International

14%
Southeast

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 100% of graduating Educational Technology and Applied Learning Science Master’s
students. This includes students who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree
graduates does not include PhD students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were
already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Master of Software Engineering
MSIT, Software Engineering
MSIT, Embedded Software Engineering
Seeking No Information
2 Available
4 SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

AVERAGE SALARY =
$113,617
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
$112,500
69
SALARY RANGE =
$75,000 – 150,000

Employed
63

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Accolade Software Development Engineer Seattle Washington
Airacer Software Engineer Developer New York City New York
Amazon (8) Software Development Engineer (7) Seattle Washington
Technical Program Manager Cambridge Massachusetts
Amazon Web Services (3) Software Development Engineer Seattle Washington
Apple Senior Front End Developer Sunnyvale California
Aqourn Head of Engineering Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
BigCommerce Software Engineer Austin Texas
Carnegie Mellon University Research Assistant Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Cisco Software Engineer San Jose California
Deloitte (2) Business Technology Analyst Dallas Texas
Business Analyst Sacramento California
Discovery Robotics Member of Technical Staff Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
eBay Software Engineer New York City New York

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Master of Software Engineering
MSIT, Software Engineering
MSIT, Embedded Software Engineering

EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY

EverString Software Engineer San Mateo California
FabFitFun Software Engineer Los Angeles California
Federated Wireless Cloud DevOps Engineer Boston Massachusetts
Ford Motor Company (2) Vehicle Connectivity Architecture Dearborn Michigan
Product Development Dearborn Michigan
Forever Mobile Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Glassdoor Software Engineer San Francisco California
Google (5) Software Engineer (4) Mountain View California
Technical Programs Manager Mountain View California
GPShopper iOS Developer New York City New York
Green Hills Software Engineer Santa Barbara California
IBM Software Engineer San Francisco California
Infinera Corporation Software Development Engineer II San Francisco California
Intuit DevOps Engineer 2 Mountain View California
LinkedIn (2) Software Engineer Sunnyvale California
Software Engineer San Francisco California
Microsoft (4) Software Engineer (3) Redmond Washington
Software Engineer San Francisco California
Netronome Senior Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
New Sky Security Software Engineer Seattle Washington
Ooma Inc. Senior Software Engineer Palo Alto California
Raymond James Application Developer St. Petersburg Florida
Salesforce Senior Software Engineer San Francisco California
Samsung (3) Sr Software Engineer Mountain View California
Java Back End Development San Francisco California
Software Engineer Mountain View California
Samsung Research Software Development Engineer Seattle Washington
Snapchat (2) Software Engineer Los Angeles California
Software Engineering Institute Member of Technical Staff Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Twitter Software Engineer II San Francisco California
Visa Senior Software Engineer Austin Texas
Vonage Software Development Engineer Holmdel New Jersey
Yahoo DevOps Engineer Sunnyvale California
Yinzcam Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Master of Software Engineering
MSIT, Software Engineering
MSIT, Embedded Software Engineering

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

3%
10%
Midwest
Northeast

67%
West

11%
Mid-Atlantic

2%
International

5%
Southwest
2%
Southeast

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 94% of graduating Civil & Environmental Engineering Master’s students. This includes
students who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include
PhD students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MSIT, e-Business Technology
Seeking No Information
1
SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

Available
8

AVERAGE SALARY =
$115,000
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
$120,000
76
SALARY RANGE =
$80,000 – 123,000

Employed
67

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Accolade Inc Software Development Engineer Seattle Washington
Amazon (5) Software Development Engineer (3) Seattle Washington
Software Development Engineer Palo Alto California
Software Development Engineer
Amazon Lab126 Software Development Engineer Sunnyvale California
ASRC Federal Marketing and Communications Specialist Beltsville Maryland
BNY Mellon Software Engineer New York City New York
Branding Brand Software Developer 2 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Coursera Software Engineer Mountain view California
Dick's Sporting Goods Application Developer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Electronic Arts Software Engineer Seattle Washington
Entrypoint VR Software Engineer New York City New York
Expedia Software Development Engineer Bellevue Washington
EY Digital Business Development Expert
Google (5) Software Engineer (4) Mountain View California
Software Engineer New York City New York

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MSIT, e-Business Technology
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
HM Health Solutions Associate Application Developer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Houzz (2) Full Stack Engineer San Francisco California
Full Stack Engineer Palo Alto California
Indeed.com Software Engineer Austin Texas
IXL Software Engineer San Francisco California
LinkedIn Software Engineer Sunnyvale California
MicroStrategy Senior Software Engineer Tysons Corner Virginia
Oracle (17) Software Engineer (4) San Francisco California
Software Engineer (3) Redwood City California
Software Engineer (3) Santa Clara California
Software Engineer San Jose California
Applications Engineer (2) Redwood City California
Application Developer (2) Redwood City California
Member of Technical Staff Redwood City California
Member of Technical Staff II Redwood City California
Oracle Data Cloud (BlueKai) Software Engineer San Francisco California
Pieces Technologies Software Developer Dallas Texas
Salesforce.com (2) Associate Software Engineer San Francisco California
Software Engineer San Francisco California
Samsung Sales Marketing Manager Santiago Chile
Samsung Pay Software Engineer San Francisco California
Slice Technologies Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer San Mateo California
Snapchat (6) Software Engineer Los Angeles California
TrueLearn Inc. Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Twitter Software Engineer San Francisco California
Uber (2) Software Engineer San Francisco California
Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
YinzCam (2) Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
User Experience Designer New York City New York
Zillow Software Development Engineer Seattle Washington

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MSIT, e-Business Technology

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

6%
Northeast

75%
West

13%
Mid-Atlantic

3%
International

3%
Southwest

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 88% of graduating e-Business Technology Master’s students. This includes students who
graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include PhD
students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MSIT, Privacy Engineering
No Information
Available
2
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

Total
Graduates
9

Employed
7

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Amazon (2) Software Engineer Seattle Washington
AppDynamics Senior Software Engineer San Francisco California
Course Hero Software Engineer San Francisco California
Deloitte Consultant New York City New York
Oracle Software Engineer Redwood city California
Uber Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MSIT, Privacy Engineering

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

14%
Northeast

72%
West

14%
Mid-Atlantic

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 78% of graduating Privacy Engineering Master’s students. This includes students who
graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include PhD
students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Master of Computational Data Science

Continuing No Information
Education Available
2 SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

AVERAGE SALARY =
$117,605
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
Employed $115,000
44 47
SALARY RANGE =
$100,000 – 145,000

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Amazon (4) Software Development Engineer (3) Seattle Washington
Machine Learning Scientist Cambridge Massachusetts
Baidu Machine Learning Engineer Sunnyvale California
Citadel Software Engineer Chicago Illinois
Coupang Research Engineer Seattle Washington
Deep Vision Inc. Computer Vision Data Scientist Palo Alto California
Facebook (16) Software Engineer Menlo Park California
Google (7) Software Engineer (5) Mountain View California
Site Reliability Engineer Mountain View California
Software Development Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
LinkedIn (4) Software Engineer (2) Sunnyvale California
Software Engineer San Francisco California
Software Engineer New York City New York
Microsoft Data Scientist Bellevue Washington
Nutanix Member of Technical Staff San Jose California
Petuum Data Scientist Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: Master of Computational Data Science

EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY

Pure Storage Data Scientist Mountain View California
TripAdvisor Software Engineer Boston Massachusetts
Uber Software Engineer San Francisco California
VMware Member of Technical Staff Bellevue Washington
WhatsApp Software Engineer Menlo Park California

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

2%
7%
Midwest
Northeast

86%
West

5%
Mid-Atlantic

CONTINUING EDUCATION DESTINATIONS

INSTITUTION PROGRAM DEGREE
Carnegie Mellon University Neural Computation PhD

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 96% of graduating Computational Data Science Master’s students. This includes students
who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include PhD
students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S. The Continuing Education Destinations list includes schools, programs, and/or degrees selected by one or more students.

Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Language Technologies
No Information
Available SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

Continuing 4
Education
AVERAGE SALARY =
8
$144,000
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
$130,000
24
SALARY RANGE =
$100,000 – 250,000

Employed
12

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Amazon (3) Machine Learning Scientist (2) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Software Development Engineer Seattle Washington
Apple (2) Software Engineer San Francisco California
Localization Tools Engineer Cupertino California
Baidu Research Scientist Sunnyvale California
Bridgewater Associates Researcher Westport Connecticut
Google Research Software Engineer New York City New York
IBM (2) Research Scholar/Research Engineer Yorktown Heights New York
Research Software Engineer Yorktown Heights New York
Rakuten USA Research Scientist Boston Massachusetts
SoundHound Software Engineer Santa Clara California

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Language Technologies

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

42%
Northeast

42%
West

16%
Mid-Atlantic

CONTINUING EDUCATION DESTINATIONS

INSTITUTION PROGRAM DEGREE
Carnegie Mellon University (4) Language and Information Technologies (3) PhD
Machine Learning PhD
Harvard Computer Science PhD
Oregon State University Natural Language Processing PhD
University of Montreal Deep Learning PhD
University of Oxford PhD

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 83% of graduating Language Technologies Master’s students. This includes students who
graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include PhD
students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S. The Continuing Education Destinations list includes schools, programs, and/or degrees selected by one or more students.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Intelligent Information Systems
No Information
Available SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

AVERAGE SALARY =
$120,929
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
$120,000
20
SALARY RANGE =
$107,000 – 145,000

Employed
19

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Airbnb Software Engineer San Francisco California
Amazon (2) Machine Learning Scientist Boston Massachusetts
Software Engineer
Apple Machine Learning Engineer Cupertino California
Dropbox Software Engineer San Francisco California
Facebook Software Engineer Menlo Park California
Google (7) Software Engineer Mountain View California
GraphSQL Inc. Software Engineer Redwood City California
LinkedIn Data Scientist New York City New York
Microsoft (2) Software Engineer Sunnyvale California
Software Development Engineer Redmond Washington
Snapchat (2) Research Engineer Research Los Angeles California
Data Scientist Los Angeles California

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Intelligent Information Systems

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

11%
Northeast

89%
West

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 95% of graduating Intelligent Information Systems Master’s students. This includes
students who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include
PhD students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Machine Learning
No Information
Available SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

AVERAGE SALARY =
$116,680

Total MEDIAN SALARY =

Graduates $117,000
12
SALARY RANGE =
$105,000– 126,000

Employed
11

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Blue Mountain Capital Management Quantitative Strategist New York City New York
Carnegie Mellon University Research Assistant Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Facebook Software Engineer Menlo Park California
Google (3) Software Engineer (2) Mountain View California
Research Software Engineer Mountain View California
IBM Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
IBM Watson Health Data Scientist Cambridge Massachusetts
LinkedIn Software Engineer San Francisco California
Uber (2) Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Software Engineer Palo Alto California

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Machine Learning

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

18%
Northeast

55%
West

27%
Mid-Atlantic

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 91% of graduating Machine Learning Master’s students. This includes students who
graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include PhD
students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled or students that
earned a Secondary MS in Machine Learning.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Robotics
No Information
Available
Continuing 1
DESTINATION OUTCOMES Education
14

Total
Graduates
29

Employed
13

Seeking
1

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Bossa Nova Robotics Robotics Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
COSY - Cognitive Operational Systems Mechatronics Engineer
Google (2) Brain Resident Mountain View California
Software Engineer Mountain View California
MIT Interactive Robotics Group Research Specialist Cambridge Massachusetts
Near Earth Autonomy Robotics Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
NREC Robotics Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Ouster, Inc. Computer Vision Engineer San Francisco California
Smith & Nephew Robotics Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Uber Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
UPMC Senior Product Manager Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
UW Personal Robotics Lab Robotics Engineer Seattle Washington
Zillow Software Engineer Seattle Washington

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School of Computer Science: MS, Robotics

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

8%
Northeast

42%
West

50%
Mid-Atlantic

CONTINUING EDUCATION DESTINATIONS

INSTITUTION PROGRAM DEGREE
Carnegie Mellon University (9) Robotics PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology Robotics PhD
KTH Computer Science PhD
Stanford University PhD
University of California, Berkeley EECS PhD
University of Michigan Robotics PhD

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 97% of graduating Robotics Master’s students. This includes students who graduated in
August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include PhD students/candidates who
earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S. The Continuing Education Destinations list includes schools, programs, and/or degrees selected by one or more students.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Computer Vision

Continuing
Education
SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

AVERAGE SALARY =
$125,455
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
$120,000
24
SALARY RANGE =
$108,000 – 145,000
Employed
23

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Amazon Lab126 Software Development Engineer San Francisco California
Apple (4) Computer Vision Engineer (2) Sunnyvale California
Software Engineer Zurich Switzerland
Machine Learning Engineer Seattle Washington
Carnegie Mellon University Research Assistant Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Doxel.ai Computer Vision Engineer San Francisco California
Facebook (4) Software Engineer Menlo Park California
Google (5) Software Engineer Mountain View California
Microsoft (3) Software Engineer Redmond Washington
NVIDIA Software Engineer Santa Clara California
Second Spectrum Computer Vision Engineer Los Angeles California
Tesla Motors Computer Vision Engineer Palo Alto California
Tusimple LLC Research Scientist San Diego California

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Computer Vision

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

90%
West

5%
Mid-Atlantic

5%
International

CONTINUING EDUCATION DESTINATIONS

INSTITUTION PROGRAM DEGREE
Carnegie Mellon University Electrical and Computer Engineering PhD

Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 100% of graduating Computer Vision Master’s students. This includes students who
graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include PhD
students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S. The Continuing Education Destinations list includes schools, programs, and/or degrees selected by one or more students.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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2017 CMU FIRST DESTINATION OUTCOMES
School of Computer Science: MS, Robotic Systems Development
*Other No Information
1 Available
SALARIES
DESTINATION OUTCOMES

1
Seeking
1 AVERAGE SALARY =
$99,768
Total
MEDIAN SALARY =
Graduates
$105,000
40
SALARY RANGE =
$60,000 – 120,000

Employed *Other = volunteer, military, seeking graduate

37 school, or delay in post-graduate search.

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Amazon Robotics Software Development Engineer Boston Massachusetts
American Robotics Inc. Chief Roboticist/ Co-Founder Boston Massachusetts
Apple Software Engineer Cupertino California
Ascent Robotics Inc. Research Engineer Tokyo Japan
CapSen Robotics Computer Vision Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Carnegie Mellon University (3) Research Associate Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
ClearMotion Engineer Woburn Massachusetts
Delphi (3) R&D Engineer (2) Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
DJI Robotics Software Engineer Palo Alto California
Doxel.ai Computer Vision Engineer San Francisco California
General Motors Control System Engineer Warren Michigan
Houston Mechatronics Inc. Robotics Engineer Houston Texas
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab Baltimore Maryland
Luminar (3) Autonomous Systems Engineer (2) Portola Valley California
Autonomous Systems Scientist Portola Valley California
NASA JPL (3) Robotic Systems Engineer (2) Pasadena California
Robotics Technologist Pasadena California
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School of Computer Science: MS, Robotic Systems Development
EMPLOYER JOB TITLE CITY STATE/COUNTRY
Near Earth Autonomy Robotics Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
ProtoInnovations LLC Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Rucha Yantra LLP Director Aurangabad India
Smith & Nephew (2) Software Developer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Computer Vision Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Starsky Robotics Inc. Vision and Perception Engineer San Francisco California
Tesla Motors (2) Computer Vision Engineer San Francisco California
Software Engineer Palo Alto California
Uber (2) Software Engineer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
UTRC Engineer Berkeley California
Universal Creative Associate Engineer Orlando Florida
Vtrus Inc. Robotics Engineer Seattle Washington
Walt Disney Imagineering Special Effects Intern Orlando Florida

EMPLOYMENT DESTINATIONS BY REGION

3% 8%
Midwest Northeast

38%
West

38%
Mid-Atlantic

5%
International

3%
Southwest
5%
Southeast
Source: Post-graduation data compiled from 98% of graduating Robotic Systems Development Master’s students. This includes
students who graduated in August 2016, December 2016, & May 2017. Information for Master’s degree graduates does not include
PhD students/candidates who earned a Master’s degree as part of the PhD program in which they were already enrolled.
Note: Some recent graduates chose not to provide employer, job title, salary, and/or graduate school information in their response.
This information includes all full-time salaries reported with the exception of internships, military service, or those positions outside
the U.S.
Updated with information as of December 2017

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