Outcomes

Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science students pursue impactful ventures at top companies throughout the country! Watson College has close relationships with companies across a variety of fields who are eager to hire our graduates. Our engineering and computer science students are commonly employed at tech companies, aerospace and defense contractors, consulting firms, healthcare systems, biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, software companies, start-ups, among many more!

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Undergraduate Class of 2023 Outcomes: 

  • 94% Placement Rate: 89% Knowledge Rate (381 students) within 6 months of graduation*
  • Watson Average Salary (UG): $83,883
94%

Placement Rate

89%

Knowledge Rate

$83,883

Average Salary

Graduate Class of 2023 Outcomes:

  • 91% Placement Rate: 80% Knowledge Rate (192 students) within 6 months of graduation*
    • 99% Domestic 
    • 82% International 
      • China: 79% Placement Rate
      • India: 80% Placement Rate
      • All other Non-US Countries: 94% Placement Rate 
  • Watson Average Salary (Grad): $90,765
91%

Placement Rate

80%

Knowledge Rate

$90,765

Average Salary

Biomedical Engineering 

  • Undergraduate:
    • 92% Placement Rate
      • 29% Employed
      • 63% Continuing Education
  • Graduate:
    • 96% Placement Rate
      • 64% Employed
      • 32% Continuing Education 
  • Top Companies that hired our BME students (Class of 2019 - 2023):
    • AbbVie
    • Artizia
    • Baxter Healthcare Corporation
    • Bristol Myers Squibb
    • BW Design Group
    • Cayuga Medical Center
    • CityMD
    • Columbia University Medical Center
    • Corning Incoporated
    • Dexcom
    • Diagnostic & Interventional Spine Center
    • Exponent
    • Epic
    • Estee Lauder
    • GE Healthcare
    • HistoWiZ
    • Inspire Medical Systems
    • Insulet Corporation
    • Jabil
    • Janssen Pharmaceuticals
    • Medtronic
    • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    • Merck
    • Montefiore Hospital
    • New York Blood Center
    • Northwell Health
    • NYU Langone Health
    • LOTTE Biologics
    • Pfizer
    • Precipart
    • Q2 Solutions
    • Regeneron
    • Round Lake Research Facility
    • Sanofi
    • Upstate Medical University
    • United States Air Force
    • Veeva Systems
    • Wegmans Pharmacy
    • Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Common Job Titles: 
    • Associate Clinical Specialist
    • Biomedical Engineer
    • Biomedical Engineering Technician
    • Biotech Production Specialist
    • Change Control Specialist
    • Device Engineer
    • Field Service Engineer
    • Laboratory Technician
    • Medical Device Engineer
    • Medical Products & Therapies Engineer
    • PET Verification Engineer
    • Research Associate
    • Research Technician/Specialist
    • Research Scientist
    • Performance Engineer
    • Pharmacy Technician
    • Postdoctoral Research Assistant
    • Process Engineer
    • Sciences Processes Associate
    • Senior Scientist
    • Systems Engineer
    • Quality Engineer
    • Technical Solutions Engineer

Computer Science 

  • Undergraduate:
    • 91% Placement Rate
      • 79% Employed
      • 12% Continuing Education
  • Graduate:
    • 77% Placement Rate
      • 71% Employed
      • 6% Continuing Education 
  • Top Companies that hired our CS students (Class of 2019 - 2023):
    • Accenture
    • AECOM
    • Albertsons Companies
    • Amazon
    • Aon
    • Audible
    • Baderek
    • Bank of America
    • BAE Systems
    • Barclays
    • Bayer
    • Binghamton University
    • Bloomberg
    • BNY Mellon
    • Broadbridge
    • CAE USA
    • Capital One
    • Capgemini
    • Citi
    • Clever Devices
    • Cognizant
    • Deloitte
    • Deutsche Bank
    • Discover Financial Services
    • ENSCO Inc.
    • Epic
    • EY
    • Fidelity Investments
    • Global Cloud Solutions Inc.
    • Goldman Sachs
    • Google
    • IBM
    • Infosys
    • JP Morgan Chase
    • L3Harris Technologies
    • Lockheed Martin
    • Macedon Technologies
    • MathWorks
    • Microsoft
    • Morgan Stanley
    • Nokia America
    • NYS Financial Services
    • NYS Office of Information Technology Services
    • Oracle
    • Raytheon
    • Regeneron
    • The Raymond Corporation
    • UPS
    • Visions Federal Credit Union
    • Wegmans
    • Wells Fargo
    • Yahoo
    • Visions Federal Credit Union
    • Zebra Technologies 
  • Common Job Titles: 
    • Applied Scientist
    • Associate Consultant
    • Associate Technical Project Manager
    • Business Consultant
    • Software Engineer
    • Software Developer
    • Applications Engineer
    • Firmware Developer
    • Front End Developer
    • Imaging Engineer
    • Cloud Engineer
    • Computing Systems Engineer
    • Programmer
    • Programmer Analyst
    • Data Analyst
    • Data Entry Specialist
    • Data Engineer
    • Data Scientist
    • Full Stack Engineer
    • Full Stack Developer
    • Cybersecurity Engineer
    • Network Systems Engineer
    • Network Supper Analyst
    • Research Assistant
    • Technical Solutions Consultant
    • Web Programmer

Electrical and Computer Engineering

  • Undergraduate (EE):
    • 97% Placement Rate
      • 54% Employed
      • 43% Continuing Education
  • Undergraduate (CoE):
    • 90% Placement Rate
      • 56% Employed
      • 34% Continuing Education
  • Graduate (ECE):
    • 97% Placement Rate
      • 92% Employed
      • 0% Continuing Education
  • Top Companies that hired our ECE students (Class of 2019 - 2023):
    Undergraduate (EE): 
    • Arup
    • Avangrid
    • BAE Systems
    • Boeing
    • BP
    • CHA Consulting
    • Corning Inc.
    • Cummins Inc.
    • Exelon
    • GlobalFoundries
    • IBM
    • iA
    • Lockheed Martin
    • National Grid
    • Northrop Grumman
    • Onsemi
    • SAAB
    • SRC
    • Stantec
    • Universal Instruments 
    • Wegmans
    • WSP
    Undergraduate (CoE): 
    • BAE Systems
    • Bank of America
    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
    • CAE USA
    • Cadence
    • Cisco
    • Collins Aerospace
    • Deloitte
    • EY
    • Goldman Sachs
    • GE
    • iA
    • IBM
    • Lockheed Martin
    • L3Harris Technologies
    • Northrop Grumman
    • Raytheon
    • Universal Instruments
    • Wells Fargo
    Graduate (ECE): 
    • Avangrid/NYSEG
    • BAE Systems
    • Boeing
    • Burns & McDonnell
    • ConEdison
    • Deloitte
    • Department of Navy
    • GlobalFoundries
    • IBM
    • Intertek
    • KPMG
    • L3Harris Technologies
    • Lockheed Martin
    • Northrop Grumman
    • OSI
    • Qualcomm
    • Resideo
    • Sherwin Williams
    • SRC
  • Common Job Titles 

    Common Job Titles (EE, Undergrad and Grad): 

    • Electrical Engineer
    • Electrical Safety Engineer
    • FPGA Electrical Engineer
    • ELDP Engineer
    • Hardware Engineer
    • Solar Engineer
    • Firmware Engineer
    • Test Engineer
    • Systems Engineer
    • Electrical Design Engineer
    • Electrical Consultant

    Common Job Titles (CoE, Undergrad and Grad): 

    • Network Systems Engineer
    • Applications Engineer II
    • Cyber Analyst
    • Digital Engineer
    • Associate Engineer
    • Embedded Firmware Engineer
    • Computer Hardware Engineer
    • Computer Architect
    • Computer Assistant
    • Hardware Specialist
    • Computer Engineer
    • Software Engineer
    • Sr. Hardware Engineer
    • Systems Engineer
    • Frontend Developer
    • Process Engineer
    • Product Reliability Engineer
       

Mechanical Engineering 

  • Undergraduate:
    • 94% Placement Rate
      • 60% Employed
      • 34% Continuing Education
  • Graduate:
    • 100% Placement Rate
      • 83% Employed
      • 17% Continuing Education 
  • Top Companies that hired our ME students (Class of 2019 - 2023):
    • Advance Testing
    • AECOM
    • Amphenol Industrial Products Group
    • Apple
    • BAE Systems
    • Benet Laboratories
    • Calspan Corporation
    • Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp
    • Corning Incorporated
    • Foxx Life Sciences
    • Frito Lay
    • General Dynamics Electric Boat
    • GE Aerospace
    • GM
    • Intertek
    • Jaros, Baum & Bolles (JBB)
    • Lockheed Martin
    • National Grid
    • National Geospatial Intelligence Agency
    • Naval Nuclear Laboratory
    • Northrop Grumman
    • MTA
    • OLA Consulting Engineers
    • Pall Corporation
    • PepsiCo
    • Popli Design Group
    • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
    • The Raymond Corporation
    • Raytheon Technologies
    • Robert Derector Associates Consulting Engineers
    • Shumaker Consulting
    • Turner Construction Company
    • Universal Instruments 
       
  • Common Job Titles: 
    • Computer Aided Design Engineer (CAD)
    • Assistant Engineer
    • Mechanical Engineer
    • Manufacturing Engineer
    • Field Engineer
    • Project Engineer
    • Product Engineer
    • Plumbing & Fire Protection Engineer
    • Hardware Mechanical Engineer
    • Design Engineer
    • Design & Product Engineer
    • HVAC Engineer
    • Reliability Engineer
    • Sales Engineer
    • Simulation and Modeling Engineer

Systems Science and Industrial Systems Engineering 

  • Undergraduate (ISE):
    • 100% Placement Rate
      • 54% Employed
      • 46% Continuing Education
  • Graduate:
    • 98% Placed
      • 75% Employed
      • 23% Continuing Education 
  • Top Companies that hired our SSIE students (Class of 2019 - 2023): 
    • Accenture
    • Amazon
    • Amphenol IPC
    • Anheuser-Busch
    • Atlantic Testing Laboratories
    • Arizona State University
    • Avangrid
    • BAE Systems
    • Booz I Allen I Hamilton
    • CertainTeed
    • ConEdison
    • Comcast
    • Daher Aerospace Inc.
    • Deloitte
    • EJ-Electric Installation Company
    • Epic
    • Foxx Life Sciences
    • Foxconn Industrial Internet USA
    • GlobalFoundries
    • Grainger
    • HNTB
    • IBM
    • iA
    • ITT Goulds Pumps
    • Javlyn Process Systems
    • Johnson Controls
    • Johnson & Johnson
    • JPMorgan Chase & Co
    • Kia
    • L3Harris Technologies
    • Lockheed Martin
    • Michigan State University
    • Morgan Stanley
    • Naval Nuclear Laboratory
    • Northwell Health
    • PepsiCo
    • Protiviti
    • PwC
    • Raymond
    • Regeneron
    • Republic Steel
    • RR Donnelley
    • Rockwell Automation
    • Saab
    • Suffolk County DPW
    • Texas Instruments
    • Tesla
    • United Health Services (UHS)
    • United States Postal Service
    • UPS
    • Universal Instruments
    • Zimmer Biomet 
       
  • Common Job Titles: 
    • Assistant Project Manager
    • Associate Engineer
    • Automation Engineer
    • Industrial Engineer
    • Analyst
    • Quality Engineer
    • Operations Analyst
    • Operations Coordinator
    • Supply Chain Analyst
    • Manufacturing Engineer
    • Planning & Design Engineer
    • Consultant
    • Consulting Associate
    • Lean Engineer
    • Lecturer
    • Experience Design Analyst
    • Process Engineer
    • Post Doctoral Research Fellow
    • Project Engineer
    • Systems Engineer
    • Quality Engineer
    • Project Manager
    • Data Scientist
    • Data Analyst