What are the starting salaries of Mining Engineering graduates?
Graduates with a degree in mining engineering are consistently in the top ten percentile of salaries for new graduates. The figure below compares the starting salaries for a range of professional courses over a three year period. There was a near 100% employment rate of new mining engineering graduates from UNSW who were seeking employment in 2001 – not all graduates want to begin their professional career immediately, some want to have some time out travelling.