CAREER OUTCOMES REPORT

School of Engineering & Applied Science,

Online Master’s Degree Candidates
NOVEMBER 2024

AUTHORED BY: Lauren Kemp, Employer Relationship Manager

 Methodology
Career Services at the University of Pennsylvania
annually surveys graduating students to provide a
snapshot of their post-graduation plans. This is the
fourth complete report of the Master of Computer
and Information Technology Online program, which
looks at 448 graduates who received their degrees
between August 2023 and May 2024.

As of November 18, 2024, the survey has produced

a 53% response rate. Additional information was
collected via LinkedIn and other sources, bringing
the knowledge rate up to 90%, a total of 402 known
graduate outcomes.

Table of Contents
Post-Graduation Plans...................................... 3 Employment by Location: International........ 5
New Employment Data..................................... 3 Salary Data........................................................... 6
Employment by Industry.................................. 4 Other Forms of Income..................................... 6
Employment by Job Function.......................... 4 New Employment Data: Salaries.................... 7
New Employment: Job Offer Source............. 4 Continuing Education........................................ 7
Employment by Location: USA........................ 5 Employers & Job Titles...................................... 8

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 Post-
39
16
Graduation
Plans
Continuing Previous (402 known outcomes)
Employment
New Full-Time 89% of graduates with a known outcome were working
83 Employment
full time or continuing their education after graduation.
260

Actively Seeking Employment: 39

Continuing Education: 16 Other: 4

New Employment Data

The following information reflects the experiences of students who reported finding new employment
during or less than 6 months after completing the MCIT Online degree. This data excludes respondents
who are continuing their employment in the same position with the same employer as when they started
the MCIT Online program.
Top employers and number of respondents working at said company:

11 7 5 5

5 4 4 4

2
3 3 2

2
Petasus LLC
2 2 2
(startup)
Tensor Halo Inc.
2
(startup)

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Employment by Industry (135 responses) Employment by Job Function
(137 responses)
NUMBER
INDUSTRY
EMPLOYED
Accounting 1
Data &
Aerospace 4 Analytics
Automotive 2 25
Software
Computer Products: Hardware 3 Engineer/Developer
Consulting: Non-Profit / Government 1 52
Consulting: Other 3
Other
Education: Elementary / Secondary Education 1
18
Education: Higher Education – Non-Research 2

Energy / Natural Resources / Utilities 2

Engineering 6
Business Development: 4 Project Manager: 5
Financial Services: Diversified 11
Consulting: 5 Research: 3
Financial Services: Hedge Fund 5 Design: 1 Research & Development: 2

Financial Services: Information Technology: 7 Systems Engineer: 2

6
Investment Banking / Brokerage
Operations: 1 Technical Director: 2
Financial Services: Product Manager: 5 Technical Support: 2
4
Investment Management / Counsel
Program Manager: 2 Technology Analyst: 1
Financial Services: Venture Capital 1

Government: Federal Government 4

Government: Other 2 New Employment: Job Offer Source

(133 responses)
Healthcare: Hospital 1

Insurance 4

Legal Services 2
Personal
Contacts/
Networking
Manufacturing 3
27 Applying Directly
to Organization
Media / Journalism / Entertainment 2
40
Nonprofit: Public Interest / Advocacy 2

Other 6
Other Online
Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology 7 Job Board

Publishing / Printing 1
30 Internal to
Current
Company
Real Estate / Construction 4
23
Retail / Wholesale 2

Sports / Hospitality / Food Service 1

Contacts from Penn: 1 Other: 4
Technology 41
Handshake: 3 Recruiter Reached Out: 4
Transportation 1
MCIT Online Peer Referral: 1

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 Employment by Location: USA

23

1 1
3 27 11
1
5 1
4
17 9
1 2
1 2 6
2
31 10
1
1
4
1 1 1

1 1
12

Employment by Location: International

Australia 2 Japan 1

Canada 14 Mexico 2

China 8 Netherlands 1

Costa Rica 1 New Zealand 1

France 1 Norway 1

Germany 4 Poland 1

Hong Kong 2 Singapore 3

India 2 South Korea 2

Indonesia 1 Thailand 1

Ireland 1 United Arab Emirates 1

Italy 1 Uganda 1

United Kingdom 3

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Did your salary increase after New Employment: Salary Data
completing the Penn Engineering The following salary data reflects graduates
Online program either within employed full-time in the U.S. who shared that
your current role or with a new they found new employment since graduating
from MCIT Online. (111 responses)
position? (175 responses)

AVERAGE

No Yes $141,648
85 90
RANGE

$50,000
to

1–
5% 10
%
–1
5% 0% 5% 5%
$450,000
% Increase
5– –2 –2 r2
10 15 20 ve
O

New Employment:
Other Forms of Income
(New, U.S.)

• Relocation: 8
• Other: 12
• Annual Bonus: 2
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Signing Bonus: 29
• Average: $27,408
• Range: $3,000–$125,700
• Stock Options: 29
• Visa Sponsorship: 6
• No Additional Compensation: 30

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 New Employment: Salaries by Job Function (new, U.S.)
JOB FUNCTION REPORTING AVERAGE RANGE (low) RANGE (high)

Consulting 3 $90,000 $80,000 $105,000

Data and Analytics 20 $157,825 $70,000 $450,000

Information Technology 4 $207,500 $88,000 $400,000

Other 9 $175,333 $60,000 $400,000

Product Management 3 $204,500 $110,000 $291,500

Project Management 4 $136,250 $80,000 $220,000

Software Engineer / Developer 39 $126,205 $50,000 $300,000

Fewer than 3 reported salaries not published to maintain confidentiality.

New Employment: Salaries by Job Industry (new, U.S.)

INDUSTRY REPORTING AVERAGE RANGE (low) RANGE (high)

Aerospace 3 $128,333 $87,000 $178,000

Computer Products: Hardware 3 $166,667 $100,000 $250,000

Consulting: Other 3 $112,423 $80,000 $147,270

Engineering 5 $102,800 $80,000 $137,000

Financial Services: Diversified 6 $115,000 $55,000 $150,000

Financial Services: Hedge Fund 3 $291,667 $200,000 $400,000

Financial Services:
3 $133,333 $90,000 $170,000
Investment Banking / Brokerage

Government:
3 $112,667 $108,000 $120,000
Federal Government

Other 6 $107,333 $80,000 $150,000

Pharmaceuticals / Biotechnology 7 $108,571 $50,000 $180,000

Technology 29 $171,741 $60,000 $450,000

Fewer than 3 reported salaries not published to maintain confidentiality.

Continuing Education
• ETH Zürich, Certificate of Advanced Studies, Computer Science
• Harvard University, MPP/MUP dual degree
• UCL, PhD, Chemistry
• UCSF/UC Berkeley, PhD, Bioengineering
• University of Edinburgh, PhD, Management Science and Business Economics
• University of Notre Dame, PhD, Analytics
• University of Pennsylvania, Master of Science in Engineering, Data Science (7)
• University of Toronto, PhD, Computational Biology

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 EMPLOYERS & JOB TITLES

1Day Sooner, Hepatitis C Lead Ansys, Software Engineer

22nd Century Technologies, Software Engineer Apogee Enterprises, Inc., Controller
Abbott, Senior Software Engineer, Cloud ArentFox Schiff, Patent Agent
AbbVie, Principal Research Scientist I Arkose, Operations Lead
Acumen, Associate Research Manager ASC, VP PSYCHOMETRICS
Adobe, Senior Analytics Engineer Association of American Medical Colleges,
Senior Research and Data Analyst
Advanced Micro Devices, Sr Software Engineer
AstraZeneca, Senior Business Analyst
Aetna, Senior Data Scientist
Astreya, Software Developer
Aetna CVS Health, Data Scientist
AT&T, Software Engineer
AF Code, Data Scientist
Atila Biosystems, Software Engineer
Affirm, Senior SWE
BAE Systems, Software Engineer
AgriSompo North America, Software Developer II
Bank of New York Mellon, Sr. Infrastructure
Ahoovam Consulting DWC, General Manager Operations Analyst
Alight Solutions, Data Scientist Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Senior Software Engineer
Alliance for Sustainable Energy, IT Specialist – Biel Crystal, Director
Software Developer
BlackRock, Investment Analyst
Amazon, Hardware Development Engineer
BMW, Product Owner Digitization Purchasing
Amazon, Machine Learning Engineer II
Boeing, Software Developer
Amazon, Senior Financial Analyst
Brevan Howard, Portfolio Manager
Amazon, Software Development Engineer
Bryant University, Director, Budgets and Financial
Amazon, Software Development Engineer Planning
Amazon, Software Development Engineer C3.ai, AI Solutions Director
Amazon, Software Development Engineer Caesars Entertainment, Data Engineer
Amazon, Software Development Engineer Caesars Sportsbook & Casino, Senior Software Engineer
Amazon, Software Development Engineer Canada Life, Director Financial Risk
Amazon, Software Development Engineer Capital One, Associate Software Engineer
Amazon, Software Development Engineer II Capital One, Associate Software Engineer (TDP)
Amazon Web Services, Account Manager Capital One, Senior Manager- Architecture Strategy
Amazon Web Services, Senior Product and Governance
Manager – Technical Capital One, Senior Software Engineer
Amazon Web Services, Senior Solutions Architect Capital One, Software Engineer
Amazon Web Services, Sr. Product Manager Technical Centro, Co-founder
American Express, Agile Champion Charles Schwab, Analytics Senior Manager
Amsted Digital Solutions, Machine Learning Engineer Chubb, Site Reliability Engineer
Andreessen Horowitz, Fund Strategy Partner Citadel, Virtualization Engineer

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 EMPLOYERS & JOB TITLES

Clever Real Estate, Data Engineer FreeWheel, Global Architect

Cloudera, Partner Solutions Engineer FTL Labs Corporation, Software Engineer
Clutch, Senior Financial Analyst GalenusRx, Inc., Software Engineer I
Cogito Finance, Co-Founder & CEO Genentech, Digital Engagement Manager
Comcast, Software Engineer General Motors, Senior Controls Design Engineer
Conifer Point Pharmaceuticals, Software Engineer Georgetown University, Senior Research Analyst
Credit Suisse, VP Investment Banking Georgian, ML Research/Engineer
CVS Health, Data Engineer GlaxoSmithKline, Senior Data Engineer
Daimler Truck North America, Software Developer Google, Account Executive
Danone, Digital Product Manager Google, Backend Development Engineer
Databricks, Associate Product Manager Google, Cloud Data Architect
Daxwell, Software Developer Google, Software Engineer
Dell Technologies, Software Engineer Google, Software Engineer
Deloitte, Data Analyst Google, Software Engineer
Deloitte, Manager Google, Software Engineer
Deloitte, Tax Manager GreatFrontEnd, Head of Growth and Operations
Delta County School District, Technology Teacher Green Mountain, Sr. Technical Support Specialist
DEMATIC, Software Engineer Hilton, Analyst
Deutsche Bank, Associate, Corporate Infegy - Consumer Intelligence, Lead Analyst
Investment Solutions US
Ingersoll Rand Inc, Finance Manager
Dexlabs, Software Engineer
ION Group, Software Engineer
Dropbox, Product Manager
iwerk, Software Engineer
D-Wave, Senior Technical Advisor
Jilin University, Associate Professor, College of
Empire Life, Process Improvement Leader Veterinary Medicine
Epic, Server Systems Engineer Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory,
Associate Professional Staff I
Epic, Server Systems Engineer
JPMorganChase, Data Scientist
Epic, Software Developer
JPMorganChase, Executive Director & Head of Data
EY, FSO Tax Senior for Digital Products
EY, Senior Analyst Jump Trading LLC, System Application Developer
FedEx, Data Science Fellow Kai Shing Management Services Limited,
Fedi BTC, Head of Developer and Product Support Analyst Programmer

FINRA, SDET Kforce Inc, Senior Digital Program Manager

Flex, Senior Software Engineer Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.,
Named Account Executive
Fraunhofer Institute, Research Development
Software Engineer Latham & Watkins LLP, Partner

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 EMPLOYERS & JOB TITLES

Lengow, Software Developer NYS Office of Information Technology Services,

Software Developer
Leonardo, Senior Diagnostic & Predictive
Services Engineer Oceaneering, Project Manager
LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Senior Data Scientist Old Mission Capital, Quantitative Trader
Liberty Mutual, Software Engineer Omo, Co-Founder
Lockheed Martin, L3 Engineer – Operations Data Optima Integration Group, Financing Director
Science
Oracle, Software Engineer
Lockheed Martin, Software Engineer
OWL Pod, Physician
Marathon Petroleum, Instrumentation Engineer
Palantir, Software Engineer
Marquis Book Printing, Business Analyst
Panopto, Salesforce Administrator
Mathematica, Lead Data Analytics Developer
Patients Know Best, Head of Product and Statistics
McKinsey & Company, Associate Partner
Petasus LLC, e-Commerce Business Co-Founder
McKinsey & Company, Consultant
Petasus LLC, e-Commerce Business Co-Founder
Merck, Principal Scientist, Biostatistics
Pfizer, Software Engineer
Meta, Design and Engineering Manager
Phoenix Bioinformatics, Software Engineer
Meta, Senior Data Scientist
PNC Bank, Software Engineer II
Meta, Senior Data Scientist, ML Tech Lead
Pricesmart, Financial Reporting Manager
Meta, Software Engineer
Pros, DS
Metlife, Associate Director
PUMA, Head of eCommerce Thailand
Microsoft, Product Manager
PwC, Software Engineer
Microsoft, Senior Data & Applied Scientist –
Data Intelligence & AI Reddit, Manager, Strategy and Analytics

Microsoft, Senior Program Manager Reddit, Software Engineer

Microsoft, Senior Program Manager Relativity, Software Engineer

Microsoft, Technical Product Manager Repro India Ltd, Senior GM - Products

Ministry of Trade and Industry, Deputy Director RTX, Analytics Engineer

Morgan Stanley, XVA Strat RWS Group, Senior Project Manager

Movement Labs, Protocol Engineer Salesforce, Director, Product Management

National Social Security Fund, Manager – Fixed Income Sanofi, Distinguished Scientist

NBCUniversal, Senior Software Engineer Schusterman Foundation, Manager IT

nCino, Inc., Associate Software Engineer SciTic, Inc., Staff Software Engineer

Netflix, Data Scientist SeaMoney, Senior Associate, Risk Data Analytics

National Institutes of Health, Scientist Searchlight Pictures, Assistant Editor

Novo Nordisk, MMX Data Analyst SentinelOne, Senior Software Engineer

Nuro, Sr. Strategy & Business Operations Manager Shinhancard, Senior Associate
SiriusXM, Software Engineer III

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 EMPLOYERS & JOB TITLES

Sixth Street, Investor TOMRA, Lead Data Scientist

SK Telecom, Manager (Tech R&D) Transit Ventures, Senior Data Scientist
Snap Inc., Data Scientist TrialSpark, Operation Strategy & Analytics
Sparrow, Associate Software Engineer TruLab, Jr. Software Engineer
StackAdapt, Data Scientist Trulioo, Solutions Consultant
State Farm, Software Engineer Truora Inc., Software Engineer
State Street, Digital Transformation Specialist UiPath, Director, Professional Services
STMicroelectronics, Supply Chain Business Analysis University of Otago, Teaching Assistant
Manager
University of Pennsylvania, Bioinformatics Scientist
Sumitomo Pharma America, Senior Data Engineer
University of Pennsylvania, Data Analyst, Assistant
SymphonyAI, Data Scientist Director of IT, Data Manager
Tensor Halo Inc., Co-Founder & Market Data Analyst University of Pennsylvania, IT Project Lead
Tensor Halo Inc., Market Data Analyst Lead University of Pennsylvania, Postdoc
TeraDAR, Lead FPGA Engineer US Air Force, Application Developer
Tesla, Senior Controls Engineer Vanguard, Application Engineer
Texas Department of Transportation, Data Analyst Vetsource, Software Engineer
The Boeing Company, Data Scientist VIATechnik, Senior Software Project Manager
The D.E. Shaw Group, Senior Associate, Private Markets Voltera Power, Director of Accounting
Strategy & Development
Walmart, Staff Product Manager- Tech
Thorne HealthTech, Chief Technology Officer
Walmart Global Tech, Software Engineer
Thumbtack, Senior Data Scientist
Wells Fargo, Software Developer
TikTok, Senior Growth Strategist & Data Analyst
Western Digital, Staff Engineer, R&D Engineering
TikTok, Senior Product Leader
Windstream, Software Engineer II
TikTok, Software Engineer
Wonder, Manager, Inventory Analytics
TikTok, Software Engineer
YipitData, Software Engineer I
TikTok, Strategy & Analytics
Zou & Luo Future Lifestyle Co. Ltd., Entrepreneur
Tiny Ghost Studios, Marketing, Strategy & Operations
ZS, AI Engineering Lead
T-Mobile, Software Engineer

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