UNSW Mining Engineering

When considering the wide choice of university degree options, you might be interested in some recently released information from the 2004 Graduation Destination Survey (GDS):

The median starting salary for Mining Engineering graduates nationally was $57,000 which clearly topped the list of all engineering and science degree graduates. [The median for the UNSW Mining Engineering graduates was $70,003]
Of all bachelor degree graduates, the starting salary for Mining Engineering graduates was second only to Dentistry at $60,000 and a substantial margin of $11,750 to the next highest ranked degree of $45,250 for Medicine
This ranking is likely to continue with a projected increase of $18,558 in the median starting salary to $75,558 for 2007 graduates - nearly double that of most other engineering and science graduates
In terms of employment levels, Mining Engineering graduates were in great demand with 96.6% in full time employment

So when combined with the diverse range of whole of life career and lifestyle options, shouldn't you reconsider your university degree options?

Information on the degree and enrollment in Mining Engineering at UNSW can be found at the UAC website for which the UAC Code is 425003 (HECS).

A summary of the graduate survey was published in the special Universities Advisory Day section of the Sydney Morning Herald on January 3 2005. More information can be found at www.gradlink.com.au with general information from the 2004 GDS contained in GradStats and information for prospective university students in The Grad Files.

Paul Hagan
February 2005

Results from 2004 Graduate Destintation Survey