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Placement
• Current Job Opportunities for CIT Students
• Current CIT Faculty/Staff Openings
• Available CIT Graduate Assistantships
• Purdue Career Opportunities Center
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Employment Picture
B.S. Degree (Information Systems and Network Engineering Technology Majors)
Average Starting Salaries*:
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
| $54,998 | $57,663 |
| 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 |
| $54,996 | $47,306 | $50,651 | $50,275 | $52,680 |
| 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 |
| $35,554 | $40,320 | $43,564 | $48,174 | $51,286 |
Reported by academic year (e.g. 2000-01 would be the semesters including: Summer 2000, Fall 2000 & Spring 2001).
*NOTE: Grads available for employment. Information is self-reported.
2006-07 Placement rate of those reporting = 94%
Response Rate = 80%
Percentage Employed in Indiana = 23%
Total Number of Graduates = 93
2005-06 Placement rate of those reporting = 94%
Response Rate = 76%
Percentage Employed in Indiana = 37%
Total Number of Graduates = 128
2004-05 Placement rate of those reporting = 98%
Response Rate = 53%
Percentage Employed in Indiana = 48%
Total Number of Graduates = 165
CIT Student Internships
CIT students participate in Company Sponsored summer internships and employment.
The average salary for internships is $12.95 per hour.
Hiring companies include Abbott Laboratories, BriteSource, CNA Insurance,
Depaw University, ExxonMobil Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Haas & Associates,
Indiana Department of Education, Purdue University, JP Morgan Chase,
Kimberly Clark, Kraft Foods, Raytheon, State Farm.
Recruiters please take note:
The Department of Computer & Information Technology provides placement assistance to recruiters who want to:
- distribute job openings through a departmental listserv
- disseminate recruiting literature
- set up interviews
Can we help you?
Career opportunities for CIT students, graduates, and alumni are
coordinated by the department. If you are a CIT student
or alumni and would like to subscribe to the CIT Job placement listserv, send an email to citjobs-request@lists.purdue.edu with the message body stating "subscribe" only. You may also subscribe by going to the following webpage:
https://lists.purdue.edu/mailman/listinfo/citjobs.
CIT Graduates:
Please complete the Alumni Information Form so that we can
accurately report Average Salaries.
Please email your completed form to armurphy@purdue.edu
• Alumni/Placement Information Form
CIT Graduates are:
| Employed by companies such as: | Employed with job titles such as: | |
| 3M | Application Developer | |
| American Management Systems | Consultant | |
| Bank of America | Data Analyst | |
| Cerner | Database Administrator | |
| Crowe, Chizek & Co. | Information Analyst | |
| Cummins Diesel, Inc. | IT Analyst | |
| Dell | Network Administrator | |
| Discover Financial Services | Programmer | |
| Eli Lilly | Programmer Analyst | |
| ExxonMobil | Project Manager | |
| InfoComm Systems, Inc. | Security Specialist | |
| Ford Motor Company | Software Developer | |
| GE Medical Systems | Software Engineer | |
| Great Lakes Chemical | Software Tester | |
| IBM | System Administrator | |
| International Paper | Systems Analyst | |
| Lafayette Life Insurance | Systems Developer | |
| Lockheed Martin | System Engineer | |
| Motorola | Web Developer | |
| State Farm | ||
| Verizon | ||
| WalMart |
contact info:
Angela Murphy
Assistant to the Department Head/Placement Coordinator
Computer and Information Technology
401 North Grant Street
Knoy Hall Room 255
Purdue University
West Lafayette IN 47907-2021
Voice: (765) 496-6003
Fax: (765) 496-1212
cit advisor
Linda Young
Head Academic Counselor
401 Grant Street
Knoy Hall, Room 255
West Lafayette, IN 47907-1421
Phone: (765) 494-6484
Fax: (765) 496-1212
E-mail: lyoung@purdue.edu