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Placement Data

The typical placement rate of graduates  within 3 months of graduation is 90-100%

The average starting salary for recent graduates is $42,000+  

Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Total number of graduates	64	70	80	77	80
% of graduate placement	97	98	96	95	97
Average salary	$40,000	$40,000	$40,285	$44,500	$42,960

Industrial Technology / Industrial Distribution graduates are offered positions as:

Industrial Engineer Operation Specialist Production Manager Manufacturing Engineer Engineering Consultant - Sales Sales Engineer Automatic Data Capture System Analyst Technology Educators Quality Assurance Engineer Safety System Specialist Technical Sales Account Managers Technical Managers Industrial Trainers and Training Managers Product manager Service Parts Engineer Process Design Engineer

Materials Managers Quality Assurance Engineer Production Engineer Statistical Process Control Specialists Distribution Managers Production/ Process Planner Project Manager Line/ Production Supervisor Cost Designer Facilities Planner Facilities Management Product Design/ Research Warehouse Manager Systems Analyst Operations Management Assistant Teacher

Industrial Technology / Industrial Distribution Graduates are employed by such business and industry leaders as:

Top companies are identified with bold letters

Accenture ArvinMeritor Arrow Electronics  Boeing Company Guardian Building Products Carrier-United Technologies  Caterpillar Incorporated Citigroup, Inc. Clorox Company  Cooper Industrial Products  Co-Venture Resources CRS Industries  Cummins, Inc Daimler Chrysler Corporation Delphi Corporation Dukane Corporation  Dwyer Instruments  Electronic Data System (EDS) Eli Lilly and Company Exide Corporation Emerson Power Transmissin Fleetwood Motor Homes  Ford Motor Company  Frito-Lay  Grainger GECOM Corp  GenCorp  General Electric Company General Mills General Motors Corporation Chemtura

IBM Mittal Steel Ivex Packaging Ivy Tech State College  CNH Global Kimberly Clark  Kirby Risk Lafayette School Corporation  Lierty Mutual Lockheed Martin Corporation  Menasha Corp  Ogihara-America  Pepsi  Precision Cast Parts  Purdue University R.R. Donnelly  Raytheon Corp Rockwell Automation  Rolls Royce Ryerson  SKF Industries  Subaru of Indiana Automotive  Texas Instruments  Toshiba  Verizon

 

For More Information, Contact:

Ms. Betty Cottrell
Department of Industrial Technology
1416 Knoy Hall, Room 366
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
Phone: (765) 494-1088
Fax: (765) 496-2700