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2026 BSI Employment Report

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About this report 

 

The University of Michigan School of Information (UMSI) Career Development Office surveys our graduates to identify their post-graduation plans and outcomes. This report summarizes UMSI first-destination outcomes from 2025 BSI graduates who completed the survey by the deadline or for whom a known outcome was reported in other ways. Of the 225 BSI students who graduated in 2025, 77% responded to the survey or reported their outcomes in other ways.

$90K

Average salary overall

$88K

Average salary (male)

$91K

Average salary (female)

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95%

Have high levels of job satisfaction

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97%

Employment rate

Based on survey respondents who reported a job outcome by the deadline.

Where our graduates are working

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45%

Midwest

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33%

Northeast

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14%

West

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6%

South

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2%

International

States employing the most grads

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26%

New York

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22%

Michigan

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20%

Illinois

Top industries our graduates are working in

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30%

Consulting

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28%

Financial services

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21%

Technology

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9%

Consumer goods & services

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7%

Manufacturing

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6%

Entertainment/gaming/sports

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5%

University/college

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4%

Marketing/design agency

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2%

Start-up/entrepreneurial

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2%

Nonprofit/NGO

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1%

Government

Salary by industry

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$108K

Technology

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$86K

Financial services

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$85K

Consulting

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$78K

Consumer goods & services

Industries in which not enough salary data was reported 

Entertainment/Gaming/Sports • Health/Medicine • Manufacturing

Marketing/Design Agency • Start-up • University/College

Our graduates say...

 

MOST VALUABLE CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE FOR JOB OUTCOME/SUCCESS

  • Capstone projects 
  • Career course

MOST VALUABLE CO-CURRICULAR EXPERIENCE FOR JOB OUTCOME/SUCCESS

  • Career coaching/CDO workshops
  • Student organization activities
  • On-campus jobs

Top hiring companies

Deloitte | PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC 

KPMG | IBM | Adobe 

Internships

95%

of graduates say internships were important to their job outcome.

Job search timing

3–4 months

Average job search length. 

50%

accepted return offers from internship.

Salaries by top regions

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$105K

West

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$90K

Northeast

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$82K

Midwest

Signing bonus/relocation package

$9K

Average, specific to tech & 
private sector outcomes

Most effective job search methods

35%

JOB BOARD 
Indeed, LinkedIn Jobs, etc.

27%

NETWORKING 
Former employer, 
alumni/ industry or 
personal contact

25%

COMPANY WEBSITES

13%

UMSI/U-M CAREER DEVELOPMENT 
SERVICES & RESOURCES

What matters most: critical factors for job decision-making

67%

COMPANY CULTURE 
inclusion, support, 
values & beliefs

66%

COMPETITIVE SALARY

51%

NATURE OF THE JOB

Degree impact

 

How has your BSI degree made an impact on your career goals?

Most frequently cited 

  • Discovered new career opportunities 
  • Refined my career goals 
  • Expanded my professional network 
  • Identified skills to develop for my own aspirational role 
  • Enhanced skills to be more strategic or impactful in my career 
  • Had more opportunities to engage in or create new projects that I enjoy 
  • Started a portfolio to start my career
88%

Agreed their degree impacted their career goals

12%

Reported that they were unsure of the impact at the time of the survey

0%

of respondents reported that their degree did not impact their career goals

2025 Job Outcomes

 

Bold text indicates an international student’s job outcome.

Job Title

Org Name

Business Intelligence Analyst

Allegis Group

Associate

Ankura

Technology Implementation Consultant

Crowe LLP

Audit & Assurance Analyst

Deloitte

Business Technology Solutions Analyst

Deloitte

Technology Analyst

Deloitte

Business Technology Solutions Analyst

Deloitte

People Consultant, Financial Services (FSO)

EY

Technology Consultant

EY

Client Service Associate

GLG

Business Analyst

ICF

Research Associate

M Science

Business Analyst

McKinsey & Co

Associate Consultant

Pathstone Partners

Associate Consultant

PricewaterhouseCoopers - PwC

Cybersecurity Consulting Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers - PwC

Digital Assurance and Transparency Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers - PwC

Decision Analytics Associate

ZS

User Experience Designer

AtkCo

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Org Name

District Manager

Central Garden & Pet

Data Analyst

Cherryland Electric Cooperative

Digital Marketing and Travel Coordinator

Magma Global

Analytics & Insights Manager

Procter & Gamble - P&G

Software Manager

Procter & Gamble - P&G

Inventory Analyst

Target

Information System Management Co-op

UPS

Commercial Analyst

Wayfair

People Analytics

Wayfair

Sales Representative

Whirlpool Corp

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Org Name

Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Officer

Audacy Inc.

Sports Trader

DL Trading

Product Operations Associate

Fubo

Production Intern

Nochi Studios

Rotational Data Analyst

Sony Music Entertainment

Insights & Strategy Analyst

Universal Music Group

Director of Programming

WCBN FM

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Client Services Associate

AlphaSights

Analyst

Ambient Capital Partners

Product Analyst

American Express

Finance Analyst

Bank of America

Business Analytics Associate

Beyond Finance

Analyst

BlackRock

Software Engineer

BNY

Private Wealth Analyst

Brookfield

Associate UX Designer

Capital One

Business Analyst

Capital One

Business Operations

Charles Schwab

Technology Analyst

Citi

Product Management Analyst

Fiserv

Cyber Risk Analyst

Guardian Life

Data Solutions Consultant

Guardian Life

Investor

Insight Partners

Investment Banking Analyst

Jefferies

Product Designer

JP Morgan Chase

Innovation Development Program

JPMorgan Chase

Consumer Analyst

Keybank

Technical Associate, Data Science, Machine Learning & AI

KPMG

Technology Compliance & Operations Analyst

KPMG

Strategy Associate

KPMG

Strategy Associate

KPMG

Data Analyst

Macquarie Group

Junior UX Design Intern

Mr. Cooper/Xome

Technology Analyst

Northern Trust

Asset Manager

Peacock Capital

Application Engineer

Polen Capital

Project Coordinator

Savills North America

Associate Development Program

Silicon Valley Bank - SVB

Analyst

Starwood Capital Group

Underwriting Professional Development Program - Ocean Marine

Travelers

Valuations & Financial Analyst

Virtu Global

Options Trader

ZeroPlus Derivatives LLC

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Data Analytics Associate

Quest Research Institute

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Software Engineer

Ford

UX Designer

Dodge Industrial

Data Engineer

Dow

Experience Designer

Ford Motor Co

Engineering Business Analyst

Grainger

Software Engineer

Lucid Motors

Product Compliance Management Trainee

McMaster-Carr

Data Analyst

Stryker

Associate UX Designer

Uline

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Marketing Associate

Allied Global Marketing

Data Analyst

Digitas North America

Junior Creative

Fresh Tape Media

Social Media Analyst

Ovative Group

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Project Manager

Develop for Good

Data Visualization Analyst

Washtenaw 2030 District

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Associate Product Manager

GoldthreadAI

Co-Founder, CTO

Orange Slice

Founder (self employed)

Talbert Media Group

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Associate Consultant

Adobe

Associate Technical Account Manager

Adobe

Sales Velocity Analyst

Adobe

Student Representative

Adobe

Business Development Specialist

Agora

Software Engineer

Amazon

Data Engineer

Bayezon AI

AI Engineer

C1

GTM Lead

Cockpit AI

Data Product Manager

Dell Technologies

Hardware Ops Program Manager

Google

Software Engineer

Google

AI/ LLM Evaluation Specialist

Handshake

Associate User Experience Designer

IBM

Brand Sales Specialist - Entry Level Sales Program

IBM

Brand Sales Specialist

IBM

Associate UX Designer

Iron Mountain

Associate Consultant

Konrad

UX Designer

Oracle

Product Manager

Outgoing

User Experience Designer (& Current student?)

PassiveBolt

Data Scientist

Reveal Global Consulting

Associate UX Designer

SAP

Chief Product Officer

Synth

Associate Embedded Solutions Engineer

Tennr

Growth Operations Analyst

Traba

Associate Product Designer

Workday

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Technical Operations Strategic Planning Analyst

United Airlines

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Institutional Policy Research & Government Relations

Association of American Universities (AAU)

J.D. Candidate

Loyola University Chicago School of Law

Instagram Audience Coordinator

The Michigan Daily

UX Research Fellow

University of Michigan

UX Research Assistant

University of Michigan

Research Assistant

University of Michigan

Research Assistant I

University of Michigan

Astronomy & Astrophysics Research Assistant

University of Michigan

Masters Student

University of Michigan Medical School

Masters Student

University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Masters Student

University of Michigan Ross School of Business

UX Research Assistant

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Master's Student

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