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Careers and Employment

Students graduating from the program are embedded in the world's largest concentration of technology companies. Equipped with the techniques and skills necessary for data-driven decision making, our graduates are prepared for careers in a wide variety of fields with rapidly growing demand for knowledgeable and well-educated data scientists, engineers, and analysts.

Employment Offers

95% of all graduates of our 2019 cohort received a full time offer of employment within three months of graduation.

Salaries

Class of 2019:

  • $120,000 - Median Base Salary
  • $165,000 - Maximum Base Salary
  • $125,000 - Median Base Salary, International Students
  • $122,000 - Median Base Salary, Women
  • $115,000 - Median Base Salary, no prior work experience
  • $127,500 - Median Base Salary, 2+ years work experience
  • $13,200 - Median Bonus (signing, relocation, merit)

Class of 2019 Select Job Titles

  • Data Scientist
  • Data Engineer
  • Data Analyst
  • Machine Learning Engineer
  • Applied Scientist
  • Deep Learning Engineer
  • Computer Vision Engineer
  • AI Data Scientist

Most Common Job Title: Data Scientist (60%)
Second Most Common Job Title: Data Analyst (10%)

Class of 2019 Employers

  • Aktana
  • Amazon
  • Amazon Web Services
  • Apple
  • Beam Solutions
  • Bird Rides
  • Booking.com
  • Checkr, Inc.
  • Cisco
  • Clari
  • Cone Health
  • DataGrand
  • Dictionary.com
  • DRIVIN
  • Earnest
  • Emailage
  • EXL Service
  • Fair
  • FLYR
  • GoGuardian
  • Happy Money
  • Hoodline
  • Ibotta
  • Iherb
  • Komodo Health
  • Lending club
  • LexisNexis Group
  • LinkedIn
  • Logistics Management Institute (LMI)
  • Lyft
  • Manifold Inc
  • Metromile
  • MOBE
  • NakedPoppy
  • O'Reilly Media
  • Oracle
  • PicnicHealth
  • Pocket Gems
  • Ravel Law
  • Remedy Partners
  • RHL
  • Scribd
  • Sentry.io
  • Shutterfly
  • SiriusXM Automatic Labs
  • Smiths Digital Forge
  • Stanford University
  • StreamMetrics
  • ThirdLove
  • Trulia
  • Twitch
  • Ultimate Software
  • Verizon Media
  • Vianai
  • Visa
  • Walmart Labs
  • Wish
  • Zimmerman Advertising
  • ZS Associates
  • Zume Inc

Class of 2019 Industries Represented

  • Advertising
  • Consulting
  • Ecommerce
  • Finance
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Retail
  • Tech
  • Sports/Gaming
  • Manufacturing R&D

Location

72% of 2019 graduates remained in the Bay Area.

2019 Graduate Locations Outside Bay Area

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Chandler, AZ
  • Chicago, IL
  • Denver, CO
  • Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  • Greensboro, NC
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • New York, NY
  • Reno, NV
  • Seattle, WA
  • Shanghai, China
  • Tysons, VA

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