Northwestern UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Northwestern University graduates?
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and BCG. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 1,276 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Northwestern University, at a median wage of $135k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 6.1% were denied or withdrawn.
Employers filed these applications for people who studied here; the school is not a party to them. H-1B filings do not record the worker's school, so this is green-card (PERM) data. Why
Green-card (PERM) filings
1,276
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$135k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
79.6%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Doctorate 12.1%, Bachelor's 7.4%.
Employers that filed for these graduates
Ranked by PERM filings. Subsidiaries are rolled up to the parent company.
| Employer (parent company) | Top field of study | PERM filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | Business Administration | 149 | $105k |
| Computer Science | 105 | $131k | |
| Meta | Computer Science | 66 | $163k |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 57 | $123k |
| BCG | Business Administration | 45 | $211k |
| McKinsey | Business Administration | 34 | $140k |
| Intel | Computer Engineering | 31 | $95k |
| Analytics | 26 | $165k | |
| Apple | Business Administration | 18 | $143k |
| Uber | Integrated Marketing Communications | 16 | $145k |
| Adobe | Business Administration | 14 | $140k |
| Bain & Company | Business Administration | 11 | $195k |
| Deloitte | Business Administration | 10 | $143k |
| Intuit Inc. | Business Administration | 9 | $155k |
| Salesforce | Electrical Engineering | 8 | $153k |
| Walmart | Engineering Management | 8 | $145k |
| Ernst & Young | Taxation | 7 | $161k |
| A.T. Kearney, Inc. | Business Administration | 6 | $169k |
| ByteDance | Integrated Marketing Communications | 6 | $206k |
| DoorDash | Analytics | 6 | $182k |
| Oracle | Analytics | 6 | $125k |
| Wayfair LLC | Business Administration | 6 | $102k |
| Alixpartners, LLP | Business Administration | 5 | $150k |
| Bloomberg | Computer Science | 5 | $140k |
| Discover | Integrated Marketing Communications | 5 | $146k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 1,032 | 80.9% |
| F-1 | 159 | 12.5% |
| L-1 | 25 | 2% |
| NOT IN USA | 9 | 0.7% |
| TN | 9 | 0.7% |
| J-1 | 7 | 0.5% |
| O-1 | 4 | 0.3% |
| E-2 | 3 | 0.2% |
| E-3 | 3 | 0.2% |
| PAROLEE | 3 | 0.2% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Business Administration 289Computer Science 171Integrated Marketing Communications 91Computer Engineering 70Analytics 69Electrical Engineering 53Economics 33Mechanical Engineering 29Information Technology 28Engineering Management 26
Filings and pay by year
Northwestern University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 226 | $155k |
| FY2023 | 283 | $136k |
| FY2022 | 245 | $132k |
| FY2021 | 269 | $123k |
| FY2020 | 253 | $128k |
Other schools
University of Southern California 7,076Carnegie Mellon University 5,747The University of Texas at Dallas 4,893Northeastern University 4,229Arizona State University 3,956San Jose State University 3,737New York University 3,587Columbia University 3,291University of Central Missouri 3,117North Carolina State University 3,090Georgia Institute of Technology 3,076The University of Texas at Arlington 2,817