Princeton UniversityEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for Princeton University graduates?
Google, Microsoft, Citadel, Meta, and Amazon. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 319 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from Princeton University, at a median wage of $136k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 6% were denied or withdrawn.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
319
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$136k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Doctorate
39.8%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Bachelor's 33.5%, Master's 26.6%.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 33 | $124k | |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 21 | $121k |
| Citadel | Astronomy and Astrophysics a Quant Field Related to Physics | 12 | $183k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 11 | $143k |
| Amazon | Computer Science | 10 | $116k |
| Intel | Electrical Engineering | 9 | $107k |
| Two Sigma | Mathematics | 9 | $180k |
| Bloomberg | Computer Science | 8 | $130k |
| Radix Trading LLC | Physics | 6 | $120k |
| Goldman Sachs | Finance | 4 | $140k |
| BCG | Economics | 4 | $218k |
| Apple | Electrical Engineering | 3 | $163k |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | Finance | 3 | $100k |
| BNP Paribas | Finance | 3 | $170k |
| JPMorgan Chase | Financial Engineering | 3 | $165k |
| Lyft | Information Systems | 3 | $170k |
| McKinsey | Chemistry | 3 | $147k |
| Uber | Applied and Computational Mathematics | 3 | $169k |
| University of California, Berkeley | Mathematics | 3 | $115k |
| University of Michigan | Computer Science | 3 | $126k |
| BlackRock | Finance | 2 | $145k |
| Coinbase | Computer Science | 2 | $186k |
| Columbia University | Financial Engineering | 2 | $122k |
| Coatue Management LLC | Economics | 2 | $138k |
| DoorDash | Economics | 2 | $118k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 244 | 76.5% |
| F-1 | 50 | 15.7% |
| J-1 | 5 | 1.6% |
| TN | 5 | 1.6% |
| B-2 | 2 | 0.6% |
| H-1B1 | 2 | 0.6% |
| O-1 | 2 | 0.6% |
| E-3 | 1 | 0.3% |
| G-4 | 1 | 0.3% |
| H-4 | 1 | 0.3% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Computer Science 70Electrical Engineering 43Finance 28Financial Engineering 24Economics 23Mathematics 17Physics 12Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 10Architecture 6Chemistry 4
Filings and pay by year
Princeton University graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 50 | $133k |
| FY2023 | 67 | $153k |
| FY2022 | 61 | $127k |
| FY2021 | 67 | $145k |
| FY2020 | 74 | $125k |
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