The University of ChicagoEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for The University of Chicago graduates?
Google, Amazon, McKinsey, and Meta. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 888 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from The University of Chicago, at a median wage of $139k on those filings. Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 5.3% were denied or withdrawn.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
888
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$139k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
76.1%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Doctorate 14.9%, Bachelor's 7.5%.
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 | 83 | $121k | |
| Amazon | Business Administration | 77 | $114k |
| McKinsey | Business Administration | 35 | $140k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 34 | $149k |
| Microsoft | Business Administration | 24 | $132k |
| BCG | Business Administration | 24 | $211k |
| Computer Science | 12 | $157k | |
| Credit Suisse | Business Administration | 11 | $200k |
| JPMorgan Chase | Financial Mathematics | 11 | $167k |
| Ernst & Young | Business Administration | 10 | $185k |
| Analysis Group Inc. | Economics | 9 | $150k |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. | Financial Mathematics | 9 | $100k |
| Uber | Computer Science | 9 | $154k |
| Capital One | Financial Mathematics | 8 | $106k |
| Goldman Sachs | Financial Mathematics | 8 | $161k |
| Citadel | Economics | 7 | $160k |
| Alixpartners, LLP | Business Administration | 6 | $160k |
| Apple | Business Administration | 6 | $148k |
| Bloomberg | Financial Mathematics | 6 | $138k |
| PwC | Business Administration | 6 | $152k |
| Adobe | Business Administration | 5 | $154k |
| Bain & Company | Business Administration | 5 | $195k |
| Discover | Statistics | 5 | $109k |
| Intel | Chemistry | 5 | $100k |
| Salesforce | Business Administration | 5 | $180k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 696 | 78.4% |
| F-1 | 133 | 15% |
| L-1 | 13 | 1.5% |
| TN | 9 | 1% |
| NOT IN USA | 6 | 0.7% |
| E-3 | 5 | 0.6% |
| J-1 | 5 | 0.6% |
| H-1B1 | 4 | 0.5% |
| H-4 | 2 | 0.2% |
| E-2 | 1 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Business Administration 252Computer Science 149Financial Mathematics 130Statistics 60Economics 51Analytics 48Mathematics 12Law 11Business 10Computational Social Science 10
Filings and pay by year
The University of Chicago graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 146 | $152k |
| FY2023 | 200 | $139k |
| FY2022 | 178 | $135k |
| FY2021 | 183 | $134k |
| FY2020 | 181 | $129k |
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