University of MinnesotaEmployers That Filed Green-Card Applications for Its Graduates
Which employers filed the most green-card applications for University of Minnesota graduates?
Amazon, Intel, Microsoft, Apple, and Google. U.S. Department of Labor PERM records list 1,110 green-card applications filed by employers between FY2020 and FY2024 for workers who hold a degree from University of Minnesota, at a median wage of $115k 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 Each is an application, not a person and not a hire; 6.1% were denied or withdrawn.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
1,110
Filed by employers, FY2020 to FY2024
Median wage on the filing
$115k
Employer's offered wage, as stated on Form ETA-9089. Annualized.
Held a Master's
67.7%
The worker's degree level, as recorded on the filing. Doctorate 17.3%, Bachelor's 13.9%.
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 Analytics | 80 | $102k |
| Intel | Electrical Engineering | 79 | $107k |
| Microsoft | Computer Science | 58 | $124k |
| Apple | Electrical Engineering | 46 | $141k |
| Computer Science | 45 | $142k | |
| Qualcomm | Electrical Engineering | 32 | $114k |
| Capital One | Business Analytics Related to Analytics | 29 | $105k |
| Nvidia | Electrical Engineering | 25 | $158k |
| Meta | Computer Science | 18 | $155k |
| AMD | Electrical Engineering | 12 | $129k |
| Computer Science | 12 | $177k | |
| Deloitte | Accounting | 12 | $84k |
| Target | Business Analytics | 10 | $101k |
| Medtronic, Inc. | Electrical Engineering | 10 | $108k |
| Ernst & Young | Accounting | 9 | $114k |
| U.S. Bank National Association | Business Analytics | 9 | $81k |
| Adobe | Computer Science | 7 | $153k |
| Bloomberg | Computer Science | 7 | $160k |
| Cadence Design Systems | Electrical Engineering | 7 | $148k |
| Lakes International Language Academy | Education | 7 | $57k |
| Oracle | Computer Science | 7 | $150k |
| Cummins | Electrical Engineering | 6 | $77k |
| Wayfair LLC | Electrical Engineering | 6 | $120k |
| Best Buy Co., Inc. | Business Analytics | 5 | $105k |
| PayPal | Computer Science | 5 | $139k |
Which visa they held at the time
The class of admission recorded on each application
| Visa held | Filings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| H-1B | 933 | 84.1% |
| F-1 | 138 | 12.4% |
| NOT IN USA | 8 | 0.7% |
| L-1 | 5 | 0.5% |
| E-2 | 2 | 0.2% |
| H-4 | 2 | 0.2% |
| J-1 | 2 | 0.2% |
| TN | 2 | 0.2% |
| G-4 | 1 | 0.1% |
| H-1A | 1 | 0.1% |
What they studied
Every field these filings list, by volume
Electrical Engineering 266Computer Science 224Business Analytics 94Business Administration 41Mechanical Engineering 31Economics 30Statistics 24Financial Mathematics 21Business Analytics Related to Analytics 16Accounting 16
Filings and pay by year
University of Minnesota graduates, by fiscal year
Show the numbers behind this chart
| Fiscal year | PERM filings | Median base salary |
|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 149 | $128k |
| FY2023 | 251 | $118k |
| FY2022 | 235 | $117k |
| FY2021 | 247 | $113k |
| FY2020 | 228 | $107k |
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