The IST Professional Placement Program offers all IST (UP) students the ability to avail themselves to innovative career related services specific to the post-graduation transitioning of IST seniors. Our success is evident and is leading four year undergraduate programs at PSU University Park given:

1. IST graduates have enjoyed a placement rate nearing 98 percent for the past three   graduating  classes.

2. The average undergraduate salary for the class of 2004-2005 is $55,500.

3. The IST graduates have been hired in many segments of the labor market including consulting, defense contracting, manufacturing, financial services, and insurance industries to name just a few.

4. The IST class of 2005 is hitting even higher marks than the previous year as the placement rate is currently exceeding last year's comparison results. Graduates are also seeing an increase of 7 percent in their starting salaries!

Students also benefit from a strong educational and experiential background in their IST academic curriculum which allows them to pursue advanced degrees at schools such as:

• MIT
• University of Pennsylvania
• Cornell
• UCLA
• University of North Carolina
• University of Maryland

Strong business relationships and IST go hand-in-hand. Here is an industry sampling of our close corporate partnerships:

• Accenture
• AETNA
• Air Products
• Allstate
• AMS
• BAE Systems
• Booz-Allen Hamilton
• Deloitte
• EPIC Systems
• FBI
• General Electric
• Hewitt and Associates
• HPTI
• Johnson & Johnson
• Lockheed Martin
• Mellon Financial
• Merrill Lynch
• Northrop Grumman
• Novus
• Price Waterhouse-Coopers
• Toshiba
• US Steel
• Vanguard