NTU Business–Computing graduates earn highest starting pay in 2026

NUS and SMU dominated starting salary charts alongside NTU.

Graduates from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) double degree in Business and Computer Engineering or Computing earned the highest median starting salary in Singapore in 2026—at $6,950—according to the Briefcase Index.

NTU Medicine and National University of Singapore (NUS) Medicine follow at $6,500. NUS Computer Science ranks third at $6,400.

Four programmes tie for fourth place with median salaries of $6,000: NUS Business Administration, NUS Information Security, NUS Information Systems, and Singapore Management University (SMU) Computer Science.

NUS Business Analytics ranks fifth with $5,700, and NUS Computer Engineering follows at $5,600. NTU Computer Science and the NTU Double Degree in Engineering or Computer Science and Economics tie for seventh at $5,500.

SMU Information Systems places eighth at $5,400, and NTU Computer Engineering ranks ninth at $5,150.

The tenth position includes multiple programmes with median salaries of $5,000, including the National Institute of Education Arts, NUS Data Science and Analytics, NUS Engineering Science, NUS Industrial and Systems Engineering, and NUS Mechanical Engineering.

Also at tenth place are Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) Computer Science in Real-Time Interactive Simulation, SIT Computing Science, SIT Information Security, SIT Software Engineering, SMU Computing & Law, Singapore University of Social Sciences Public Safety and Security, and Singapore University of Technology and Design Computer Science and Design.

The ranking includes 10th percentile entry scores from universities’ Indicative Grade Profiles, where available. Median gross monthly salaries indicate early-career demand and opportunity.

The data is based on the 2025 Joint Autonomous Universities Graduate Employment Survey released by the Ministry of Education on 5 March 2026.