The monthly salary for freshly minted University of Copenhagen UCPH graduates is somewhere between a modest DKK 25,850 (Musicology) or a soaring DKK 52,900 (Actuarial Mathematics).
We have tallied the numbers and we can now see the full picture of graduates’ average monthly salary (including pension) calculated in the second year after graduation.
In some fields, salaries go up fast. In other subjects things move more slowly. By way of comparison, we also list the median wage after ten years in the labour market.
It is the median salary after ten years that determines the ranking.
The data for this list is extracted from the Danish Ministry for Education and Science’s portal uddannelseszoom.dk.
Its underlying numbers come from a large-scale questionnaire sent to all graduates called Danmarks Studieundersøgelse up to 2021, and 2023 salary numbers from Statistics Denmark.
Some degrees are not on the list, including all bachelor’s degrees. This is because most students in Denmark continue to their master’s degree, and so the Danish Ministry for Education and Science’s portal does not show salary statistics for them.
For some of the smaller programmes, there were less than ten responses to the survey after ten years on the labour market. The average salary numbers on these degrees may be skewed by the salary of one or two individuals. These programmes we have listed below in a separate list.
The list below shows monthly salary (including pension) and is for master’s graduates. The first number is the average salary for a new graduate, the second year after graduating. The second number is the average salary after 10 years on the labour market.
The full list:
- Actuarial Mathematics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 52,900. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 78,050.
- Economics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 42,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 65,500.
- Computer Science: Salary newly graduated: DKK 44,500. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 64,800.
- Pharmaceutical Sciences: Salary newly graduated: DKK 36,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 62,600.
- Mathematics-Economics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 48,700. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 61,200.
- Biotechnology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,350. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 60,100.
- Nanoscience and Technology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 33,200. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 59,900.
- Pharmacy: Salary newly graduated: DKK 42,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 59,200.
- Medicine: Salary newly graduated: DKK 44,200. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 58,450.
- Odontology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 50,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 58,050.
- Law: Salary newly graduated: DKK 40,600. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 56,150.
- Political Science: Salary newly graduated: DKK 36,900. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 54,600.
- Social Science: Salary newly graduated: DKK 35,700. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 54,600.
- Chemistry: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 54,050.
- Food Science and Technology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 38,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 53,400.
- Human Biology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 33,000. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 51,800.
- Mathematics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 37,050. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 51,050.
- Physics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 49,600.
- Health Sciences: Salary newly graduated: DKK 39,600. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 49,600.
- Veterinary Medicine: Salary newly graduated: DKK 37,700. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 49,400.
- Human Nutrition: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,650. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 49,400.
- Biochemistry: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,300. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 48,800.
- German: Salary newly graduated: DKK 31,350. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 48,000.
- Geography: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,350. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 48,000.
- Sport Science: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,200. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 47,750.
- Rhetoric: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 47,700.
- Sociology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,850. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 47,650.
- Clinical Nutrition: Salary newly graduated: DKK 33,600. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 47,650.
- Educational studies/Pedagogy: Salary newly graduated: DKK 33,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DK 47,000.
- Public Health Science: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 47,000.
- Psychology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,000. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 46,600
- African Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 28,500. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 46,100.
- Audiologopedics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 38,150. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 45,900.
- English: Salary newly graduated: DKK 28,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 45,800.
- Geology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,750. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 45,400.
- Danish: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 45,100.
- Anthropology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,650. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,750.
- History: Salary newly graduated: DKK 31,500. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,950.
- Film and Media Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,500. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,850.
- Prehistoric Archaeology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,100. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,800.
- Linguistics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,100. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,700.
- Biology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,500. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,700.
- Information Science and Cultural Mediation: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,000. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 42,350.
- Comparative Literature: Salary newly graduated: DKK 28,100. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 42,200.
- Religious Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 27,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 42,200.
- Philosophy: Salary newly graduated: DKK 30,900. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 42,000.
- Visual Culture: Salary newly graduated: DKK 27,700. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 41,050.
- Spanish Language and Culture: Salary newly graduated: DKK 33,850. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 40,650.
- European Ethnology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 33,900. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 40,600.
- Art History: Salary newly graduated: DKK 25,900. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 39,300.
- Classical Greek: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 39,250.
- Musicology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 25,850. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 38,550.
- Modern Culture: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,100. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 38,300.
- Theatre and Performance Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,600. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 37,600.
- Theology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 30,700. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 37,300.
Programmes with few survey responses
The following study programmes had fewer than ten responses to the survey of salaries ten years after graduation. The average salary numbers on these degrees may be skewed by the salary of a few individuals.
- Astronomy: Salary newly graduated: Not available. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 50,100. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Human Physiology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,300. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 50,100. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Humanities and Social Sciences in Sport: Salary newly graduated: DKK 31,100. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 50,100. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Environmental Science: Salary newly graduated: DKK 35,100. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 50,100. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Statistics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 43,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 50,100. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Food Innovation and Health: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,600. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 50,100. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 35,650. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 50,100. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Agricultural Economics: Salary newly graduated: DKK 39,000. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 46,600. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Environment and Development: Salary newly graduated: DKK 30,850. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 46,600. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Agriculture: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,900. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 46,600. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Forest and Nature Management: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 46,600. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Landscape Architecture: Salary newly graduated: DKK 33,950. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 45,950. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Social Science Law: Salary newly graduated: DKK 37,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 45,100. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Applied Cultural Analysis: Salary newly graduated: DKK 31,600. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 45,300. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- French Language, Literature and Culture: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,700. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,550. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Cross-Cultural Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 25,900. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,000. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Greenlandic and Arctic Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,000. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Indian Languages and Cultures: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,000. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Interreligious Islamic Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,000. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Italian Language and Culture: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,000. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Middle Eastern Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 34,800. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,000. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- East European Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,000. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Portuguese and Brazilian Studies: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 44,000. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Religious Roots of Europe: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,300. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,900. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- IT and Cognition: Salary newly graduated: DKK 36,350. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,900. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Cognition and Communication: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,150. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,900. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Language Psychology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 30,300. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,900. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Egyptology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 29,400. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,900. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Classical Archaeology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,300. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,900. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
- Near Eastern Archaeology: Salary newly graduated: DKK 32,300. Salary after 10 years on labour market: DKK 43,900. *Small programme with fewer than ten responses to survey
