upGrad learners see average salary hike of 57% in 2019 vs 47% in 2018

upGrad placement assistance team helps its learners with industry mentorship and career services

Having set up a placement cell for assisting its learners, online higher education startup upGrad, saw average salaries of learners go up by 57 per cent in 2019 as compared to 47 per cent in 2018. 

The company’s software development program recorded the highest average at 66 per cent, followed by data science at 58 per cent, product management at 50 per cent and digital marketing at 42 per cent. According to Mayank Kumar, co-founder and managing director of upGrad, as of today, more than 300 corporates have hired from upGrad’s talent pool even as the startup plans to add