McCombs School of Business
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MCS : Employers : 2002 Undergrad Salaries

Overall Undergraduate Salaries 2002

Full Time Annual Salaries:
Mean: $45,165
Standard Deviation: $7,159
Mean (Bonus): $3,950

Full Time Employment Statistics by Major:
Major

Mean

Standard Deviation

% of Reports

Accounting

$44,714

$2,942

2%

ERB

$44,833

$6,331

1%

Finance

$42,859

$5,427

31%

Honors + BBA

$49,305

$5,824

30%

Management

$42,750

$3,182

1%

Marketing/IB

$38,719

$7,915

14%

MIS

$47,036

$6,839

21%

 

BBA Statistics by Geographical Region:
Region

Mean 

Standard Dev 

% of Reports  

Austin

$42,496

$7,629

12%

Dallas

$44,909

$7,445

24%

Houston

$44,877

$6,385

33%

Other TX

$41,850

$5,224

7%

Northeast (ME, NH, MA, CT, RI, VT, PA, NJ, DE, MD, NY, DC)

$48,621

$10,094

8%

Midwest (MI, OH, IN, WI, IL, MN, IA, MO, KS, NE, ND, SD)

$47,521

$4,807

8%

Southeast (WV, VA, TN, SC, GA, KY, NC, MS, FL, AL, AR, LA)

$48,667

$5,233

5%

West (WY, CO, ID, UT, CA, AZ, NV, OR, WA, MT, NM, OK)

$47,856

$7,265

3%

Outside USA

$44,750

 $6,718

1%

 

BBA Statistics by Industry:

 Industry

Mean

Standard Deviation

% of Reports

Automotive

$44,300

$486

2%

Banking (Commercial)

$39,417

$5,168

6%

Banking (Investment)

$54,100

$3,872

10%

Computer Equipment

$46,676

$6,196

7%

Computer Software

$50,433

$3,256

5%

Consulting Services

$46,888

$5,882

11%

Consumer Goods

$45,470

$5,041

13%

Financial Services

$42,500

$6,127

4%

Government/Non-Profit

$38,895

$11,634

3%

Insurance/Real Estate

$41,176

$4,653

6%

Marketing/Advertising

$35,417

$9,146

2%

Medical/Pharmaceutical

$45,757

$5,652

2%

Merchandising

$35,559

$5,981

6%

Other Service Employers

$38,429

 $3,611

2%

Petroleum Refining/Energy

$45,969

$3,671

13%

Public Accounting

$44,333

$3,132

3%

Technical Services

$52,650

$4,865

3%

Transportation/Utilities

$41,875

$8,572

3%

Data based on 529 voluntarily reports as of July 9, 2002. 
7% of total number of students reporting are pursuing graduate studies.
Results were compiled from information reported by students via the BBA Exit Survey and from the Employer Survey Report.