MBA Career Services : SCU MBA Graduate Salary Statistics - 2004

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CLASS OF 2004

The following statistics are based on the Graduating Class of 2004.
291 Students Graduated and 37% responded to the Salary Survey.


Undergraduate Majors
Humanities and Social Sciences
11%
Economics
7%
Engineering and Science
52%
Business Administration
24%
Other
6%

2004 Base Salaries by Industry

Industries
% of Class
Mean
Median
High
Low
Government & Non-Profit
5%
$80,000
$78,000
$95,000
$72,000
Manufacturing
54%
$92,880
$95,000
$150,000
$50,000
Service
41%
$89,650
$88,700
$145,000
$43,000

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2004 Base Salaries by Function

Function
% of Class
Mean
Median
High
Low
Marketing/Sales
20%
$81,020
$82,500
$105,000
$43,000
Finance/Accounting
22%
$82,820
$50,000
$150,000
$50,000
Engineering/Computer Programming
15%
$107,000
$102,000
$134,050
$72,000
General Management
16%
$102,130
$101,000
$126,000
$65,000
Operations/Production
7%
$92,260
$90,000
$150,000
$50,000
Human Resources
3%
$60,330
$58,000
$80,000
$43,000
MIS
3%
$92,800
$95,000
$100,000
$83,400
Legal
1%
$85,000
$85,000
$85,000
$85,000
Consulting
2%
$75,000
$75,000
$80,000
$71,000
Other Job Functions
11%
$93,720
$81,670
$145,000
$50,000

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2004 Salaries by Work Experience

Years Experience
% of Class
Mean
Median
High
Low
Less than 1 year
1%
$85,000
85,000
$85,000
$85,000
1 to 2 years
4%
$92,670
$82,000
$115,000
$81,000
3 to 5 years
22%
$73,250
$74,500
$102,000
$43,000
6 to 10 years
49%
$94,840
$94,400
$145,000
$50,000
More than 10 years
24%
$98,030
$100,000
$150,00
$43,000

2004 Salaries by Undergraduate Major

Major
% of Class
Mean
Median
High
Low
Engineering
36%
$100,400
$98,990
$150,000
$50,000
Business
24%
$89,900
$85,000
$150,000
$50,000
Economics
7%
$74,860
$70,000
$100,000
$43,000
Sciences
16%
$86,060
$83,330
$130,000
$45,000
Humanities & Social Sciences
11%
$79,560
$85,000
$95,000
$43,000
Other
6%
$82,000
$102,000
$105,000
$50,000

2004 Signing Bonus and Other Guaranteed Compensation

Mean
Median
High
Low
Signing Bonus
$6,850
$5,500
$15,000
$1,500
Other Compensation
$22,530
$17,000
$130,000


$1,000

Other 2004 Averages

Salary Increase from Matriculation to Graduation $24,780
Tuition Reimbursement Received from Employer $25,650
Received Tuition Reimbursement from Employer 62%
Change of Industry as a Result of MBA 18%
Change of Function as a result of MBA 27%
Employed by a Start-Up Company 12%

Top 10 Employers - 2004

Company Name Average Salary
Applied Materials
$105,000
Cisco Systems
$80,200
Ebay
$89,500
Hewlett Packard
$120,000
KLA Tencor
$85,500
Silicon Valley Bank
$70,500
Sun Microsystems
$113,500
Veritas Software
$94,000
Wells Fargo Bank
$68,700
Xilinx
$86,500

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