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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
|
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
|
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
|
|
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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