<p>Has anybody seen info about starting salaries for USC grads? Just curious!</p>
<p>I couldn't find anything on undergrad, but there's a profile for graduate business school students in 2000:</p>
<p>The salary info is at the middle of the page.</p>
<p>Here's another one: <a href="http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-mba/brief/glanc_01034_brief.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-mba/brief/glanc_01034_brief.php</a></p>
<p>I'm not sure that overall salaries has much meaning given the large number of arty kids at USC. When my son graduates from film school next year I will be happy if he gets a job reading scripts that pays $400 a week with medical insurance. It's the nature of the industry. Very few start off with much more than minimum wage.</p>
<p>That's the salary for MBA grads. For undergrads, it's much less.</p>
<p>Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported)
Of graduates providing usable salary information
Average base salary $50,000
Median base salary $40,000
Average signing bonus $3,000
Median signing bonus $2,000 </p>
<p>I think that there is a wide variance, based on what major, and therefore what field/industry a student pursues.</p>
<p>*source:Fall 2005 Salary Survey, NACE (National Association of Colleges and Employers).</p>
<p>Engineering Grads:</p>
<p>Top Paid Majors for 2005-06 Bachelor's Degree Graduates*
Major Average Salary<br>
Petroleum Engineering $62,236
Chemical Engineering $53,639
Computer Engineering $52,242
Electrical/Electronics & Communications Engineering $51,773
Materials Engineering $51,372
Aerospace/Aeronautical/Astronautical Engineering $51,217
Systems Engineering $50,767
Computer Science $50,664
Mechanical Engineering $50,175
Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering $49,678</p>
<p>Accounting
2003 $40,647
2002 $39,494
2001 $39,720
2000 $36,710
1999 $34,644</p>
<p>Computer Science
2003 $47,109
2002 $49,413
2001 $52,473
2000 $49,055
1999 $44,649</p>
<p>Liberal Arts & Sciences/General Studies
2003 $30,166
2002 $28,232
2001 $32,487
2000 $27,372
1999 N/A</p>
<p>Chemical Engineering
2003 $52,384
2002 $51,137
2001 $51,255
2000 $48,890
1999 $46,929</p>
<p>Elementary Education
2003 $29,702
2002 $29,379
2001 $29,183
2000 $26,517
1999 $26,291</p>
<p>Pharmacist
2003 $83,642
2002 $78,941
2001 $66,533
2000 $65,018
1999 $59,375</p>
<p>Broad Category Offers to 2005-06 Graduates Broad Category Average Salary Offer
Engineering Majors $49,672
Computer Sciences Majors $48,717
Business Majors $40,413
Health Sciences Majors $39,703
Sciences Majors $37,734
Home Economics Majors $33,339
Agriculture & Natural Resources Majors $32,092
Communications Majors $31,429
Humanities & Social Sciences Majors $31,232
Education Majors $31,015</p>
<p>BETHLEHEM, PAIncreased competition for new college graduates is translating into higher starting salaries, according to a new salary report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). </p>
<p>The Spring 2006 Salary Survey report shows that many disciplines at the bachelor's degree level are getting salary offers that outstrip those offered just a year ago.</p>
<p>The increases, says Marilyn Mackes, NACE executive director, are not unexpected and "track with what employers told us earlier this year-that they expected more competition for this year's college graduates. That increased competition often results in higher starting salaries." </p>
<p>In the business disciplines, accounting degree graduates saw their average starting salary offer increase 5.4 percent over last spring to $46,188. Business administration/management majors also fared well, posting a 3.9 percent increase for an average starting salary of $40,976. The news is also good for economics/finance graduates; their average offer rose 5.3 percent to bring their average starting salary offer to $45,058.</p>
<p>However, not all disciplines saw salary increases. Marketing graduates saw their average offer dip 1 percent to $37,446. Similarly, the average offer to computer science graduates fell 0.8 percent to $50,892. The decrease is small, but is the second this year for computer science graduates; in the Winter 2006 Salary Survey report, their average offer fell 2 percent.</p>
<p>Nearly all engineering disciplines posted solid increases. The average salary offer to chemical engineering graduates rose 4.2 percent to $56,549, and the average salary offer to civil engineering graduates rose 4.8 percent to $45,544. Computer engineering graduates saw their average starting salary offer rise a healthy 5.3 percent to $54,200. The average offer to electrical engineers rose 3.9 percent to $54,053. Interestingly, although employers responding to a NACE survey earlier in the year cited mechanical engineers as among the disciplines they expected to target, mechanical engineering graduates haven't seen that interest bubble up into their salary offers; their average offer rose just 1.4 percent to $51,761.</p>
<p>Data on the various liberal arts disciplines are limited at this time of year, but looking at liberal arts as a group shows that these graduates are also doing better this year than they did last year. As a group, the average starting salary to liberal arts graduates stands at $30,958, up 2 percent from last year at this time. </p>
<p>"Overall, we believe that this year's graduates will fare well in the job market," says Mackes. "At the same time, the good job market shouldn't be an excuse for students to sit back and wait for employers to come to them. Students need to be proactive in the job search; they can start by going to their campus career center for guidance and resources."</p>
<p>dyip10,</p>
<p>Very informative stuff and perspective coming from a Bruin. Haha.</p>