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Salary Survey Results 2007-2008
Employment surveys were mailed to students that applied for graduation Summer 2007, Fall Semester 2007, Spring Semester 2008 and to those actively registered students in the Career Services database. A total of one hundred and sixty-three (163) or 8% of the two thousand and thirty-seven (2,037) surveys mailed were returned. Note: Not all academic majors are represented below due to the lack of survey responses.
Average Salary from all Survey Respondents was $36,600.00
Please Note: Some reported salaries are higher than average starting salaries due to some graduates having many years of experience before returning to college.
College of the Arts
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
14* |
$38,000.00 |
$23,750.00 |
$7,000.00 |
*9 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
1 |
Art |
$30,000.00 |
5 |
Communications |
$22,200.00 |
2
|
Mass Media |
$25,000.00 |
1
|
Theatre |
$22,000.00 |
College of Arts and Sciences
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
41* |
$45,000.00 |
$28,700.00 |
$11,000.00 |
*29 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
1 |
Associate |
$45,000.00 |
2 |
Biology |
$26,000.00 |
1 |
Computer Information Systems |
$37,000.00 |
1 |
Computer Science |
$35,000.00 |
2 |
Criminal Justice |
$35,000.00 |
1 |
English |
$27,000.00 |
1 |
Environmental Geosciences |
$20,000.00 |
1 |
French |
$30,000.00 |
4 |
General Studies |
$24,500.00 |
3 |
History |
$20,300.00 |
2 |
Marriage and Family Therapy |
$33,500.00 |
5
|
MPA |
$34,400.00 |
1 |
Philosophy |
$12,000.00 |
4 |
Sociology |
$26,750.00 |
College of Business Administration
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
27* |
$80,000.00 |
$35,500.00 |
$17,000.00 |
*21 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
6 |
Accounting |
$32,400.00 |
1 |
Economics |
$45,000.00 |
2
|
Finance |
$36,000.00 |
1 |
MBA |
$38,000.00 |
7 |
Management |
$40,700.00 |
4 |
Marketing |
$27,750.00 |
College of Education
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
75* |
$75,000.00 |
$40,900.00 |
$15,000.00 |
*53 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
2 |
Administrative Services |
$22,000.00 |
4 |
Adult and Career Education |
$47,750.00 |
1 |
Associate of Arts |
$75,000.00 |
1 |
Business Education |
$33,000.00 |
12 |
Communication Disorders |
$42,300.00 |
10 |
Early Childhood |
$34,700.00 |
5 |
Ed. Leadership |
$62,600.00 |
3
|
Middle Grades |
$33,000.00 |
4
|
Psychology |
$32,750.00 |
2 |
School Counseling |
$34,000.00 |
3 |
Secondary Education |
$35,000.00 |
4 |
Special Education |
$39,800.00 |
2 |
Technical, Trade, and Industrial |
$48,000.00 |
Library Information Science
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
2 |
$40,000.00 |
$34,500.00 |
$29,000.00 |
College of Nursing
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
4 |
$57,000.00 |
$45,500.00 |
$30,000.00 |