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Salary Survey Results 2006-2007
Employment surveys were mailed to students that applied for graduation Summer 2006, Fall Semester 2006, Spring Semester 2007 and to those actively registered students in the Career Services database. A total of two hundred and eighty-four (284) or 11% of the two thousand five hundred and thirty-six (2,536) 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 $37,750.00
Please Note: Some reported salaries are higher than average starting salaries due to some graduates having many years of experience before returning to college.
Applied Science
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
2 |
$31,000.00 |
$27,500.00 |
$24,000.00 |
College of the Arts
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
27* |
$45,000.00 |
$28,450.00 |
$12,000.00 |
*25 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
3 |
Art |
$29,350.00 |
9 |
Communications |
$32,400.00 |
4 |
Interior Design |
$28,500.00 |
3 |
Mass Media |
$20,200.00 |
2 |
Music |
$28,000.00 |
3 |
Theatre |
$22,700.00 |
College of Arts and Sciences
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
31* |
$81,000.00 |
$36,600.00 |
$13,000.00 |
*29 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
2 |
Biology |
$27,000.00 |
1 |
Chemistry |
$20,200.00 |
1 |
Computer Science |
$55,000.00 |
7 |
Criminal Justice |
$28,850.00 |
4 |
Foreign Language |
$44,000.00 |
2 |
General Studies |
$32,000.00 |
7
|
MPA |
$51,700.00 |
1 |
Philosophy |
$33,800.00 |
1 |
Political Science | $38,000.00 |
3 |
Sociology |
$20,000.00 |
College of Business Administration
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
30* |
$55,000.00 |
$36,450.00 |
$20,000.00 |
*29 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
7 |
Accounting |
$30,650.00 |
5
|
Finance |
$35,400.00 |
1 |
MBA |
$55,000.00 |
10 |
Management |
$36,700.00 |
6 |
Marketing |
$40,650.00 |
College of Education
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
109* |
$84,000.00 |
$40,600.00 |
$11,500.00 |
*104 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
2 |
Administrative Services |
$24,650.00 |
1 |
Art Education |
$34,200.00 |
1 |
Business Education |
$35,000.00 |
4 |
Communication Disorders |
$46,250.00 |
25 |
Early Childhood |
$34,000.00 |
1 |
Ed. Doctorate |
$80,000.00 |
12 |
Ed. Specialist |
$59,200.00 |
5 |
Kinesiology & PE |
$32,400.00 |
7 |
Leadership |
$54,850.00 |
19 |
M.Ed. |
$42,800.00 |
4 |
Middle Grades |
$36,050.00 |
1 |
Music Education |
$42,000.00 |
3 |
Psychology |
$34,200.00 |
10 |
Secondary Education |
$33,400.00 |
6 |
Special Education |
$31,950.00 |
3 |
Technical, Trade, and Industrial |
$45,350.00 |
Library Information Science
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
6 |
$46,000.00 |
$39,650.00 |
$32,000.00 |
College of Nursing
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
10 |
$60,000.00 |
$43,600.00 |
$29,000.00 |
Social Work
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
4 |
$45,000.00 |
$34,500.00 |
$29,000.00 |