Salary Survey Results
Employment surveys were mailed to students that applied for graduation Summer 2011, Fall Semester 2011, Spring Semester 2012 and to those actively registered students in the Career Services database. A total of one hundred and twenty-seven (127) or four and one/half percent (4.5%) of the two thousand eight hundred and thirty (2,830) online surveys were returned during Summer Semester 2012. Note: Not all academic majors are represented below due to the lack of survey responses.
Average Salary from all Survey Respondents was $36,627.63
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 |
5* |
$30,000.00 |
$21,700.00 |
$11,500.00 |
* 5 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
1 |
Art |
$19,050.00 |
3 |
Communications |
$25,925.00 |
1 |
Mass Media |
$11,500.00 |
College of Arts and Sciences
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
21* |
60,000.00 |
36,275.00 |
7,200.00 |
18* Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
1 |
Anthropology |
$7,200.00 |
3 |
Chemistry |
$26,900.00 |
2 |
Computer Information Systems |
$48,200.00 |
1 |
DPA |
$48,750.00 |
2 |
English |
$27,000.00 |
2 |
General Studies |
$40,350.00 |
3 |
Marriage & Family Therapy |
$41,475.00 |
2 |
MPA |
$46,000.00 |
2 |
Sociology |
$37,500.00 |
College of Business Administration
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
18* |
50,000.00 |
$35,950.00 |
$20,000.00 |
*14 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
7 |
Accounting |
$37,600.00 |
2 |
Economics |
$40,500.00 |
1 |
Finance |
$35,500.00 |
1 |
MBA |
$50,000.00 |
2 |
Management |
$22,000.00 |
1 |
Marketing |
$30,000.00 |
College of Education
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
17* |
$150,000.00 |
$44,200.00 |
$25,000.00 |
*17 Graduates Reported Salaries
Number Reporting |
Department |
Salary |
1 |
Adult and Career Education |
$72,000.00 |
1 |
Art Education |
$33,000.00 |
1 |
Communication Disorders |
$45,000.00 |
2 |
Early Childhood |
$32,525.00 |
2 |
Exercise Physiology |
$92,500.00 |
1 |
Foreign Language |
$35,000.00 |
1 |
Instructional Technology |
$31,000.00 |
2 |
Leadership |
$31,100.00 |
1 |
Office Administration & Technology |
$25,000.00 |
2 |
Psychology |
$32,700.00 |
Library Information Science
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
3* |
$40,000.00 |
$32,300.00 |
$19,925.00 |
3* Graduates Reported Salaries
College of Nursing
Number Reporting |
High |
Average |
Low |
2 |
$42,000.00 |
$32,400.00 |
$22,800.00 |
Please Notes: Some reported salaries are higher than average starting salaries due to some graduates having many years of experience before returning to college.
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