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BBA Graduate Employment Overview

Graduates Seeking Employment

U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents Foreign Nationals Total Graduating Class
 Seeking Employment 67% 250 4.3% 16 71.3% 266
Seeking New Employment 41.5% 155 3.0% 10 44.2% 165
Returning to Internship Employer 25.5% 95 2.4% 6 27.1% 101
 Not Seeking Employment 11.5% 43 1.4% 5 12.9% 48
Continuing Education 8.8% 33 1.1% 4 9.9% 37
Starting/Buying Company 1.1% 4 - - 1.1% 4
Not currently seeking employment 1.6% 6 0.3% 1 1.9% 7
 No Information Available 13.4% 50 2.4% 9 15.8% 59
 Total Graduates 91.9% 343 8.1% 30 100% 373

Timing of Job Offers

  Received First Offer by Graduation Received First Offer Within 3 Months of Graduation
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 86% 91.2%
Foreign Nationals 87.5% 87.5%
 Total 86.1% 91%

Timing of Job Acceptances

  Accepted Offer by Graduation Accepted Offer Within 3 Months of Graduation
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 80% 84.4%
Foreign Nationals 81.3% 81.3%
 Total 80.1% 84.2%

Base Salary by Citizenship

Percent of Reported Median Base Salary ($) Mean Base Salary ($) Base Salary Range ($)
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 94.3% 64,996 62,708 36,000 - 120,000
Foreign Nationals 5.7% 66,000 63,044 51,000 - 72,000
 Total 100.0% 65,000 62,727 36,000 - 120,000

Signing Bonus by Citizenship
(Seventy-four percent of reported offers included signing bonus information.)

Percent of Reported Median Bonus ($) Mean Bonus ($) Bonus Range ($)
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 94.6% 7,500 7,731 1,000 - 22,000
Foreign Nationals 5.4% 5,000 5,611 1,000 - 10,000
 Total 100.0% 7,500 7,617 1,000 - 22,000

Other Guaranteed Compensation by Citizenship
(Thirty-Seven percent of reported offers included Other Guaranteed Compensation information.)

Percent of Reported Median Bonus ($) Mean Bonus ($) Bonus Range ($)
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 92.9% 7,500 19,038 500 - 105,000
Foreign Nationals 7.1% 7,500 15,858 2,750 - 60,000
 Total 100.0% 7,500 18,814 500 - 105,000
*Other Guaranteed Compensation includes year-end performance bonus, tuition reimbursement and guaranteed overtime.