BBA Employment Outcomes Highlights

BBA

Employment Outcomes 2017-2018 Highlights

The Wisconsin BBA Program T OTAL NUMBER OF GRADUATES IN EACH MAJOR*

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269

Finance, Investment, and Banking

184

Marketing

118

Accounting

103

Management and Human Resources

102

Risk Management and Insurance

99

Real Estate and Urban Land Economics

60

Actuarial Science

35

Operations and Technology Management

29

International Business

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Fall 2018 Student Profile

3,097

Total BBA students with 28% graduating

8%

Underrepresented minority students

89% employment acceptance rate* (within six months of graduation)

3.52

Average GPA

9

43%

Information Systems

Women *Totals reflect students with double and triple majors

7%

International students

55%

accepted their fulltime positions by November 30

52%

Wisconsin residents

93% of BBA graduates completed at least one internship

36%

full-time acceptances from previous internship employer

Full-Time and Internship Salary Data

$58,684 annual average base salary for BBA graduates (76% of full-time acceptances reported a salary)

$3,104

internship average monthly salary (616 reported internship salaries)

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Among Public BBA Programs U.S. News & World Report, 2019

$5,278 average signing bonus (35% received)

ACCEPTANCES AND AVERAGE SALARIES BY INDUSTRY FULL-TIME ACCEPTANCES

$

FULL-TIME AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY

85

Accounting and Business Services

32 53

Government, Nonprofit, and Education 10

39

42

Real Estate and Appraisal

Transportation and Logistics

$3,224 58

$59,087 49

25 10

$3,276 $2,408

63

$58,398 $54,485

$3,101 98

21

$3,873 $1,331

32

$46,253 54

8

43

$50,398

12

$3,246 145

$54,263

34

Technology

$64,792

$55,359 56

Insurance

$3,424 64

$60,825

Industrials and Manufacturing

Retail

33

$50,074 27

Health Care

$2,625

$55,620 101

Financial Services

$4,093

20

$66,103

Consumer Products/Food and Beverage

INTERNSHIP AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY

48

$45,777

Consulting

$

$58,594

23

Communication Services and Media

Sports, Entertainment, and Hospitality

INTERNSHIP ACCEPTANCES

$2,863 $1,331 $3,719 $2,703

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ACCEPTANCES AND AVERAGE SALARIES BY FUNCTION FULL-TIME TOTAL ACCEPTANCES

FULL-TIME AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY

INTERNSHIP TOTAL ACCEPTANCES

INTERNSHIP AVERAGE MONTHLY SALARY

Corporate/Industry

24

$52,933

62

$2,463

Public

36

$57,008

27

$4,192

Consulting–General

30

$65,891

25

$4,104

Consulting–Actuarial

9

$68,760

16

$4,076

Project Management

11

$57,937

13

$2,340

Wealth Management

10

$51,836

36

$3,055

Sales/Trading

8

$71,714

10

$5,166

Commercial and Retail Banking

12

$63,050

15

$3,255

Corporate Finance

52

$54,448

72

$3,512

Investment Banking

29

$80,074

31

$5,591

Equity Research

12

$62,500

20

$3,675

Actuarial

35

$67,204

32

$3,888

Claims/Underwriting

10

$51,357

12

$2,891

Risk Management

9

$53,750

10

$3,010

Human Resources

12

$46,282

16

$2,569

General Management

19

$43,199

17

$2,578

FUNCTION ACCOUNTING

CONSULTING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

FINANCE

RISK AND INSURANCE

MANAGEMENT

MARKETING Advertising/Public Relations

25

$43,632

19

$1,638

Marketing Research

6

$39,046

4

$2,565

Product/Brand Management

16

$64,220

18

$2,757

Merchandising/Planning

20

$51,058

20

$2,691

Sales Management

44

$55,356

19

$3,092

General Marketing

27

$50,799

35

$2,287

45

$62,258

33

$3,002

Development

9

$59,285

15

$2,377

Property Management*

2

-

4

$1,761

Supply Chain and Operations Management

24

$58,500

30

$3,130

Systems Analysis/Programming

15

$61,388

14

$3,457

REAL ESTATE Real Estate Analysis

OPERATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

OTHER Teaching/Educating*

3

-

0

—

Other Functions

6

$51,375

0

—

*Data not listed when fewer than three salaries were reported or when reported acceptances were unpaid.

Top Employment Destinations

F ULL-TIME ACCEPTANCES BY GEOGRAPHY Geographic distribution of internships mirrors that of full-time acceptances.

SEATTLE

Midwest West

Northeast

80%

3%

11%

BOSTON

MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL MILWAUKEE

NEW YORK CITY

MADISON CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO

WASHINGTON, DC

DENVER

Mid-Atlantic

LOS ANGELES

2%

ATLANTA

Southwest

3%

Southeast AUSTIN

1%

International

1%

• Cities listed are top job destinations

554

organizations recruited BBA students

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