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)
#8
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
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*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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