{"id":6637,"date":"2010-04-19t11:47:50","date_gmt":"2010-04-19t15:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=6637"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:48:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:48:29","slug":"salaries-up-for-new-accounting-grads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2010\/04\/19\/salaries-up-for-new-accounting-grads\/","title":{"rendered":"salaries up for new accounting grads"},"content":{"rendered":"
starting salary offers to the college class of 2010 are down compared to last year at this time, according to a new report from the national association of colleges and employers.<\/p>\n but both finance and accounting majors saw their average salary offers rise. the average offer to finance majors rose by 1.6 percent to $50,546, and the average offer to accounting majors inched up by 0.4 percent to $48,575.<\/p>\n on the other hand, business administration\/management grads saw their average offer fall 8 percent to $42,094. marketing graduates\u2019 average salary offer also fell, but not as far, to $42,710, down 2.1 percent from last year.<\/p>\n the spring 2010 issue of nace\u2019s salary survey shows the overall average salary offer to a bachelor\u2019s degree candidate is $47,673, which is 1.7 percent lower than the average offer of $48,515 made to class of 2009 bachelor\u2019s degree candidates.<\/p>\n as a group, graduates earning computer-related degrees saw their average salary offer soar in comparison to the other disciplines: their average offer rose 5.8 percent to $58,746. and, the average offer to computer science majors increased by 4.7 percent, bringing it to $60,426.<\/p>\n as a group, engineering graduates saw their average salary offer increase by 1.2 percent to $59,149. electrical engineering grads saw the largest increase of the engineering disciplines. their average offer rose by 3 percent to $59,326. chemical engineering graduates\u2019 average offer is up 1.6 percent to $66,437, and civil engineering grads saw a similar increase\u20141.3 percent\u2014bringing their average offer to $52,443.<\/p>\n computer engineering grads, however, saw their average offer move up just a scant 0.2 percent to $61,121. mechanical engineering graduates also saw a 0.2 percent increase, bringing their average salary offer to $58,881.<\/p>\n graduates earning liberal arts degrees may be the hardest hit by the effects of the recession: currently, their average salary offers remain well below last year\u2019s levels\u20148.9 percent lower at $33,540.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" while starting salaries for many others decline starting salary offers to the college class of 2010 are down compared to last year at this time, according to a new report from the national association of colleges and employers. but both … continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[272],"class_list":["post-6637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-outlook","tag-staff"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a>while starting salaries for many others decline<\/strong><\/p>\n