Friday, September 13, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
7
Salary increase shown
Latest placement bureau statistics at KU indicate a general increase in average salary for the 1968 bachelor's degree graduates over comparable 1967 salaries.
The increase, if any, varies according to the field of study. In the School of Business, salaries for B.S. degree graduates averaged as high as $675 per month, a 9 per cent gain over the 1967 average. Those Master of Business Administration grads averaged $890 per month, also a 9 per cent increase.
Bachelor's degree graduates in engineering also could expect—and got—larger beginning salaries. But the $27 monthly increase over the average for February graduates isn't as dramatic as the Business School's 9 per cent.
From June to June, however, the picture improves somewhat with an average salary differential of $58. That's based on an average of $781 per month for this June's grads. A master's degree last June would boost the average income to $925 monthly; a doctorate, to $1,123 monthly.
Of 67 journalism school graduates, 14 (21 per cent) went to work with newspapers, usually either in advertising or in newsp editorial departments. They represent an 8 per cent increase over the nine (13 per cent) hired by newspapers last year. Beginning monthly salaries for that 21 per cent averaged about $496, nearly an 8 per cent increase over last year's average of $460. The lowest newspaper salary was $400 compared to last year's $360; the highest, $600, the same as last year's high. Business ranked second in attracting journalism graduates (9 per cent); radio-TV, second (8 per cent).
The military trend affecting the School of Journalism coincides with that in the Business School, which had 31 per cent graduates with military commitments this year, compared to 8 per cent last year.
But graduates of the two schools differ considerably in where they work. About 40 per cent from journalism stays in
Kansas compared to about 10 per cent from business.
About 75 per cent of the
business grads, however, does stay in the Midwest, about 25 per cent going to Missouri.
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