Job Placement
Employers recognize that EGL students are not typical Masters Degree graduates and that they do not fit into the traditional "engineering" job role. In response to this, some companies are creating new positions and job rotation programs specifically for EGLs to take advantage of their unique skills and talents.
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Roughly 45% of EGL 2008 graduates joined consulting firms; roughly 25% accepted operations management positions; roughly 30% in various other fields.
Starting Salaries
The average EGL starting salary for the 2008 graduate class was $67,625 for those in consulting positions, $76,000 for those in operations management positions and $73,000 for those in other fields. More specifically, the distribution of salaries for EGL Class of 2008 is as below:
| JOB CATEGORY | Low |
High | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consulting | $65,000 | $75,000 | $65,000 | $67,625 |
| Operations Management | $62,000 | $86,000 | $78,000 | $76,000 |
| All other fields | $65,000 | $80,000 | $72,000 | $73,400 |
