Employment Statistics
With a significant number of Fortune 500 companies located in the Midwest, Fisher acts as a natural recruiting pool for these employers. The corresponding low cost of living in the Midwest (compared to the national average) causes the average real salary of Fisher graduates to be higher than the nominal values shown in the graphics below.
39.7% of the class of 2010 was placed outside of the Midwest – recent alumni are starting their careers in cities such as New York, Atlanta, Portland OR, Dallas, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Chicago.
The data presented pertain to the MAcc Class of 2012.
Base Salary
| |
Median Base |
$50,000 |
| |
Average Base Salary |
$51,027 |
| |
Base Salary Range |
$42,000 - $83,000 |
| |
Average Signing Bonus |
$3,222 |
Function Distribution
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Function |
Percentage of Class |
| |
Accounting |
92.6 percent |
| |
Consulting |
3.7 percent |
| |
Finance |
3.7 percent |
Top Hiring Companies
| |
Crowe Horwath
|
JP Morgan Chase |
| |
Deloitte |
Plante & Moran |
| |
Ernst & Young
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
| |
GBQ Partners |
Schneider Downs |
| |
KPMG |
|
Geographic Distribution
| |
Geographic Region |
Percentage of Class |
| |
Mid-Atlantic |
5.5 percent |
| |
Midwest |
65.5 percent |
| |
Northeast |
10.9 percent |
| |
South |
3.6 percent |
| |
Southwest |
3.6 percent |
| |
West |
1.8 percent |
| |
International - North America
|
9.1 percent |
Job Seeking/Work Experience Statistics
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Prior Experience |
Percentage of Class |
| |
One year or less |
87.3 percent |
| |
One to three years |
10.9 percent |
| |
Three to five years |
1.8 percent |