Graduate Outcomes

Graduate Programs - Graduation Rates*

Program and Cohort Entry Date	Graduation Rate
MS Accounting:
Summer/Fall 2019	97%
Summer/Fall 2020	83%

MS Business Analytics:
Fall 2019	95%
Fall 2020	79%

MS Finance:
Summer/Fall 2019	93%
Summer/Fall 2020	77%

MS Management:
Summer/Fall 2019	81%
Summer/Fall 2020	85%

Full-time MBA:
Fall 2018	93%
Fall 2019	94%

1 Year MBA:
Summer/Fall 2019	94%
Summer/Fall 2020	83%

Professional MBA:
Spring 2018	90%
Summer 2018	50%
Fall 2018	82%
Spring 2019	85%

Executive MBA:
Fall 2018	91%
Fall 2019	85%

JD/MBA:
Fall 2015	100.00%

MA/MBA:
Fall 2018	100.00%
Fall 2019	100.00%

*An increased number of graduate students from 2018 to 2020 opted for part-time status, which has in some cases delayed their graduation. Those students are counted as part of the same entering cohort as the students who remained full-time.

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Graduate Programs - Employment Outcomes

Program	Percent employed six months after graduation	Average starting salary
Full-time MBA - Spring 2022 Graduates (by concentration):
Accounting/Finance	38 %	$119,316
Consulting	19 %	$146,000
General Management	5 %	$108,625
Human Resources	2 %	*
Marketing/Sales	12 %	$108,714
Info Technology	6 %	$105,000
Operations/Logistics	8 %	$135,000
Other	10 %	$102,375

Spring 2021 Graduates
MS Accounting	100 %	$58,100
MS Business Analytics	93.0 %	$73,100
MS Finance	93.8 %	$73,400
MS Management	84.8 %	$59,500

Undergraduate - Graduation Rates

For the August 2021 graduates:

Entering Cohort	BBA graduation rate	Earned Other SMU Degree
Fall 2015	94.7%	2.3%
Fall 2016	92.9%	2.7%
Fall 2017	90.0%	1.5%

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Undergraduate - Employment Outcomes