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 (by concentration):
Accounting	80 %	N/A
Business Analytics	73.3 %	$118,389
Finance	88 %	$114,975
General Business	100 %	$121,000
Management	100 %	$119,000
Marketing	77.8 %	$96,750
Real Estate	81.3 %	$98,800
Strategy & Entrepreneurship	87 %	$111,552

MS Accounting	94.7 %	$57,100
MS Business Analytics	97.6 %	$74,700
MS Finance	91.5 %	$66,400
MS Management	84.2 %	$58,600

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