MBA or BS Engineering?

[Delta3]

BS Aeronautical Engineering

I'm graduating in May in Aeronautical Engineering, but no job

I think average starting salary is around $40,000 maybe lower. And about 6 years in maybe $50,000?

Wow, you know someone at Wharton? How many years of work experience did they have?

 

[Mr. Cole]

I know that you were asking the Wharton question of LearLove, but since I just graduated from Wharton in May I thought I'd chime in. The class entering in '02 had approximately 52% of admits with 5-7 years of experience. There are about 20% with 2-4 years of experience. Since the real benefit of a school like Wharton are the experiences of your classmates in the real world, I think having at least 2 years of work experience is absolutely crucial in order to bring something to the classroom, unless you've done something extraordinary such as training for the Olympics or such. I've included a link with the Class of '02 profile at the end of the post.

As far as salaries, I started as an EE with Lockheed in '96 at $40,500 and was over $60,000 when I left for b-school. I'm surprised that the entry level salaries for aeronautical are so low.

Dave

http://www.wharton.upenn.edu/mba/admissions/profile.html

 

[flywithastick]

I'm surprised that the entry level salaries for aeronautical are so low.

Why? working in an Ivory Tower, as aeros do, is considered part of the salary.

BSME or EE can probably expect $40-55K starting in a Fortune 500 manufacturing job, depending on the industry and company.