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Master's Level

At the master's level, master of
business administration
candidates with a technical
undergraduate degree closed the
year with the top dollar average,
$1,111, one dollar under last year's
final figure. MBA's with a
non-technical background ended at
exactly the same figure as last year,
$1,044. MBA candidates were the
only graduating students receiving
offers in numbers comparable to
last year. Most master's engineering
disciplines ran 1% to just under 2%
above last year's final dollar
averages, with the exception of
industrial which dropped 1%.
Average dollar values ranged
between $978 for civil engineering
to $1,054 for chemical engineering.

Data at the doctoral level were
too sparse to draw meaningful
conclusions, the Council stated.