The Missouri School of Journalism graduates from Fall 2009 and Spring and Summer 2010 have an average yearly salary of $31,800. The sequence with the highest starting salary is Magazine with a $35,100 annual salary, while the Broadcast sequence has the lowest annual salary at $27,500. The average starting salary of all Mizzou grads is $41,00. As I’m sure you could guess, the major with the highest starting salary is engineering at $53,900.
Each sequences starting salaries:
- Convergence: $30,000
- Photojournalism: $30,000
- Magazine: $35,100
- Print & Digital: $32,400
- Radio and TV: $27,500
- StratComm: $31,900
*This is based off 183 journalism graduates who replied to the University of Missouri’s survey.
Source: 2009-2010 Destination Study
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