Recent University of Tennessee at Chattanooga graduate Grayson Hargett at Hunter Oil.More Info
Measuring successAmong graduates of the UTC College of Business in 2015-2016 surveyed three months after graduation:* 81 percent – Completed an internship while at UTC* 73 percent – Found full-time employment, compared with a national average of 58 percent* $40,159 – Average full-time salary* $51,000 – Average full-time salary for those with 3.8 or higher GPA* 78 percent – Jobs offered before graduation* 89 percent – Share of those with jobs in their field of studySources: National Association of Colleges and Employers. Final destination survey for the College of Business. Nearly two thirds of the 387 graduates that year completed the survey.
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The highest- paying jobs for new gradsAs LinkedIn puts it, “not all jobs are created equal” — and neither are their paychecks. But if you’re on the hunt for the highest-paying employment opportunities, LinkedIn researchers put together a list of the top 15 jobs based on highest salaries for entry-level positions. Company analysts studied thousands of profiles of members who graduated between 2015 and 2017 to compile a list of job titles that pay $70,000 or more. To determine average job salaries, analysts used LinkedIn’s Salary tool, which helps identify different factors that influence your pay. The highest-paying job title, according to LinkedIn, is an investment bank analyst, which yields a median total comp of $105,000. Job titles such as physical therapists, software engineers and pilots have the highest number of open entry-level roles. Here are the top best-paying jobs for new grads and their median total compensation for the first year, according to LinkedIn:1. Investment Banking Analyst: $105,000 median total compensation2. Data Scientist: $93,500 median total compensation3. Hardware Engineer: $90,000 median total compensation4. Software Engineer: $80,000 median total compensation5. Equity Research Analyst: $79,500 median total compensation— Fiza Pirani, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sue Culpepper spent 25 years in banking, climbing the corporate ladder at SunTrust Bank and helping individuals and businesses achieve financial success.
For the past five years, however, Culpepper says her passion has been on student success by preparing students at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga for careers in business.
She gave up her banking career in 2012 to join UTC and help establish the Decosimo Center for Success, which offers career coaching, seminars and work experiences as a bridge for students from the classroom experience to the business world application.