$82,532
Grouped estimate · Medium evidence.
Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's
Historical archive, not a current salary estimate.
Business & management
Hospitality Administration/Management
Purdue University-Main Campus · West Lafayette, IN
Medium evidenceMatched peers12 institutions · related subjectsSee the evidence
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Related subjects at 12 matched peer institutions · master's
Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $64,530–$89,777.
Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.
| Institution & subject | Reported earnings |
|---|---|
| Ohio State University-Main CampusAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Finance and Financial Management Services, Human Resources Management and Services | $65,592 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Finance and Financial Management Services, Human Resources Management and Services, Management Information Systems and Services, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | $89,750 |
| Auburn UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Management Information Systems and Services | $64,791 |
| University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusAccounting and Related Services | $58,221 |
| University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Human Resources Management and Services, Taxation | $94,482 |
| University of ConnecticutAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | $89,859 |
| University of Washington-Seattle CampusAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations | $97,391 |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Natural Resources Management and Policy | $63,749 |
| Stony Brook UniversityBusiness Administration, Management and Operations, Human Resources Management and Services, Natural Resources Management and Policy | $50,563 |
| University of Massachusetts-AmherstAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations | $83,472 |
| University of Maryland-College ParkAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations, Business/Commerce, General, Natural Resources Management and Policy | $81,593 |
| University of California-DavisAccounting and Related Services, Business Administration, Management and Operations | $89,632 |
How matching & uncertainty work
We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.
If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.
Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.
Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.
Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗