Full-Time MBA Employment Outcomes
TCU Neeley's Class of 2025 Full-Time MBA graduates had an 89% full-time outcome rate within three months of graduation and an average base salary of $113,643.
The Class of 2025 at a Glance
| Measure | Class of 2025 |
| Full-Time MBA graduates | 35 |
| Graduates seeking employment | 26 |
| Received a first offer by graduation | 20 (76.9%) |
| Accepted an offer by graduation | 18 (69.2%) |
| Accepted an offer within three months | 23 (88.5%) |
| Not seeking employment: company sponsored or starting a business | 2 |
| Full-time outcome rate within three months | 25 of 28 (89.3%) |
Compensation
| Measure | Average | Median | Graduates Reporting |
| Base salary | $113,643 | $115,000 | 19 (83% of those accepting) |
| Signing bonus | $29,056 | $15,000 | 9 (47% of those reporting salary) |
Roles by Function
| Function | Share of Accepted Offers | Average Base | Median Base |
| Finance/Accounting | 43.5% | $114,850 | $115,000 |
| Marketing/Sales | 21.7% | $97,677 | $96,854 |
| General Management | 13.0% | $133,333 | $130,000 |
| Operations/Logistics | 13.0% | Not reported | Not reported |
| Consulting | 8.7% | Not reported | Not reported |
Roles by Industry
Financial services hired the most Class of 2025 graduates. Share of accepted offers by industry:
- Financial services: 30.4% (average base $119,714, median $130,000)
- Energy: 17.4%
- Consumer packaged goods: 13.0%
- Consulting, health care and nonprofit: 8.7% each
- Real estate, technology and other: 4.3% each
Salary by Pre-MBA Experience
| Professional Experience | Share of Accepted Offers | Average Base | Median Base |
| More than five years | 39.1% | $129,688 | $125,000 |
| More than three, up to five years | 26.1% | $118,342 | $110,000 |
| More than one, up to three years | 8.7% | Not reported | Not reported |
| One year or less | 26.1% | $94,500 | $86,500 |
How Graduates Found Their Roles
The 20 graduates who reported how they found their roles used two types of sources:
- School-facilitated sources (55%), including the Neeley network, career center postings and referrals
- Graduate-facilitated sources (45%), including internship conversions, personal contacts and online postings
All graduates reporting a location accepted roles in North America.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Class of 2025 full-time outcome rate was 89% within three months of graduation. Among graduates seeking employment, 88.5% accepted a full-time offer, and 69% had accepted an offer by graduation.
The Class of 2025 average base salary was $113,643, with a median of $115,000. Among the nine graduates who reported a signing bonus (47% of those reporting salary), the average bonus was $29,056.
Financial services hired the most Class of 2025 graduates (30%), followed by energy (17%) and consumer packaged goods (13%). By function, 43% accepted roles in finance and accounting.
Neeley reports Full-Time MBA outcomes under the CSEA Standards for Reporting Full-Time MBA Employment Statistics. The full-time outcome rate also counts graduates who were company sponsored or starting a business.
How These Outcomes Are Measured
These outcomes are prepared under the CSEA Standards for Reporting Full-Time MBA Employment Statistics, with the full-time outcome rate calculated as described below, and cover the Dec. 14, 2024 and May 9, 2025 graduations.
- The full-time outcome rate is 25 of 28 graduates (89.3%): 23 accepted a full-time offer within three months, one was company sponsored and one started a business, out of 26 graduates seeking employment plus those two.
- Among graduates seeking employment, 23 of 26 (88.5%) accepted an offer within three months.
- Compensation covers offers accepted within three months of graduation.
- Neeley has employment information for 85.7% of graduates, and 82.6% of graduates accepting offers reported salary.
- Categories with fewer than three data points show "Not reported."
- Low and high salaries are not published.
Key Contact:
Senior Director of Graduate Student Success