Graduate Employment Outcomes 2025

The data below is collected from graduates in accordance with NACE Standards. Data sources include student responses to surveys, graduate school enrollment, and LinkedIn. This information should be interpreted as only one source of information when deciding the appropriateness of a career path, job offer, or choice of graduate school. Market conditions and a number of other factors strongly influence job offers and salary levels.

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The Portland MBA

Full-Time (Daytime)

Class of 2025

Employment Outcome Rate

85% of job seeking students were employed within 3 months after graduation.

Starting Salary

Average: $96,793

High: $125,000

Median: $92,086

Low: $78,000

Average Salary Increase: $29,889.80

Promotion in job level compared to before starting MBA within 3 months of graduation: 80%

_{Employment information knowledge rate is 76% of the class of 2025 and salary data is from 36.40% of the those who received new jobs}

Industry

The industries where PSU MBA graduates landed jobs:

72% work in the Portland Metro area.

Finance: 20%	Entertainment - Sports Management: 6%
Retail: 20%	Government: 6%
Manufacturing: 12%	Healthcare: 6%
Accounting: 6%	Human Resources/Recruitment: 6%
Consulting: 6%	Real Estate: 6%
Education: 6%

Top Job Titles (class of 22-25 combined)

Business Development Managers and District Sale Leaders	Social Media Managers
Operations Specialists and Managers	HR Business Partners
Directors and Senior Managers	Project Managers
Organizational Development Consultants	Material Planners
Financial Analysts	Senior Accountant

Functions

Logistics/Supply Chain: 20%	HR: 13%
Management: 20%	Accounting: 7%
Business Development/Sales: 13%	Finance: 7%
Consulting: 13%	Marketing: 7%

Top 20 Employers (class of 22-25 combined):

Daimler Truck North America	Providence Health & Services	Intel	OIA Global	Stillwater Energy
Toyota	Multnomah County	Pacific Seafood	Portland Trail Blazers at the Rose Quarter	SnowShoe
Nike	Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon	Pacific Construction	Pinnacle Pro Logistics	Autodesk
Stoel Rives	Lululemon	On Running	PGA TOUR	ASML

The Portland MBA

Part-Time (Evening)

Class of 2025

Employment Outcome Rate

100% of students were employed within 4 months after graduation.

Starting Salary

Average: $95,600

High: $131,000

Median: $97,500

Low: $63,000

Average Salary Increase: $10,217

Promotion in job level compared to before starting MBA within 4 months of graduation: 60%

_{Employment information knowledge rate is 76% of the class of 2025 and salary data is from 58.8% of those who reported employment}

Industry

The industries where PSU MBA part-time graduates landed jobs:

100% work in the Portland Metro area.

Financial Services: 20%	Healthcare (including Products and Services): 6%
Consulting: 13%	Manufacturing: 6%
Retail: 13%	Media/Entertainment: 6%
Accounting Services: 6%	Non-Profit: 6%
Consumer Packaged Goods: 6%	Real Estate: 6%
Government: 6%	Technology: 6%

Job Titles (class of 22-25 combined)

Senior Financial Analysts	Vice Presidents
Account Executives	Controllers & Senior Accountants
Engineers	Program Managers
Business Analysts	Directors and Senior Manager (HR, Marketing, Finance, etc)
Entrepreneurs & Founders	Supply Chain Manager

Functions

General Management: 20%	Accounting: 7%
Marketing/Sales: 20%	Business/Data Analytics: 7%
Operations/Logistics: 20%	Consulting: 7%
Human Resources: 12%	Finance: 7%

Top 20 Employers (class of 22-25 combined):

Cambia Health Solutions	Nike	Portland Trail Blazers	U.S. Bank
Multnomah County	Pacific Foods	Trimet	Legacy Health
Oracle	Tillamook County Creamery	Lam Research	OnPoint Community Credit Union
The Standard	Intel	OMSI	KLA Corporation
Daimler Truck North America	NW Natural	Propeller	Vestas

Master of Science in Real Estate

Class of 2025

Career Outcome Rate

93% of students were employed full time within 6 months after graduation.

Starting Salary

Average: $127,304

High: $250,000

Median: $95,000

Low: $75,000

Average Salary Increase: $22,318

Promoted/changed employers within 6 months of graduation: 80%

_{Career outcome knowledge rate is 96% of the class of 2025 and salary data is from 39% of those who were employed.}

Industry

83% work in the Portland Metro area.

Real Estate - Commercial: 32%	Financial - General: 4%
Consulting: 8%	Healthcare: 4%
Government: 8%	Non-Profits & Social Enterprises: 4%
Real Estate - General: 8%	Real Estate - Services: 4%
Real Estate - Property Management: 8%	Retail: 4%
Real Estate - Residential: 8%	Tech: 4%
Financial - Banking: 4%

Job Titles (class of 22-25 combined)

Director of Operations	Property Managers
Multi Family Investments Analysts	Financial Managers & Analysts
Director of Property Development & Development Associates	Development Coordinator
Project Managers	Investment Sales Managers & Analysts
Executive Directors & Vice Presidents	Underwriters

Functions

Real Estate: 39%	Consulting: 4%
Management: 21%	Marketing: 4%
Project Management: 13%	Sales: 4%
Finance: 13%

Top 20 Employers (class of 22-25 combined):

Cobalt	Toll Brothers	Portland Housing Bureau	NAI Elliott	Home Forward
Ethos Development	Bristol Urban Apartments	Trimet	Riverview Community Bank	Northmarq
Lennar Corporation	Fore Property	CBRE	Umpqua Bank	The Hanover
One Capital Management	Marcus & Millichap	Hacienda CDC	Related Northwest	Washington County

Master of Taxation

Class of 2025

Career Outcome Rate

85% of students were employed full time within 6 months after graduation.

Starting Salary

Average: $80,200

High: $105,000

Median: $75,600

Low: $60,000

Promoted/changed employers/functions within 6 months of graduation: 43%

_{Career outcome knowledge rate is 87% of the class of 2025 and salary data is from 27.3% of those who were employed. Not enough data to provide average salary increase.}

Industry

64% work in the Portland Metro area.

Accounting Services: 55%	Manufacturing: 9%
Non-Profit: 18%	Technology: 9%
Financial Services: 9%

Job Titles (class of 22-25 combined)

Audit Staff	Tax Accounting Specialist
Staff Accountant	Partner
Founder/Owner	Tax Associates
Tax Accountant	Senior Accountant
Internal Tax Specialist	Tax Staff

Functions

Accounting - Tax: 73%	Accounting - General: 9%
Accounting - Audit/Assurance: 9%	Finance - Other: 9%

Top Employers (class of 22-25 combined)

Apercen Partners LLC	Valley CFO, Inc.	Pinnacle Tax & Financial Services	Moss Adams/Baker Tilly	Novogradac & Company
EY	Bernads & O'Rourke, P.C.	Van Beek and Co	Polk and Associates, PLC	Talbot Korvola & Warwick
Jones & Roth, PC	Foster & Associates	Lithia & Driveway	Zoominfo	Foster & Associates, CPA, LLC
Oregon Department of Revenue	KPMG	H&R Block	Hoffman Stewart & Schmidt P.C.	PwC

Master of Science in Applied Data Science for Business

Class of 2025

Career Outcome Rate

80% of students were employed full time or continuing education within 6 months after graduation.

Starting Salary

Average: $94,200

High: $152,000

Median: $83,000

Low: $60,000

Average Salary Increase: $8,667

Promoted/changed employers/functions within 6 months of graduation: 43%

_{Career outcome knowledge rate is 86% of the class of 2025 and salary data is from 25% of those who were employed .}

Industry

80% work in the Portland Metro area.

Financial Services: 19%	Consumer Packaged Goods: 5%
Manufacturing: 19%	Energy: 5%
Non-Profit: 9%	Government: 5%
Technology: 9%	Healthcare (including Products and Services): 5%
Transportation and Logistics Services: 9%	Media/Entertainment: 5%
Consulting: 5%	Law/Legal Services: 5%

Job Titles (class of 22-25 combined)

Assurance & Audit Associates	Senior Analysts
Research Analysts	Data Managers & Analysts
Business Intelligence Analysts	Senior Managers & Administrators
Sales Planning & Operations Analysts	Digital Advertising Coordinators
Compliance Analysts	Staff Accountants

Functions

Business/Data Analytics: 35%	Accounting: 5%
Operations/Logistics: 15%	Consulting: 5%
Finance: 10%	General Management: 5%
Marketing/Sales: 10%	Human Resources: 5%
Information Technology: 10%

Top 20 Employers (class of 22-25 combined):

Fisher Investments	Intel	State of Oregon	US Army Corps of Engineers
Genpact	Nike	Stanley Black & Decker	ESCO Corporation
Moda Health	PwC	Dr. Martens	Lightcast
Perkins & Co	Costco	Lewis & Clark Bank	Oregon State Treasury
Consumer Cellular	LegitScript	Oregon Health & Sciences University	ZoomInfo

Master of Science in Finance

Class of 2025

Employment Outcome Rate

95% of job seeking students were employed within 6 months after graduation.

Starting Salary

Average: $90,660

High: $125,000

Median: $95,000

Low: $66,000

Average Salary Increase: $34,200

Permanent Work Authorization employment rate: 100%

Non-Permanent Work Authorization employment rate: 75%

Promoted/changed employers/functions within 6 months of graduation: 71%

_{Employment information knowledge rate is 79% of the class of 2025 and salary data is from 50% of those who received new jobs.}

Industry

94% work in the Portland Metro area

Financial Services: 26%	Government: 7%
Consumer Packaged Goods: 13%	Real Estate: 7%
Energy: 13%	Technology: 7%
Manufacturing: 13%	Transportation Services and Logistics Services: 7%
Accounting Services: 7%

Job Title (class of 22-25 combined)

Audit & Assurance Associates	Portfolio Monitoring Analysts
Financial Analysts	Data Specialists
Controllers & Staff Accountants	Procurement Managers
Fund Associates	Directors & Executives
Cost Analysts	Risk Managers

Function

Finance - Corporate Finance: 27%	Finance - Other: 7%
Accounting - General: 12%	HR - Other: 7%
Finance - Investment Management: 12%	Logistics/Supply Chain: 7%
Accounting - Tax: 7%	Management - Senior Leader/VP/CEO: 7%
Business/Data Analytics - General: 7%	Operations/Logistics - General: 7%

Top 20 Employers (class of 22-25 combined)

adidas	First Tech Federal Credit Union	Oregon Health & Sciences University	Vacasa
Deloitte	Nike	U.S. Bank	Comcast
Moss Adams	Standish Management	Clifton Larson Allen, LLP	Metro
Reser's Fine Food	City of Portland	Lithia & Driveway	Precision Castparts Corp
Cambia Health Solutions	HP	Oregonians Credit Union	Zoominfo

Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management

Class of 2025

Career Outcome Rate

100% of students were employed full time within 6 months after graduation.

Starting Salary

Average: $107,167

High: $155,000

Median: $94,500

Low: $75,000

Average Salary Increase: $23,667

Promoted/changed employers/functions within 6 months of graduation: 63%

_{Career outcome knowledge rate is 76% of the class of 2025 and salary data is from 37.5% of those who were employed .}

Industry

79% work in the Portland Metro area

Manufacturing: 44%	Technology: 12%
Retail: 20%	Government: 6%
Healthcare: 12%	Transportation and Logistics Services: 6%

Job Titles (class of 22-25 combined)

Buyers/Planners	Productions Planner
Manufacturing Managers	Directors & Executives
Category Managers	Project Managers
Product Development Managers	Global Supply Chain Materials Manager
Contract Specialists	Sourcing & Purchasing Specilaists

Function

Logistics/Supply Chain: 37%	Business/Data Analytics: 6%
Management: 19%	Procurement: 6%
Buying/Merchandising: 13%	Purchasing: 6%
Operations: 13%

Top 20 Employers (class of 22-25 combined)

adidas	Keurig	Oregon Tool	Vacasa
Intel	Nike	Stash Tea	Daimler Truck North America
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory	SAP Concur	Columbia Sportswear	Mercy Corps
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bonneville Power Administration	Lam Research	Porter Designs
Boeing	KinderCare Education	Pacific Seafood	Teledyne Technologies, Inc