CHiPS New College Graduate Survey

In This Section:

1) About the Survey 2) Survey Reports 3) Steering Committee 4) Participants 5) Request Information 6) Sign Up Now!

ABOUT THE SURVEY
The CHiPS New College Graduate Survey provides you with information to assess and evaluate your competitive strategies for new college hires. The survey collects a broad range of information on compensation at various degree levels. CHiPS New College Graduate Survey is the most complete source of compensation data for both new college graduates and interns.

Our survey objectives are to:

• Provide the highest quality compensation and benefits information available anywhere.
• Include the benchmark competitors our clients need.
• Lead for our partners.
• Provide the best value proposition.
• Offer a survey experience that is as easy as possible.

The CHiPS New College Graduate Compensation Survey provides you with the information you need not only to assess the competitiveness of your compensation plan, but also to evaluate your plan’s effectiveness.

DATA REPORTED
The survey reports detailed compensation data for each position in the survey. The report is comprised of the following sections:

• Average Hiring Rates and Starting Salaries reports actual base salary, sign-on bonus, and long-term incentive values.
• Hiring Guidelines reports base salary offer guidelines, minimum, maximum and target rates by major geographic location.
• Top MBA Schools Hiring Guidelines reports MBA hiring range minimum and maximum by school by undergraduate degree category.
• Intern Hiring Guidelines reports hourly rates by years completed by major geographic location.
• Policies and Practices summarizes policies and practices in regard to program design.

DEGREES SURVEYED
Incumbents are categorized by degree type. Listed below are the types of degrees surveyed in the CHiPS New College Graduate Survey.

• Technical Associates Degree - AS
• Aerospace Engineering - BS | MS | PhD
• Chemical Engineering - BS | MS | PhD
• Civil Engineering - BS | MS | PhD
• Computer Science w/ Engineering Emphasis - BS | MS | PhD
• Computer Science w/ MIS/IS Emphasis - BS | MS | PhD
• Electrical & Computer Engineering - BS | MS | PhD
• Electrical Engineering - BS | MS | PhD
• Industrial Engineering - BS | MS | PhD
• Materials Engineering - BS | MS | PhD
• Mechanical Engineering - BS | MS | PhD
• Nuclear Engineering - BS | MS
• Optical Engineering - BS | PHD
• Mathematics - BS | MS | PhD
• Biology - BS | MS | PhD
• Chemistry - BS | MS | PhD
• Physics - BS | MS | PhD
• Fine Arts - BS
• Liberal Arts - BS | MS | PhD
• Non-Technical Business Administration/Management - BS
• Accounting - BS | MS
• Finance/Economics - BS | MS
• Marketing - BS | MS
• Industrial / Labor Relations - BS | MS
• Organizational Development / HR - BS | MS
• Supply Chain Management - BS | MS
• MBA - Technical
• MBA - Non-Technical
• JD - Technical
• JD - Non-Technical

COMMITTMENT TO QUALITY
Providing participants with the highest quality compensation information is a key objective of the survey team. To ensure we meet this objective, we have implemented a rigorous quality assurance process, which includes:

• A dedicated Survey Account Manager to answer your questions.
• Survey Account Manager and Consultant review of participant input using a series of statistical quality assurance programs which analyze your survey responses. Your survey responses are analyzed to identify potential discrepancies, and a Quality Assurance Report is forwarded to you early in the process for your review. We encourage you to review your Quality Assurance Report with your Survey Account Manager. Your Account Manager is available to review and discuss your Quality Assurance Report.