Negotiating campus hire offer

Hi guys,So just received an offer from a tier 2 consulting firm as a campus hire from a big ten state school with a decent business school reputation. (GPA 3.5) I have two internships as a financial analyst but this is my first consulting opportunity. While i am happy with the opportunity, i feel like I'd like a higher compensation to take the role and not think abou it. So starting range for first year consultants is around 80k-95k, and they're offering 77.5k. was wondering if negotiating the starting salary and possibly ask for about 7.5k more would be rude or not? (Especially as a campus hire) and if not, do you guys have any tips on how i could successfully do this? Im a first generation college student and don't have anyone to really guide me regarding topics like this. Id appreciate all and any advice fellas.

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Contact your school's career center. They can help you with negotitating and typically have historical salary data that may be helpful.

 

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