Absolutely. Do your research to make sure your expectations aren't completely ridiculous (your school's career office should be helpful here), but negotiate eve

Absolutely. Do your research to make sure your expectations aren't completely ridiculous (your school's career office should be helpful here), but negotiate every job offer, fresh out of school or not. In my experience, there's always something more you can get beyond the initial offer (why wouldn't try to get you at a discount if they can?). And as your future compensation packages (both at this employer and at future ones) are influenced by where you start, doing what you can to maximize that will pay off handsomely in the long run. The trick is giving them a reason beyond "I want more money" to give you that "something more". Sometimes that reason can be credentials / experience / skills they're not taking into account (e.g. when I was graduating, one of my offers didn't take my Masters into account), but the best reason is having one (or more) other offers. Having other offers should also give you the confidence to do a better job negotiating. You've probably heard it is best to look for a job when you already have one. One of the reasons for that is that you have a default "other offer". When you don't have that advantage, you have to work harder to create something similar. Good luck.