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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management

Sections: Getting In | Academics & Lifestyle |  Career Services  | Graduate Comments


Address: 2001 Sheridan Road
Donald P. Jacobs Center
Evanston , IL 60208-2001
E-Mail: MBAadmissions@kellogg.nwu.edu
Web site: www.kellogg.nwu.edu


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   90%
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation n/a
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation n/a
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) n/a
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) n/a
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) n/a
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 275

(1) Seeking full-time professional employment.
(2) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are returning to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(3) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(4) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.

Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past 12 months and the number of students hired:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Mckinsey & Company 58
2. The Boston Consulting Group 25
3. A.T. Kearney 17
4. Bain & Company 17
5. Goldman Sachs and Co. 17
6. Accenture 15
7. Merrill Lynch 15
8. J.P. Morgan Chase & Company Inc. 13
9. Booz-Allen & Hamilton 12
10. Deloitte Consulting 11
11. Monitor Group 11
12. Lehman Brothers 9
13. Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney 8
14. Microsoft Corp 8
15. Mercer Consulting, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Siebel Systems 7


U.S. Non-U.S.Total
Graduates
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

n/a n/a$94,500
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

n/a n/a$90,000
Average first-year signing bonus

n/a n/a$25,100
Median first-year signing bonus

n/a n/a$25,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

n/a n/an/a
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

n/a n/an/a
Graduates that found jobs through their first-year internships

-- --n/a

(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
(2) Benefits and perquisites (company cars, equipment, membership, etc.) are not equated to cash and are not included in compensation. May include other taxable payroll compensation such as a guaranteed annual bonus, and guaranteed "overtime" compensation.



CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Consulting 41%
Finance/Accounting 27%
General Management 6%
Human Resources n/a
Marketing/Sales 17%
MIS 1%
Operations/Logistics 2%
Other 6%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 26%
Government (federal, state, local, military) 1%
Manufacturing 24%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) 1%
Other Services 9%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 5%
Central/South America, Mexico 3%
Eastern Europe 1%
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: 1% / U.S.: 99%)
84%
Oceania 1%
Western Europe 6%

Within North America:
Canada 1%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 6%
Midwest U.S. 32%
Northeast U.S. 22%
South U.S. 2%
Southwest U.S. 2%
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. 19%


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 160

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. McKinsey & Company 27
2. Merrill Lynch 22
3. Booz-Allen & Hamilton 17
4. Goldman Sachs & Co. 17
5. The Boston Consulting Group 15
6. A.T.Kearney 12
7. Bain & Company, Inc 12
8. Lehman Brothers 12
9. General Motors Corporation 9
10. Lilly 9
11. Citigroup/Salomon Smith Barney 8
12. Deloitte Consulting 8
13. J.P.Morgan Chase and Company Inc. 7
14. Johnson & Johnson 7
15. Kraft Foods, Inc. 7


Internship compensation:
U.S. Non-U.S.Total
Graduates
Paid internships

-- --100%
Average internship compensation

n/a n/a$6,413
Median internship compensation

n/a n/a$6,250


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Paid for by B-School
San Francisco, CA

n/a No
Austin, TX

n/a No
Washington DC

n/a No
Atlanta, GA

n/a No
New York City

n/a No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: n/a

Technology changes made over the past three years:
Wireless technology has been added to all common areas and several classrooms.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
www.kellogg.nwu.edu/career/alumni/resources/
index.htm


Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 40,000 living MBA alumni, and 73 MBA club(s) in 35 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, n/a of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. n/a. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. n/a

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Richard Honack


 
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