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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Notre Dame
Mendoza College of Business

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Address: MBA Program, University of Notre Dame
276 College of Business Administration, P.O. Box 399
Notre Dame , IN 46556-0399
E-Mail: MBA.1@nd.edu
Web site: www.nd.edu/~mba


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   80%
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation 87%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 7%
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 2%
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 1%
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) 1%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year n/a

(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. IBM Corporation 11
2. Deloitte & Touche LLP 8
3. Hewlett-Packard Company 7
4. Ford Motor Company 6
5. Sprint Corporation 5
6. PricewaterhouseCoopers 4
7. Citicorp 4
8. Accenture 3
9. Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. 3
10. SG Cowen Securities Corporation 3
11. Whirlpool Corporation 3
12. E. & J. Gallo Winery 2
13. Emerson Electric Co 2
14. Kraft Foods, Inc. 2
15. The Procter & Gamble Company 2


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

$78,065 $73,633$77,247
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

$80,000 $76,500$80,000
Average first-year signing bonus

$15,582 $13,547$15,210
Median first-year signing bonus

$13,650 $15,000$13,650
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

91% 90%90%
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

46% 37%45%
Graduates that found jobs through their first-year internships

-- --25%

(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 19%
Finance/Accounting 50%
General Management 3%
Human Resources 3%
Marketing/Sales 14%
MIS 5%
Operations/Logistics 2%
Other 4%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 23%
Government (federal, state, local, military) 1%
Manufacturing 46%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) 1%
Other Services 11%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 2%
Asia 1%
Central/South America, Mexico 1%
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: 1% / U.S.: 99%)
94%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 1%

Within North America:
Canada 1%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 6%
Midwest U.S. 40%
Northeast U.S. 20%
South U.S. 5%
Southwest U.S. 5%
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. 18%


MBA INTERNSHIPS

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

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. IBM Corporation 8
2. University of Notre Dame 7
3. Ford Motor Company 5
4. Hewlett-Packard Company 5
5. Deloitte & Touche LLP 4
6. Honeywell International, Inc 4
7. Intel Corporation 3
8. Kraft Foods Inc. 3
9. Whirlpool Corporation 3
10. Johnson & Johnson 3
11. General Electric Company 2
12. General Motors Corporation 2
13. Salomon Smith Barney Inc. 2
14. Sintokogio. Ltd 2
15. Sprint Corporation 2


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

-- --98%
Average internship compensation

$5,153 $3,849$4,807
Median internship compensation

$5,000 $3,750$5,000


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

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

Jan. No
Boston, MA

Apr. Yes
Chicago, IL

Nov. No
Chicago, IL

Apr. Yes
Atlanta,GA

Mar. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $700,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
Significant videoconferencing technology upgrades in the Executive Education classrooms. Conducted College-wide computer and network upgrades. Implemented collaborative software in the Executive MBA and MBA programs. Implemented electronic scheduling for course work and electronic recruiting capabilities. Incorporated hard wire connections to Ernst & Young intranet.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No

Alumni networking Web site:
nd.edu/~mbaalum

Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 4,931 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 4,590 living MBA alumni, and 230 MBA club(s) in 21 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, 8% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $1,000, and a mean gift of U.S. $1,000. The school has received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $60,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by LoriAnn Edinborough


 
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