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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Stanford University
Stanford Graduate School of Business

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Address: Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University
518 Memorial Way
Stanford , CA 94305-5015
E-Mail: mba@gsb.stanford.edu
Web site: www.gsb.stanford.edu/mba


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   93%
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation 92%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 94%
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 2%
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 2%
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) 6%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 206

(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 & Co. 35
2. The Boston Consulting Group 22
3. Goldman, Sachs & Co. 16
4. Booz Allen & Hamilton Inc. 8
5. Bain & Company 7
6. Siebel Systems, Inc. 7
7. Cisco Systems Inc. 5
8. Deloitte Consulting 5
9. Monitor Company 5
10. Accenture 4
11. Merrill Lynch 4
12. The Bridgespan Group 4
13. Capital One 3
14. Cemex 3
15. Clorox Co. 3


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

n/a n/a$105,253
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

n/a n/a$100,000
Average first-year signing bonus

n/a n/a$25,000
Median first-year signing bonus

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

n/a n/a53%
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

n/a n/a52%
Graduates that found jobs through their first-year internships

-- --20%

(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 37%
Finance/Accounting 22%
General Management 8%
Human Resources n/a
Marketing/Sales 8%
MIS n/a
Operations/Logistics 1%
Other 24%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 26%
Government (federal, state, local, military) n/a
Manufacturing 17%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) 3%
Other Services 17%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 1%
Asia 7%
Central/South America, Mexico 4%
Eastern Europe 7%
Middle East 1%
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
80%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 7%

Within North America:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 15%
Midwest U.S. 7%
Northeast U.S. 10%
South U.S. 2%
Southwest U.S. 4%
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. 62%


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 173

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Goldman Sachs & Co. 24
2. McKinsey & Co. 15
3. The Boston Consulting Group 11
4. Booz Allen & Hamilton 9
5. Microsoft Corp. 7
6. AOL Time Warner Inc. 6
7. eBay 6
8. General Motors 6
9. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. 6
10. Morgan Stanley 6
11. Sun Microsystems 6
12. Bain & Company 5
13. Deloitte Consulting 5
14. Eli Lilly & Co. 5
15. Intuit, Inc. 5


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

-- --99%
Average internship compensation

$6,583 n/an/a
Median internship compensation

$6,600 n/an/a


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Paid for by B-School
Los Angeles-Recruiting Reception

Dec. No
MBA Study Trip-China/Hong Kong

Dec. No
MBA Study Trip-Japan/Indonesia

Dec. No
MBA Study Trip-South Africa

Dec. No
Entertainment & Media Trip/Student Club/Los Angele

Dec. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: No

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $11,738,750

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has implemented innovative thin client technology. It has improved the infrastructure and web-based software applications, upgraded servers for productivity applications and high end servers for research, and increased the installed base by 100% to respond to the many new applications being introduced.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
www.gsb.stanford.edu/alumni

Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 16,173 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 14,691 living MBA alumni, and 43 MBA club(s) in 20 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, 34% 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. $2,317. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $551,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Barbara Buell


 
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