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2001 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Texas at Austin
McCombs School of Business

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Address: McCombs School of Business
CBA 2.316, B6004
Austin , TX 78712
E-Mail: texasmba@bus.utexas.edu
Web site: texasmba.bus.utexas.edu


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   91%
Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation 78%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 78%
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 1%
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 2%
Graduates who were starting a new business (4) 2%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 0

(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 17
2. Accenture 11
3. Dell 10
4. Deloitte Consulting 10
5. Frito Lay 7
6. American Airlines 6
7. AT Kearney 6
8. Diamond Technology Partners 6
9. Microsoft Corp. 6
10. PwC 6
11. Deloitte & Touche 5
12. Goldman Sachs 5
13. JP Morgan/Chase 5
14. Booz Allen, Conoco, CS First Boston, Hines, 4
15. Intel, McKinsey, Motorola 4


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

$88,365 $84,595$87,537
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001

$85,000 $80,000$85,000
Average first-year signing bonus

$20,201 $16,343$19,332
Median first-year signing bonus

$20,000 $18,000$20,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

98% 100%99%
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)

67% 72%68%
Graduates that found jobs through their first-year internships

-- --31%

(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 31%
Finance/Accounting 31%
General Management 11%
Human Resources n/a
Marketing/Sales 20%
MIS 5%
Operations/Logistics 2%
Other n/a

Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services 15%
Government (federal, state, local, military) n/a
Manufacturing 42%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) n/a
Other Services 17%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 2%
Central/South America, Mexico 2%
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
95%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe 1%

Within North America:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 1%
Midwest U.S. 9%
Northeast U.S. 9%
South U.S. 7%
Southwest U.S. 55%
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. 14%


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. Deloitte Consulting 13
2. Eli Lilly 9
3. JP Morgan 8
4. Motorola 7
5. Enron 6
6. PwC Consulting 6
7. Teachers Retirement System 6
8. Dell 5
9. IBM 5
10. Barclays Capital 5
11. Booz Allen 4
12. BP Amoco 4
13. Campbell Soup 4
14. General Motors 4
15. Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Williams 4


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

-- --n/a
Average internship compensation

n/a n/a$16,248
Median internship compensation

n/a n/a$16,500


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

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

Jan. No
New York

Dec. No
Houston

Nov. No
San Francisco

Dec. No
Seattle

Jan. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $5,070,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
Computer and network services--constructed a 160-seat, state-of-the-art computer lab for students (Millennium Lab) supported by a 100 MB switched Ethernet.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No

Alumni networking Web site:
www.bus.utexas.edu

Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 13,062 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 12,962 living MBA alumni, and 25 MBA club(s) in 5 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, 10% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $117, and a mean gift of U.S. $1,964. The school has received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $111,152,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Joelle Weichmann


 
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