Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation
66%
Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
5%
Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
7%
Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
13%
Graduates who were starting a new business (4)
1%
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
30
(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:
Firm
Graduates Hired
1. Accenture
8
2. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
2
3. Andersen
2
4. Covenant Health Systems
2
5. PNB Financial
2
6. Wells Fargo
2
7. Comerica
1
8. Bank of America
1
9. Philips Semi-Conductor
1
10. Ryan & Company
1
11. Nokia
1
12. JC Penney
1
13. PricewaterhouseCoopers
1
14. Cintas
1
15. Nextel Partners
1
U.S.
Non-U.S.
Total Graduates
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001
$51,572
n/a
$51,572
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001
$48,500
n/a
$48,500
Average first-year signing bonus
$4,980
n/a
$4,980
Median first-year signing bonus
$5,000
n/a
$5,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
49%
n/a
49%
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)
5%
n/a
5%
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
11%
Finance/Accounting
21%
General Management
23%
Human Resources
n/a
Marketing/Sales
9%
MIS
18%
Operations/Logistics
2%
Other
16%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
Financial Services
18%
Government (federal, state, local, military)
2%
Manufacturing
14%
Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities)
9%
Other Services
27%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
n/a
Asia
n/a
Central/South America, Mexico
n/a
Eastern Europe
n/a
Middle East
n/a
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a )
100%
Oceania
n/a
Western Europe
n/a
Within North America:
Canada
n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
n/a
Midwest U.S.
3%
Northeast U.S.
3%
South U.S.
4%
Southwest U.S.
86%
U.S. Possessions and territories
n/a
West U.S.
4%
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 20
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Lubbock Digestive Disease Associates
3
2. Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
3
3. Covenant Health Systems
2
4. Wells Fargo
1
5. Ryan & Company
1
6. IBM
1
7. Community Health Center
1
8. Fi Si Madison Financial
1
9. Seminole National Bank
1
10. Salomin Smith Barney
1
11. Landress Architects
1
12. SHW Group Architects
1
13. National Instruments
1
14. SBC Communications
1
15. Texas Tech University
1
Internship compensation:
U.S.
Non-U.S.
Total Graduates
Paid internships
--
--
48%
Average internship compensation
$3,175
n/a
$3,175
Median internship compensation
$2,450
n/a
$2,450
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
Austin, Texas USA
Nov.
Yes
Dallas, Texas USA
Mar.
Yes
San Antonio, Texas USA
Aug.
Yes
Houston, Texas USA
Mar.
Yes
Lubbock, Texas USA
Nov.
Yes
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: No
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $550,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has wired all Classrooms and offices for the Internet, added multi-media capability in half of the classrooms, replaced lab and faculty computers, replaced network wiring in entire building, and reconfigured and replaced network components.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Alumni networking Web site:
Current MBAs given access to alumni database? No
The B-school has awarded n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has n/a living MBA alumni, and 0 MBA club(s) in 0 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 3% 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 received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $81,000,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Donald Clancy
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