| Address: |
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Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management
15249 N. 59th Ave.
Glendale , AZ 65306-6000
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| E-Mail: |
news@t-bird.edu |
| Web site: |
www.t-bird.edu |
THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| Graduating class seeking employment (1) | | 74% |
| Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation | 54% |
| Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation | 14% |
| Graduates who were company sponsored, or already employed (2) | 4% |
| Graduates who were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) | 1% |
| Graduates who were starting a new business (4) | 1% |
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| 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:
| Firm | Graduates Hired |
| 1. Citigroup |
16 |
| 2. IBM |
15 |
| 3. Intel |
12 |
| 4. Samsung Electronics |
11 |
| 5. Eli Lilly & Co. |
8 |
| 6. Ford Motor Co. |
8 |
| 7. General Motors Corp. |
7 |
| 8. KPMG |
6 |
| 9. Accenture |
5 |
| 10. Bristol Myers Squibb |
5 |
| 11. Enron |
5 |
| 12. Johnson & Johnson |
5 |
| 13. ON Semiconductor |
5 |
| 14. Hallmark |
4 |
| 15. Schering Plough |
4 |
 | U.S. | Non-U.S. | Total
Graduates |
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001
| $73,861 | $69,065 | $71,344 |
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001
| $73,500 | $70,000 | $72,000 |
Average first-year signing bonus
| $13,543 | $13,466 | $13,505 |
Median first-year signing bonus
| $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
| 68% | 61% | 64% |
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)
| 48% | 35% | 41% |
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 | 14% |
| Finance/Accounting | 27% |
| General Management | 9% |
| Human Resources | 1% |
| Marketing/Sales | 39% |
| MIS | 2% |
| Operations/Logistics | 8% |
| Other | n/a |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
| Financial Services | 20% |
| Government (federal, state, local, military) | 1% |
| Manufacturing | 42% |
| Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) | 1% |
| Other Services | 24% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | n/a |
| Asia | 13% |
| Central/South America, Mexico | 4% |
| Eastern Europe | n/a |
| Middle East | n/a |
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a ) | 74% |
| Oceania | 1% |
| Western Europe | 8% |
Within North America:
| Canada | n/a |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | 2% |
| Midwest U.S. | 11% |
| Northeast U.S. | 20% |
| South U.S. | 6% |
| Southwest U.S. | 17% |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | n/a |
| West U.S. | 17% |
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
| Firm | Interns Hired |
| 1. Eli Lilly & Co. |
6 |
| 2. Ford Motor Co. |
6 |
| 3. General Motors |
6 |
| 4. Citigroup |
5 |
| 5. Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein |
4 |
| 6. IBM |
4 |
| 7. Johnson & Johnson |
4 |
| 8. Schering Plough |
4 |
| 9. Accenture |
3 |
| 10. Merck & Co. |
3 |
| 11. TNT International Mail |
3 |
| 12. Unilever |
3 |
| 13. UPS |
3 |
| 14. Abbott Laboratories |
2 |
| 15. Kellogg Co. |
2 |
Internship compensation:
| U.S. | Non-U.S. | Total
Graduates |
Paid internships
| -- | -- | n/a |
Average internship compensation
| n/a | n/a | $11,479 |
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 |
Wall Street
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Jan. |
No |
Silicon Valley
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Jan. |
No |
Los Angeles/Hollywood
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Dec. |
No |
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: No
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $7,000,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school implementated a Gigabit Ethernet LAN bringing 10Mbsp connectivity to every part of campus. The entire campus was wired, including every dorm room and all student activity, meeting, and study areas. 350 Internet access ready network ports throughout all student areas of campus were installed. Wide Area Networking to the school's centers in Japan and France was implemented. On campus linkage to the school's document imaging center from any port on campus was made available. A campus-wide enterprise learning portal (My Thunderbird) for all the school's stakeholders including students, alumni, faculty, staff, corporate recruiters, executive education clients, trustees, and advisors was developed. A community center allowing alumni, students, and staff to interact online and support the activities of various stakeholders was added. Direct linkage from students' intranet portal Web page directly to all research databases and other library resources via a Web browser was developed. The school also added a robust career management system which provides the matching of student skills with job requirements, scheduling of interviews, and the automatice posting of jobs via an extranet job submission application. A host of online student services, including grade reporting and registration, were deployed.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Alumni networking Web site:
www.myt-bird.edu
Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 33,022 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 24,059 living MBA alumni, and 150 MBA club(s) in 133 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 18% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $100, and a mean gift of U.S. $370. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since 1999, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $24,000,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by David Howell
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