THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| Graduating class seeking employment (1) | | 83% |
| Graduates who received their first job offer by graduation | 81% |
| Graduates who received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation | 95% |
| 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) | 3% |
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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. Hewlett Packard |
7 |
| 2. Intel |
7 |
| 3. Deloitte Consulting |
5 |
| 4. PricewaterhouseCoopers |
5 |
| 5. Bank of America |
4 |
| 6. Honeywell |
4 |
| 7. Lehman Brothers |
4 |
| 8. McKinsey & Co |
4 |
| 9. Merrill Lynch |
4 |
| 10. S. G. Cowen |
4 |
| 11. Toyota |
4 |
| 12. PTRM |
4 |
| 13. Anderson |
3 |
| 14. CS First Boston |
3 |
| 15. Goldman Sachs |
3 |
 | U.S. | Non-U.S. | Total
Graduates |
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001
| $82,282 | $82,576 | $82,329 |
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2001
| $85,000 | $85,000 | $85,000 |
Average first-year signing bonus
| $18,385 | $17,511 | $18,208 |
Median first-year signing bonus
| $18,500 | $15,000 | $18,000 |
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
| 69% | 82% | 63% |
Graduates receiving other guaranteed compensation (2)
| 23% | 21% | 21% |
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 | 21% |
| Finance/Accounting | 43% |
| General Management | 5% |
| Human Resources | 1% |
| Marketing/Sales | 21% |
| MIS | 2% |
| Operations/Logistics | 4% |
| Other | 2% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following industries:
| Financial Services | 27% |
| Government (federal, state, local, military) | 1% |
| Manufacturing | 39% |
| Nonprofit (trade associations, religious organizations, charities) | n/a |
| Other Services | 11% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | n/a |
| Asia | 9% |
| Central/South America, Mexico | 1% |
| Eastern Europe | n/a |
| Middle East | n/a |
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a ) | 89% |
| Oceania | n/a |
| Western Europe | 2% |
Within North America:
| Canada | n/a |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | n/a |
| Midwest U.S. | 4% |
| Northeast U.S. | 8% |
| South U.S. | n/a |
| Southwest U.S. | 4% |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | n/a |
| West U.S. | 73% |
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. Mattel |
9 |
| 2. Agilent Technologies |
6 |
| 3. Lehman Brothers |
5 |
| 4. Deloitte Consulting |
4 |
| 5. Merrill Lynch |
4 |
| 6. American Express |
3 |
| 7. Barclays Captial |
3 |
| 8. CS First Boston |
3 |
| 9. Dell |
3 |
| 10. Disney Consumer Production |
3 |
| 11. Epson America |
3 |
| 12. Hewlett Packard |
3 |
| 13. IBM |
3 |
| 14. JP Morgan Chase |
3 |
| 15. Wells Fargo |
3 |
Internship compensation:
| U.S. | Non-U.S. | Total
Graduates |
Paid internships
| -- | -- | 91% |
Average internship compensation
| $4,931 | $4,532 | $4,505 |
Median internship compensation
| $5,000 | $4,800 | $4,950 |
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
| Destination | Month offered | Paid for by B-School |
New York
|
Jan. |
No |
San Francisco Bay Area
|
Jan. |
No |
San Diego
|
Jan. |
No |
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $6,000,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school redesigned its web site featuring a web content management system and added a new email system utilizing Outlook Exchange. A new electonic capital markets training room was added. The number of public PC stations with printers was increased. Blackboard course management software and Citrix remote access distribution software system were implemented. The school also expanded its electronic research and resource collection.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Alumni networking Web site:
marshallalumni.usc.edu/network/start.cfm
Current MBAs given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 16,493 living MBA alumni, and 9 MBA club(s) in 4 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 12% 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. $136,580,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Barbara J. Roberts
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