received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
87%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
1%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
n/a
were starting a new business (4)
1%
postponed their job search
2%
did not seek employment for other reasons
1%
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
132
(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. Royal Dutch Shell
4
2. Barclays Capital
3
3. Eli Lilly
3
4. General Electric
4
5. Novartis
3
6. Rethunk Europe
3
7. ABN AMRO Bank
2
8. Bain & Company
2
9. Coca-Cola
2
10. Towers Perrin
2
11. McKinsey
1
12. Goldman Sachs
1
13. Ford Motor Company
1
14. Hilti
1
15. Vodafone
1
Prospects for 2002 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
$72,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
$68,000
Average first-year signing bonus
$20,300
Median first-year signing bonus
$20,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
33%
(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
2002 GRADUATES REPORT
Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek's 2002 survey of graduates.
Median starting base-salary
$64,000
Median signing bonus
$15,000
Median other compensation
$15,000
Median MBA loans
$0
Average number of job offers at graduation
2.9
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$29,030
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 3,100 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 3,000 living MBA alumni, and 21 MBA club(s) in 18 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 17% 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. $100. As of Jan. 2000 the B-school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million, and the B-school's total endowment is U.S. $1,500,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Kai Peters
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