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2002 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
George Washington University
School of Business and Public Management

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Address: 710 21st Street, NW
Suite 301
Washington, DC 20052
E-Mail: ftmba@gwu.edu
Web site: http://www.mba.gwu.edu


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   88%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 47%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 61%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 6%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 1%
were starting a new business (4) 1%
postponed their job search 4%
did not seek employment for other reasons 0%
 
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:
n/a

Prospects for 2002 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

$60,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

$57,000
Average first-year signing bonus

$9,300
Median first-year signing bonus

$5,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

23%

(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

$60,000
Median signing bonus

$5,000
Median other compensation

$15,000
Median MBA loans

$22,500
Average number of job offers at graduation

1.1
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program

$57,250
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment

28%


CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Consulting Services (management consulting, strategic planning, product management, etc.) 19%
Financial Services 29%
Manufacturing/Operations and Production 16%
Marketing 29%
Other 7%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 10%
Central/South America, Mexico 2%
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
88%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe n/a

Within North America:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 58%
Midwest U.S. 3%
Northeast U.S. 7%
South U.S. 7%
Southwest U.S. n/a
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. 13%


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms:
n/a

Internship compensation:
Paid internships n/a
Average internship compensation n/a
Median internship compensation n/a


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

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

Mar. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $688,581

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school replaces one-third of faculty computers yearly. Two new wireless MBA case rooms have been added. The software in the Financial Markets Trading Lab has been updated. New computers have been added for two MBA computer labs, the Business Technologies lab, and the Financial Markets Trading Lab.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No

Alumni networking Web site:
n/a

Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 15,500 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 15,000 living MBA alumni, and 18 MBA club(s) in 8 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, n/a 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. As of Jan. 2000 the B-school has received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million, and the B-school's total endowment is U.S. $35,423,501

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Kathleen Rogan


 
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