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2002 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign
College of Commerce and Business Administration— Full-time MBA program

Sections: Getting In | Academics & Lifestyle |  Career & Alumni Affairs  | Graduate Comments


Address: 415 David Kinley Hall, MC-706
1407 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
E-Mail: mba@uiuc.edu
Web site: http://www.mba.uiuc.edu/


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   74%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 67%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 89%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 12%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 5%
were starting a new business (4) 3%
postponed their job search 9%
did not seek employment for other reasons 0%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 71

(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:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Samsung 6
2. Johnson & Johnson 4
3. Sprint 4
4. Whirlpool Corporation 4
5. Deloitte & Touche, LLP 4
6. Citibank 3
7. Dow Chemical Company 3
8. International Truck & Engine Corp. (Navistar) 3
9. KPMG, LLP 2
10. Ford Motor Company 2
11. Hitachi 2
12. OTM - Technology Transfer 2
13. IBM 1
14. General Electric 1
15. Honeywell 1


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

$69,050
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

$70,500
Average first-year signing bonus

$9,451
Median first-year signing bonus

$10,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

61%

(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

$70,000
Median signing bonus

$9,000
Median other compensation

$19,000
Median MBA loans

$20,000
Average number of job offers at graduation

1.5
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program

$33,793
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment

21%


CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Accounting/Auditing 8%
Administrative and Support Services 9%
Banking/Mortgage (Investment banking, etc.) 3%
Consulting Services (management consulting, strategic planning, product management, etc.) 13%
Education, Training, and Library 4%
Engineering 3%
Finance/Economics 13%
Financial Services 6%
Human Resources 5%
Information Technology 6%
Insurance 3%
Manufacturing/Operations and Production 4%
Marketing 14%
Real Estate 2%
Sales 3%
Telecommunications 6%
Transportation/Logistics and Warehousing 2%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 26%
Central/South America, Mexico 6%
Eastern Europe n/a
Middle East 1%
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
67%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe n/a

Within North America:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 6%
Midwest U.S. 69%
Northeast U.S. 6%
South U.S. 6%
Southwest U.S. 2%
U.S. Possessions and territories 2%
West U.S. 9%


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 24

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Ford Motor Company 6
2. Deloitte & Touche, LLP 4
3. Whirlpool Corporation 4
4. International Truck & Engine 2
5. IBM 2
6. OTM - Technology Transfer 2
7. Allstate Insurance 1
8. Abbott Laboratories 1
9. Delphi 1
10. Dow Chemical Company 1
11. Ernst & Young, LLP 1
12. Morgan Stanley 1
13. SBC Communications 1
14. Sprint 1
15. NASA 1


Internship compensation:
Paid internships 100%
Average internship compensation $4,630
Median internship compensation $4,000


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Paid for by B-School
National Black MBA Career Conference

n/a n/a
National Society of Hispanic MBAs Career Conferenc

n/a n/a
Global MBA/Masters Employment Conference

n/a n/a
Career Quest: Live from Chicago

n/a Yes
MBA Alumni Networking Event - Chicago

n/a Yes


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $500,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school updgraded its Network to Cat 5 and installed multimedia equipment in classrooms. The school also upgraded student computer labs, servers, and faculty machines.



ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No

Alumni networking Web site:
http://www.mba.uiuc.edu/alumni/
alumni-intranet.php


Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 6,338 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 5,525 living MBA alumni, and 70 MBA club(s) in 5 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, 14% 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. $350. 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. $43,800,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Mary Miller


 
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