THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| Graduating class seeking employment (1) | | 90% |
Graduates who: |
 | received their first job offer by graduation | 61% |
| received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation | 13% |
| were company sponsored, or already employed (2) | 3% |
| were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) | 2% |
| were starting a new business (4) | 0% |
| postponed their job search | 0% |
| did not seek employment for other reasons | 0% |
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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. Eli Lilly |
13 |
| 2. General Mills |
5 |
| 3. Whirlpool |
5 |
| 4. AEP Energy Services |
4 |
| 5. Banc of America Securities |
4 |
| 6. Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson |
4 |
| 7. Cinergy |
4 |
| 8. General Electric |
4 |
| 9. Guidant |
4 |
| 10. Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon/Depuy |
4 |
| 11. J.P. Morgan |
4 |
| 12. Kraft Foods |
4 |
| 13. Ford Motor Co. |
3 |
| 14. A.T. Kearney |
3 |
| 15. Intel Corp. |
3 |
Prospects for 2002 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
|
$76,934 |
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
|
$80,000 |
Average first-year signing bonus
|
$14,527 |
Median first-year signing bonus
|
$15,000 |
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
|
69% |
(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
|
$80,000 |
Median signing bonus
|
$15,000 |
Median other compensation
|
$10,000 |
Median MBA loans
|
$36,000 |
Average number of job offers at graduation
|
1.2 |
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
|
$34,679 |
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
|
39% |
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
| Consulting Services (management consulting, strategic planning, product management, etc.) |
6% |
| Finance/Economics |
46% |
| Human Resources |
1% |
| Information Technology |
1% |
| Manufacturing/Operations and Production |
4% |
| Marketing |
34% |
| Other |
8% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | 0% |
| Asia | 7% |
| Central/South America, Mexico | 1% |
| Eastern Europe | 0% |
| Middle East | 0% |
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a ) | 91% |
| Oceania | 0% |
| Western Europe | 1% |
Within North America:
| Canada | n/a |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | 3% |
| Midwest U.S. | 61% |
| Northeast U.S. | 11% |
| South U.S. | 9% |
| Southwest U.S. | 5% |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | n/a |
| West U.S. | 11% |
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. Bristol Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson |
9 |
| 2. Procter & Gamble |
8 |
| 3. Brown & Williamson |
7 |
| 4. Eli Lilly |
7 |
| 5. Citibank |
5 |
| 6. Kraft Foods |
5 |
| 7. Intel Corp. |
4 |
| 8. Johnson & Johnson/Ethicon/Depuy |
4 |
| 9. Whirlpool |
4 |
| 10. Banc of America Securities |
3 |
| 11. Cummins, Inc |
3 |
| 12. Ford Motor Co. |
3 |
| 13. Pfizer, Inc |
3 |
| 14. Sabre, Inc |
3 |
| 15. Barclays Capital |
2 |
Internship compensation:
| Paid internships |
85% |
| Average internship compensation |
$4,475 |
| Median internship compensation |
$5,000 |
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
| Destination | Month offered | Paid for by B-School |
National Black MBA Conference
|
Sept. |
Yes |
Kelley Treks: domestic cities
|
Mar. |
Yes |
NSHMBA Job Fair in San Antonio
|
Nov. |
Yes |
International MBA Conference
|
Nov. |
Yes |
Employer Receptions: domestic & intl cities
|
Apr. |
Yes |
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $3,552,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school expanded from 10 technology classrooms to 100% of total classrooms. The school added wired connections at every student desktop in every classroom, a storage area network with 1 Terabyte available disk storage for research and instructional support, two specialty labs for graduate IS programs, a financial trading simulation/investment research room, and ubiquitous wireless coverage for all notebook and PDA users. H.323 video conferencing in now available in the classrooms for guest speakers.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Alumni networking Web site:
http://www.kelley.iu.edu/alumni
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 13,561 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 13,012 living MBA alumni, and 48 MBA club(s) in 9 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 15% 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. $526. 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. $44,146,408
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Terrill Cosgray
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