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2002 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Kentucky
Carol Martin Gatton College of Business and Economics

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Address: Gatton College of Business and Economics
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506
E-Mail: ukmba@uky.edu
Web site: http://gatton.uky.edu


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Graduating class seeking employment (1)   60%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 79%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 100%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 16%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 5%
were starting a new business (4) 0%
postponed their job search 5%
did not seek employment for other reasons 14%
 
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 120

(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. Cinergy 1
2. Eli Lilly 2
3. CSX National 2
4. Proctor and Gamble 1
5. Raytheon 1
6. Price Waterhouse Coopers 1
7. Bank One 1
8. Black and Decker 1
9. U.S. Bank 1
10. Green Construction 1
11. Bowles, Rice, McDavid 1
12. Louie and Wong LLP 1
13. Unified Trust Company 1
14. Xanadyne Pharmaceuticals 1


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

$52,246
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002

$50,000
Average first-year signing bonus

$7,829
Median first-year signing bonus

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

30%

(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.



CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
Accounting/Auditing 17%
Consulting Services (management consulting, strategic planning, product management, etc.) 5%
Finance/Economics 26%
Manufacturing/Operations and Production 9%
Marketing 17%
Other 26%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 0%
Central/South America, Mexico 0%
Eastern Europe 0%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
0%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

Within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 77%
Midwest U.S. 23%
Northeast U.S. 0%
South U.S. 0%
Southwest U.S. 0%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 0%


MBA INTERNSHIPS

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

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Lexmark 1
2. Proctor and Gamble 1
3. CSX 1
4. Valvoline 1
5. Price Waterhouse Cooper 1
6. Merrill Lynch 1
7. LevTech 1
8. Marriott 1
9. Enviro-Power 1
10. FBI 1
11. Kentucky Cabinet for Health Services 1
12. Cornett Advertising 1
13. Baptist Hospital East 1
14. University of Kentucky 1
15. Denham Blythe 1


Internship compensation:
Paid internships 93%
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
National Black MBA Association

Sept. Yes
Business Career Fair

Sept. Yes
Foreign national MBAs

Nov. No


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: Yes

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $365,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school rewired and installed new network hardware. Server and network softwareupgrades were made. The school added new computer equipment for faculty members. New computers and projection systems were added to classrooms.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
http://gatton.uky.edu/AlumniNetwork/

Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 2,358 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,312 living MBA alumni, and n/a MBA club(s) in n/a countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past 12 months, 13% of alumni gave to the school's fundraising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $50, and a mean gift of U.S. $895. 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. $45,410,741

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Michael Tearney


 
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