received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
85%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
1%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
1%
were starting a new business (4)
1%
postponed their job search
2%
did not seek employment for other reasons
3%
Number of companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
366
(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. Citigroup (including Salomon Smith Barney)
16
2. American Express
14
3. JP Morgan/Chase
14
4. Lehman Brothers
13
5. Merrill Lynch
11
6. Deutsche Bank
9
7. Goldman Sachs & Co
8
8. Unilever
8
9. Pfizer
9
10. Bear Sterns
5
11. IBM
5
12. Standard & Poor's
5
13. UBS Warburg
5
14. Johnson & Johnson
4
15. Morgan Stanley
4
Prospects for 2002 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
$85,531
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
$85,000
Average first-year signing bonus
$17,595
Median first-year signing bonus
$20,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
77%
(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
$85,000
Median signing bonus
$20,000
Median other compensation
$30,000
Median MBA loans
$50,000
Average number of job offers at graduation
1.2
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$55,606
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
41%
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
n/a
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
4%
Central/South America, Mexico
3%
Eastern Europe
0%
Middle East
0%
North America
(Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
88%
Oceania
0%
Western Europe
5%
Within North America:
Canada
0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
3%
Midwest U.S.
1%
Northeast U.S.
79%
South U.S.
2%
Southwest U.S.
1%
U.S. Possessions and territories
1%
West U.S.
2%
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 213
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Citigroup (including Salomon Smith Barney)
18
2. Lehman Brothers
18
3. Merrill Lynch
17
4. American Express
16
5. Deutsche Bank
11
6. Bear Sterns
10
7. Goldman Sachs & Co.
9
8. JP Morgan Chase
7
9. Credit Suisse First Boston
6
10. Standard & Poor's
6
11. CIBC World Market
5
12. IBM
5
13. Morgan Stanley
5
14. BNP Poribas
5
15. Booz Allen & Hamilton
5
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
84%
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
Los Angeles
Jan.
No
Virginia
Feb.
No
China (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong)
Mar.
No
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $15,000,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school upgraded its computing and electronic capacity. Classrooms and auditoriums are now equipped with the latest audio and video-conferencing equipment. Bloomberg, Reuters, Lexis Nexis, and other online information services are accessible for student research. Finally, the recently created Educational Technology department has expanded the use of course management software as well as the creation of complete course information on CD-Rom.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? No
The B-school has awarded 41,000 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 59,000 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, 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 not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million, and the B-school's total endowment is U.S. n/a
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Joanne Hvala
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