THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| Graduating class seeking employment (1) | | 94% |
Graduates who: |
 | received their first job offer by graduation | 74% |
| received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation | n/a |
| were company sponsored, or already employed (2) | 4% |
| were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) | 0% |
| were starting a new business (4) | 1% |
| postponed their job search | 1% |
| 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 | 65 |
(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. Goldman Sachs & Co. |
6 |
| 2. Bain & Company |
5 |
| 3. The Parthenon Group |
5 |
| 4. Booz-Allen & Hamilton |
3 |
| 5. Cambridge Associates |
3 |
| 6. IBM Strategy & Change |
3 |
| 7. Investor Group Services |
3 |
| 8. J.M. Huber |
3 |
| 9. Accenture |
2 |
| 10. Boston Consulting Group |
2 |
| 11. Citigroup Inc. |
2 |
| 12. Deere & Company |
2 |
| 13. GE Capital |
2 |
| 14. General Mills |
2 |
15. Staples
M&T Bank
Morgan Stanley
Putnam Investments
Strategic Decisions Group
Lehman Brothers |
2 |
Prospects for 2002 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
|
$89,661 |
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2002
|
$87,000 |
Average first-year signing bonus
|
$19,123 |
Median first-year signing bonus
|
$20,000 |
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
|
73% |
(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
|
$90,000 |
Median signing bonus
|
$20,000 |
Median other compensation
|
$30,000 |
Median MBA loans
|
$46,000 |
Average number of job offers at graduation
|
1.3 |
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
|
$48,224 |
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
|
40% |
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following fields:
n/a
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | n/a |
| Asia | n/a |
| Central/South America, Mexico | n/a |
| Eastern Europe | n/a |
| Middle East | n/a |
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a ) | n/a |
| Oceania | n/a |
| Western Europe | n/a |
Within North America:
| Canada | n/a |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | n/a |
| Midwest U.S. | n/a |
| Northeast U.S. | n/a |
| South U.S. | n/a |
| Southwest U.S. | n/a |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | n/a |
| West U.S. | n/a |
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 71
Top 15 recruiting firms:
| Firm | Interns Hired |
| 1. Lehman Brothers |
7 |
| 2. Deloitte & Touche |
6 |
| 3. Goldman Sachs |
6 |
| 4. Boston Consulting Group |
4 |
| 5. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. |
4 |
| 6. Mercer Management Consulting |
4 |
| 7. Morgan Stanley |
4 |
| 8. National Parks Conservatory Association |
4 |
| 9. Allied Domecq |
3 |
| 10. Brystol-Myers Squibb |
3 |
| 11. GE Capital |
3 |
| 12. Merck-Medco |
3 |
| 13. Pfizer, Inc. |
3 |
| 14. The Home Depot |
3 |
15. Bain & Company
Citgroup
Colgate-Palmolive
Corning Inc.
Deere & Co.
Fidelity Management & Research
General Mills
Granite |
2 |
Internship compensation:
| Paid internships |
95% |
| Average internship compensation |
$14,634 |
| Median internship compensation |
$15,600 |
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
| Destination | Month offered | Paid for by B-School |
Consulting - Boston
|
Oct. |
No |
Investment banking - Wall Street
|
Dec. |
No |
Investment mangemt - Boston
|
Jan. |
No |
Biotech - Boston
|
Jan. |
No |
Technology - West Coast
|
Mar. |
No |
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $3,800,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school increased network availability with a switched 10/100 Ethernet. The campus-based wireless network was expanded. The wireless network was expanded to the off-campus graduate student residential housing cluster at Sachem. In addition, the school continued the IBM Thinkpad University program, enhanced intranet services for career services/recruiting, and renovated the Stoneman classroom.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
Alumni office offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Alumni networking Web site:
http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/alumni
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 7,803 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 7,500 living MBA alumni, and 20 MBA club(s) in 5 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 62% 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. $149,000,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Erinrose Handy
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