received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
88%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
33%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
25%
were starting a new business (4)
17%
postponed their job search
8%
did not seek employment for other reasons
17%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
45
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards 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. Southern Company
4
2. AmSouth
4
3. Accenture
3
4. Procter & Gamble
2
5. Mercedes Benz
2
6. Lithonia Lighting
2
7. BellSouth
1
8. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
1
9. Honeywell
1
10. Protective Life
1
11. UPS
1
12. Cintas
1
13. Afflink
1
14. Russell Athletics
1
15. AEA Group LLC
1
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$53,873
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$47,500
Average first-year signing bonus
$5,384
Median first-year signing bonus
$3,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
59%
(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
13%
Finance/Accounting
19%
General Management
10%
Human Resources
n/a
Marketing/Sales
13%
Management Information Systems
23%
Operations/Logistics
19%
Other
3%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
n/a
Asia
n/a
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
n/a
Latin America and the Carribean
n/a
Middle East
n/a
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a )
100%
Oceania
n/a
Western Europe
n/a
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
3%
Midwest U.S.
3%
Northeast U.S.
n/a
South U.S.
87%
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: 44
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Alabama Productivity Center
5
2. University of Alabama
3
3. Gulf States
2
4. Lithonia Lighting
2
5. Procter And Gamble
2
6. Mercedes Benz
2
7. Russell Athletics
2
8. Deloitte and Touche
1
9. Compass
1
10. Blue Cross Blue Shield
1
11. Energen
1
12. AFFLINK
1
13. C-3 Conferencing
1
14. Colonial Properties
1
15. SEC
1
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
98%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$647
Median internship compensation (per week)
$560
Average internship length (weeks)
11
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
n/a
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $839,574
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Lan Storage, servers, tape library, wireless network, support computers, software, projectors
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Alumni networking Web site: n/a
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? n/a
The B-school has awarded 2,235 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,300 living MBA alumni, and 4 MBA club(s) in 1 country, 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 fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $95, and a mean gift of U.S. $125. The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million between Jan. 2001 and Oct. 2003, and the B-school endowment is U.S. $46,000,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by David Funk
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