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2003 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
The University of Alabama
Culverhouse College of Business and Administration

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Address: Box 870223
101 Bidgood Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0223
E-Mail: mba@cba.ua.edu
Web site: http://www.cba.ua.edu/~mba


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

2003 graduates seeking employment (1)   81%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 46%
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:
FirmGraduates 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:
FirmInterns 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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