received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
64%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
n/a
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
17%
were starting a new business (4)
n/a
postponed their job search
n/a
did not seek employment for other reasons
10%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
5
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year
10
(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. Colonial Bank
6
2. Home Depot
3
3. HMA
2
4. Sun Trust Bank
2
5. NW Mutual Financial
1
6. Compass Bank
1
7. Blue Cross / Blue Shield
1
8. J. Smith Lanier & Co.
1
9. Central Bank and Trust
1
10. Miles & Thirion, CPA's
1
11. Levi Strauss & Co.
1
12. Rubbermaid
1
13. Nabisco
1
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$45,400
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$44,000
Average first-year signing bonus
$3,450
Median first-year signing bonus
$2,750
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
47%
(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
11%
Finance/Accounting
42%
General Management
5%
Human Resources
0%
Marketing/Sales
21%
Management Information Systems
5%
Operations/Logistics
11%
Other
5%
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.
5%
Midwest U.S.
n/a
Northeast U.S.
5%
South U.S.
74%
Southwest U.S.
16%
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: 3
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: 5
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Southern Progress
3
2. Colonial Bank
2
3. Regions Bank
2
4. Home Depot
2
5. Tyson Foods
2
6. Synovus
2
7. Alabama Power Company
2
8. Amerifirst Bank
1
9. National Bank of Commerce
1
10. Merrill Lynch
1
11. New Capital Partners
1
12. Flowers Foods
1
13. The Bank
1
14. Marshall Health System
1
15. U. S. Senator - George Allen
1
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
80%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$520
Median internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Average internship length (weeks)
12
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
International MBA Conference - Orlando, FL
Oct.
Yes
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: No
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $2,500,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school equipped and/or replaced with state-of-the-art PCs: 40-station lab; 20-station lab; 23-station IT Lab; nine-station MBA lab; 40-station IT classroom (all of above with flat screen monitors, high speed laser printers, data projection systems, and EBS-Computer Classroom Management Systems). Equipped five mini-labs each with six computers. Created an FAA Testing Center and upgraded Air Traffic Control Simulation Lab in Aviation Management.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Alumni networking Web site: n/a
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? No
The B-school has awarded n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,309 living MBA alumni, and 0 MBA club(s) 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 fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. n/a, and a mean gift of U.S. n/a. 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. n/a
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Don Flowers
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