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2003 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Boise State University
College of Business & Economics

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Address: Graduate Business Studies
1910 University Dr. B318
Boise, ID 83725-1600
E-Mail: ranchust@boisestate.edu
Web site: http://cobe.boisestate.edu/graduate
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

2003 graduates seeking employment (1)   77%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 10%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 75%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 60%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 20%
were starting a new business (4) 20%
postponed their job search n/a
did not seek employment for other reasons n/a
 
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 2

(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:
n/a

Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

n/a
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

n/a
Average first-year signing bonus

n/a
Median first-year signing bonus

n/a
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

n/a

(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 6%
Finance/Accounting 22%
General Management 18%
Human Resources 4%
Marketing/Sales 11%
Management Information Systems 12%
Operations/Logistics 20%
Other 7%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 5%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 0%
Latin America and the Carribean 0%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
95%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 0%
Midwest U.S. 2%
Northeast U.S. 0%
South U.S. 6%
Southwest U.S. 8%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 84%


MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: n/a

Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a

Top 15 recruiting firms:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Washington Group, Int. 2
2. Small Business Administration 2
3. Target 1
4. Idaho Lottery 1
5. Boise Corporation 1

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 100%
Average internship compensation (per week) $200
Median internship compensation (per week) $200
Average internship length (weeks) 18


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: $300,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has upgraded five classrooms to technology classrooms; converted two classrooms to exclusively CIS or NetComm instructional facilities and labs complete with dedicated servers and ADA compliance; CIS classroom has three different operating systems; added wireless and laptop connectivity to all 15 technology classrooms; replaced all PCs and monitors for the entire College and the majority of the printers including upgrades to large multi-capability network printers and a wireless printer; student computer lab has state of the art computers and dedicated wirelss printer; scanners in all departments; update all client, network and operating systems softwares


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 1,056 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 1,052 living MBA alumni, and 2 MBA club(s) throughout 2 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. $2,534,164

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by J. Renee Anchustegui


 
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