received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
87%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
n/a
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
5%
were starting a new business (4)
20%
postponed their job search
50%
did not seek employment for other reasons
25%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
21
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year
135
(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. Liberty Mutual
3
2. Boston Scientific Corporation
2
3. Fidelity Investments
2
4. General Electric
2
5. KPMG
1
6. Bristol Meyers Squibb
1
7. Unilever
1
8. Microsoft
1
9. Adventis
1
10. EMC
1
11. Analog Devices
1
12. Cross Country Automotive Services
1
13. FleetBoston Financial
1
14. Johnson & Johnson
1
15. Phillips Medical
1
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$67,918
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$65,500
Average first-year signing bonus
$9,900
Median first-year signing bonus
$9,900
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
19%
(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
8%
General Management
2%
Human Resources
0%
Marketing/Sales
4%
Management Information Systems
3%
Operations/Logistics
5%
Other
1%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
8%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
2%
Latin America and the Carribean
2%
Middle East
0%
North America
(Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
69%
Oceania
0%
Western Europe
0%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
6%
Midwest U.S.
3%
Northeast U.S.
54%
South U.S.
2%
Southwest U.S.
0%
U.S. Possessions and territories
0%
West U.S.
5%
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:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Novartis
5
2. Pfizer
3
3. Boston University
4
4. Eclipsys
3
5. Fidelity Investments
2
6. IBM
2
7. Terra Lycos
2
8. JP Morgan
1
9. Unilever
1
10. PricewaterhouseCoopers
1
11. National Australia Bank
1
12. General Electric
1
13. FleetFinancial
1
14. eBay
1
15. Boston Scientific
1
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
45%
Average internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Median internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Average internship length (weeks)
9
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
Hispanic MBA Conference
Nov.
No
International MBA Conference
Dec.
No
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $4,218,792
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has implemented wireless capability throughout the building and has begun upgrading classroom hardware and software. Networked resources have been increased, on-line courseware has been enhanced, and new programs have been added to the School's intranet. The student computer labs have been updated with new hardware and software and the school has created the Graduate Resource Center for MBA students. Over the past three years, all of the faculty have received new computers, we have increased our access to financial databases, and schoolwide software has been upgraded. We have installed new servers, including several UNIX servers.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? No
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 12,277 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 10,991 living MBA alumni, and 75 MBA club(s) throughout 40 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 9% of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $50, and a mean gift of U.S. $1,658. 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 Linette Decarie
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