received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
85%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
6%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
1%
were starting a new business (4)
4%
postponed their job search
3%
did not seek employment for other reasons
2%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
n/a
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. Kimberly-Clark
6
2. Earthlink; IBM; Wachovia
5
3. Honeywell; Delta Air Lines; Citigroup; CHEP International
4
4. Eastman Kodak; ING; Gallup Organization; GE Capital; The Home Depot
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$75,068
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$77,000
Average first-year signing bonus
$12,463
Median first-year signing bonus
$10,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
49%
(1) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.
2002 GRADUATES REPORT
Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek's 2002 survey of graduates.
Median starting base-salary
$80,000
Median signing bonus
$12,000
Median other compensation
$25,000
Median MBA loans
$37,500
Average number of job offers at graduation
1.4
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$37,547
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
36%
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
12%
Finance/Accounting
35%
General Management
12%
Human Resources
0%
Marketing/Sales
29%
Management Information Systems
0%
Operations/Logistics
3%
Other
9%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
5%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
1%
Latin America and the Carribean
3%
Middle East
1%
North America
(Canada: 1% / U.S.: 99%)
89%
Oceania
0%
Western Europe
1%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
1%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
7%
Midwest U.S.
7%
Northeast U.S.
14%
South U.S.
67%
Southwest U.S.
0%
U.S. Possessions and territories
0%
West U.S.
4%
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. Turner Broadcasting; Bank of America
4
2. IBM; The Home Depot; Wachovia; Winn-Dixie; Lehman Brothers
3
3. Deloitte Consulting; Earthlink; Honeywell; JP Morgan Chase; M.D.Hodges; GMAC Insurance; Saks, Inc.; United Way of Atlanta; Atlanta Technology Angels
2
4. A.T. Kearney; Allconnect; Chatham Capital; Colonial Pipeline; Compu Credit; Eli Lilly; Georgia Center for Non-Profits; Georgia-Pacific
2
5. Kurt Salmon Associates; The Coca-Cola Company; Suntory Water Group; Vision Consulting
2
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
91%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$1,083
Median internship compensation (per week)
$1,100
Average internship length (weeks)
n/a
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
Wall Street: NYC
Nov.
No
Marketing: NJ & NYC
Nov.
No
Banking: NC
Nov.
No
Media & Entertainment: NYC
Nov.
No
Consulting, Fin., Oper., R.E., Ven Cap, Mkt.: ATL
Nov.
No
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $1,549,300
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school completed a total classroom hardware uplift; 100% hardware replacement for faculty, staff, and public computers; 100% uplift to notebook checkout pool; wireless network throughout building; walk-up kiosks for student access; added Polycom IP based videoconferencing system; added faculty/student mixed media development lab; added: 1 new Research Unix Server, 1 SQL server, 1 local Real server, 3 servers to web cluster; replaced 3 other servers; added 1.4 terabytes of storage; website redesign; and made multiple security enhancements.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 5,707 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 5,628 living MBA alumni, and 9 MBA club(s) throughout 3 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 17% 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. $639. 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 Kembrel Jones
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