received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
59%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
7%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
5%
were starting a new business (4)
12%
postponed their job search
5%
did not seek employment for other reasons
4%
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:
n/a
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$60,000
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.
2002 GRADUATES REPORT
Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek's 2002 survey of graduates.
Median starting base-salary
$60,000
Median signing bonus
$10,000
Median other compensation
$9,000
Median MBA loans
$10,000
Average number of job offers at graduation
1.5
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$22,591
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
13%
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
18%
Finance/Accounting
16%
General Management
15%
Human Resources
11%
Marketing/Sales
5%
Management Information Systems
7%
Operations/Logistics
7%
Other
21%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
2%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
3%
Latin America and the Carribean
19%
Middle East
1%
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a )
8%
Oceania
1%
Western Europe
66%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
n/a
Midwest U.S.
n/a
Northeast U.S.
n/a
South U.S.
n/a
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: 800
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Accenture
n/a
2. BBVA
n/a
3. Barklays
n/a
4. Ernst & Young
n/a
5. Lilly
n/a
6. PriceWaterhouse Coopers
n/a
7. KPMG
n/a
8. L´Oréal
n/a
9. Telefónica
n/a
10. Endesa
n/a
11. SCH
n/a
12. Roland Berger
n/a
13. Procter & Gamble
n/a
14. City Group
n/a
15. LVMH
n/a
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
90%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$1,500
Median internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Average internship length (weeks)
24
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
Orlando Career Conference of America
n/a
n/a
Euromanagers/Euroingeneers
n/a
n/a
Rekrutierun von Top-Consulting Nachwuch
n/a
n/a
Career Days IT & Telecom Europe Recruting
n/a
n/a
International Careers Fair
n/a
n/a
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $14,000,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
A full E-learning programme was launched
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 11,988 MBA degrees since its founding. It has n/a living MBA alumni, and 34 MBA club(s) throughout 20 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 Jose Felix Valdivieso