received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
53%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
2%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
0%
were starting a new business (4)
2%
postponed their job search
0%
did not seek employment for other reasons
0%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
40
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year
470
(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. Danone
2
2. Novartis
2
3. Leroy Merlin
2
4. Alfa Consulting
2
5. Coca-Cola
2
6. Nestlé
1
7. L'Oreal
1
8. Deloitte&Touche
1
9. IKEA
1
10. Banamex
1
11. DKV
1
12. Banco Popular
1
13. Würth
1
14. Valeo
1
15. Roca
1
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
$6,883
Median first-year signing bonus
$6,777
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
16%
(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
$49,000
Median signing bonus
$5,000
Median other compensation
$13,500
Median MBA loans
$30,000
Average number of job offers at graduation
2.0
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$29,567
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
32%
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
12%
Finance/Accounting
16%
General Management
23%
Human Resources
6%
Marketing/Sales
20%
Management Information Systems
0%
Operations/Logistics
14%
Other
9%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
0%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
0%
Latin America and the Carribean
14%
Middle East
2%
North America
(Canada: 2% / U.S.: 98%)
6%
Oceania
0%
Western Europe
78%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
2%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
n/a
Midwest U.S.
n/a
Northeast U.S.
n/a
South U.S.
n/a
Southwest U.S.
100%
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: 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. Deutsche Bank
2
2. CPM Asociados
2
3. L'Aliança
2
4. Decathlon
1
5. L'Oreal
1
6. PepsiCo
1
7. BCG
1
8. Caixa de Catalunya
1
9. Citigroup
1
10. Chanel Portugal
1
11. Alcatel
1
12. Banc Sabadell
1
13. HP
1
14. SAP
1
15. Intercom Telemática
1
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
100%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$299
Median internship compensation (per week)
$282
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
Orlando, U.S.
Oct.
Yes
Absolventenkongress, Germany
Nov.
Yes
Paris, France & London, UK
Feb.
Yes
Mexico City, Mexico
Mar.
Yes
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $3,611,367
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Wave LAN around all our student campus
New intranet services in Career Services, Library and Academic Services
Access to disks server space through Internet
Access to qualifications through WAP
Information to students by SMS
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 4,707 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 4,685 living MBA alumni, and 27 MBA club(s) throughout 9 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 Nina Costas
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