received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
18%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
0%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
10%
were starting a new business (4)
5%
postponed their job search
5%
did not seek employment for other reasons
0%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
90
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. Community Partnership for the Homeless
1
2. Daimler Chrysler Vans
1
3. Enterprise Rent-A-Car
1
4. Intrepid Business Solutions
1
5. Keyes Company
1
6. Logics LLC
1
7. Louis Vuitton
1
8. Martino Tire Company
1
9. NASDAQ-100 Open
1
10. Pro-Lighting
1
11. Vendi Water
1
12. Informed Families
1
13. Aviation Management Consulting Group
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
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
$30,000
Median signing bonus
$1,000
Median other compensation
$20,000
Median MBA loans
$22,000
Average number of job offers at graduation
0.9
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$31,375
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
40%
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
12%
Finance/Accounting
18%
General Management
12%
Human Resources
40%
Marketing/Sales
12%
Management Information Systems
0%
Operations/Logistics
12%
Other
6%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
0%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
6%
Latin America and the Carribean
30%
Middle East
0%
North America
(Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
64%
Oceania
0%
Western Europe
0%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
0%
Midwest U.S.
10%
Northeast U.S.
0%
South U.S.
63%
Southwest U.S.
10%
U.S. Possessions and territories
17%
West U.S.
0%
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 30
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Penson Corp.
1
2. Miami Herald
1
3. Caterpillar
1
4. BBDO Puerto Rico
1
5. Discovery Networks Iberia
1
6. Home Mortgage Solutions
1
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
11%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$500
Median internship compensation (per week)
n/a
Average internship length (weeks)
10
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
Florida MBA Consortium Statewide Career Fair
Feb.
Yes
NSHMBA Annual Conference/Career Fair
Nov.
No
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $580,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school installed a CRM system for e-advising; document imaging; synchronous collaboration system; search engine; security certificates; established server farm; upgraded about 200 workstations; installed network printers; implemented a network security lab; purchased/upgraded system servers; and added communication software.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 2,153 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,131 living MBA alumni, and 3 MBA club(s) throughout 2 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 4% of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $18, and a mean gift of U.S. $41. 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. $14,844,250
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Sally Gallion
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