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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| 2003 graduates seeking employment (1) | | 78% |
Graduates who: |
 | received their first job offer by graduation | 52% |
| received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation | 57% |
| were company sponsored, or already employed (2) | 12% |
| were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) | 5% |
| were starting a new business (4) | 5% |
| postponed their job search | n/a |
| did not seek employment for other reasons | n/a |
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| Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year | 38 |
| Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year | 134 |
(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. Bank of New York |
3 |
| 2. Lehman Brothers |
2 |
| 3. Dannon Company, Inc |
1 |
| 4. Deloitte & Touche |
1 |
| 5. Deutsche Bank |
1 |
| 6. Ernst & Young |
1 |
| 7. Goldman Sachs |
1 |
| 8. Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices |
1 |
| 9. JPMorganChase |
1 |
| 10. L'Oreal USA |
1 |
| 11. Merck & Company, Inc. |
1 |
| 12. Neuberger Berman |
1 |
| 13. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP |
1 |
| 14. Prudential Securities |
1 |
| 15. Reckitt Benckiser |
1 |
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

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$70,453 |
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

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$70,500 |
Average first-year signing bonus

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$12,025 |
Median first-year signing bonus

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$14,500 |
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

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21% |
(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

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$74,000 |
Median signing bonus

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$5,000 |
Median other compensation

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$50,000 |
Median MBA loans

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$20,000 |
Average number of job offers at graduation

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0.8 |
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program

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$41,137 |
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment

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10% |

CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
| Consulting | 3% |
| Finance/Accounting | 46% |
| General Management | 8% |
| Human Resources | n/a |
| Marketing/Sales | 28% |
| Management Information Systems | 8% |
| Operations/Logistics | 3% |
| Other | 4% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | n/a |
| Asia | 3% |
| Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia | n/a |
| Latin America and the Carribean | 3% |
| Middle East | n/a |
North America
(Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a ) | 94% |
| Oceania | n/a |
| Western Europe | n/a |
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
| Canada | n/a |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | 3% |
| Midwest U.S. | n/a |
| Northeast U.S. | 94% |
| South U.S. | 3% |
| 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: 46
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: 73
Top 15 recruiting firms:
| Firm | Interns Hired |
| 1. JPMorganChase |
4 |
| 2. Mercedes-Benz |
3 |
| 3. Bank of New York |
2 |
| 4. BMG |
2 |
| 5. CBS |
2 |
| 6. Ernst & Young |
2 |
| 7. Forest Labs |
2 |
| 8. Merck |
2 |
| 9. Reckitt Benckiser |
2 |
| 10. Sony |
2 |
| 11. Citigroup |
1 |
| 12. Dannon |
1 |
| 13. Commerzbank |
1 |
| 14. L'Oreal |
1 |
| 15. Salomon Smith Barney |
1 |
Internship compensation:
| Paid internships |
74% |
| Average internship compensation (per week) |
$1,250 |
| 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 |
International MBA Student Job Fair 2002

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n/a |
n/a |

TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $700,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Over the past three years, many improvements have been made in the Graduate School of Business and they are as follows: (1) The school is creating a wireless network for its faculty and students (2) and Technological Classrooms. (3) The school now provides many faculty with portable computing capabilities: Laptops with integrated wireless cards for use on wireless network (4) and has introduced Web-based research applications for faculty and students. (5) The school is upgrading its computer labs (6) and updating all faculty, administrator and staff computers. (7) The school has created a student Intranet (8) and has improved Web-based advising via the Intranet and website.

ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Alumni networking Web site:
n/a
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 12,402 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 11,789 living MBA alumni, and 1 MBA club(s) in 1 country, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 7% of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $72, and a mean gift of U.S. $386. 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 Rosanne Conte

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