received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
n/a
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
81%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
4%
were starting a new business (4)
0%
postponed their job search
7%
did not seek employment for other reasons
7%
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. IBM Global Services
4
2. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
n/a
3. General Electric Company
n/a
4. Southern Company
n/a
5. SunTrust Banks, Inc.
n/a
6. Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
n/a
7. Radiant Systems
3
8. Cox Enterprises
n/a
9. Chick-fil-A
n/a
10. Siemens
3
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.
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
0%
Finance/Accounting
56%
General Management
0%
Human Resources
0%
Marketing/Sales
19%
Management Information Systems
6%
Operations/Logistics
0%
Other
19%
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
0%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
0%
Latin America and the Carribean
0%
Middle East
0%
North America
(Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
0%
Oceania
0%
Western Europe
6%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
0%
Midwest U.S.
6%
Northeast U.S.
0%
South U.S.
88%
Southwest U.S.
0%
U.S. Possessions and territories
0%
West U.S.
0%
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. Cingular Wireless
7
2. Kimberly-Clark
6
3. Georgia --Pacific
4
4. Radiant
3
5. Choicepoint
3
6. AGL Resources
2
7. John Harland Company
2
8. Draper and Associates
2
9. MedQuist
2
10. Norfolk Southern
2
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
92%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$550
Median internship compensation (per week)
$480
Average internship length (weeks)
15
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
Global MBA/MS Employment Conference
Oct.
No
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $1,435,263
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has installed 500 workstations, printers and laptops, and video projectors; upgraded college servers and departmental servers; purchased SAN Storage; tape backup system and new Backup Software. The school upgraded the software on all computers, purchased department-specific technical software, created a Computer learning Center, as well as a Student Distributed Development Architecture Environment. Upgraded and modernized the Excutive MBA classroom.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 16,750 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 13,110 living MBA alumni, and 2 MBA club(s) in 1 country, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.
During the past 12 months, 9% of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $55, and a mean gift of U.S. $190. 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. $24,500,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Jane Mutchler
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