received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
86%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
0%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
67%
were starting a new business (4)
0%
postponed their job search
25%
did not seek employment for other reasons
8%
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
61
Companies that recruited second-year students via job boards in past academic year
152
(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. Booz Allen Hamilton
3
2. Capital One
3
3. Ernst & Young LLP
3
4. Cerner
2
5. Citigroup
2
6. Georgia Pacific Corporation
2
7. Honeywell
2
8. MortgageRamp
2
9. Coca-Cola
1
10. Ford Motor Company
1
11. GE Medical Systems
1
12. Grant Thornton LLP
1
13. Lexmark
1
14. SRI International
1
15. Sun Trust
1
Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$67,605
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003
$67,000
Average first-year signing bonus
$7,225
Median first-year signing bonus
$7,250
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus
31%
(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
$74,000
Median signing bonus
$7,000
Median other compensation
$12,500
Median MBA loans
$0
Average number of job offers at graduation
1.1
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$30,780
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
18%
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
15%
Finance/Accounting
31%
General Management
22%
Human Resources
0%
Marketing/Sales
12%
Management Information Systems
6%
Operations/Logistics
14%
Other
n/a
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa
0%
Asia
2%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia
0%
Latin America and the Carribean
0%
Middle East
0%
North America
(Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
98%
Oceania
0%
Western Europe
0%
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
17%
Midwest U.S.
15%
Northeast U.S.
8%
South U.S.
57%
Southwest U.S.
3%
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: 57
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: 134
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Honeywell
5
2. Advanced Technology Development Center
4
3. Bank of America
3
4. BellSouth
3
5. Coca-Cola
2
6. Cox Communications
2
7. DuPree College of Management-Georgia Tech
2
8. Ford Motor Company
2
9. GE Power Systems
2
10. Georgia Pacific Corp.
2
11. Office of Information Technology-Georgia Tech
2
12. Venture Lab-Georgia Tech
2
13. Barclay's Capital
1
14. Booz Allen Hamilton
1
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
99%
Average internship compensation (per week)
$921
Median internship compensation (per week)
$1,056
Average internship length (weeks)
11
B-SCHOOL SERVICES
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
New York/Connecticut Tour
Sept.
No
New York MBA Consortium
Jan.
No
West Coast MBA Consortium
Jan.
No
Natl. Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) Conference
Nov.
No
National Black MBA Conference
Sept.
No
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $4,373,247
Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school moved into a new, $53 million building which state-of-the-art teaching and learning space which includes a wireless network infrastructure; audio and visual equipment for its classrooms; computer equipment for student labs, new faculty and staff offices; and software and databases to support research and the computer labs.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded 3,199 MBA degrees since its founding. It has n/a living MBA alumni, and n/a MBA club(s) n/a 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
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS
Career Services notes:
1) Usable salary information: The 68% reported above represents usable salary info for all of our Job Seeking graduates. However, from those who accepted offers, 82% provided usable salary info.
2) Career directions: function areas: The school's record keeping categorizes Consulting as an industry. In the percentages reported above, individuals in consulting were removed from their respective reported functions (ex: Financial Consultant was placed in consulting, but removed from finance). Without removing consulting individuals from their prospective functions, percentages are as follows: 15% Consulting, 34% Finance/Accounting, 25% General Management, 12% Marketing/Sales, 6% MIS, 15% Operations/Logistics
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Paula Wilson
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