=Subscribers Only

COLUMNS FORUMS NEWSLETTERS PERSONAL FINANCE SEARCH SPECIAL REPORTS TOOLS VIDEO VIEWS
2003 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Oklahoma State University
College of Business Administration

Sections: Getting In | Academics & Lifestyle |  Career & Alumni Affairs 


Address: Oklahoma State University - MBA
102 Gundersen Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
E-Mail: mba-osu@okstate.edu
Web site: http://mgmt.bus.okstate.edu/mba/
Directions to school


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

2003 graduates seeking employment (1)   83%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 48%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 58%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 9%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 2%
were starting a new business (4) 2%
postponed their job search n/a
did not seek employment for other reasons 4%
 
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 34
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:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Halliburton 3
2. Hilti 3
3. Ernst & Young 2
4. Edward Jones 2
5. Koch 1
6. Payless ShoeSource 1
7. Chesapeake Energy 1
8. Sprint 1
9. Perry Ellis 1
10. UPS 1
11. Mid First Bank 1
12. ExxonMobil 1
13. Founders Mortgage 1
14. Samsung 1
15. Target 1

Prospects for 2003 grads (school reported):
Average starting-base salary (1) (exluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

$47,063
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

$50,000
Average first-year signing bonus

$517
Median first-year signing bonus

$3,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

8%

(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 n/a
Finance/Accounting n/a
General Management n/a
Human Resources n/a
Marketing/Sales n/a
Management Information Systems n/a
Operations/Logistics n/a
Other n/a

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia 7%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia n/a
Latin America and the Carribean n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: n/a / U.S.: n/a  )
93%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe n/a

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 3%
Midwest U.S. 10%
Northeast U.S. 8%
South U.S. 3%
Southwest U.S. 69%
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:
n/a

Internship compensation:
Paid internships n/a
Average internship compensation (per week) n/a
Median internship compensation (per week) n/a
Average internship length (weeks) n/a


B-SCHOOL SERVICES

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
n/a


TECHNOLOGY

Wireless network in main buildings: No

School's investment in technology over the past three years: $2,123,408

Technology changes made over the past three years:
The school has added classroom instructional technology and increased its labs. It has also replaced its computer college-wide, and acquired data sets and data feeds, analysis tools and support personnel.


ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
n/a

Current MBA students given access to alumni database? No

The B-school has awarded n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,500 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. $18,370,905

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Edward Rizzo


 
Return to Full-Time Profiles

Printer-Friendly Version


OKLAHOMA STATE PROFILES
Full-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01
Part-time '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00
Distance '04

OKLAHOMA STATE INFO
Search for articles about Oklahoma State



Sections: Getting In | Academics & Lifestyle |  Careers & Alumni Affairs 

 BW MALL   SPONSORED LINKS
Buy a link now!

  MARKET INFO
DJIA 0 0.00
S&P 500 0 0.00
Nasdaq 0 0.00

Portfolio Service Update

Stock Lookup

Enter name or ticker






Media Kit | Special Sections | MarketPlace | Knowledge Centers
Bloomberg L.P.