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:
Firm
Graduates 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