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2003 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Texas Tech University
Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration

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


Address: Texas Tech University
Rawls College of Business Graduate Services Center
Lubbock, TX 79409-2101
E-Mail: grad@ba.ttu.edu
Web site: http://grad.ba.ttu.edu


THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

2003 graduates seeking employment (1)   79%

Graduates who:
received their first job offer by graduation 26%
received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation 34%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2) 0%
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3) 100%
were starting a new business (4) 0%
postponed their job search 0%
did not seek employment for other reasons 0%
 
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:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. 1st Investors Corp 1
2. Billing Concepts 1
3. DePuy Orothopaedics 1
4. Halliburton 1
5. Kellogs 1
6. NHK International 1
7. PNB Financial 1
8. Plains Capital 1
9. S.W. Atnecio 1
10. Texas Tech University 1
11. Walgreen Drugs 1
12. Wells Fargo 1
13. Yves Rocher 1

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

 $43,714
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) for the Class of 2003

 $40,000
Average first-year signing bonus

 $5,238
Median first-year signing bonus

 $5,500
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus

 27%

(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 6%
Finance/Accounting 26%
General Management 13%
Human Resources 0%
Marketing/Sales 13%
Management Information Systems 20%
Operations/Logistics 6%
Other 13%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa n/a
Asia n/a
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia n/a
Latin America and the Carribean n/a
Middle East n/a
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)		 100%
Oceania n/a
Western Europe n/a

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 0%
Midwest U.S. 13%
Northeast U.S. 7%
South U.S. 0%
Southwest U.S. 80%
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:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Alamosa PCS 1
2. Billing Concepts 1
3. Corporate Culture Builders 1
4. Lubbock City Hall 1
5. Lubbock Symphony 1
6. McCauley Cotton Co. 1
7. TTU/HSC 1
8. Wells Fargo 1

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 54%
Average internship compensation (per week) $187
Median internship compensation (per week) $130
Average internship length (weeks) 8


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: $850,000

Technology changes made over the past three years:
Increased number of classrooms with multi-media equipment from five to 16; replaced all servers in the college; upgraded operating systems on all computers; replaced all faculty & staff computers with state-of-the art computers; replaced all computers in the student labs; purchased equipment for integration of video into multi-media presentations; expanded the network.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes

Alumni networking Web site:
http://www.rawlscollege.ttu.edu

Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded n/a 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, 22% of alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $35, and a mean gift of U.S. $152. 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. $36,000,000

 Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by W J Conover
 
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