received their first job offer within the first three months after graduation
86%
were company sponsored, or already employed (2)
n/a
were continuing their education (after graduation) (3)
n/a
were starting a new business (4)
n/a
postponed their job search
n/a
did not seek employment for other reasons
n/a
Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
36
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. Mattel
n/a
2. Deloitte & Touche
n/a
3. Wells Fargo
n/a
4. Countrywide Financial
n/a
5. Hewlett Packard
n/a
6. Johnson & Johnson Int'l
n/a
7. Agilent Technologies
n/a
8. Amgen
n/a
9. East West Bank
n/a
10. Honeywell
n/a
11. K. B. Homes
n/a
12. Kyocera Wireless
n/a
13. Raytheon
n/a
14. Samsung Electronics
n/a
15. UBS Warburg
n/a
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
$75,000
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.
2002 GRADUATES REPORT
Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek's 2002 survey of graduates.
Median starting base-salary
$79,000
Median signing bonus
$12,000
Median other compensation
$25,000
Median MBA loans
$39,000
Average number of job offers at graduation
1.0
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program
$45,929
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment
31%
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting
10%
Finance/Accounting
33%
General Management
10%
Human Resources
7%
Marketing/Sales
29%
Management Information Systems
3%
Operations/Logistics
8%
Other
n/a
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: n/a / U.S.: n/a )
n/a
Oceania
n/a
Western Europe
n/a
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada
n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S.
3%
Midwest U.S.
5%
Northeast U.S.
9%
South U.S.
n/a
Southwest U.S.
3%
U.S. Possessions and territories
n/a
West U.S.
74%
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited first-year MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 29
Companies that recruited first-year MBA interns via job boards during past academic year: n/a
Top 15 recruiting firms:
Firm
Interns Hired
1. Mattel
n/a
2. Guidant
n/a
3. Procter & Gamble
n/a
4. Cingular Wireless
n/a
5. Wells Fargo
n/a
6. Agilent Technologies
n/a
7. Deloitte & Touche
n/a
8. Fox Entertainment
n/a
9. Honeywell
n/a
10. KPMG
n/a
11. Matsushita Avionics
n/a
12. Paramount Pictures
n/a
13. Raytheon
n/a
14. SBC
n/a
15. Sony Pictures
n/a
Internship compensation:
Paid internships
n/a
Average internship compensation (per week)
$1,250
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:
Destination
Month offered
Paid for by B-School
New York City
Dec.
No
San Francisco Bay Area
Jan.
No
San Diego
Jan.
No
TECHNOLOGY
Wireless network in main buildings: Yes
School's investment in technology over the past three years: $17,500,000
Technology changes made over the past three years:
Wireless capabilities added to all areas in and out of Popovich Hall, the graduate student building. Doubled student email capacity. Developed the Marshall Enterprise System for customer relationship management, upgraded projectors and document cameras, and installed new Wacom tablet in MBA classrooms. Provided self-serve videotaping capabilities with wireless mic and new cameras in MBA classrooms. Converted the Crocker Business Library to a new Research and Teaching Resource Center with additional breakout rooms, a new reading area, and a new computer lab with 88 public workstations and six print stations. Upgraded computer labs to Pentium IV PCs running Windows XP with flat-screen monitors. Enabled networked printing for student laptops. Installed two Bloomberg terminals for use by MBA students. Launched MBA laptop program utilizing recommendations from a student task force to determine an optional "standard" laptop for MBA students. Included ability to purchase laptops at reduced prices and technical experts to configure laptops and connect to the network. Enhanced life-long email forwarding service for graduates. Developed an online Help Desk. Enhanced videoconference capabilities. Developed an online teaching evaluation system.
ALUMNI AFFAIRS
University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes
The B-school has awarded n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 18,000 living MBA alumni, and 50 MBA club(s) throughout 12 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. $134,000,000
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Nancy Cates
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