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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Rutgers University
Rutgers Business School - Newark and New Brunswick
Address: 190 University Avenue
Newark, NJ 07102
E-Mail: mba@business.rutgers.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
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Other programs:MBA in Professional Accounting

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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 81%
...were not seeking employment 4%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

15%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 0%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 0%
...postponing their job search 100%
...starting their own businesses 5 0%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

0%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 71%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 9%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 0%
...did not report having received an offer

20%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities n/a
Graduate-facilitated activities n/a
No response provided by the graduate

n/a
Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year 26
Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year 161

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Amount paid by school
National Black MBA Conference Sept. Partial
NSHMBA Conference Oct. Partial


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Johnson & Johnson 4
2. MetLife 1
3. Pfizer 1
4. Centocor 1
5. Dun & Bradstreet 1
6. Wexco Industries 1
7. Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield 1
8. Wachovia 1
9. CreditSuisse Lyonnaise 1
10. Schering Plough 1
11. Health Products Research 1
12. Genesis Health Care 1
13. PSE&G 1
14. Ziegler Healthcare Capital 1
15. PricewaterhouseCoopers 1

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary informationn/an/a40%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$68,125$74,469$69,340
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$71,000$70,250$75,000
Average first-year signing bonus$10,911$11,580$9,411
Median first-year signing bonus$10,000$10,500$7,500
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus35%n/a47%

(1) Seeking full-time professional, MBA-level employment.
(2) No information available includes those graduates who may be seeking employment or who may not be seeking employment, but for whom the school has no reliable information
(3) Includes graduates whose studies were financially sponsored by their employers and are intending to return to those employers, or who were employed while a student and will continue working for that employer.
(4) Enrolled/will enroll in further graduate studies.
(5) Starting a new business as owner. Does not include students accepting jobs with a salary in a new (startup) business.
(6) Other reasons for not seeking employment are those reasons defined by the graduate.
(7) Base salary excludes bonuses, commissions, and other compensation. Should be reported in U.S. dollars.


2004 GRADUATES REPORT

Editor's Note: Based on responses to BusinessWeek Magazine's 2004 survey of graduates.

Historical Graduate Data
 20042002
Median starting base-salary$72,000$75,000
Median signing bonus$10,000$7,500
Median other compensation$17,500$30,000
Median MBA loans$16,500$15,500
Average number of job offers at graduation1.21.2
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program$27,333$48,909
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment30%20%

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 22%
Finance/Accounting 33%
General Management 15%
Human Resources 0%
Marketing/Sales 22%
Management Information Systems 0%
Operations/Logistics 8%
Other 0%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 4%
Manufacturing 0%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 4%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 92%
Other 0%

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

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. n/a
Midwest U.S. n/a
Northeast U.S. 100%
South U.S. n/a
Southwest U.S. n/a
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. n/a

MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited internship-seeking MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 6

Companies that posted internships for MBA students on school's job boards during past academic year: 88

Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. 11
2. Johnson & Johnson 5
3. AT&T 4
4. Novartis 4
5. Organon 3
6. Savient Pharmaceuticals 3
7. Bristol-Myers Squibb 2
8. Pfizer 2
9. Hoffmann-La Roche 2
10. Engelhard 1
11. Ethicon 1
12. Healthcare Direct 1
13. Lucent 1
14. Merck 1
15. Vanguard 1

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 92%
Average internship compensation (per week) $879
Median internship compensation (per week) $820
Average internship length (weeks) 12

Career services Web site

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? No

The B-school has awarded 19,887 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 15,414 living MBA alumni, and 5 MBA club(s) throughout 9 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 12% of MBA alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $251,498, and a mean gift of U.S. $872.

The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since June 2002.

The B-school endowment is U.S. n/a

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Dave Muha

 
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