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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Arizona
Eller College of Management
Address: McClelland Hall 210
PO Box 210108
Tucson, AZ 85721-0108
E-Mail: mba_admissions@eller.arizona.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 78%
...were not seeking employment 21%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

1%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 2%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 7%
...postponing their job search 0%
...starting their own businesses 5 3%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

9%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 60%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 30%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 1%
...did not report having received an offer

9%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 42%
Graduate-facilitated activities 58%
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 61
Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year 137

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Amount paid by school
National Society of Hispanic MBAs Oct. Partial
10th Annual Global MBA/Masters Employment Conferen Nov. Partial
Student Organization Sponsored Trips n/a Partial
Net Impact Conference Oct. Partial
National Black MBA Association Conference Sept. Partial


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Raytheon 3
2. Clear Blue Ventures 2
3. Honeywell 2
4. Intel Corporation 2
5. Intuit 2
6. PricewaterhouseCoopers 2
7. E & J Gallo Winery 1
8. Dial Corporation 1
9. Denso 1
10. The Gillette Company 1
11. O'Melveny and Myers 1
12. America West Airlines 1
13. Lion Vallen Industries 1
14. Schreiber Foods 1
15. Privia 1

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information96%76%66%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$64,609$65,171$64,476
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$65,500$65,000$65,000
Average first-year signing bonus$5,869$5,980$6,500
Median first-year signing bonus$4,000$5,000$5,312
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus48%41%52%

(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$67,500$65,000
Median signing bonus$7,000$7,000
Median other compensation$5,000$17,500
Median MBA loans$20,000$12,000
Average number of job offers at graduation1.81.3
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program$32,000$30,018
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment35%21%

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 2%
Finance/Accounting 38%
General Management 4%
Human Resources 7%
Marketing/Sales 16%
Management Information Systems 16%
Operations/Logistics 4%
Other 13%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 2%
Manufacturing 50%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 2%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 45%
Other n/a

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 5%
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  )
95%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada n/a
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 2%
Midwest U.S. 2%
Northeast U.S. 9%
South U.S. 2%
Southwest U.S. 56%
U.S. Possessions and territories n/a
West U.S. 23%

MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited internship-seeking MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 37

Companies that posted internships for MBA students on school's job boards during past academic year: 27

Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Intel Corporation 3
2. Schreiber Foods 3
3. Astec 3
4. Coronilla S.A. 3
5. Bio Centinela Aquaorganics 3
6. Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada 3
7. Centro de Investigaciones en Optica A.C 2
8. Apta Software 2
9. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) 1
10. IBM 1
11. Verizon 1
12. NBA - Portland Trailblazers 1
13. Rainbird Corporation 1
14. Summit Capital Consulting 1
15. Farmers Investment Company 1

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 100%
Average internship compensation (per week) $854
Median internship compensation (per week) $875
Average internship length (weeks) 10

Career services Web site

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

University offers placement services for MBA alumni? Yes
Current MBA students given access to alumni database? Yes

The B-school has awarded 3,284 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 3,176 living MBA alumni, and 0 MBA club(s) n/a 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. $100, and a mean gift of U.S. $359.

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

The B-school endowment is U.S. $34,707,074

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Trina Callie

 
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