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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Brigham Young University
Marriott School of Management
Address: 640 Tanner Building
BYU
Provo, UT 84602
E-Mail: mba@byu.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 80%
...were not seeking employment 20%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

0%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 0%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 13%
...postponing their job search 26%
...starting their own businesses 5 30%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

31%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 77%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 8%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 4%
...did not report having received an offer

11%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 53%
Graduate-facilitated activities 41%
No response provided by the graduate

6%
Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year n/a
Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year n/a

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
n/a


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Ford Motor Co. 5
2. Ensign Group 5
3. American Express 3
4. Honeywell 3
5. Kmart 3
6. Veritas 3
7. Zions Bank 3
8. Dell, Inc. 2
9. Intel 2
10. Union Pacific 2
11. Centex Corporation 2
12. Daimler Chrysler 1
13. General Mills 1
14. Proctor & Gamble 1
15. Pepsi Bottling Group 1

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information85%92%86%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$69,467$65,444$63,661
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$70,860$65,000$67,000
Average first-year signing bonus$10,035$6,662$8,661
Median first-year signing bonus$10,000$5,000$7,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus61%53%45%

(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$70,500$68,000
Median signing bonus$8,000$9,000
Median other compensation$12,000$16,000
Median MBA loans$20,000$15,000
Average number of job offers at graduation1.51.3
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program$28,000$27,929
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment44%38%

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 4%
Finance/Accounting 42%
General Management 15%
Human Resources 12%
Marketing/Sales 12%
Management Information Systems 0%
Operations/Logistics 7%
Other 8%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 1%
Manufacturing 34%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 0%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 50%
Other 15%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 3%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 0%
Latin America and the Carribean 3%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
94%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 4%
Midwest U.S. 27%
Northeast U.S. 4%
South U.S. 0%
Southwest U.S. 13%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 52%

MBA INTERNSHIPS

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

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

Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:
FirmInterns Hired
1. American Express 9
2. Honeywell 6
3. Hewlett Packard 6
4. Dell, Inc. 4
5. Intel 4
6. General Electric 4
7. Kmart 4
8. Ford Motor Co. 3
9. Pepsi Bottling Group 3
10. Zions Bank 3
11. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 3
12. Citigroup 3
13. LG Electronics 3
14. Daimler Chrysler 2
15. Union Pacific 2

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 100%
Average internship compensation (per week) $942
Median internship compensation (per week) $1,062
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? Yes

The B-school has awarded 4,539 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 4,496 living MBA alumni, and 53 MBA club(s) throughout 19 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 19% of MBA alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $50, and a mean gift of U.S. $4,851.

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

The B-school endowment is U.S. $82,304,367


ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS

BYU doesn't offer in-state and out-of-state tuition, rather LDS church member and non-member tuition. The tithes of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to which LDS members contribute, covers a significant percentage of the schools costs. Those who haven't made this contribution are charged a higher tuition.

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Joseph Ogden

 
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