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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Lehigh University
College of Business and Economics
Address: Rauch Business Center
621 Taylor Street
Bethlehem, PA 18015
E-Mail: business@lehigh.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 34%
...were not seeking employment 33%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

33%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 66%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 9%
...postponing their job search 0%
...starting their own businesses 5 2%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

0%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation n/a
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 83%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation n/a
...did not report having received an offer

17%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 7%
Graduate-facilitated activities 76%
No response provided by the graduate

17%
Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year 25
Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year 109

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. American Express 2
2. Quintiles 1
3. Keystone Cement 1
4. Grey Global Group 1
5. HCDA Engineering 1
6. Traditions of America 1
7. Barclay Capital 1
8. General Motors 1
9. IPA International 1
10. SEI Investments 1
11. Grupo Sessa 1
12. Enzon 1
13. Industia e Comercio 1

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information36%n/a33%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$78,047n/a$64,500
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$75,000n/a$75,000
Average first-year signing bonus$5,166n/an/a
Median first-year signing bonus$3,000n/an/a
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus14%n/a11%

(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.

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 8%
Finance/Accounting 38%
General Management 23%
Human Resources 0%
Marketing/Sales 15%
Management Information Systems 0%
Operations/Logistics 8%
Other 8%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 8%
Manufacturing 23%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 0%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 61%
Other 8%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 6%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 0%
Latin America and the Carribean 19%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
69%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 6%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 36%
Midwest U.S. 9%
Northeast U.S. 46%
South U.S. 0%
Southwest U.S. 9%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 0%

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:
n/a

Internship compensation:
Paid internships n/a
Average internship compensation (per week) n/a
Median internship compensation (per week) n/a
Average internship length (weeks) n/a

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 n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,984 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 academic year, 13% of MBA 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 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 Mary Theresa Taglang

 
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