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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
Address: Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business
University of Pittsburgh, 276 Mervis Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
E-Mail: http://mba@katz.pitt.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 51%
...were not seeking employment 49%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

10%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 9%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 8%
...postponing their job search 2%
...starting their own businesses 5 0%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

20%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 51%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation n/a
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation n/a
...did not report having received an offer

n/a
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 63%
Graduate-facilitated activities 34%
No response provided by the graduate

3%
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:
Destination Month offered Amount paid by school
New York Oct. Partial
Chicago Oct. Partial
Philadelphia Oct. Partial
Washington DC Oct. Partial
Cleveland Nov. Partial


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Johnson & Johnson 4
2. Deloitte 3
3. Federal Loan Home Bank; KPMG; Bayer 2
4. Alcoa 1
5. Time Warner Cable 1
6. Del Monte Foods 1
7. Ernst & Young 1
8. PNC 1
9. Respironics 1
10. First Third Bank 1
11. Citi Group 1
12. Bechtel Bettis 1
13. KLA-Tencor 1
14. AXA Advisors 1
15. Dyna Power 1

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary informationn/a67%69%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)n/a$64,000$71,258
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)n/a$60,000$70,000
Average first-year signing bonusn/a$4,900$9,595
Median first-year signing bonusn/a$5,000$10,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonusn/a39%49%

(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$78,500$72,000
Median signing bonus$10,000$10,000
Median other compensation$10,000$55,000
Median MBA loans$10,000$17,000
Average number of job offers at graduation2.81.3
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program$46,937$22,843
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment19%10%

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 17%
Finance/Accounting 40%
General Management 0%
Human Resources 3%
Marketing/Sales 14%
Management Information Systems 12%
Operations/Logistics 9%
Other 5%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 0%
Manufacturing 38%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 3%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 54%
Other 5%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 4%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 0%
Latin America and the Carribean 0%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
96%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 67%
Midwest U.S. 3%
Northeast U.S. 14%
South U.S. 3%
Southwest U.S. 0%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 9%

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. Kodak 4
2. Alcoa 2
3. Bayer Chemicals 2
4. Hyperactive Technologies 2
5. Idea Foundry 2
6. KLA-Tencor 2
7. Merrill Lynch 2
8. PNC 2
9. SJ Consulting 2
10. Parker Hunter 1
11. PPG 1
12. Dunn & Bradstreet 1
13. Emerson Electric 1
14. Heinz NA 1
15. Intel 1

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 89%
Average internship compensation (per week) $896
Median internship compensation (per week) $922
Average internship length (weeks) 16

Career services Web site

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

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

The B-school has awarded 24,700 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 14,700 living MBA alumni, and 6 MBA club(s) throughout 6 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 17% 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. $486.

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

The B-school endowment is U.S. $29

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Barry Kukovich

 
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