THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| Most recent graduates who... |
| ...were seeking employment 1 | 88% |
| ...were not seeking employment | 12% |
...provided no information regarding employment 2
| 0% |
| Graduates not seeking employment that were... |
| ...company sponsored or already employed 3 | 3% |
| ...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 | 4% |
| ...postponing their job search | 2% |
| ...starting their own businesses 5 | 1% |
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6
| 2% |
| Most recent job-seeking graduates who... |
| ...received their first job offer by graduation | 57% |
| ...received their first job offer within three months of graduation | 26% |
| ...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation | 1% |
...did not report having received an offer
| 16% |
| 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 | 67 |
| Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year | 127 |
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
| Destination | Month offered | Amount paid by school |
| Wall Street Trip |
Nov. |
None |
| Atlanta MBA Consortium |
Nov. |
None |
| NBMBA Conference |
Sept. |
None |
| NSHMBA Conference |
Oct. |
None |
| Global MBA Conference |
Nov. |
None |
Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
| Firm | Graduates Hired |
| 1. Deloitte. |
5 |
| 2. ConocoPhillips |
4 |
| 3. PricewaterhouseCoopers |
3 |
| 4. Continental Airlines |
3 |
| 5. Intel |
3 |
| 6. FMC Technologies |
3 |
| 7. Direct Energy |
3 |
| 8. American Express |
2 |
| 9. Hewlett Packard |
2 |
| 10. Ernst & Young |
2 |
| 11. Lehman Brothers |
2 |
| 12. CapRock Communications |
2 |
| 13. Delta Airlines |
2 |
| 14. SourceCorp |
2 |
| 15. BMC |
2 |
Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported): | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
|---|
| Graduates who provided usable base salary information | 80% | 90% | 95% | | Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses) | $74,951 | $76,745 | $75,394 | | Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) | $75,000 | $70,000 | $78,000 | | Average first-year signing bonus | $10,496 | $12,285 | $14,566 | | Median first-year signing bonus | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | | Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus | 42% | 44% | 60% |
(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 | | 2004 | 2002 |
|---|
| Median starting base-salary | $77,500 | $80,000 | | Median signing bonus | $8,000 | $12,000 | | Median other compensation | $17,000 | $25,000 | | Median MBA loans | $57,500 | $36,000 | | Average number of job offers at graduation | 1.4 | 1.4 | | Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program | $42,976 | $40,310 | | Summer internship resulted in full-time employment | 43% | 32% |
CAREER DIRECTIONS
Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
| Consulting | 17% |
| Finance/Accounting | 51% |
| General Management | 10% |
| Human Resources | 0% |
| Marketing/Sales | 13% |
| Management Information Systems | 0% |
| Operations/Logistics | 4% |
| Other | 4% |
Graduates accepting in the following industries:
| Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) | 2% |
| Manufacturing | 16% |
| Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) | 1% |
| Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) | 55% |
| Other | 26% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | 0% |
| Asia | 1% |
| Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia | 1% |
| Latin America and the Carribean | 1% |
| Middle East | 0% |
North America
(Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%) | 97% |
| Oceania | 0% |
| Western Europe | 0% |
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
| Canada | 0% |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | 0% |
| Midwest U.S. | 4% |
| Northeast U.S. | 14% |
| South U.S. | 5% |
| Southwest U.S. | 69% |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | 0% |
| West U.S. | 8% |
MBA INTERNSHIPS
Companies that recruited internship-seeking MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 113
Companies that posted internships for MBA students on school's job boards during past academic year: 105
Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:
| Firm | Interns Hired |
| 1. Hewlett Packard |
7 |
| 2. Direct Energy |
7 |
| 3. ConocoPhillips |
7 |
| 4. Merchant Metals |
4 |
| 5. Merrill Lynch |
3 |
| 6. UBS Investment Bank |
3 |
| 7. Dell |
3 |
| 8. FMC Technologies |
3 |
| 9. Continental Airlines |
3 |
| 10. ExxonMobil |
3 |
| 11. AIG |
2 |
| 12. Baker Hughes |
2 |
| 13. BlackRock |
2 |
| 14. Deloitte |
2 |
| 15. JPMorgan Chase |
2 |
Internship compensation:
| Paid internships |
83% |
| Average internship compensation (per week) |
$1,042 |
| Median internship compensation (per week) |
$1,016 |
| 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 2,723 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 2,715 living MBA alumni, and 9 MBA club(s) in 1 country, 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. $993, and a mean gift of U.S. $898.
The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since June 2002.
The B-school endowment is U.S. $174,224,134
ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS
The Rice MBA emphasizes leadership and communications while providing general management skills in a broad context. Rice requires that each student take part in expeeriential learning called the Action Learning Project, which takes place during the last 10 weeks of the first year. Teams of 4-6 students solve real business problems for actual companies, many of them Forune 500 corporations.
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Debra Thomas
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