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2004 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Southern California
Marshall School of Business — Marshall MBA Program
Address: 611 Exposition Blvd
Popovich Hall Room 200
Los Angeles, CA 90089-2631
E-Mail: marshallmba@marshall.usc.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
Directions to school
 
Other programs:International Business Education and Research MBA Program (IBEAR)

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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 75%
...were not seeking employment 12%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

13%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 10%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 23%
...postponing their job search 23%
...starting their own businesses 5 45%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

0%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 56%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 26%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 6%
...did not report having received an offer

14%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 57%
Graduate-facilitated activities 38%
No response provided by the graduate

5%
Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year 57
Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year 316

Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination Month offered Amount paid by school
Consortium for Graduate Study in Management June Partial
New York 'Wall Street Week Dec. None
San Francisco/Bay Area Site Visit Week Dec. None
San Diego Site Visit Week Jan. None
San Francisco/Bay Area Site Visit Week Mar. None


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Wells Fargo 9
2. Deloitte 7
3. Walt Disney Company 6
4. Mattel 5
5. Procter & Gamble 4
6. Toyota Motor Sales 4
7. KPMG 4
8. Bank of America 3
9. SBC 3
10. Matshushita Avionics 3
11. Guidant 2
12. L'Oreal 2
13. Nestle 2
14. Ernst & Young 2
15. MetLife 2

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary information78%55%53%
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$75,029n/a$75,000
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$75,000$75,000$78,000
Average first-year signing bonus$12,388n/a$15,000
Median first-year signing bonus$10,000n/a$15,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus43%n/a41%

(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$75,000$79,000
Median signing bonus$10,000$12,000
Median other compensation$15,000$25,000
Median MBA loans$38,000$39,000
Average number of job offers at graduation1.51.0
Average living expenses (not including tuition) over course of program$44,653$45,929
Summer internship resulted in full-time employment42%31%

CAREER DIRECTIONS

Graduates accepting jobs in the following function areas:
Consulting 15%
Finance/Accounting 37%
General Management 10%
Human Resources 1%
Marketing/Sales 28%
Management Information Systems 1%
Operations/Logistics 3%
Other 4%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 1%
Manufacturing 29%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 1%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 67%
Other 3%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 4%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 1%
Latin America and the Carribean 1%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
93%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 0%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 1%
Midwest U.S. 4%
Northeast U.S. 6%
South U.S. 2%
Southwest U.S. 1%
U.S. Possessions and territories 1%
West U.S. 85%

MBA INTERNSHIPS

Companies that recruited internship-seeking MBA students for internships on campus in past academic year: 20

Companies that posted internships for MBA students on school's job boards during past academic year: 117

Top 15 recruiting firms for internships:
FirmInterns Hired
1. Mattel 6
2. Agilent 5
3. Honeywell 5
4. KPMG 5
5. Toyota Motor Sales 5
6. Disney 4
7. Allergan 3
8. Amgen 3
9. Pacific Life 3
10. JP Morgan 3
11. Deloitte 2
12. Booz Allen Hamilton 2
13. Citigroup 2
14. McKinsey 2
15. Payden & Rygel 2

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 87%
Average internship compensation (per week) $1,218
Median internship compensation (per week) $1,250
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 18,953 MBA degrees since its founding. It has 18,488 living MBA alumni, and 53 MBA club(s) throughout 81 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, n/a 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-Kay Demetriou

 
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