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2005 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Cornell University
S. C. Johnson Graduate School of Management
Address: 111 Sage Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850
E-Mail: mba@cornell.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 91%
...were not seeking employment 8%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

2%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 55%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 5%
...postponing their job search 10%
...starting their own businesses 5 25%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

5%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 84%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 6%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 2%
...did not report having received an offer

8%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 57%
Graduate-facilitated activities 43%
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 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
Week on Wall Street Jan. Partial
Week in Silicon Valley Jan. Partial
Consulting Trek to NYC Nov. Partial
Pacific Northwest Trek Mar. Partial
London Trek Nov. Partial


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Citigroup 12
2. General Electric Company 8
3. American Express Company 7
4. Credit Suisse First Boston 7
5. Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. 7
6. Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc 6
7. Deloitte Consulting 6
8. IBM Corporation 5
9. Johnson & Johnson 5
10. Ernst & Young, LLP 4
11. JPMorgan Chase 4
12. McKinsey & Co. 4
13. Unilever 4
14. Bristol Myers Squibb 3
15. Deutsche Bank 3

Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported):
2005200420032002
Graduates who provided usable base salary informationn/an/an/an/a
Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses)$89,290$87,920$83,300n/a
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$90,000$85,000$85,000n/a
Average first-year signing bonus$19,900$15,330$15,000$18,996
Median first-year signing bonus$20,000$15,000$15,000$20,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus74%69%64%76%

(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 12%
Finance/Accounting 50%
General Management 11%
Human Resources 1%
Marketing/Sales 22%
Management Information Systems 0%
Operations/Logistics 1%
Other 3%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 1%
Manufacturing 30%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 1%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 68%
Other n/a

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 6%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 5%
Latin America and the Carribean 1%
Middle East 0%
North America
 (Canada: 0% / U.S.: 100%)
88%
Oceania 0%
Western Europe 5%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 0%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 8%
Midwest U.S. 6%
Northeast U.S. 66%
South U.S. 4%
Southwest U.S. 4%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 14%

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. Citigroup 12
2. General Electric Company 11
3. American Express Company 8
4. Johnson & Johnson 8
5. Unilever 8
6. Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. 7
7. Credit Suisse First Boston 6
8. JPMorgan Chase 6
9. Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 5
10. Merck & Co., Inc 5
11. Banc of America Securities LLC 4
12. Deutsche Bank 4
13. Hewlett Packard 4
14. IBM Corporation 4
15. SC Johnson 4

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 93%
Average internship compensation (per week) $1,430
Median internship compensation (per week) $1,500
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 11,111 living MBA alumni, and 22 MBA club(s) throughout 7 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 24% of MBA alumni gave to the school's fund-raising efforts. They gave a median gift of U.S. $100, and a mean gift of U.S. $670.

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

The B-school endowment is U.S. $134,521,000


ADDITIONAL SCHOOL COMMENTS

Footnotes: Classes begin - May dates are for the Twleve Month Option/accelerated MBA; Interview deadlines - none, we do by invitation only; Student demographics - % of married students based on survey respondents; Financial aid deadlines - January is to be eligible for scholarships, and max loan = cost of attendance; Rather than "concentrations" we have an immersion curriculum in the spring of the first year which allows students to specialize in a given area; Joint degrees - are dual degrees

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Amanda Shaw

 
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