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2005 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
Northwestern University
Kellogg School of Management
Address: Donald P. Jacobs Center
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-2001
E-Mail: MBAadmissions@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 94%
...were not seeking employment 5%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

1%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 67%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 0%
...postponing their job search 0%
...starting their own businesses 5 33%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

0%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 83%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 12%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 1%
...did not report having received an offer

4%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 60%
Graduate-facilitated activities 32%
No response provided by the graduate

8%
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
Banking: NYC and Asia Dec. None
Media Trek: NYC and LA Feb. None
Pharmaceuticals/Biotech/Devices Jan. None
High Tech Mar. None
EuroTrek Nov. None


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. McKinsey and Co. 38
2. Boston Consulting Group 25
3. Booz Allen Hamilton 18
4. Johnson & Johnson 13
5. Bain & Company 12
6. Deloitte Consulting 12
7. A.T. Kearney 7
8. JP Morgan Chase and Company Inc. 6
9. Kraft Foods, Inc. 6
10. Mercer Management Consulting 6
11. Accenture 5
12. Bank of America 5
13. Citigroup 5
14. Goldman Sachs and Co. 5
15. Microsoft 5

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)$96,690$91,390$87,700n/a
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$95,000$90,000$85,000n/a
Average first-year signing bonus$18,640$14,380$16,160$18,900
Median first-year signing bonus$15,000$14,000$15,000$20,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus77%79%67%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 34%
Finance/Accounting 23%
General Management 7%
Human Resources 0%
Marketing/Sales 23%
Management Information Systems 0%
Operations/Logistics 1%
Other 13%

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) 69%
Other 0%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 6%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 1%
Latin America and the Carribean 2%
Middle East 1%
North America
 (Canada: 1% / U.S.: 99%)
85%
Oceania 1%
Western Europe 5%

Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
Canada 1%
Mid-Atlantic U.S. 3%
Midwest U.S. 35%
Northeast U.S. 27%
South U.S. 3%
Southwest U.S. 7%
U.S. Possessions and territories 1%
West U.S. 22%

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. McKinsey and Company, Inc. 21
2. Boston Consulting Group 16
3. Booz Allen Hamilton 14
4. A.T. Kearney 11
5. Bain & Company 11
6. Amazon.com 10
7. Kellogg Company 10
8. American Express 9
9. Goldman Sachs and Co. 9
10. Kraft Foods, Inc. 9
11. Microsoft 9
12. Motorola 9
13. JP Morgan Chase and Company Inc. 8
14. Diageo 7
15. Procter & Gamble 7

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 98%
Average internship compensation (per week) $1,420
Median internship compensation (per week) $1,385
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 50,000 living MBA alumni, and 95 MBA club(s) throughout 46 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. $504,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Tara Prasad

 
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