THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT
| Most recent graduates who... |
| ...were seeking employment 1 | 79% |
| ...were not seeking employment | 15% |
...provided no information regarding employment 2
| 6% |
| Graduates not seeking employment that were... |
| ...company sponsored or already employed 3 | 22% |
| ...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 | 14% |
| ...postponing their job search | 18% |
| ...starting their own businesses 5 | 28% |
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6
| 18% |
| Most recent job-seeking graduates who... |
| ...received their first job offer by graduation | 84% |
| ...received their first job offer within three months of graduation | 11% |
| ...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation | n/a |
...did not report having received an offer
| 5% |
| Primary source of accepted full-time job offers: |
| School facilitated activities | 60% |
| Graduate-facilitated activities | 40% |
No response provided by the graduate
| 0% |
| Companies that recruited employment-seeking MBA students for full-time positions on campus in past academic year | 207 |
| Companies that posted full-time job offers on the school's job boards in past academic year | 900 |
Annual job-searching trips the school coordinates or participates in:
| Destination | Month offered | Amount paid by school |
| Wall Street for Investment Banks |
Jan. |
None |
| San Francisco for High-tech/Biotech Companies |
Jan. |
None |
| London for Variety of Companies |
Nov. |
None |
| Orange County for High-tech Firms |
Mar. |
None |
| San Diego for Hig Tech/Biotech Companies |
Mar. |
None |
Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
| Firm | Graduates Hired |
| 1. Deloitte Consulting |
13 |
| 2. IBM;Lehman Brothers;McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
6 |
| 3. Yahoo! Inc. |
5 |
| 4. Amgen Inc.; Homestore, Inc.; Mattel, Inc.; Monitor Group; Nestle USA; Taco Bell Corp.; Toyota Motor North America Corp.; The Walt Disney Company |
4 |
| 5. Citigroup, Inc. ; Countrywide Financial Corporation ; Goldman Sachs & Company ; Google, Inc ; Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. ; Intel Corporation ; |
3 |
| 6. Accenture ; Bain & Company, Inc. ; BEA Systems, Inc. ; Boston Consulting Group, The ; Brand Sense Marketing ; Credit Suisse First Boston ; Deutc |
2 |
| 7. A.T. Kearney Inc. ; Affymetrix ; AlGraphico ; Applied Materials, Inc. ; Archstone Consulting ; Ares Management LLC ; Ascent Media Group, Inc. ; |
1 |
| 8. Attune Systems ; Autodesk, Inc. ; Banc of America Securities, LLC ; BBVA ; BioCatalyst International ; Bison Capital ; Black & Veatch ; |
1 |
| 9. Blue Shield of California ; Boral Industries ; Breitbart.com ; Broad Foundation, The ; Broadcasting & Cable ; Burn 60 ; |
1 |
| 10. California Bank & Trust ; Catalina Marketing ; CDIB ; Centex Homes ; Central Pattana Property Development and Investment ; CIM Group, Inc. ; |
1 |
| 11. ConAgra Foods ; Cooper Capital Partners ; Copernico Capital Partners ; Creative Artists Agency ; Crestline Investors ; Dentsu ; Diamond Cluster |
1 |
| 12. DreamWorks Animation ; Eaton Corporation ; Edison International ; Edwards Lifesciences ; El Puerto de Liverpool ; EMI Music Marketing ; Epson |
1 |
| 13. Fairfield Residential ; Fitzgerald+CO ; Flexcar ; Guidant Corporation ; Hasbro, Inc. ; Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin ; HSBC Group, The ; |
1 |
| 14. Hyrian ; Imagen ; Instrumentation Laboratory ; International Rectifier ; iVALET Systems, Inc. ; Ixis Real Estate Capital ; Johnson & Johnson ; |
1 |
| 15. ohnson & Johnson LifeScan ; Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC ; KB Home ; Latham & Watkins LLP; Sony Computer Ent. America |
1 |
Historic salary prospects for recent grads (school reported): | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 |
|---|
| Graduates who provided usable base salary information | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | | Average starting-base salary 7 (excluding bonuses) | $89,545 | $87,022 | $83,168 | n/a | | Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses) | $90,000 | $85,000 | $85,000 | n/a | | Average first-year signing bonus | $17,000 | $15,621 | $13,979 | $18,280 | | Median first-year signing bonus | $15,000 | $15,000 | $15,000 | $20,000 | | Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus | 61% | 55% | 58% | 43% |
(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 | 22% |
| Finance/Accounting | 35% |
| General Management | 5% |
| Human Resources | 1% |
| Marketing/Sales | 26% |
| Management Information Systems | 0% |
| Operations/Logistics | 1% |
| Other | 10% |
Graduates accepting in the following industries:
| Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) | 0% |
| Manufacturing | 19% |
| Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) | 1% |
| Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) | 81% |
| Other | 0% |
Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
| Africa | 0% |
| Asia | 5% |
| Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia | 1% |
| Latin America and the Carribean | 3% |
| Middle East | 0% |
North America
(Canada: 1% / U.S.: 99%) | 90% |
| Oceania | 0% |
| Western Europe | 2% |
Graduates accepting jobs within North America:
| Canada | 1% |
| Mid-Atlantic U.S. | 1% |
| Midwest U.S. | 1% |
| Northeast U.S. | 7% |
| South U.S. | 2% |
| Southwest U.S. | 2% |
| U.S. Possessions and territories | 0% |
| West U.S. | 78% |
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:
| Firm | Interns Hired |
| 1. Mattel, Inc. |
10 |
| 2. The Walt Disney Company |
9 |
| 3. Deloitte Consulting |
8 |
| 4. Amgen Inc.; Yahoo! Inc. |
7 |
| 5. Lehman Brothers |
6 |
| 6. Countrywide Financial Corp.; Hewlett-Packard Company; Twentieth Century Fox |
5 |
| 7. Boston Consulting Group, The ; Intel Corporation ; Olson Company, The ; Roll International Corporation ; Warner Bros. |
4 |
| 8. CBS Inc. ; Citigroup, Inc. ; Gap Inc. ; Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. ; Honeywell International Inc. ; Johnson & Johnson HeadStart and Healthcare |
3 |
| 9. American Express Company ; Autodesk, Inc. ; ChevronTexaco ; Copia Creative ; Credit Suisse First Boston ; Del Monte Foods ; Deutche Bank AG ; |
2 |
| 10. E! Entertainment Television Networks ; Encore Capital Group ; Enterprise Partners Venture Capital ; General Mills, Inc. ; Morgan Stanley |
2 |
| 11. A.T. Kearney ; ABC, Inc. ; Accenture ; AEG Live ; Agron, Inc. ; Allergan Inc. ; Alliance Imaging ; American Realty Advisors ; A.T. Kearney ; |
1 |
| 12. Anschutz Entertainment Group, Inc., Banc of America Securities, LLC ; Bank Central Asia ; Bank of America ; Bear Stearns |
1 |
| 13. `Black & Decker Corporation; Capital Group Companies, The ; Cedars-Sinai ; Cheesecake Factory; Deloitte Tax LLP; FOX ; |
1 |
| 14. Goldman Sachs & Company ; Google, Inc. ; ING Bank, N.V. ; Integrien ; J. Paul Getty Trust, The ; JMP Securities ; JP Morgan Chase & Co. ; |
1 |
| 15. ayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC;Kennedy Wilson ;KPMG Corporate Finance LLC ; Latham & Watkins;McKinsey & Company, Inc.; Nestle USA |
1 |
Internship compensation:
| Paid internships |
92% |
| Average internship compensation (per week) |
$5,169 |
| Median internship compensation (per week) |
$5,000 |
| Average internship length (weeks) |
12 |
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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 16,507 living MBA alumni, and 24 MBA club(s) throughout 10 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. $1,567.
The school has not received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since June 2002.
The B-school endowment is U.S. $62,115,701
Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Hilary Rehder
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