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2005 FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE
University of Washington
Business School
Address: Box 353200, Mackenzie Hall Room 110
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3200
E-Mail: mba@u.washington.edu
Web links: B-school Web site
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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

Most recent graduates who...
...were seeking employment 1 75%
...were not seeking employment 25%
...provided no information regarding employment 2

0%
Graduates not seeking employment that were...
...company sponsored or already employed 3 20%
...continuing their education (after graduation) 4 17%
...postponing their job search 35%
...starting their own businesses 5 17%
...not seeking employment for other reasons 6

11%
Most recent job-seeking graduates who...
...received their first job offer by graduation 72%
...received their first job offer within three months of graduation 25%
...received their first job offer more than three months after graduation 1%
...did not report having received an offer

2%
Primary source of accepted full-time job offers:
School facilitated activities 59%
Graduate-facilitated activities 27%
No response provided by the graduate

14%
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
San Francisco Bay Area, CA Dec. Partial
New York, NY Mar. Partial
Boston, MA Mar. Partial
Chicago, IL Apr. Partial
Los Angeles, CA Jan. Partial


Top 15 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year:
FirmGraduates Hired
1. Microsoft n/a
2. Hitachi Consulting n/a
3. Accenture n/a
4. Amazon.com n/a
5. Autodesk n/a
6. Intel n/a
7. Paccar n/a
8. Expedia n/a
9. Philips Medical Systems n/a
10. Wells Fargo Bank n/a
11. Washington Mutual n/a
12. Hewlett Packard n/a
13. IBM n/a
14. Weyerhaeuser n/a
15. Fluke Corporation n/a

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)$76,333$72,241$65,680n/a
Median starting-base salary (excluding bonuses)$72,000$75,000$65,000n/a
Average first-year signing bonus$13,055$13,327$15,170$9,277
Median first-year signing bonus$10,000$10,831$10,000$6,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus40%34%36%44%

(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 21%
Finance/Accounting 30%
General Management 24%
Human Resources 0%
Marketing/Sales 25%
Management Information Systems 0%
Operations/Logistics 0%
Other 0%

Graduates accepting in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military) 1%
Manufacturing 24%
Non-Profit (Trade Associations, Religious Organizations, Charities, etc.) 3%
Services (Financial Services, Consulting Services, Other Services) 72%
Other 0%

Graduates accepting jobs in the following regions:
Africa 0%
Asia 3%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 0%
Latin America and the Carribean 0%
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. 2%
Northeast U.S. 3%
South U.S. 0%
Southwest U.S. 0%
U.S. Possessions and territories 0%
West U.S. 95%

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. Washington Mutual n/a
2. Philips Medical Systems n/a
3. Amazon.com n/a
4. T-Mobile n/a
5. Alaska Airlines n/a
6. Hewlett Packard n/a
7. Nordstrom n/a
8. Costco n/a
9. Honeywell n/a
10. PACCAR n/a
11. WRF Capital/Gates Foundation n/a
12. Starbucks Coffee Company n/a
13. Tektronics n/a
14. Wells Fargo Bank n/a
15. Microsoft n/a

Internship compensation:
Paid internships 95%
Average internship compensation (per week) $954
Median internship compensation (per week) $991
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 n/a MBA degrees since its founding. It has 8,044 living MBA alumni, and 15 MBA club(s) throughout 5 countries, where B-school alums can participate in school activities and alumni events.

During the past academic year, 12% 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. $310.

The school has received a gift in excess of U.S. $10 million since June 2002.

The B-school endowment is U.S. $73,000,000

Information found in this survey was provided on behalf of the B-school by Dan Poston

 
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