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THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

The school has information regarding the employment of 79% of 2006 graduates

Of 2006 graduates for whom we have information...

88% were seeking full-time professional employment in business

12% were not seeking full-time professional employment in business

For those not seeking employment in business...

0% of those were already employed at graduation

72% were planning to continue their education immediately after graduation

2% were postponing their job search

9% were planning to start their own business

17% of those not working were doing so for other reasons

250 companies recruited business students on campus from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006

600 companies posted full-time job offers for undergraduate business students on the school's job boards from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006

Of 2006 Job-seeking Graduates...

NA % received their first job offer by graduation

NA % received their first job offer within three months of graduation

NA % received their first job offer more than three months after graduation

NA % did not report having received an offer

71% accepted their first job offer by graduation

19% accepted their first job offer within three months of graduation

10% accepted their first job offer more than three months after graduation

NA % did not report havingaccepted an offer

Top 10 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year	No. hired
Crowe Chizek and Company LLC	11
Caterpillar Inc.; Deloitte Touche Tomatsu; Target Corp.	8
Ernst & Young, LLP; Purdue University	7
BKD, LLP; JP Morgan Chase & Co.;	6
Abbott Laboratories; Ameriprise Financial; Wells Fargo Financial	5
Aerotek; DFAS; FBI; General Electric; Hormel Foods; Procter & Gamble; Sears Holding Company	4
Ford Motor Company; IBM; Shell Oil Co; Avalon Risk Mgmt.; Ferguson Enter; Humana, Inc; Huth Thompson	3
State Farm; Wal-Mart;	2
Bank of America; Boeing; Aramark; Career Builder; Cerner Corp.; Clfiton Gunderson, LLP; DHL	2
Dow Chemical; Eli Lilly Co; NVR/Ryan Homes; Protiviti; Stryker Medical	2

Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported)
Average base salary	$ 43,373.00
Median base salary	$ 44,000.00
Average signing bonus	$ 3,073.00
Median signing bonus	$ 2,000.00
Average other guaranteed compensation	NA
Median other guaranteed compensation	NA

CAREER DIRECTIONS

What percentage of 2006 graduates who accepted jobs did so in the following functional areas? Are these figures estimates based on the number of students majoring in these functional areas? Yes

Finance (includes corporate finance, investments, treasury and financial analysis, public finance, etc.)	19%
Accounting/auditing	13%
General Management	33%
Human Resources	5%
Marketing/Sales (includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.)	16%
Management Information Systems	6%%
Operations	5%
Logistics/Transportation	NA %
Other	3%

What percentage of 2006 graduates who accepted jobs did so in the following industries? Are these figures estimates? No

Accounting	NA %
Consumer Products & Retail	NA %
Consulting	NA %
Financial Services	NA %
Government, Nonprofit, & Education	NA %
Health	NA %
Manufacturing	NA %
Media & Entertainment	NA %
Sports & Leisure	NA %
Technology & Science	NA %
Transportation	NA %
UTILITIES	NA %
Other	NA %

North American Jobs

0% of 2006 graduates accepted jobs in Canada

100% of 2006 graduates accepted jobs in the U.S.
Here's the regional breakdown on job acceptances in North American regions:

Northeast (ME, VT, NY, NH, CT, MA, NJ, RI)	5%
Mid-Atlantic (PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC)	3%
South (NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS)	10%
Southwest (CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM)	4%
Midwest (WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL)	74%
West (CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY)	4%
U.S. possessions and territories (America Samoa, Palau, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)	NA %
Canada	0%

INTERNSHIPS

125 companies recruited internship-seeking undergraduate business students on campus from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006

96% of internships were paid.

Average compensation per week	$ 554.00
Median compensation per week	$ 600.00
Average internship length (weeks)	12

400 companies posted internships for undergraduate business students on school job boards from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006

Top 10 Recruiting Firms for Internships	No. interns
Caterpillar Inc.	18
General Motors	8
DePuy Othopaedics, Inc.; General Electric	7
Crowe Chizek & Company, LLC; IBM; Merrill Lynch	5
Deloitte & Touche LLP; Rolls-Royce	4
Eli Lilly; Ernst & Young; Kellogg Co; NVR/Ryan Homes; Walt Disney World	3
Abbott Labs; Alpha Baking; Arthur J. Gallagher & Co; Cummins; Dauby O'Connor & Zaleski, LLC	2
Ford Motor Co; Home Depot; Humana; Indianapolis Motor Speedway; Kimberly Clark; Walgreens	2
LaSalle Bank; Morgan Stanley; Sears; Katz, Sapper & Miller, LLP; Target	2
Pioneer Hi-Bred Inter; Rowley, Bushue & Co; Six Flags Great America; Toyota Motor Manufacturing	2

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

9% of living undergraduate business alumni contributed to the program/university some time between June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2006

Of those who contributed...

The average gift was	$ 1,557.00
The median gift was	$ 100.00

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