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Job Market
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10% did not report havingaccepted an offer
| Top 10 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year | No. hired |
| Credit Suisse Group | 14 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 12 |
| UBS | 10 |
| Goldman, Sachs & Co. | 9 |
| Microsoft Corp. | 8 |
| Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP; Citigroup; Deutsche Bank AG; Target | 7 |
| Bank of America Corp. | 6 |
| Ernst & Young LLP; McKinsey & Company; Morgan Stanley; The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. | 5 |
| Lehman Brothers; American Express Company; A.T. Kearney Inc. | 4 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP; Z's Associates; ABN AMRO Holding V.V.; CIBC World Markets; Rothschild Inc. | 3 |
| Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported) | |
| Average base salary | $ 52,716.00 |
| Median base salary | $ 55,000.00 |
| Average signing bonus | $ 7,094.00 |
| Median signing bonus | $ 7,000.00 |
| Average other guaranteed compensation | $ 18,724.00 |
| Median other guaranteed compensation | $ 10,250.00 |
| Finance (includes corporate finance, investments, treasury and financial analysis, public finance, etc.) | 57% |
| Accounting/auditing | 7% |
| General Management | 1% |
| Human Resources | 1% |
| Marketing/Sales (includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.) | 11% |
| Management Information Systems | 0%% |
| Operations | 0% |
| Logistics/Transportation | 0% |
| Other | 24% |
| Accounting | 10% |
| Consumer Products & Retail | 9% |
| Consulting | 13% |
| Financial Services | 53% |
| Government, Nonprofit, & Education | 0% |
| Health | 0% |
| Manufacturing | 3% |
| Media & Entertainment | 0% |
| Sports & Leisure | 0% |
| Technology & Science | 5% |
| Transportation | 1% |
| UTILITIES | 0% |
| Other | 6% |
| Northeast (ME, VT, NY, NH, CT, MA, NJ, RI) | 43% |
| Mid-Atlantic (PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC) | 3% |
| South (NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS) | 2% |
| Southwest (CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM) | 2% |
| Midwest (WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL) | 41% |
| West (CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY) | 6% |
| U.S. possessions and territories (America Samoa, Palau, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands) | 0% |
| Canada | 0% |
| Average compensation per week | $ 778.00 |
| Median compensation per week | $ 785.00 |
| Average internship length (weeks) |
| Top 10 Recruiting Firms for Internships | No. interns |
| Ernst & Young | 13 |
| Credit Suisse Group; Citigroup Inc. | 11 |
| Microsoft Corporation; Plante & Morgan PLLC | 9 |
| Goldman Sachs Group | 8 |
| Pricewatterhouse Coopers LLP; Deutsche Bank AG | 7 |
| UBS AG; Bank of America; Lehman Brothers Inc. | 6 |
| American Express Company; ABN AMRO Holding N.V.; Merrill Lunch & Co Inc.; Owens Corning | 5 |
| S.C. Johnson and Son Inc.; Honeywell International Inc.; Unilever | 4 |
| Morgan Stanley; The Bear Stearns Companies Inc.; Mercer Human Resources Consulting; Jefferies & Comp | 3 |
| General Motors Corporation; Miller Brewing Company | 3 |
| The average gift was | $ 4,521.00 |
| The median gift was | $ 100.00 |
