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2006 UNDERGRAD B-SCHOOL PROFILE

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

College of Business

College of Business Undergraduate Program

Address:

214 David Kinley Hall
1407 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL
US 61801

Program E-Mail

Program Web site

Getting In

Academics & Lifestyle

Careers & Alumni Affairs

Student Comments

THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

The school has information regarding the employment of 95.00% of 2005 graduates

Of 2005 graduates...

71.00% were seeking full-time professional employment in business

28.00% were not seeking employment

N/A% were already employed

24.00% were planning to continue their education immediately after graduation

3.00% were postponing their job search

N/A% were planning to start their own business

1.00% of those not working were doing so for other reasons

318 companies recruited business students on campus from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005

699 companies posted full-time job offers for undergraduate business students on the school's job boards from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005

Of 2005 job-seeking graduates...

N/A% received their first job offer by graduation

N/A% received their first job offer within three months of graduation

N/A% received their first job offer more than three months after graduation

N/A% did not report having received an offer

Top 10 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year

PricewaterhouseCoopers	17
Deloitte; KPMG	16
JP Morgan Chase	14
Ernst & Young	11
American Express Tax & Business Services; Hewitt Associates Inc.; LaSalle Bank	8
Caterpillar Incorporated	7
Accenture; Ford Motor Company; McGladrey & Pullen; Merrill Lynch; Motorola	6

Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported)
Of graduates providing usable salary information
Average base salary	$45,743
Median base salary	$47,000
Average signing bonus	$3,511
Median signing bonus	$2,500
Average other guaranteed compensation	$5,837
Median other guaranteed compensation	$4,000

CAREER DIRECTIONS

0% of 2005 graduates who accepted jobs did so in the following function areas

Finance (includes corporate finance, investments, treasury and financial analysis, public finance, etc.)	32.00%
Accounting/auditing	33.00%
General Management	3.00%
Human Resources	2.00%
Marketing/Sales (includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.)	9.00%
Management Information Systems	2.00%
Operations	1.00%
Logistics/Transportation	1.00%
Other	17.00%

Share of 2005 graduates who accepted jobs did so in the following industries

Government (includes federal, state, local, military)	1.00%
Manufacturing	15.00%
Non-Profit (includes trade associations, religious organizations, charities, etc.)	2.00%
Services	82.00%
Other	N/A%

99.00% of 2005 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)	3.00%
Mid-Atlantic (PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC)	2.00%
South (NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS)	1.00%
Southwest (CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM)	N/A%
Midwest (WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL)	91.00%
West (CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY)	2.00%
U.S. possessions and territories (America Samoa, Palau, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)	N/A%
Canada	N/A%

INTERNSHIPS

111 companies recruited internship-seeking undergraduate business students on campus from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005

181 companies posted internships for undergraduate business students on school job boards from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005

Top 10 Recruiting Firms for Internships

KPMG	41
Deloitte	32
Ernst & Young; PricewaterhouseCoopers	23
American Express Tax and Business Services	18
Johnson & Johnson; Merrill Lynch	11
JP Morgan Chase	9
Crowe Chizek	8
Motorola; Zurich North America	7

N/A% of internships were paid.

Average compensation per week	$715.00
Median compensation per week	$696.00
Average internship length (weeks)	10

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

9.00% of living undergraduate business alumni contributed to the program/university some time between June 30, 2004 and June 30, 2005

Of those who contributed...

The average gift was	$562.00
The median gift was	$100.00

From June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005, the undergraduate business program has not received any individual gift in excess of $10 million

Prominent Alumni

Karen A. May	Executive Vice President Kraft Foods International Inc.
Michael P. Krasny	Founder and Chairman Emeritus CDW Corporation
John D. Zeglis	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer AT&T Wireless Services Inc.