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| Getting In | Academics & Lifestyle | Careers & Alumni Affairs | Student Comments |
| Ernst & Young; KPMG | 40 |
| Pricewaterhouse Coopers | 9 |
| Deloitte & Touche | 7 |
| Merrill Lynch | 6 |
| Deutshe Bank; IBM | 8 |
| Huron Consulting; Ingersoll-Rand; Vanguard Group | 9 |
| Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported) | |
| Of graduates providing usable salary information | |
| Average base salary | $48,036 |
| Median base salary | $50,000 |
| Average signing bonus | $4,421 |
| Median signing bonus | $2,500 |
| Average other guaranteed compensation | $N/A |
| Median other guaranteed compensation | $N/A |
| Finance (includes corporate finance, investments, treasury and financial analysis, public finance, etc.) | 26.00% |
| Accounting/auditing | 34.00% |
| General Management | 7.00% |
| Human Resources | 1.00% |
| Marketing/Sales (includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.) | 16.00% |
| Management Information Systems | 5.00% |
| Operations | 1.00% |
| Logistics/Transportation | 2.00% |
| Other | 9.00% |
| Government (includes federal, state, local, military) | 0% |
| Manufacturing | 9.00% |
| Non-Profit (includes trade associations, religious organizations, charities, etc.) | 1.00% |
| Services | 90.00% |
| Other | 0% |
| Northeast (ME, VT, NY, NH, CT, MA, NJ, RI) | 68.00% |
| Mid-Atlantic (PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC) | 24.00% |
| South (NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS) | 3.00% |
| Southwest (CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM) | 1.00% |
| Midwest (WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL) | 2.00% |
| 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) | 0% |
| Canada | N/A% |
| KPMG | 32 |
| Ernst & Young | 20 |
| Pricewaterhouse Coopers | 8 |
| Bear Stearns | 5 |
| Merrill- Lynch | 4 |
| Goldman Sachs, IBM; Morgan Stanley, Smith Barney, JP Morgan Chase | 15 |
| Average compensation per week | $420.00 |
| Median compensation per week | $387.00 |
| Average internship length (weeks) | 12 |
| The average gift was | $100.00 |
| The median gift was | $5,159.00 |
| Roger S. Penske | Chairman & CEO Penske Corporation |
| Joe Perella | Chairman, Institutional Securities Group Morgan Stanley |
| Wendell P. Weeks | President & CEO Corning Incorportated |
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