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Miami UniversityRichard T. Farmer School of BusinessRichard T. Farmer School of Business
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| Ernst & Young LLP | 50 |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 32 |
| Procter & Gamble | 30 |
| American Express Financial | 28 |
| Coldstream Financial Services Inc. | 25 |
| Cintas Corporation; Deloitte & Touche USA LLP | 24 |
| Ferguson Enterprises, a Wolseley Co. | 23 |
| KPMG LLP | 19 |
| Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center | 16 |
| C.H. Robinson | 15 |
| Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported) | |
| Of graduates providing usable salary information | |
| Average base salary | $39,323 |
| Median base salary | $40,000 |
| Average signing bonus | $5,187 |
| Median signing bonus | $4,500 |
| Average other guaranteed compensation | $N/A |
| Median other guaranteed compensation | $N/A |
| Finance (includes corporate finance, investments, treasury and financial analysis, public finance, etc.) | 21.90% |
| Accounting/auditing | 18.70% |
| General Management | 10.30% |
| Human Resources | 2.60% |
| Marketing/Sales (includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.) | 23.90% |
| Management Information Systems | 7.10% |
| Operations | 3.20% |
| Logistics/Transportation | 5.80% |
| Other | 6.40% |
| Government (includes federal, state, local, military) | 2.00% |
| Manufacturing | 10.80% |
| Non-Profit (includes trade associations, religious organizations, charities, etc.) | 2.70% |
| Services | 79.70% |
| Other | 4.70% |
| Northeast (ME, VT, NY, NH, CT, MA, NJ, RI) | 4.00% |
| Mid-Atlantic (PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC) | 3.30% |
| South (NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS) | 7.30% |
| Southwest (CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM) | 1.30% |
| Midwest (WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL) | 80.80% |
| 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 | 0% |
| Morgan Stanley | 15 |
| National City Bank; Ernst & Young | 13 |
| Merrill Lynch | 10 |
| Enterprise Rent A Car | 9 |
| Miami University Athletic Department; Primerica Financial Services | 8 |
| Arthur J. Gallagher; SIRVA Relocation | 7 |
| General Electric; Navigant Consulting; PepsiCo Intl; Progressive Insurance; Univ Directories | 6 |
| Covergys; Deloitte & Touche; Northwestern Mutual Financial; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Smith Barney | 5 |
| Accenture; Ohio Auditor; Cincinnati Financial; Cintas; Crowe Chizek; Kraft; Ohio Dept Commerce; UBS | 4 |
| Lexis Nexis; Am Ex; American Greetings; C.H. Robinson; Cincinnati Reds; DaimlerChrysler; Many more | 3 |
| Average compensation per week | $N/A |
| Median compensation per week | $N/A |
| Average internship length (weeks) | 12 |
| The average gift was | $1,387.00 |
| The median gift was | $100.00 |
| Richard T. Farmer | Chairman Cintas Corporation |
| Mitch Rales | Founder, Director and Chairman of the Executive Committee Danaher, Corporation |
| John G. Smale | Chairman and CEO (retired) The Procter and Gamble Company |
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