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2006 UNDERGRAD B-SCHOOL PROFILE

University of Minnesota

Carlson School of Management

Undergraduate Program

Address:

321 19th Avenue South
Suite 1-105
Minneapolis, MN
US 55455

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 57.00% of 2005 graduates

Of 2005 graduates...

93.00% were seeking full-time professional employment in business

7.00% were not seeking employment

N/A% were already employed

3.00% were planning to continue their education immediately after graduation

2.00% were postponing their job search

2.00% were planning to start their own business

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

N/A companies recruited business students on campus from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005

N/A 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...

60.00% 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

Target Corp.	33
Deloitte	21
General Mills	19
KPMG	11
Ernst & Young	7
PricewaterhouseCoopers; Grant Thornton	6
Best Buy; Ford	5
Wells Fargo; Larson Allen Weishair	4
Carlson Companies; Polaris; Aldi	3
Cargill; Ameriprise; Morgan Stanley; Houlihan Lokey; Ingersoll-Rand; Protiviti; Virchow Krause	2

Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported)
Of graduates providing usable salary information
Average base salary	$43,659
Median base salary	$N/A
Average signing bonus	$N/A
Median signing bonus	$N/A
Average other guaranteed compensation	$N/A
Median other guaranteed compensation	$N/A

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.)	35.00%
Accounting/auditing	21.00%
General Management	1.00%
Human Resources	3.00%
Marketing/Sales (includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.)	31.00%
Management Information Systems	3.00%
Operations	1.00%
Logistics/Transportation	N/A%
Other	4.00%

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

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

100.00% 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)	5.00%
Mid-Atlantic (PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC)	N/A%
South (NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS)	N/A%
Southwest (CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM)	N/A%
Midwest (WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL)	92.00%
West (CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY)	3.00%
U.S. possessions and territories (America Samoa, Palau, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)	N/A%
Canada	N/A%

INTERNSHIPS

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

N/A 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

Target Corp.	20
Carlson Companies	14
General Mills; Wells Fargo	13
Deloitte; Best Buy	12
Cargill; Ameriprise; Ernst & Young; Honeywell	9
Toro	8
Larson Allen Weshair; KPMG	7
General Electric; Supervalu	6
3M; Accenture; St. Paul Travelers	5
Ecolab; Grant Thornton; Merrill Lynch	4

N/A% of internships were paid.

Average compensation per week	$602.00
Median compensation per week	$N/A
Average internship length (weeks)	10

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

8.10% 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	$1,361.00
The median gift was	$75.00

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

Winston R. Wallin, BBA 1948	Chariman & CEO Medtronic
Bruce K. Anderson, BSB 1962	1. Co-Founder and Senior Manager 2. Chariman & CEO 1. Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe 2. Amdocs
John Hammergren, BSB 1981	Chairman & CEO McKesson