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 THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

The school has information regarding the employment of 87.00% of 2005 graduates

Of 2005 graduates...

70.00% were seeking full-time professional employment in business

25.00% were not seeking employment

1.00% were already employed

18.00% were planning to continue their education immediately after graduation

5.00% were postponing their job search

2.00% were planning to start their own business

4.00% of those not working were doing so for other reasons

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

1,058 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...

83.00% received their first job offer by graduation

17.00% received their first job offer within three months of graduation

0% received their first job offer more than three months after graduation

0% did not report having received an offer


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

KPMG 15
Ernst & Young 10
UBS, Country Wide Financial, Ryan & Co. 4
Accenture, Amegy Bank, American Airlines, Cogent Partners, Deloitte, FedEx Kinkos 3
Mercer Mgt. Consulting, Zale Corp, PWC, Neiman Marcus, Standard & Poor, Prudential, Goldman Sachs 2
Booz Allen Hamilton, Morgan Stanley, The Richards Group, American Express Financial, JPMorganChase 1
Bear Sterns, Bain + Comp., Frito Lay, Bank of America, Tramell Crow 1
Perot Systems, CB Richard Ellis, Archon Group 1
More than 150 additional recruiters hiring 1

Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported)
Of graduates providing usable salary information
Average base salary $43,924
Median base salary $45,000
Average signing bonus $4,267
Median signing bonus $3,000
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.)		 38.00%
Accounting/auditing 20.00%
General Management 5.00%
Human Resources 1.00%
Marketing/Sales
(includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.)		 16.00%
Management Information Systems 1.00%
Operations 3.00%
Logistics/Transportation 1.00%
Other 15.00%

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

Government
(includes federal, state, local, military)		 2.00%
Manufacturing 1.00%
Non-Profit
(includes trade associations, religious organizations, charities, etc.)		 1.00%
Services 60.00%
Other 36.00%

98.50% 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)		 2.46%
Mid-Atlantic
(PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC)		 1.47%
South
(NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS)		 6.37%
Southwest
(CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM)		 84.31%
Midwest
(WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL)		 1.47%
West
(CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY)		 3.92%
U.S. possessions and territories
(America Samoa, Palau, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)		 0%
Canada 0%

 INTERNSHIPS

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

849 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 21
Ernst & Young 9
Deloitte 5
PWC 2
McKinsey & Company, Inc. 1
JPMorganChase 7
Bain + Company 2
Lehman Brothers 1
Merrill Lynch 2
Southwest Airlines 7

94.00% of internships were paid.

Average compensation per week $242.00
Median compensation per week $N/A
Average internship length (weeks) 8

 ALUMNI AFFAIRS

15.00% 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 $2,291.00
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

Ruth Ann Marshall President of the Americas
MasterCard International
Martin L. Flanagan President and CEO
Amvescap
William J. O'Neil Chairman and CEO
Investor's Business Daily

 
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