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Full-time MBA

2010 MBA Employment Statistics

Graduates Seeking Employment

Graduates seeking full-time professional employment: 58%

Graduates not seeking employment: 27%

Unknown: 15%

Annual MBA Career Conferences

  • National Black MBA Association Conference, Anaheim, CA
  • National Society of Hispanic MBAs, New Orleans, LA
  • National Association of Women MBAs Conference, Minneapolis, MN
  • Net Impact Conference, Ithaca, NY

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 37%

Graduate-facilitated activities: 50%

No information provided by graduate: 13%

Recruitment

Received first job offer within three months of graduation: 63%

Top 15 recruiting firms:

AT&T

PIMCO

UBS

Bank of America

Deloitte & Touche

Warner Bros.

The Walt Disney Company

Dreamworks Animation

Cooking.com

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

JP Morgan

Applied Materials

The Coca-Cola Company

Symantec

Fox Cable News

Salary

Percentage of students providing usable base salary information: 75%

Percentage of job-accepting graduates receiving a signing bonus: 23%

Mean base salary: $68,704

Median base salary: $62,400

Mean signing bonus: $9,867

Median signing bonus: $5,000

Mean other guaranteed compensation: $11,483

Median other guaranteed compensation: $8,750

Functional Areas

Graduating students accepting jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 3%

Finance/Accounting: 18%

General Management: 20%

Human Resources: 7%

Marketing/Sales: 44%

Operations/Logistics: 8%

Industries

Graduating students accepting jobs in the following industries:

Government: 5%

Consulting: 8%

Consumer Products: 2%

Financial Services: 18%

Manufacturing: 5%

Media/Entertainment: 11%

Non-Profit: 2%

Petroleum/Energy: 0%

Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Healthcare Products: 2%

Real Estate: 3%

Technology: 22%

Other: 22%

Offers by Region

Graduates accepting full-time jobs by region (international):

Asia: 5%

North America: 88%

Eastern Europe & Central Asia: 5%

Western Europe: 2%

Graduates accepting full-time jobs by region (North America):

Northeast: 6%

Mid-Atlantic: 2%

South: 6%

Midwest: 2%

West: 84%

Internships

Paid internships: 39%

Average internship length: 8 weeks

Intern compensation (mean): $661 per week

Intern compensation (median): $522 per week

Top 15 recruiting firms:

UBS Private Wealth

AT&T

Bank of America

Coca-Cola

Warner Bros.

Patagonia

Sony Pictures Entertainment

NBC Universal

McKesson Corporation

Cooking.com

Citibank

PIMCO

TCW

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf

20th Century Fox