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International MBA

2012 MBA Employment Statistics

Graduates Seeking Employment

Graduates seeking full-time professional employment: 69%

Graduates not seeking employment: 15%

Unknown: 15%

Annual MBA Career Conferences

  • Net Impact Conference, Baltimore, MD
  • National Black MBA Association Conference, Indianapolis, IN
  • MBA Women International Conference, Phoenix, AZ
  • National Society of Hispanic MBAs Conference, Orlando, FL
  • National Association of Asian MBAs, Santa Clara, CA

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 55%

Graduate-facilitated activities: 35%

No information provided by graduate: 10%

Recruitment

Received first job offer within three months of graduation: 71%

Top 15 recruiting firms:

AT&T

Gallup

Farmer's Insurance

Bank of America

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Warner Bros.

The Walt Disney Company

Seahorn Capital

Sony

Wells Fargo

World Vision

ESPN

KPMG Transaction Services

Nestle

Baxter

Salary

Percentage of students providing usable base salary information: 86%

Percentage of job-accepting graduates receiving a signing bonus: 24%

Mean base salary: $72,815

Median base salary: $72,000

Mean signing bonus: $10,867

Median signing bonus: $8,250

Mean other guaranteed compensation: $12,910

Median other guaranteed compensation: $11,725

Functional Areas

Graduating students accepting jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 7%

Finance/Accounting: 39%

General Management: 8%

Human Resources: 4%

Marketing/Sales: 21%

Operations/Logistics: 7%

Industries

Graduating students accepting jobs in the following industries:

Consulting: 8%

Consumer Products: 15%

Financial Services: 21%

Manufacturing: 3%

Media/Entertainment: 8%

Non-Profit: 3%

Petroleum/Energy: 1%

Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Healthcare Products: 3%

Real Estate: 6%

Technology: 10%

Other: 21%

Offers by Region

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

Asia: 1%

North America: 87%

Western Europe: 6%

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

Northeast: 2%

Mid-Atlantic: 2%

South: 3%

Southwest: 5%

Midwest: 3%

West: 85%

Internships

Paid internships: 55%

Average internship length: 8 weeks

Intern compensation (mean): $793 per week

Intern compensation (median): $673 per week

Top 15 recruiting firms:

Princess Cruises

Warner Music Group

Bank of America

Diamond Capital Partners

World Vision

Export Trade Assistance Partnership Program

Sony Pictures Entertainment

NBC Universal

The Gores Group

Merrill Lynch

Yahoo!

The Walt Disney Company

AT&T

UBS

Derivitas, Inc.

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