Contents | Survey Highlights
Statistics Charts
Employment and Compensation
Career Fields | Fields & Industries Breakdown
Compensation by Career Field		 Compensation Trends
Dot Coms | Job Offers | Company Size

Attitudes and Goals
Goals | Most Admired

Primary Objectives | Location
Career Decision | Career Choices

Comparison of Male and Female Responses
Employment & Compensation | Most Admired

Career Field Comparison

Employment
  2003   2000   1998   1996  
 
Have you accepted full-time employment which will begin after graduation? Yes: 60%   84%   86%   80%  
 
How many different offers have you received for permanent employment this year? Avg: 1.8 2.9   2.7   N/A  
                   
Did you receive any fulltime offers to start right away (i.e., quit your MBA prior to graduation)? ** Yes: 8%   12%   N/A   N/A  
                         
Have you received any offers that were subsequently retracted? Yes: 2% N/A   N/A   N/A  


Compensation      
  2003 2000 1998 1996
What total guaranteed compensation
are you assured in your first full year of employment?  		Avg* %
Rec'ing
Bonus		 Avg* %
Rec'ing
Bonus		 Avg* %
Rec'ing
Bonus		 Avg* %
Rec'ing
Bonus
  Base Salary (Yearly) in U.S. Dollars $87,808   $86,540   $77,224   $69,387  
  Signing Bonus in U.S. Dollars $17,278 83% $21,144 91% $17,923 80% $13,493 80%
  Guaranteed Annual Bonus $17,579 31% $25,010 49% $18,846 37% N/A N/A
  2nd Year Tuition Reimbursement $28,802 11% $26,208 14% $21,830 10% N/A N/A
  Stock Options (average number of shares) 3,297 17% 10,622 25% 1,477 8% N/A N/A
  Total First Year Compensation $110,893   $121,593   $100,854   $80,181  
                   
What was the total yearly compensation you earned before returning to business school? $70,896 $57,758   $47,571   $46,412  
                   
Is the position accepted the one with the highest  compensation package (salary, bonus, etc.)? Yes: 70%   59%   51%   N/A  


Where do you expect/hope to be working five years from now?
    2003   2000   1998   1996  
  The company you are joining on graduation 27%   23%   N/A   N/A  
  The same industry as you are joining on graduation 31%   24%   N/A   N/A  
  Your own company 22%   19%   N/A   N/A  
  A dot-com company (if not joining one now) 0%   7%   N/A   N/A  
  Don't know 16%   23%   N/A   N/A  
  Other   5%   5%   N/A   N/A  
                     

* Averages are taken over those responses that reported some non-zero level of that compensation type
** MBA candidates who quit their MBA program did not receive this survey
N/A - questions not asked in 1996 / 1998