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 and Compensation: Comparison of Male vs Female Responses

  All Respondents Female   Male  
                 
Have you accepted full-time employment which will begin after graduation? Yes: 60% 60%   60%  
               
How many different offers have you received for permanent employment this year? Average: 1.8 1.8   1.8  
               
Did you receive any fulltime offers to start right away (i.e., quit your MBA prior to graduation)? ** Yes: 8% 4%   9%  
                 
Have you received any offers that were subsequently retracted? Yes: 2% 2%   3%  
               
What total guaranteed compensation are you assured in your first full year of employment?    Average* %
Receiving
Bonuses
Average* %
Receiving
Bonuses
Average* %
Receiving
Bonuses
                 
  Base Salary (Yearly) in U.S. Dollars   $87,808 $85,067   $88,937  
  Signing Bonus in U.S. Dollars   $17,278 83% $16,148 82% $17,719 84%
  Guaranteed Annual Bonus   $17,579 31% $17,633 24% $17,564 34%
  2nd Year Tuition Reimbursement   $28,802 11% $22,881 10% $30,687 12%
  Stock Options
(average number of shares)
  3,297 17% 5,603 18% 2,264 16%
  Total First Year Compensation   $110,893   $104,627   $113,475  
               
What was the total yearly compensation you earned before returning to business school?   $70,896   $66,319   $72,847  
Is the position accepted the one with the highest compensation package (salary, bonus, etc.)? Yes: 70% 69%   71%  
               
Where do you expect/hope to be working five years from now?
               
  The company you are joining on graduation 27%   27%   27%  
  The same industry as you are joining on graduation 31%   35%   29%  
  Your own company   22%   16%   24%  
  An internet/dot-com company
(if not joining one now)
0%   0%   0%  
  Don't know   16%   16%   16%  
  Other   5%   5%   4%  
                 
     
* 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