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MBA Graduate Employment Overview

This report conforms to the MBA Career Services Council Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics.

Graduates Seeking Employment

U.S. Citizens / Permanent Residents Foreign Nationals Total Graduating Class
Seeking Employment 67.0% 337 22.9% 115 89.9% 452
Returning to Internship Employer 26.2% 132 8.2% 41 34.4% 173
Seeking New Employment 40.8% 205 14.7% 74 55.5% 279
Not Seeking Employment 7.0% 35 2.1% 11 9.1% 46
Continuing Education 0.6% 3 - - 0.6% 3
Not currently seeking employment 0.8% 4 0.2% 1 1.0% 5
Sponsored Student/Already Employed 3.4% 17 1.6% 8 5.0% 25
Starting/Buying Company 2.2% 11 0.3% 2 2.5% 13
No Information Available 0.8 4 0.2% 1 1.0% 5
Total Graduates 74.8% 376 25.2% 127 100.0% 496
*Included in the Total Graduates are students who also earned dual degrees with other University of Michigan programs.

Timing of Job Offers

  Received First Offer by Graduation Received First Offer Within 3 Months of Graduation
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 81.9% 87.2%
Foreign Nationals 72.2% 80%
Total 79.4% 85.4%

Timing of Job Acceptances

  Accepted Offer by Graduation Accepted Offer Within 3 Months of Graduation
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 76.6% 83.4%
Foreign Nationals 67.8% 75.7%
Total 74.3% 81.4%

Base Salary by Citizenship

Percent of Reported Median Base Salary ($) Mean Base Salary ($) Base Salary Range ($)
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 76.6% 110,000 111.695 30,000 - 145,000
Foreign Nationals 23.4% 111,000 109,955 30,000 - 150,000
Total 100.0% 110,000 111,047 30,000 - 150,000

Signing Bonus by Citizenship
(Eighty-eight percent of accepted offers included signing bonus information.)

Percent of Reported Median Bonus ($) Mean Bonus ($) Bonus Range ($)
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 76.9% 25,000 26,538 5,000 - 60,000
Foreign Nationals 23.1% 23,800 24,982 2,000 - 57,500
Total 100.0% 25,000 26,111 2,000 - 60,000

Other Guaranteed Compensation* by Citizenship
(Fifty-one percent of accepted offers included Other Guaranteed Compensation information.)

Percent of Reported Median Bonus ($) Mean Bonus ($) Bonus Range ($)
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 74.1% 15,000 21,970 1,000 - 80,000
Foreign Nationals 25.9% 18,750 23,838 3,000 - 75,000
Total 100.0% 15,000 22,453 1,000 - 80,000
*Other Guaranteed Compensation includes year-end performance bonus, tuition reimbursement and guaranteed overtime