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MBA Graduate Employment Overview

Graduates Seeking Employment

U.S. Citizens / Permanent Residents Foreign Nationals Total Graduating Class
Seeking Employment 61.5% 305 22.4% 111 83.9% 416
Returning to Internship Employer 20.8% 103 5.8% 29 26.6% 132
Seeking New Employment 40.7% 202 16.5% 82 57.3% 284
Not Seeking Employment 4.8% 24 3.4% 17 8.2% 41
Continuing Education 0.6% 3 - - 0.6% 3
Not currently seeking employment 1.0% 5 1.4% 7 2.4% 12
Sponsored Student/Already Employed 2.4% 12 1.6% 8 4.0% 20
Starting/Buying Company 0.8% 4 0.4% 2 1.2% 6
No Information Available - - 7.9% 39 7.9% 39
Total Graduates 66.3% 329 33.7% 167 100.0% 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 Confirmation of Offer Not Available
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 84.9% 87.2% 12.8%
Foreign Nationals 79.3% 82% 18%
Total 83.4% 85.8% 14.2%

Timing of Job Acceptances

  Accepted Offer by Graduation Accepted Offer Within 3 Months of Graduation Confirmation of Acceptance Not Available
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 75.7% 82.3% 17.7%
Foreign Nationals 72.1% 77.5% 22.5%
Total 74.8% 81% 19%

Base Salary by Citizenship

Percent of Reported Median Base Salary ($) Mean Base Salary ($) Base Salary Range ($)
U.S. Citizens/Permanent Residents 74.5% 103,000 106,534 55,000 - 135,000
Foreign Nationals 25.5% 109,996 106,409 45,600 - 136,000
Total 100.0% 103,000 106,502 45,600 - 136,000

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 75.4% 20,000 24,391 2,500 - 60,000
Foreign Nationals 24.6% 20,000 23,555 7,000 - 57,500
Total 100.0% 20,000 24,186 2,500 - 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 71.5% 18,000 24,689 1,031 - 130,000
Foreign Nationals 28.5% 20,000 31,306 1,000 - 136,000
Total 100.0% 20,000 26,574 1,000 - 136,000
*Other Guaranteed Compensation includes year-end performance bonus, tuition reimbursement and guaranteed overtime