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MBA Recruiting Results (as of August 24, 2001)

Average starting salary $85,674

Average salary including additional guaranteed first-year compensation
(bonus, stock options, etc.) $103,263

Percent reporting signing bonus 92%

Average signing bonus $14,350

Percent of class employed 90%

Graduates accepting positions with consulting firms had the highest starting salaries—averaging $105,388—followed by those accepting positions with financial investment firms, who averaged $90,600. The salary average rose a little over $4,000 this year, compared to nearly $8,000 last year, due primarily to a slowing economy in the later half of the recruiting cycle. However, companies responded more favorably with increases in signing bonuses and other guaranteed compensation, raising the average guaranteed first-year compensation to $103,263, an increase of nearly $6,000 from last year.

Recent MBA Program Rankings

U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Graduate Schools” (2001)
    Overall ranking (top 7%) 23rd

    Specialty rankings:
    Production and operations management 11th
    Quantitative analysis 19th
    Accounting 21st
    Finance 23rd
    General management 25th
    Marketing 25th


The Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive (2001)
    Overall ranking 14th

    Other rankings:
    3rd in terms of long-term return on the recruitment investment
    6th of the top ten public schools
    7th in terms of overall value for the money invested in the recruiting effort
    9th of the top small schools, with enrollment of less than 500


Forbes’ “The Bottom Line on B-Schools” (2000)
    Overall ranking 12th (based on 5-year MBA gain)

    Ranked #1 for length of time to recover cost of earning degree

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New recruiting companies

Five years ago, National City Bank stepped up its efforts to recruit MBAs from top tier programs across the country. Terri Cable (MBA ’89), executive vice president, has recruited a number of Fisher graduates. The success of Fisher MBAs in the bank’s executive development program— like Bill Welsh (MBA ’01) and Allyson Needler (MBA ’00), above—has prompted National City to increase the number of hires for the program each year.