Best Job Placement For Biz Undergrads

Best Job Placement For Biz Undergrads by: John A. Byrne on July 02, 2014 | 6 Comments Comments 34,871 Views July 2, 2014The reason many students major in business is simple: They pretty much think that by the time they graduate a fairly decent job will be waiting. Thats generally true, especially compared to many other majors. But some business schools are obviously better at landing jobs for their students than others.Last year, for example, at least three business schools reported 100% rates of job offers three months after graduation: the University of Texas at Austin, Syracuse University, and Tulane University. The majority of the top-ranked schools, not surprisingly, score well in this category, with Washington University and Emory University reporting job offer rates of 97% three months after commencement.But there also are some surprises in the other direction. At Providence College, seven out of every ten graduates last year failed to have a single job offer three months after getting their business diplomas. At Boston Universitys business school, nearly half the class failed to have an offer, while at Baylor University, more than four in ten grads lacked an offer three months after graduation.What do these weak stats tell you about these highly ranked business programs? The schools are either under investing in critical support functions, such as career management, or have lackluster alumni networks for graduates to leverage into employment opportunities. Either way, its a cause for concern because the 2013 job market was one of the best in recent memory for business undergrads.Our analysis of placement data at these schools also shows that the big time recruiters of undergraduate talent tend to be the big accounting firmsPriceWaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte, Ernst Young and KPMGthe big banksJP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroupand an assortment of big companies that need incoming talentAmazon.com, General Electric, IBM, Gener al Motors, and Microsoft. These firms often show up on the lists of the top employers at the best undergraduate business programs. TOP SCHOOLS WITH THE BEST PLACEMENT STATS FOR THE CLASS OF 2013School2013 Job OffersTop EmployersTop IndustriesUniversity of Texas-Austin (McCombs)100%Deloitte, PWC, EY, AccentureFinance, Consulting, EnergySyracuse University (Whitman)100%Macys, JP Morgan, EY, Ross StoresFinance, Manufacturing, Media/EntertainmentTulane University (Freeman)100%PWC, Grant Thornton, EY, Postlewaite NettervilleFinance, Media/Entertainment, Consulting, Non-ProfitWashington University (Olin)97%Deloitte, Epic Systems, Bloomingdales, Anheuser-BuschFinance, Consulting, Media/EntertainmentEmory University (Goizueta)97%Deloitte, PWC, JP Morgan, EYFinance, Consulting, Media/EntertainmentUniversity of Notre Dame (Mendoza)97%Deloitte, EY, PwC, TargetFinance, Accounting, Consulting, Consumer Products/RetailNew York University (Stern)96%PWC, Goldman Sachs, IBM, JP MorganFinance, Consu lting, Media/EntertainmentUniversity of Pennsylvania (Wharton)94%Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, BCG, JP MorganFinance, Consulting, Real EstateIndiana University (Kelley)94%EY, PWC, Macys, DeloitteFinance, Consulting, ManufacturingMichigan State (Broad)94%Deloitte, Kohls, Amazon.com, ChryslerFinance, Manufacturing, ConsultingUniversity of Denver94%JP Morgan, Enterprise, First Bank, Four SeasonsFinance, Real Estate, ConsultingUniversity of Michigan (Ross)92%JP Morgan, EY, Microsoft, Goldman SachsConsulting, Finance, ManufacturingGeorgia Institute of Technology92%Deloitte, IBM, Accenture, SunTrustConsulting, Finance, ManufacturingWake Forest University91%EY, PWC, Deloitte, KPMGFinance, Consulting, Media/EntertainmentNortheastern University (DAmore-McKim)91%PWC, General Electric, Deloitte, Goldman SachsFinance, Consulting, Manufacturing, Media/EntertainmentMiami University-Ohio91%EY, PWC, Deloitte, JP MorganFinance, Consulting, ManufacturingTexas Christian (Neeley)91%Textron, Lockheed M artin, Deloitte, General MotorsFinance, Media/Entertainment, ConsultingBabson College90%PWC, BankofAmerica, EMC, StaplesFinance, Media/Entertainment, ManufacturingUniversity of San Diego90%EY, PWC, KPMGFinance, Real EstateUniversity of Miami90%Citigroup, JP Morgan, University of Miami, NielsenFinance, Real Estate, ManufacturingSource: Business schools reporting to Bloomberg BusinessWeek(See the following page for the ranked schools with the worst placement stats) Page 1 of 212Â »