Undergraduate Employment Report
Class of 2012
Employment Breakdown
Salary Breakdown
93% of students seeking employment accepted
an offer within 6 months of graduation.
Salary Summary
Employment By Industry
Financial Services
32%
Accounting
13%
Advertising/Marketing
11%
Technology/Science
10%
Consumer Products/Retail
7%
Consulting Services
6%
Entertainment/Media
3%
Other
2%
Government/Education
2%
Sports/Leisure
1%
Transportation
1%
Non-Profit
1%
Manufacturing
1%
$49,807
Median Base*
$52,000
Mean Signing Bonus**
$5,920
Mean Other Comp.***
$10,562
Total Weighted Comp.
$54,614
* 65% of students with an offer provided salary data
** 29% who provided salary data provided signing bonus data
*** 30% who provided salary data provided other compensation data
4%
Real Estate
Mean Base*
National Association of Colleges & Employers average salary: $44,259
5%
Health Sector
Class of 2012
Salary By Function
Employment By Function
Finance/Accounting
46%
Marketing/Sales
27%
Function
Mean Base
Mean Signing
Consulting
$55,700
$5,550
Finance/Accounting
$54,873
$6,982
General Management
$46,095
$3,157
Human Resources
$38,956
N/A
N/A
6%
Management
Information Systems
$57,476
Management Information Systems
General Management
6%
Marketing/Sales
$39,939
$5,627
Operations/Production
$48,262
$4,500
Program
Mean Base
Mean Signing
Accounting
$53,700
$6,100
Entrepreneurship
$40,216
$4,000
Finance
$54,232
$6,589
General Management
$43,967
$5,880
International Management
$52,202
$15,167
Law
$47,208
$4,167
Marketing
$42,235
$3,561
Management Information
Systems
$52,406
$6,250
Operations
$51,424
$4,900
Organizational Behavior
$43,940
$3,150
Consulting
Operations/Production
Other
Human Resources
5%
4%
3%
2%
Domestic & International Employment
••••• ►
93% of Domestic Students received an offer
91% of International Students received an offer
45% of International Students received a US-based offer
Students who secured employment through BU
(The Feld Career Center, BU CareerLink, faculty,
alumni) earned on average 13% more than those
who secured employment independently.
Boston University School of Management
Feld Career Center
Salary By Concentration
Partial List of Hiring Companies
Class of 2012
Abercrombie & Fitch Co.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Olympia Group LLC
Accenture
Grant Thornton LLP
PA Consulting Group
Aegis Media Limited | iProspect
Greenhorn Connect LLC
PepsiCo Inc.
Aflac Incorporated
Hess Corporation
Pfizer, Inc.
American Express Company
Hill Holliday
Philips Healthcare
Arnold Worldwide
Hony Capital Co., Ltd.
Pioneer Investment Management, Inc.
athenahealth, Inc.
HSBC Bank USA, N.A.
Praxair, Inc.
Bank of America Corporation
Hubspot, Inc.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Bloomberg L.P.
Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation
Bloomingdale's
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Boston Scientific Corporation
John Hancock Financial Services
Ricoh Americas Corp. |
IKON Office Solutions
Capgemini
KPMG LLP
Cigna
Lambert & Associates
Citigroup Inc.
Liberty Mutual Group
Collective Brands, Inc.
Los Angeles Homeless Service
Authority
Credit Suisse Group
CVS Caremark Corporation
Deloitte LLP
Diageo
Digitas
Duff & Phelps Corp.
EMC Corporation
Ernst & Young
Fidelity Investments
Gap Inc.
Marriott International, Inc.
Merchandise Connection
International
Corporation
Merrill Lynch & Co.
Microsoft Corporation
Morgan Stanley
Mullen
New England Confectionery Company
Nikon Corporation
General Electric Company
The Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company
Genzyme, a Sanofi Company
Novartis Vaccines
Boston University School of Management
Feld Career Center
Rosthein Kass and Co.
Soverign Bank | Santander
State Street Corporation
Teach for America
The Hartford Financial Services
Group, Inc.
The Procter & Gamble Company
The TJX Companies Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
TripAdvisor.com
UBS
United HealthCare Services, Inc.
Verizon Wireless
Viacom Media Networks
Vistaprint
Wildfire, a division of Google
zipcar