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Employment Statistics

This page provides employment statistics for students in the Smeal MBA Program.

The Smeal MBA Program compiles with the placement reporting standards of the MBA Career Services Council.

For detailed information please download our 2012 Employment Report.

Class of 2012 Permanent Employment - data as of 9/06/2012
Compensation Mean Median
Base Salary $84,345 $85,000
Signing Bonus $10,915 $10,000



Employment as of 3 months after graduation

% of Class holding one or more offers
86%
% of Class accepted a position
80%
Employment by Function
Operations/Logistics
45%
Finance/Accounting
21%
Marketing/Sales
15%
Consulting
8%
General Management
3%
Information Technology 3%
Employment by Industry
Technology
27%
Other
15%
Manufacturing
13%
Petroleum/Energy
11%
Consulting
10%
Pharma/Biotech/Healthcare 8%
Consumer Products
6%
Financial Services 6%
Employment by U.S. Geographic Region
Mid-Atlantic 32%
Southwest
21%
Midwest 16%
Northeast
15%
West
10%
South
6%
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