FALL 2008 ENROLLMENT PROFILE
Demographic International Women Average Age Average Years Work Experience Total Students Program MBA MA & MS 44% 33% 29 5 589 30% 53% 24 1 90
THUNDERBIRD EMPLOYERS
Selected list of companies who hired Thunderbird students into full-time and internship positions from July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008 Names in yellow indicate top Thunderbird employers
FULL-TIME MBA PROFILE STUDENT ORIGIN
North America Asia Europe Latin America Middle East Africa 57% 33% 4% 4% 1% 1%
WORK EXPERIENCE
5+ Years 4 Years 3 Years 2 Years Less than 2 Years 41% 20% 18% 20% 1%
UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR
Business Humanities & Social Science Engineering & Science Economics Languages 38% 27% 21% 8% 6%
Accenture Acumen Fund Alticor American Airlines American Express APS Banco de Credito Bensussen Deutsch & Associates BMW Bristol-Myers Squibb Center for Global Entrepreneurship Cisco Systems Citibank Clinique/Estée Lauder Clipper Windpower Clorox Coca-Cola Company Computer Sciences Corporation Conti-Investments Cox Communications Daimler Trucks North America Datamark Daymon Worldwide Del Monte Foods Dell Delta Airlines Deutsche Bank Deutsche Post World Net DHL Driscoll’s DTCC Duke Realty Eaton EchoStar Eli Lilly ExxonMobil First Financial Equity Corp Freeport McMoRan Gallup GE General Motors Goldman Sachs Google Hamilton Beach
Harrah’s HCL Henkel Hilti Hitachi Consulting Honeywell IBM IMS Health Intel Inter-American Development Bank International Game Technology Johnson & Johnson Kaiser Associates Kimberly-Clark LaSalle Investment LG Electronics Lufthansa Mastercard MBA Enterprise Corps McKinsey & Co Merck Mustang Engineering Nestlé Northern Trust Oracle Pfizer Pinnacle West Procter & Gamble Raytheon Ronin Capital Management Samsung Schindler Elevator Corporation SVB Capital Target Toys “R” Us Tyco United Nations US Airways US Department of Labor USAID Western Union Wood Mackenzie Zoltek Companies Zurich Financial Services
2008 GRADUATE EMPLOYMENT REPORT
C A R E E R M A N AG E M E N T C E N T E R
1 Global Place, Suite 112 | Glendale AZ 85306-6000 USA Tel 602.978.7245 | Fax 602.978.7957 employer.relations@thunderbird.edu Compiled by the Thunderbird Career Management Center
Based on full-time MBA program enrollment, Sep. 2008
FULL-TIME MBA EMPLOYMENT
Graduate Population US Citizens/Permanent Residents International Students Total Students Reporting Salary Mean 83,916 85,210 84,295 Salary Median 85,000 90,000 85,000 Mean Signing Bonus 13,242 18,120 14,258 Mean Other Compensation 14,360 17,227 15,148
2007/2008 HIGHLIGHTS
Thunderbird graduates went to work in more than 120 organizations in 23 countries. Marketing and Sales careers continue to be a top choice, with 34% accepting work in that function — an increase of 6 percentage points over the prior year. The largest industry increase occurred in the Government and Non-Profit sectors. Average reported base salary rose 4% over 2006/ 2007, and 9% over 2005/2006. The school facilitated 63% of job offers to students.
COMPENSATION BY INDUSTRY
Industry Consulting Services Consumer Products Energy Financial Services Government / Non-Profit Manufacturing Media / Entertainment Pharma / Healthcare Technology Other Services Percent of Graduates 10 11 8 16 8 12 3 9 10 13 Salary Mean 86,083 82,066 90,888 83,481 71,983 75,076 78,750 91,333 92,587 82,500 Salary Median 90,500 85,000 93,000 86,080 76,898 80,000 85,000 95,000 88,750 85,000 Mean Signing Bonus 10,060 17,154 13,500 22,188 * 8,000 7,875 21,714 9,938 13,227 Mean Other Compensation 7,750 9,333 16,057 29,042 16,828 10,200 * 11,581 20,061 10,717
INTERNSHIPS
Industry Consulting Services Consumer Products Energy Financial Services Government / Non-Profit Manufacturing Media / Entertainment Pharma / Healthcare Technology Other Services Overall % of Students 8 8 1 24 6 7 6 10 17 13 100 Monthly Salary Mean / Median 2,471 4,107 5,557 4,863 * 3,968 4,688 5,905 5,165 2,701 5,533 2,400 4,500 6,000 5,769 * 4,272 4,650 6,645 5,000 3,000 5,000
COMPENSATION BY FUNCTION
Function Consulting Finance / Accounting General Management Human Resources Marketing / Sales Operations / Production Other Percent of Graduates 14 21 14 3 34 10 4 Salary Mean 92,014 85,444 80,150 97,000 82,313 80,363 82,000 Salary Median 100,000 85,000 84,398 98,500 85,000 85,000 78,500 Mean Signing Bonus 7,060 12,237 13,214 12,500 16,017 15,889 17,500 Mean Other Compensation 11,000 20,251 14,741 13,663 15,165 9,917 11,400
COMPENSATION BY REGION
Region International US Mid-Atlantic Midwest Northeast South Southwest West Percent of Graduates 25 4 9 16 9 17 20 Salary Mean 77,208 70,776 80,332 91,261 77,454 83,805 90,770 Salary Median 80,500 67,500 87,500 91,000 80,000 84,500 90,000 Mean Signing Bonus 15,980 * 16,786 16,389 9,357 16,800 10,379 Mean Other Compensation 22,556 * 14,250 18,332 11,429 8,082 10,941 For more information about employing Thunderbird graduates, visit www.thunderbird.edu/employers This report conforms to MBA Career Services Council Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics
All salaries denominated in US dollars; * indicates insufficient data points for publication.
On Cover: Thunderbird students Miguel Jardine ‘09, Panama; Kristen Kollmann ‘09, USA; Catherine Tsai ‘09, Taiwan