Darden Employment Statistics & Reports

The tables below include employment statistics for the Darden Class of 2012.

You can also view the full Employment Report (PDF) for the Classes of 2012 & 2013. 

Compensation by Job Function

Job Function
Percentage
Average Base Salary
Consulting
29.3%
$125,575
Finance/Accounting
28.9%
$100,723
General Management
21.4%
$104,892
Marketing
15.4%
$102,742
Other
1.1%
N/A
No Information Reported

3.9%

N/A

Total
100%
$109,335

Compensation by Industry

Industry
Percentage
Average Base Salary
Consulting
29.6%
$125,183
Consumer Products
11.1%
$97,085
Financial Services
25.4%
$101,099
Manufacturing
8.9%
$106,729
Media/ Entertain/ Communication
1.1%
$81,667
Other Services
3.6%
$89,902
Pharma/ Biotech/ Healthcare
2.9%
$99,626
Real Estate/ Construction
1.1%
$108,333
Technology

12.5%

$108,081

No Information Reported    

3.9%

N/A

Total
100%
$109,335

Compensation by Geography - World

Region
Percentage
Average Base Salary
Africa
0.4%
N/A
Asia
6.4%
$107,805
Australia/Oceana
0.4%
N/A
Central America/Caribbean
0.4%
N/A
Europe - Free Trade Zone
0.7%
N/A
North America
86.1%
$111,400
South America
1.8%
$109,519
No Information Reported

3.9%

N/A

Total
100%
$109,335

Compensation by Geography - North America

Region
Percentage
Average Base Salary
Mid-Atlantic
19.3%
$109,374
Midwest
8.6%
$107,604
Northeast
28.6%
$108,319
South
10.4%
$110,863
Southwest
7.9%
$109,864
West
10.7%
$111,427
Canada

0.7%

N/A

North America Total
86.1%
$109,519

Accepted Job Offer Source

Full-Time Students - Source
% of Jobs
All School-Facilitated Activities (including internships)
85%
All Student-Facilitated Activities (including internships)
15%
Total
100%

Timing of Job Offers

  First Offer by Graduation Total Offers 3 Months After Graduation
Permanent Work Authorization 87% 94%
Non-Permanent Work Authorization 82% 93%
Total Graduates 86% 94%

The data above was reported to MBA CSC in late October 2012.

Darden Employment Reports

For additional information, view the following PDFs:

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