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Employment Reports

View Darden's Employment Report for the Classes of 2012 & 2013.

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The tables below include employment statistics for the Class of 2012, as reported to MBA Career Services Council in October 2012. 

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%

 

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