Berkeley MBA Class of 2007 Salaries, Job Offers Up

Graduates of the Full-time Berkeley MBA class of 2007 have received more job offers and are earning higher base salaries than last year, based on preliminary statistics available from the Haas School's Career Center.

 

By graduation 87% of the class received or accepted employment offers, compared to 86% of last year's class at graduation. The median base salary for new Berkeley MBA graduates this year was slightly under $103,000, compared to $100,000 in 2006. Early data shows students are receiving a mean signing bonus slightly under $21,000.

 

Graduates joined 140 different organizations. More than half went into the technology and financial services industries, and 19% entered the consulting field. The top hiring firms this year are Google, Bain & Company, Deloitte Consulting LLP, Abbot Laboratories, Apple, Archstone Consulting, Autodesk, Bank of America, and McKinsey & Co. In addition, 16 graduates fulfilled their entrepreneurship dreams and are launching their own companies.

 

In the Evening & Weekend Berkeley MBA Class of 2007, 18% of the graduates accepted new jobs with 39 firms, including JP Morgan, Nokia, eBay Inc., and Oracle Corp. An additional 12 Evening & Weekend MBA students accepted internship positions with industry leaders such as Intel, Goldman Sachs, Dow Chemical Co., and Prudential Capital.....

 

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Courtesy:- haas.berkeley.edu