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100 Top MBA employers
2008
2007
2006
Companies where MBA candidates say they'd most like to work
Full list
2006 rank
Company (Click company name to go to its FORTUNE 500 profile.)
% who put in top five
2005 rank
1
McKinsey & Company
18.27%
1
2
Google
12.55%
N/A
3
Goldman Sachs
12.54%
3
4
Bain & Company
12.31%
4
5
The Boston Consulting Group
10.67%
5
6
Citigroup
9.20%
2
7
Apple Computer
9.02%
15
8
General Electric
8.12%
10
9
Johnson & Johnson
8.06%
6
10
Morgan Stanley
7.26%
9
11
Procter & Gamble
6.90%
11
12
Nike
6.79%
25
13
Lehman Brothers
6.75%
21
14
Walt Disney
6.43%
23
15
Booz Allen Hamilton
6.35%
7
16
Microsoft
6.05%
18
17
Deloitte
5.89%
12
18
Bank of America
5.83%
8
19
BMW
5.14%
13
20
Merrill Lynch
5.00%
26
21
JPMorgan Investment Bank
4.92%
N/A
22
Starbucks
4.89%
N/A
23
IBM
4.85%
14
24
3M
4.81%
17
25
Intel
4.64%
32
26
Yahoo!
4.58%
37
27
Coca-Cola
4.54%
16
28
UBS Investment Bank
3.94%
29
29
Sony
3.93%
31
30
PepsiCo
3.88%
33
31
Toyota
3.85%
39
32
Amazon.com
3.80%
19
33
American Express
3.73%
20
34
Target
3.69%
46
35
Genentech
3.64%
51
36
Dell
3.55%
24
37
eBay
3.33%
27
38
JPMorgan Chase
3.32%
22
39
Fidelity Investments
3.31%
44
40
Harrah's Entertainment
3.22%
N/A
41
Deutsche Bank
3.19%
41
42
L'Oréal
3.13%
40
43
Accenture
3.03%
30
44
Credit Suisse First Boston
3.03%
75
45
Unilever
3.00%
52
46
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide
3.00%
68
47
Pfizer
2.99%
28
48
Gap
2.98%
43
49
Nestlé
2.92%
35
50
PricewaterhouseCoopers
2.87%
38
51
Southwest Airlines
2.81%
58
52
Wachovia Corp.
2.59%
69
53
Lilly (Eli Lilly and Company)
2.53%
60
54
BP
2.52%
65
55
Amgen
2.48%
47
56
Central Intelligence Agency
2.47%
74
57
General Mills
2.46%
53
58
Marriott
2.39%
56
59
Bear Stearns
2.34%
48
60
Kraft Foods
2.25%
49
61
ExxonMobil
2.15%
50
62
Boeing
2.10%
42
63
A.T. Kearney
2.04%
34
64
Barclays Capital
2.04%
45
65
Medtronic
2.02%
72
66
Motorola
1.99%
N/A
67
Ernst & Young
1.96%
55
68
Monitor Group
1.91%
88
69
Home Depot
1.91%
54
70
Diageo
1.79%
81
71
Cisco Systems
1.75%
57
72
Limited Brands
1.73%
N/A
73
GlaxoSmithKline
1.70%
78
74
Reebok
1.63%
N/A
75
Hewlett-Packard
1.61%
36
76
Vanguard Group
1.60%
86
77
Chevron Corp.
1.60%
76
78
Mercer Management Consulting
1.55%
92
79
Abbott
1.54%
63
80
Colgate-Palmolive
1.52%
67
81
Best Buy
1.49%
61
82
KPMG
1.47%
71
83
Federal Bureau of Investigation
1.46%
99
84
Miller Brewing
1.46%
N/A
85
Cargill
1.46%
N/A
86
HSBC
1.45%
N/A
87
Wells Fargo
1.45%
N/A
88
Saks Inc.
1.41%
N/A
89
Lockheed Martin
1.36%
84
90
Honeywell
1.32%
79
91
Mattel
1.30%
64
92
American Airlines
1.29%
91
93
MGM Mirage
1.25%
N/A
94
United Technologies
1.24%
96
95
Pulte Homes
1.20%
97
96
Wal-Mart Stores
1.16%
N/A
97
DaimlerChrysler
1.14%
66
98
Shell Oil
1.14%
73
99
ING U.S. Financial Services
1.11%
N/A
100
Bearing Point
1.09%
70
Source:
Universum Communications
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Most popular with women
Company
% who put in top 5
McKinsey & Company
13.43
Google
12.14
Johnson & Johnson
10.52
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Most popular with men
Company
% who put in top 5
McKinsey & Company
24.16
Goldman Sachs
16.66
Bain & Company
15.86
See the rest
Best-paying fields
In which industries do MBA candidates think they'll be best-compensated?
Industry
Expected salary,
first job after graduation
Venture capital
$103,274
Investment management
$98,088
Management consulting
$97,563
See the rest
How we pick the 100 Top MBA Employers
Think of it as a popularity contest for companies: Every year research firm Universum Communications (
www.universumusa.com
) ranks the most desirable employers in the world, based on where MBA candidates say they'd most like to work... (
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