100 Top MBA employers
2008
2007
2006
Companies where MBA candidates say they'd most like to work
1
Google 241 20.58%
2
2
McKinsey & Company N.A.
16.31%
1
3
Goldman Sachs 24 13.95%
3
4
Bain & Company N.A.
10.99%
4
5
Boston Consulting Group N.A.
10.89%
5
6
Apple 121 10.78%
7
7
Microsoft 49 7.82%
16
8
General Electric 6 7.71%
8
9
Nike 158 7.21%
12
10
Bank of America 9 6.91%
18
11
Citigroup 8 6.82%
6
12
Morgan Stanley 20 6.75%
10
13
Johnson & Johnson 36 6.73%
9
14
Starbucks 310 6.66%
22
15
Lehman Brothers 47 6.49%
13
16
Booz Allen Hamilton N.A.
6.28%
15
17
Procter & Gamble 25 6.19%
11
18
Deloitte N.A.
6.19%
17
19
Merrill Lynch 22 5.58%
20
20
Walt Disney 64 5.23%
14
21
J.P. Morgan Investment Bank N.A.
5.11%
21
22
Yahoo 357 4.80%
26
23
IBM 15 4.71%
23
24
BMW N.A.
4.70%
19
25
Coca-Cola 94 4.44%
27
26
Amazon.com
237 4.24%
32
27
3M
97 4.13%
24
28
Toyota
N.A.
4.11%
31
29
Target
33 3.99%
34
30
American Express
79 3.82%
33
31
Genentech
N.A.
3.70%
35
32
Sony
N.A.
3.59%
29
33
PepsiCo
63 3.39%
30
34
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
381 3.27%
46
35
L'Oréal
N.A.
3.24%
42
36
Accenture
N.A.
3.21%
43
37
PricewaterhouseCoopers
N.A.
3.14%
50
38
Deutsche Bank
N.A.
3.12%
41
39
UBS
N.A.
3.11%
28
40
LVMH
N.A.
3.09%
N.A.
41
Nestlé
N.A.
3.01%
49
42
eBay
383 2.96%
37
43
Fidelity Investments
N.A.
2.96%
39
44
Intel
62 2.85%
25
45
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
11 2.55%
38
46
Bear Stearns
138 2.54%
59
47
Barclays Capital
N.A.
2.53%
64
48
Amgen
171 2.52%
55
49
Anheuser-Busch
146 2.51%
N.A.
50
Gap
144 2.46%
48
51
Southwest Airlines
276 2.46%
51
52
Marriott International
203 2.40%
58
53
Dell
34 2.37%
36
54
Harrah's Entertainment
254 2.37%
40
55
Credit Suisse
N.A.
2.34%
44
56
Ernst & Young
N.A.
2.30%
67
57
A.T. Kearney
N.A.
2.25%
63
58
FedEx
68 2.17%
N.A.
59
Hewlett-Packard
14 2.13%
75
60
Kraft Foods
N.A.
2.11%
60
61
Pfizer
39 2.09%
47
62
BP
N.A.
2.07%
54
63
Time Warner
48 2.05%
N.A.
64
Cisco Systems
77 2.04%
71
65
Wells Fargo
41 2.03%
87
66
Unilever
N.A.
2.03%
45
67
Boeing
28 2.02%
62
68
Exxon Mobil
2 2.00%
61
69
Diageo
N.A.
2.00%
70
70
General Mills
213 1.97%
57
71
Medtronic
222 1.83%
65
72
Wachovia Corp.
46 1.81%
52
73
Chevron
4 1.79%
77
74
Central Intelligence Agency
N.A.
1.78%
56
75
KPMG
N.A.
1.74%
82
76
Mattel
406 1.66%
91
77
Motorola
52 1.63%
66
78
Monitor Group
N.A.
1.59%
68
79
Eli Lilly
149 1.58%
53
80
Abbott Laboratories
102 1.56%
79
81
Best Buy
72 1.55%
81
82
Verizon Communications
13 1.54%
N.A.
83
Lockheed Martin
57 1.52%
89
84
HSBC
N.A.
1.47%
86
85
Merck
99 1.43%
N.A.
86
Mercer Management Consulting
N.A.
1.42%
78
87
MGM Mirage
315 1.33%
93
88
Cargill
N.A.
1.32%
85
89
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N.A.
1.32%
83
90
American Airlines
101 1.30%
92
91
Limited Brands
240 1.28%
72
92
Washington Mutual
81 1.25%
N.A.
93
GlaxoSmithKline
N.A.
1.23%
73
94
Honeywell
69 1.20%
90
95
BearingPoint
N.A.
1.18%
100
96
Nokia
N.A.
1.17%
N.A.
97
Vanguard Group
N.A.
1.17%
76
98
Shell Oil Company
N.A.
1.11%
98
99
Mayo Clinic
N.A.
1.07%
N.A.
100
Honda Companies
N.A.
1.06%
N.A.
Have your say What do you think of the companies on this year's list? Should Google be No. 1? What should MBAs look for in an employer? How much should new MBAs be paid? Tell us what you think »
Google
20.25%
McKinsey & Company
16.19%
The Boston Consulting Group
12.56%
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McKinsey & Company
22.28%
Google
21.46%
Goldman Sachs
19.78%
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Best-paying fields In which industries do MBA candidates think they'll be best-compensated?
Venture capital
$107,919
Metals
$102,000
Management consulting
$101,404
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How we pick the 100 Top MBA Employers Think of it as a popularity contest for companies: Every year research firm Universum ranks the most desirable employers in the world, based on where MBA candidates say they'd most like to work.... (more )
