100 Top MBA employers
2008
2007
2006
Companies where MBA candidates say they'd most like to work
1
McKinsey & Company N.A.
22.28%
2
Google 241 21.46%
3
Goldman Sachs 24 19.78%
4
Bain & Company N.A.
16.35%
5
The Boston Consulting Group N.A.
15.14%
6
Apple 121 11.65%
7
Morgan Stanley 20 9.90%
8
Lehman Brothers 47 8.79%
9
General Electric 6 8.58%
10
Microsoft 49 7.86%
11
Merrill Lynch 22 7.07%
12
Booz Allen Hamilton N.A.
6.86%
13
Citigroup 8 6.68%
14
Nike 158 6.65%
15
J.P. Morgan Investment Bank N.A.
6.47%
16
Bank of America 9 5.45%
17
BMW N.A.
5.06%
18
Yahoo 357 5.00%
19
Deloitte N.A.
4.82%
20
Toyota
N.A.
4.70%
21
Johnson & Johnson 36 4.33%
21
UBS
N.A.
4.33%
23
Walt Disney 64 4.21%
24
Sony
N.A.
4.09%
24
Amazon.com
237 4.09%
26
Fidelity Investments
N.A.
4.06%
27
Deutsche Bank
N.A.
3.88%
28
IBM 15 3.67%
29
Starbucks 310 3.49%
30
Genentech
N.A.
3.46%
31
Procter & Gamble 25 3.43%
32
3M
97 3.22%
33
American Express
79 3.19%
34
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
381 3.16%
35
Bear Stearns
138 3.13%
35
eBay
383 3.13%
37
PepsiCo
63 3.04%
38
Credit Suisse
N.A.
2.89%
38
A.T. Kearney
N.A.
2.89%
40
Barclays Capital
N.A.
2.83%
41
Amgen
171 2.62%
41
Intel
62 2.62%
43
Coca-Cola 94 2.59%
44
Harrah's Entertainment
254 2.47%
45
Monitor Group
N.A.
2.38%
45
Target
33 2.38%
47
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
11 2.32%
48
Cisco Systems
77 2.26%
49
Accenture
N.A.
2.23%
50
BP
N.A.
2.11%
51
Boeing
28 2.02%
51
PricewaterhouseCoopers
N.A.
2.02%
51
Dell
34 2.02%
54
Central Intelligence Agency
N.A.
1.96%
55
Hewlett-Packard
14 1.90%
56
Southwest Airlines
276 1.75%
56
Exxon Mobil
2 1.75%
58
FedEx
68 1.69%
58
LVMH
N.A.
1.69%
60
Medtronic
222 1.66%
60
Anheuser-Busch
146 1.66%
62
Diageo
N.A.
1.63%
63
General Mills
213 1.57%
63
Marriott
203 1.57%
63
Chevron
4 1.57%
66
Wachovia Corp.
46 1.54%
67
Nestlé
N.A.
1.51%
68
Time Warner
48 1.44%
68
Ernst & Young
N.A.
1.44%
68
The Vanguard Group
N.A.
1.44%
68
Honeywell
69 1.44%
72
Cargill
N.A.
1.41%
73
MGM Mirage
315 1.35%
74
Wells Fargo
41 1.32%
74
HSBC
N.A.
1.32%
76
Lockheed Martin
57 1.29%
76
Mercer Management Consulting
N.A.
1.29%
76
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N.A.
1.29%
79
Motorola
52 1.23%
79
Best Buy
72 1.23%
81
Pfizer
39 1.20%
82
Nokia
N.A.
1.17%
83
Shell Oil Company
N.A.
1.14%
83
Abbott Laboratories
102 1.14%
85
Honda Companies
N.A.
1.08%
85
Kraft Foods
N.A.
1.08%
87
General Motors
3 1.05%
87
Eli Lilly
149 1.05%
89
American Airlines
101 0.99%
89
Unilever
N.A.
0.99%
89
Bose Corp.
N.A.
0.99%
89
Merck
99 0.99%
93
American International Group
10 0.96%
93
Pulte Homes
170 0.96%
93
Miller Brewing Company
N.A.
0.96%
96
Gap
144 0.93%
96
BearingPoint
N.A.
0.93%
98
Verizon Communications
13 0.87%
99
Wal-Mart Stores
1 0.81%
100
Mattel
406 0.78%
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Google
20.25%
McKinsey & Company
16.19%
The Boston Consulting Group
12.56%
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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 )
