100 Top MBA employers
2008
2007
2006
Companies where MBA candidates say they'd most like to work
1
Google 241 20.25%
2
McKinsey & Company N.A.
16.19%
3
The Boston Consulting Group N.A.
12.56%
4
Bain & Company N.A.
11.86%
5
Starbucks 310 10.77%
6
Goldman Sachs 24 9.75%
6
Apple 121 9.75%
8
Johnson & Johnson
36 9.26%
9
Walt Disney 64 7.80%
10
Procter & Gamble 25 7.53%
11
Nike 158 7.47%
12
L'Oréal
N.A.
6.66%
12
LVMH
N.A.
6.66%
14
American Express
79 6.55%
15
Citigroup 8 6.50%
16
Starwood Hotels & Resorts
381 6.23%
16
Booz Allen Hamilton N.A.
6.23%
16
Deloitte N.A.
6.23%
19
Target
33 5.79%
20
Bank of America 9 5.63%
21
Morgan Stanley 20 5.36%
22
PepsiCo
63 5.20%
23
Gap
144 5.14%
24
Lehman Brothers 47 5.04%
24
General Electric 6 5.04%
26
Genentech
N.A.
4.93%
27
Coca-Cola 94 4.87%
28
Yahoo 357 4.76%
29
Unilever
N.A.
4.55%
29
Nestlé
N.A.
4.55%
31
Microsoft 49 4.28%
32
Amazon.com 237 4.11%
33
Merrill Lynch 22 3.95%
34
Amgen
171 3.63%
34
J.P. Morgan Investment Bank N.A.
3.63%
36
Kraft Foods
N.A.
3.25%
36
3M
97 3.25%
38
PricewaterhouseCoopers
N.A.
3.14%
38
Limited Brands
240 3.14%
40
IBM 15 3.09%
41
Diageo
N.A.
2.87%
42
Mattel
406 2.82%
43
Accenture
N.A.
2.76%
44
Marriott International
203 2.71%
44
Time Warner
48 2.71%
44
BMW N.A.
2.71%
47
Toyota
N.A.
2.65%
48
Sony
N.A.
2.60%
48
eBay
383 2.60%
50
Ernst & Young
N.A.
2.54%
51
Harrah's Entertainment
254 2.38%
51
Deutsche Bank
N.A.
2.38%
53
General Mills
213 2.27%
53
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
11 2.27%
55
Southwest Airlines
276 2.11%
56
A.T. Kearney
N.A.
2.06%
56
Monitor Group
N.A.
2.06%
58
Medtronic
222 2.00%
59
KPMG
N.A.
1.95%
59
Eli Lilly
149 1.95%
61
Mercer Management Consulting
N.A.
1.89%
61
Wells Fargo
41 1.89%
61
Fidelity Investments
N.A.
1.89%
61
Pfizer
39 1.89%
65
Dell
34 1.79%
65
Anheuser-Busch
146 1.79%
67
Verizon Communications
13 1.68%
67
Discovery Communications
N.A.
1.68%
69
Colgate-Palmolive
200 1.62%
69
Merck
99 1.62%
71
FedEx
68 1.57%
71
Cisco Systems
77 1.57%
71
Abbott Laboratories
102 1.57%
71
UBS
N.A.
1.57%
71
Intel
62 1.57%
76
Mayo Clinic
N.A.
1.52%
76
Credit Suisse
N.A.
1.52%
78
Exxon Mobil
2 1.46%
78
BP
N.A.
1.46%
80
GlaxoSmithKline
N.A.
1.35%
81
Hewlett-Packard
14 1.30%
81
Novartis
N.A.
1.30%
83
Barclays Capital
N.A.
1.25%
83
Chevron
4 1.25%
83
McGraw-Hill
366 1.25%
83
Yum! Brands
262 1.25%
83
MGM Mirage
315 1.25%
83
Federal Bureau of Investigation
N.A.
1.25%
83
Washington Mutual
81 1.25%
90
Boeing
28 1.19%
91
Central Intelligence Agency
N.A.
1.14%
92
Wachovia Corp.
46 1.08%
92
Motorola
52 1.08%
92
American Airlines
101 1.08%
95
HSBC
N.A.
1.03%
95
Guidant
N.A.
1.03%
97
Best Buy
72 0.97%
97
Nokia
N.A.
0.97%
99
S.C. Johnson & Son
N.A.
0.92%
99
Kellogg
232 0.92%
101
Bear Stearns
138 0.87%
101
Pulte Homes
170 0.87%
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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 )
