World's Top Employers for New Grads

Business
Engineering
Rank
Company
Headquarters
Employees

1

Google

Mountain View, CA

53,600

2

PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

London, UK

195,433

3

EY (Ernst & Young)

London, UK

190,000

4

Goldman Sachs

New York, NY

34,000

5

KPMG

Amsterdam, Netherlands

162,000

6

Deloitte

New York, NY

210,400

7

Apple

Cupertino, CA

92,600

8

Microsoft

Redmond, WA

128,076

9

J.P. Morgan

New York, NY

240,000

10

Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati, OH

118,000

11

L'Oréal

Paris, France

78,600

12

McKinsey & Co.

New York, NY

17,000

13

Boston Consulting Group

Boston, MA

9,700

14

Morgan Stanley

New York, NY

55,802

15

BMW Group

Munich, Germany

111,378

16

Sony

Tokyo, Japan

140,900

17

Unilever

Rotterdam, Netherlands; London, UK

172,000

18

Nestlé

Vevey, Switzerland

339,000

19

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

New York, NY

220,000

20

Coca-Cola

Atlanta, GA

129,200

21

IBM

Armonk, NY

379,592

22

Johnson & Johnson

New Brunswick, NJ

126,500

23

Deutsche Bank

Frankfurt, Germany

98,138

24

Adidas Group

Herzogenaurach, Germany

54,077

25

Bain & Co.

Boston, MA

5,700

26

IKEA

Leiden, Netherlands

139,000

27

Barclays

London,UK

132,300

28

Citi

New York, NY

241,000

29

HSBC

New York, NY

266,000

30

PepsiCo

Purchase, NY

271,000

31

Credit Suisse

Zurich, Switzerland

46,400

32

Daimler/Mercedes-Benz

Stuttgart, Germany

279,972

33

Accenture

Dublin, Ireland

323,000

34

LVMH

Paris, France

120,000

35

GE

Fairfield, CT

307,000

36

Volkswagen Group

Wolfsburg, Germany

592,586

37

Grant Thornton

Chicago, IL

40,000

38

Heineken

Amsterdam, Netherlands

76,136

39

Ford Motor Co.

Dearborn, MI

187,000

40

UBS

Zürich, Switzerland

60,155

41

Intel

Santa Clara, CA

106,700

42

Shell

The Hague, Netherlands

94,000

43

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Leuven, Belgium

155,000

44

ExxonMobil

Irving, TX

75,300

45

General Motors

Detroit, MI

212,000

46

3M

St. Paul, MN

89,800

47

Dell

Round Rock, TX

108,800

48

Toyota

Toyota, Japan

338,875

49

Siemens

Munich, Germany

343,000

50

Samsung

Seoul, South Korea

489,000

1

Google

Mountain View, CA

53.600

2

Microsoft

Redmond, WA

128,076

3

Apple

Cupertino, CA

92,600

4

BMW Group

Munich, Germany

111,378

5

GE

Fairfield, CT

307,000

6

IBM

Armonk, NY

379,592

7

Intel

Santa Clara, CA

106,700

8

Sony

Tokyo, Japan

140,900

9

Siemens

Munich, Germany

343,000

10

Shell

The Hague, Netherlands

94,000

11

Samsung

Seoul, South Korea

489,000

12

Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati, OH

118,000

13

Volkswagen Group

Wolfsburg, Germany

592,586

14

Johnson & Johnson

New Brunswick, NJ

126,500

15

Ford Motor Co.

Dearborn, MI

187,000

16

General Motors

Detroit, MI

212,000

17

L'Oréal

Paris, France

78,600

18

ExxonMobil

Irving, TX

75,300

19

Daimler/Mercedes-Benz

Stuttgart, Germany

279,972

20

Cisco Systems

San Jose, CA

70,112

21

Oracle

Redwood City, CA

122,000

22

Toyota

Toyota, Japan

338,875

23

Dell

Round Rock, TX

108,800

24

Coca-Cola

Atlanta, GA

129,200

25

HP

Palo Alto, CA

317,500

26

3M

St. Paul, MN

89,800

27

Nestlé

Vevey, Switzerland

339,000

28

IKEA

Leiden, Netherlands

139,000

29

Goldman Sachs

New York, NY

34,000

30

McKinsey & Co.

New York, NY

17,000

31

Unilever

Rotterdam, Netherlands; London, UK

172,000

32

Bosch

Stuttgart, Germany

290,183

33

Nissan

Yokohama, Japan

142,925

34

BASF

Ludwigshafen, Germany

113,292

35

Lenovo

Beijing, China

33,000

36

BP

London, UK

84,500

37

J.P. Morgan

New York, NY

240,000

38

Boston Consulting Group

Boston, MA

9,700

39

Schlumberger

Houston, TX

120,000

40

Philips

Amsterdam, Netherlands

114,000

41

PepsiCo

Purchase, NY

271,000

42

Pfizer

New York, NY

78,300

43

Bayer

Leverkusen, Germany

118,900

44

Schneider Electric

Paris, France

167,124

45

Adidas Group

Herzogenaurach, Germany

54,077

46

Volvo Car Corp.

Gothenburg, Sweden

24,000

47

Deloitte

New York, NY

210,400

48

Accenture

Dublin, Ireland

323,000

49

Airbus Group

Blagnac, France

58,000

50

Heineken

Amsterdam, Netherlands

76,136

Data source: Universum Global
How we pick the Top Employers for New Grads
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