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100 Top MBA employers
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Companies where MBA candidates say they'd most like to work
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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
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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
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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 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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