World's Top Employers for New Grads

Business
Engineering
Rank
Company
Headquarters
Employees

1

Google

Mountain View, CA

64,100

2

Apple

Cupertino, CA

110,000

3

EY (Ernst & Young)

London, UK

230,000

4

Goldman Sachs

New York, NY

36,500

5

PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

London, UK

220,000

6

Deloitte

New York, NY

225,000

7

Microsoft

Redmond, WA

112,000

8

KPMG

Amsterdam, Netherlands

174,000

9

L'Oréal Group

Clichy, France

82,900

10

J.P. Morgan

New York, NY

235,000

11

McKinsey & Co.

New York, NY

20,000

12

Boston Consulting Group

Boston, MA

12,000

13

Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati, OH

110,000

14

Morgan Stanley

New York, NY

55,000

15

BMW Group

Munich, Germany

122,000

16

Nike

Beaverton, OR

62,600

17

Sony

Tokyo, Japan

125,300

18

Coca-Cola

Atlanta, GA

123,200

19

Adidas Group

Herzogenaurach, Germany

55,600

20

Unilever

Rotterdam, Netherlands; London, UK

169,000

21

Johnson & Johnson

New Brunswick, NJ

127,100

22

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

New York, NY

213,000

23

IKEA

Leiden, Netherlands

155,000

24

IBM

Armonk, NY

378,000

25

Nestlé

Vevey, Switzerland

335,000

26

Bain & Co.

Boston, MA

6,000

27

Deutsche Bank

Frankfurt, Germany

101,100

28

LVMH

Paris, France

125,300

29

Accenture

Dublin, Ireland

358,000

30

Citi

New York, NY

231,000

31

Barclays

London, UK

129,400

32

PepsiCo

Purchase, NY

263,000

33

GE

Fairfield, CT

333,000

34

Grant Thornton

Chicago, IL

42,200

35

HSBC

London, UK

254,200

36

Daimler/Mercedes-Benz

Stuttgart, Germany

284,000

37

Heineken

Amsterdam, Netherlands

73,800

38

Credit Suisse

Zurich, Switzerland

48,200

39

Intel

Santa Clara, CA

107,300

40

Volkswagen Group

Wolfsburg, Germany

610,100

41

AB InBev

Leuven, Belgium

151,300

42

Ford Motor Co.

Detroit, MI

199,000

43

Oracle

Redwood City, CA

135,100

44

Toyota

Toyota, Japan

344,100

45

UBS

Zürich, Switzerland

60,100

46

General Motors

Detroit, MI

215,000

47

Samsung

Seoul, South Korea

489,000

48

Shell

The Hague, Netherlands

93,000

49

Dell

Round Rock, TX

101,800

50

3M

St. Paul, MN

89,400

1

Google

Mountain View, CA

64,100

2

Microsoft

Redmond, WA

112,000

3

Apple

Cupertino, CA

110,000

4

BMW Group

Munich, Germany

122,000

5

IBM

Armonk, NY

378,000

6

GE

Fairfield, CT

333,000

7

Intel

Santa Clara, CA

107,300

8

Siemens

Munich, Germany

348,000

9

Samsung

Seoul, South Korea

489,000

10

Sony

Tokyo, Japan

125,300

11

Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati, OH

110,000

12

Johnson & Johnson

New Brunswick, NJ

127,100

13

Ford Motor Co.

Detroit, MI

199,000

14

Shell

The Hague, Netherlands

93,000

15

General Motors

Detroit, MI

215,000

16

L'Oréal Group

Clichy, France

82,900

17

McKinsey & Co.

New York, NY

20,000

18

Coca-Cola

Atlanta, GA

123,200

19

Daimler/Mercedes-Benz

Stuttgart, Germany

284,000

20

Volkswagen Group

Wolfsburg, Germany

610,100

21

Goldman Sachs

New York, NY

36,500

22

ExxonMobil

Irving, TX

73,500

23

Nestlé

Vevey, Switzerland

335,000

24

Toyota

Toyota, Japan

344,100

25

Cisco Systems

San Jose, CA

71,800

26

IKEA

Leiden, Netherlands

155,000

27

Oracle

Redwood City, CA

135,100

28

J.P. Morgan

New York, NY

235,000

29

3M

Saint Paul, MN

89,400

30

Boston Consulting Group

Boston, MA

12,000

31

Dell

Round Rock, TX

101,800

32

Deloitte

New York, NY

225,000

33

Unilever

Rotterdam, Netherlands; London, UK

169,000

34

Accenture

Dublin, Ireland

358,000

35

Bosch

Stuttgart, Germany

374,800

36

BASF

Ludwigshafen, Germany

112,400

37

Nissan

Yokohama, Japan

149,400

38

Pfizer

New York, NY

97,900

39

HP

Palo Alto, CA

287,000

40

Lenovo

Beijing, China

60,000

41

BP

London, UK

79,800

42

Schlumberger

Houston, TX

113,000

43

Bayer

Leverkusen, Germany

116,800

44

Adidas Group

Herzogenaurach, Germany

55,600

45

PepsiCo

Purchase, NY

263,000

46

Schneider Electric

Paris, France

160,800

47

Volvo Cars

Gothenburg, Sweden

28,500

48

PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)

London, UK

220,000

49

Novartis

Basel, Switzerland

118,700

50

Airbus Group

Blagnac, France

136,600

Data source: Universum Global
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