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GRADUATING
STUDENT
SURVEY
June 2013 Survey Results
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Graduating Student Survey Report
Table of Contents
Page Number
Introduction and Overview 3-4
Plans after Graduation 5
Average Salary and Bonus 6
Top Industries and Employers 7-9
Job Search Questions: How Graduates Find Their Jobs, Timeline, Average Number 10-11
of Application, Interviews, and Offers
Top US and International Locations for Employment 12
Factors Affecting Job Decisions 13-16
Top Graduate Destinations & Graduate School Questions 16-17
Questions about Additional Experiences (Internship, UROP, International 18-19
Experience Leadership, Public Services and Graduate School Plans)
Employers by Department (Major) 20-23
Employers of International Students 24
Salary by Department (Major) 25-26
Salary by Industry and Employer Data 26-29
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Please take a moment to learn more about the survey and the data we collect and present.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of the Graduating Student Survey (GSS) is to promote an accurate understanding of the immediate
post-graduation plans of graduating MIT students and to provide data for related career issues. Data for our PhD
graduates is presented in a separate format and available at http://gecd.mit.edu/resources/data.
METHOD:
The GSS is a completely voluntary web-based survey. The survey was emailed as a link multiple times throughout
the late spring and summer in an effort to capture as much of the graduating student population as possible.
Altogether, 788 Graduating Seniors (83.5%) and 878 (68.9%) Graduating Masters candidates from MIT participated
in the June 2013 Survey.
RESULTS:
All data are self-reported and presented anonymously in aggregate form. Due to the variety and various levels of
MIT degrees granted, the majority of statistics presented are related to specific subsets of the population (e.g.,
undergraduate, Masters, major, etc.) and are labeled accordingly. This is done to provide more meaningful and
accurate data. Any data not labeled should be assumed to represent the entire sample.
The majority of results are presented in table format for ease of reading and comparison. Many tables contain
empty cells. This is for two reasons; first, not all majors offer all types of degrees, and second, fewer than two
students from that major and degree level responded to the survey question.
The remainder of this report presents the data that we collect and analyze. We highly recommend that you start
with pages 4-7, which highlight our most common requests for information.
The GECD Data Committee,
Deborah Liverman
Colin D. Smith
Tamara Menghi
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MIT Global Education and Career Development (GECD) is pleased to provide the results of the MIT
Class of 2013 Graduating Student Survey, providing information about the immediate post-graduation
plans of all MIT baccalaureate and master’s degree graduates.
There were 1,666 respondents to the survey, representing 75.1 percent of the graduating class. This report
represents a collaborative effort between this office and Institutional Research. I particularly want to thank
Deborah Liverman, Director for Career Services, for her leadership of this survey.
MIT’s Class of 2013 faced an improving job market with the third consecutive year of job growth; however,
overall national hiring projections for recent college graduates have still not returned to pre-recession
levels. Despite this, MIT graduates continued to outperform the national average in their employment
outcomes. Highlights of our survey of the MIT Class of 2013 are presented below.
• There were 57.4 percent of baccalaureate and 79.4 percent of master’s graduates who planned to
enter the workforce immediately following graduation, representing an increase for both groups
over last year. Slightly more than 35 percent of baccalaureate and 14.3 percent of master’s
graduates planned to attend graduate or professional school. This represents a slight decline in
immediate graduate school attendance from the prior year and the fourth year of a decline in the
percentage of MIT graduating seniors continuing their education. Nearly 60 percent of all
graduating seniors who do not have immediate plans to attend graduate school do plan to attend
graduate or professional school within the next five years.
• At the time of graduation, 80.6 percent of graduating seniors and 75.5 percent of master’s
graduates had accepted employment, which were very similar to 2012 findings.
• On-campus recruiting continues to be a primary source of employment as reported by just over 37
percent of baccalaureate and 30 percent of master’s degree recipients.
• Networking and career fairs represented the next highest method for baccalaureate degree holders,
while master’s degree recipients identified networking as their next highest method.
• The top industries for graduating seniors were computer software, consulting, and engineering,
representing the same ranking as in 2012. Computer software represented the top industry for
master’s degree recipients, with consulting dropping to second place.
• The average salary for undergraduates was $73,567, a 10 percent increase from the $66,874
average from 2012. Master’s graduates (SM, MEng, MBA) received an average salary ranging from
$85,587 for SM, to $94,804 for MEng, to $123,937 for MBA graduates, with all but MBA graduate
salaries increasing over 2012.
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• There were new questions added to the survey for this year, including questions about internships.
Graduating seniors reported completing an average of three internships prior to graduation.
The full report follows, providing a broad snapshot of the professional and education destinations for the
MIT Class of 2013. We welcome any comments or suggestions from the MIT community regarding ways
that we may improve our survey process or reporting. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Melanie Parker, Executive Director
MIT Global Education and Career Development
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2013 MIT POST GRADUATION STATISTICS*
*Based upon 1666 (75.1%) responses overall to the June 2013 Graduating Student Survey
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF UNDERGRADUATE & MASTER’S GRADUATES GO ON
TO GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL, WORK OR OTHER?*
Degree Graduate/Professional School Work Other Response Rate
SB 35.3% 57.4% 7.3% 83.5%
Masters 14.3% 79.4% 6.3% 68.9%
*Other includes enrolled in another educational program (2nd bachelor’s degree), distinguished fellowship, taking time
off, traveling, deciding between fields, volunteer activity, postponing job search, undecided & other activity-
35.3%
57.4%
7.3%
Plans after Graduation for Bachelor's Degree Recipeints
Graduate/Professional School
Work
Other
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14.3%
79.4%
6.3%
Plans After Graduation for Masters' Degree Recipients
Graduate/Professional School
Work
Other
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Work and Job Search Experience
WHAT WAS THE OVERALL AVERAGE SALARY/BONUS (for those receiving bonuses)
OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES IN THE CLASS OF 2013?
SB: $73,567/$6,030
SM: $85,587/$6,650
MEng: $94,804/$18,556
MBA: $123,937/$20,000
73,567
85,587
94,804
123,937
0
20,000
40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
SB SM Meng MBA
2013 Salary Comparisions
2011 2012 2013
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HOW MANY EMPLOYERS RECRUITED THROUGH MIT
CAREER SERVICES FOR 2012-2013? 296
WHICH EMPLOYERS HIRED THE MOST MIT GRADUATES?
Bachelor Level Employers #
Hires
Master’s Level
Employers (nonMBAs)
#
Hires
MBA Level
Employers
# Hires
Google 10 McKinsey & Company 7 McKinsey & Company 19
Apple 9 Amazon 6 Bain & Company 15
Oracle 9 Google 6 Amazon 11
Accenture 7 Oracle 6 Boston Consulting Group 8
Boeing 7 US Navy 5 Google 5
Microsoft 6 Schlumberger 4 Microsoft 5
Morgan Stanley 6 Boston Consulting Group 4 Nike 5
Palantir 6 US Air Force 4 Deloitte 4
McKinsey & Company 5 Apple 3 Amgen 3
Vecna 5 Fidelity 3 Apple 3
Bain & Company 4 Microsoft 3 Barclays 3
Booz Allen 4 MIT 3 Boeing 3
Facebook 4 Dell 3
Goldman Sachs 4 Goldman Sachs 3
MIT 4
SpaceX 4
INDUSTRIES FOR JUNE 2013 GRADUATES (Bachelor’s)
Industries Bachelor's
Computer Software 21.5%
Consulting 12.1%
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Engineering 7.6%
Health/Medicine 7.6%
Financial Services 7.1%
Aerospace 6.5%
Energy and Utilities 5.0%
Investment Banking 4.7%
Other 4.4%
Pharmaceuticals 3.2%
Computer Hardware/Electrical Engineering 2.9%
Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing 2.9%
Chemicals and Materials 2.6%
Education 2.6%
Automotive and Transportation 2.1%
Non-Profit Agency or NGO 2.1%
Business Services 1.8%
Government 1.2%
Military 1.2%
Communications, Arts, Entertainment 0.6%
Law 0.3%
Architecture 0.0%
INDUSTRIES FOR JUNE 2013 GRADUATES (Masters’)
Industries Masters’
Computer Software 11.0%
Consulting 21.1%
Other 8.2%
Engineering 6.9%
Financial Services 6.4%
Investment Banking 5.7%
Business Services 5.3%
Aerospace 4.6%
Energy and Utilities 4.3%
Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing 4.3%
Computer Hardware/Electrical Engineering 3.7%
Military 3.4%
Education 2.5%
Government 2.3%
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Automotive and Transportation 2.1%
Pharmaceuticals 2.1%
Architecture 1.8%
Chemicals and Materials 1.1%
Health/Medicine 1.1%
Non-Profit Agency or NGO 0.9%
Communications, Arts, Entertainment 0.9%
Law 0.2%
21.5%
12.1%
7.6% 7.6% 7.1% 6.5% 5.0% 4.7% 4.4% 3.2% 2.9% 2.9%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
Top Industries for June 2013 Bachelor's Graduates
Bachelor's
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HOW DID MIT GRADUATES FIND THEIR JOBS?
(Graduates could check all that applied so the number will be more than 100%)
Undergrad Masters
On-campus recruiting 37.1% 30.5%
Networking 25.7% 28.6%
Career fair 25.7% 9.1%
Internship led to job offer 25.1% 13.5%
Directly applied to employer 19.5% 18.1%
Other 13.5% 19.3%
Through Department (faculty, academic administrator) 6.3% 8.4%
MIT Sponsored Job Listings, Employer Database, INET 4.2% 5.1%
Externally Advertised job listing (on-line, print) 4.2% 2.1%
Professional Conference 2.1% 1.2%
Contacts acquired through MIT Career Services 1.2% 1.9%
21.1%
11.0%
8.2% 6.9% 6.4% 5.7% 5.3% 4.6% 4.3% 4.3% 3.7% 3.4%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
Top Industries for June 2013 Masters' Graduates
Mas…
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WHEN DID WORKING GRADUATES BEGIN THEIR JOB SEARCH
AND RECEIVE THE JOB OFFER THEY ACCEPTED?
Undergraduate Master’s
Month Begin Search Received Offer Begin Search Received Offer
Prior to September 2012 25.2% 17.8% 30.1% 22.2%
September 2012 34.6% 4.3% 26.2% 3.9%
October 2012 6.6% 12.3% 6.9% 9.7%
November 2012 1.8% 17.5% 2.8% 12.7%
December 2012 1.8% 6.6% 2.5% 8.6%
37.1%
25.7% 25.7% 25.1%
19.5%
13.5%
6.3%
30.5% 28.6%
9.1%
13.5%
18.1% 19.3%
8.4%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
35.0%
40.0%
On-campus recruiting Career fair Directly applied toemployer
Through Department(faculty, academic
administrator)
Top Ways MIT Graduates Find Jobs
Undergrad Masters
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January 2013 7.3% 5.7% 5.8% 6.0%
February 2013 4.3% 4.0% 4.2% 6.0%
March 2013 3.2% 7.2% 4.2% 7.3%
April 2013 2.5% 8.0% 3.0% 8.6%
May 2013 3.0% 9.7% 2.2% 9.2%
June 2013 1.8% 2.6% 0.5% 3.9%
July 2013 2.1% 2.6% 0.5% 0.9%
August 2013 0.2% 1.7% 1.3% 1.1%
Other 5.5% 9.7%
WHAT IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF JOB APPLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS/JOB OFFERS?
Degree Level Job
Applications
1st Round
Job
Interviews
Onsite
Interviews
2nd or 3rd
Round Onsite
Interviews
Offers
Undergraduate 15 5 2 2 2
Masters 18 6 3 2 2
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKING GRADUATES NEGOTIATED THEIR SALARY AND BONUS?
Degree Level Negotiated Salary Negotiated Bonus
Undergraduate 19.8% 11.0%
Masters 22.5% 21.9%
WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NEGOTIATED INCREASE IN SALARY
AND BONUS OF WORKING GRADUATES?
Degree Level Increase in Salary Increase in Bonus
Undergraduate $5,997 $5,529
Masters $7,793 $16,195
DO YOU EXPECT TO BE WORKING INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE U.S.?
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Degree Level In U.S. (including Puerto Rico, territories,
etc.) Outside U.S.
Undergraduate 96.1% 82.8%
Masters 3.9% 17.2%
TOP US DESTINATIONS for JUNE GRADUATES WORKING
US STATE %OF BACHELOR HIRES % OF MASTER HIRES
Massachusetts 33.2% 26.7%
California 24.3% 22.8%
New York 18.3% 18.3%
Texas 4.5% 6.9%
Washington 3.2% 4.4%
Illinois 1.7% 4.8%
Virginia 0.8% 4.2%
District of Columbia 1.0% 2.5%
Connecticut 0.3% 1.7%
Pennsylvania 0.6% 1.3%
Michigan 0.6% 1.3%
Oregon 1.4% 0.3%
Maryland - 1.6%
TOP INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS for JUNE GRADUATES WORKING
COUNTRY # OF HIRES
Singapore 9
Brazil 8
Japan 8
United Kingdom 6
Mexico 5
Canada 4
Hong Kong 4
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China 3
South Korea 3
Chile 2
Germany 2
Saudi Arabia 2
Switzerland 2
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKING GRADUATES FOUND JOBS RELATED TO THEIR MAJORS?
Degree Level YES NO NOT SURE
Undergraduate 79.2% 18.5% 2.3%
Masters 89.5% 6.2% 4.3%
WHAT FACTORS AFFECTED YOUR DECISION TO ACCEPT A JOB OFFER?
WORKING BACHELOR’S GRADUATES
Factors Essential
Very
Important
Somewhat
Important
Not
Important
Job Content 60.5% 32.5% 5.5% 1.5%
Creative & challenging work 52.0% 37.6% 9.2% 1.2%
One of my top choices 46.2% 33.2% 13.5% 7.1%
Opportunity to make an impact 44.0% 33.9% 18.0% 4.0%
Fit with culture/environment 41.2% 42.1% 14.2% 2.4%
Opportunity for career advancement 35.4% 39.0% 18.3% 7.3%
Fit with my experience & skills 28.7% 46.8% 21.4% 3.1%
Location 27.3% 40.9% 26.1% 5.8%
Training/educational opportunities 26.8% 42.1% 25.0% 6.1%
Reputation of Employer 20.7% 44.8% 27.7% 6.7%
Job flexibility & work life balance 19.5% 43.9% 30.2% 6.4%
Best opportunity I could find at this time 18.0% 27.6% 23.8% 30.7%
Supervision & colleagues 16.2% 40.4% 35.2% 8.3%
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Salary 15.5% 39.8% 35.0% 9.7%
Benefits 11.3% 36.0% 39.9% 12.8%
Job Security 10.4% 33.9% 40.4% 15.3%
Ability to meet my expected student
loan/education debt payments 9.9% 12.7% 18.6% 58.8%
Employer was willing to sponsor non-US citizen 5.9% 3.4% 2.2% 88.6%
First job offered 5.9% 18.3% 22.3% 53.6%
Didn't get into graduate/professional school 1.0% 1.9% 2.9% 94.2%
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Didn't get intograduate/professional school
Employer was willing to sponsornon-US citizen
First job offered
Ability to meet my expectedstudent loan/education debt…
Job Security
Benefits
Salary
Supervision & colleagues
Best opportunity I could find atthis time
Job flexibility & work lifebalance
Reputation of Employer
Training/educationalopportunities
Location
Fit with my experience & skills
Opportunity for careeradvancement
Fit with culture/environment
Opportunity to make an impact
One of my top choices
Creative & challenging work
Job Content
Factors Affecting Decision to Accept Job Offer for Bachelor's Graduates
Essential
Very Important
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WHAT FACTORS AFFECTED YOUR DECISION TO ACCEPT A JOB OFFER?
WORKING MASTERS’ GRADUATES
Factors Essential
Very
Important
Somewhat
Important
Not
Important
Job Content 60.1% 33.7% 5.5% 0.7%
Creative & challenging work 50.8% 41.2% 7.0% 1.0%
Opportunity for career advancement 50.5% 37.8% 10.5% 1.2%
Opportunity to make an impact 43.4% 40.7% 13.0% 2.9%
One of my top choices 41.8% 38.7% 12.2% 7.3%
Fit with culture/environment 41.1% 44.3% 12.9% 1.7%
Reputation of Employer 33.0% 43.5% 17.7% 5.7%
Location 30.2% 41.1% 23.3% 5.5%
Fit with my experience & skills 28.0% 50.2% 18.7% 3.1%
Training/educational opportunities 24.2% 40.3% 26.1% 9.4%
Job flexibility & work life balance 19.2% 38.2% 34.6% 7.9%
Employer was willing to sponsor non-US
citizen 18.8% 9.1% 3.1% 69.0%
Supervision & colleagues 18.8% 50.0% 22.6% 8.7%
Salary 17.9% 46.9% 30.7% 4.5%
Ability to meet my expected student
loan/education debt payments 14.3% 21.1% 16.7% 47.9%
Best opportunity I could find at this time 10.7% 29.3% 19.9% 40.2%
Job Security 9.6% 36.1% 39.3% 14.9%
Benefits 8.2% 43.2% 39.8% 8.9%
First job offered 4.1% 12.3% 16.9% 66.7%
Didn't get into graduate/professional school 0.5% 3.3% 5.1% 91.%
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Didn't get intograduate/professional school
First job offered
Benefits
Job Security
Best opportunity I could findat this time
Ability to meet my expectedstudent loan/education debt…
Salary
Supervision & colleagues
Employer was willing to sponsornon-US citizen
Job flexibility & work lifebalance
Training/educationalopportunities
Fit with my experience & skills
Location
Reputation of Employer
Fit with culture/environment
One of my top choices
Opportunity to make an impact
Opportunity for careeradvancement
Creative & challenging work
Job Content
Factors Affecting Decision to Accept Job Offer for Masters' Graduates
Essential
Very Important
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Graduate and Professional School
WHAT TYPE OF DEGREE WERE GRADUATES PURSUING?
(Graduates could check all that applied so the number will be more than 100%)
MENG MS MA MBA PHD/ScD JD MD/DDS/
DVM
Other
Undergraduate 28.2% 22.2% 0.8% 1.1% 47.4% 0.8% 12.5% 4.1%
Masters 0.9% 3.7% 0.0% 2.8% 89.8% 0.9% 0.9% 4.6%
WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL APPLICATIONS/ACCEPTANCES?
Degree Level Applications Acceptances
Undergraduate 5.6 3.0
Masters 3.0 2.1
WHAT WERE THE TOP GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL DESTINATIONS FOR GRADUATES?
School # of Students
MIT 188
Stanford University 29
Harvard University 26
UC Berkeley 19
New York University 5
Northwestern University 5
University of California Santa Barbara 5
Boston University 4
Princeton University 4
Columbia University 4
Carnegie Melon University 3
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Gerstner Sloan Kettering 3
University of Chicago 3
University of Cambridge 3
University of Michigan 3
University of Pittsburgh 3
University of Washington 3
University of Wisconsin - Madison 3
Additional Experiences WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP
WHILE IN THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM?
YES NO DON’T KNOW
Undergraduate 79.4% 20.6% 0%
Masters 48.5.% 51.5% 0%
UNDERGRADUATES ONLY: HOW MANY INTERNSHIPS DID YOU COMPLETE DURING YOUR CURRENT
PROGRAM AT MIT (e.g summer internships in industry) ? Deb decide which one to use
# OF INTERNSHIPS # of Students % OF STUDENTS
1 435 48.7%
2 229 25.6%
3 166 18.6%
4 42 4.7
5 13 1.5
6 4 0.7%
TOTAL Respondents 893
WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF INTERNSHIPS BY DEGREE TYPE?
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Degree Level # of Internships
Bachelors 3.1
SM 2.3
MEng 3.40
MBA 2.2
TYPES OF INTERNSHIPS DID THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETE
WHILE IN THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM?
Type of Internship # of Students
MISTI 109
UPOP 58
Externship 75
F/ASIP 15
Career Center (Career Fairs, On Campus Recruiting,
INET, CareerBridge) 40
Through My Department 39
Other 26
LFM 21
Momentum 3
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETED AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE?
YES NO
Undergraduate 38.3% 61.7%
Masters 30.9% 69.1%
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETED UROPS?
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YES NO DON’T KNOW
Undergraduate 89.0% 9.9% 1.0%
Masters 14.7.% 32.3% 53.1%
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 HAD LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE?
YES NO DON’T KNOW
Undergraduate 67.9% 19.9% 12.2%
Masters 53.5% 33.2% 13.3%
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETED A SERVICE EXPERIENCE?
YES NO DON’T KNOW
Undergraduate 56.6% 26.2% 17.2%
Masters 29.3% 53.6% 17.1%
DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE?
YES, Now
while I’m
Employed
YES, in 1-
2 yes
YES, in 3-5
years
YES, in 5+
years
NO DON’T
KNOW
Undergraduate 1.4% 31.8% 26.9% 3.5% 4.9% 31.5%
Masters 2.0% 3.4% 5.6% 4.4% 54.5% 4.9%
2013 Undergraduate Employers by Department
Results are based on student report and not representative of all employers who hire MIT students by department.
Course (Course Number) Employers
Civil & Environmental Engineering (1) Kiso-Jiban Singapore Pte Ltd., MIT, North Carolina Department of
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Course (Course Number) Employers
Transportation, PA Consulting Group, Shell Oil Company
Mechanical Engineering (2) Accenture, Amazon.com, Apple, ASML, Baker Hughes, BMW,
Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, Boston Consulting Group, Boston
Pacific Consulting, Burger King, C12 Energy, Cambrian Innovation,
CERTI
Chopper, Compass Automation, Danaher/Hach, Dominion
Engineering, DrinkIn, EDX, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Fluidnet, FMC
Technologies, Ford Motor Company, Function Engineering, General
Motors, Hologic, JP Morgan, Lockheed Martin, MasterCard
Worldwide, NarwhalEDU, Navigant Consulting, Pioneer Natural
Resources, Procter and Gamble PSMI, ReFresh, Rest Devices,
Robert R. Taylor Network, Rope and Gray, Shell Oil Company,
Smith and Nephew, SpaceX, SunEdison, The Spaceship Company,
U.S. Army, Vecna Technologies, W.L. Gore and Associates
Materials Science and Engineering (3) Accenture, Apple, Bain & Company, Bank of America Merrill Lynch,
Boeing, Dominion Engineering, Oliver Wyman, Palantir
Technologies, Schlumberger, State Street Global Markets, TIAX,
TouchBase Technologies, W.L Gore & Associates
Architecture (4) Atlantic Media Company, The Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation
Chemistry (5) Boston Children's Hospital, British General Consulate, Epic Systems,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Permabit
EECS (6)
Amadeus Technologies, Amazon.com, AppDynamics, Apple,
Athenahealth, Benchling, Bracebridge Capital, Broadway
Technology, Chopper Trading, Citigroup Global Markets, Cru, DE
Shaw, Disney ABC Television Group, Dropbox, Facebook, Ford,
Formlabs, Galois, HOYOS Labs, IMC Financial Markets
Inplore. Intuit, Jump Trading, Khan Academy, LevelUp, MEET,
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Microsoft, NASA, Naval
Undersea Warfare Center – Newport, NetApp, Nomadica, Opower,
Oracle, Palantir, Pivotal Labs, Square, Stripe, Sumo Logic, Synaptics,
Twitch.TV, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense, Wayfair,
Wilmington Public Schools, Yelp, Yext
Biology (7) Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, Amon Laboratory, Hermes
Clinical, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MIT, MIT’s McGovern
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Course (Course Number) Employers
Institute for Brain Research, McKinsey and Company, Northeast
Dermatology Associates, Rockefeller University, Segterra, Stanford
University School of Medicine, University of California-San
Francisco, Whitehead Institute
Physics (8) AdHarmonics, Boston Consulting Group, DC Energy, Facebook,
Google, Jane Street, Kyruus, Max Planck Institute for Quantum
Optics, MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Nabsys, Newton
Public Schools, Oracle, SRA International
Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) Bishop Hendricken High School, Department of Defense, Health
Advances, Hospital for Special Surgery, MIT, Teach For America,
U.S. Army, Zynga
Chemical Engineering (10) 3M company, Accenture, Air Liquide, Asahi Kasei, Bio-Rad
Laboratories, BP, Chevron, Clarion Healthcare, DuPont, Epic, Escape
Dynamics, Fluor, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, Goldman Sachs,
Johnson Controls, Johnson Matthey, Leerink Swann, Loop Capital,
Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Novaspect, Shell Oil Company,
University of California-Berkeley
Urban Studies and Planning (11)
EAPS (12)
Economics (14) Analysis Group, Applied Predictive Technologies, BNP Paribas,
Boston Consulting Group, National Bureau of Economic Research,
McKinsey & Company, Morgan Stanley, NERA Economic
Consulting, The Brattle Group, Tufts Medical Center, Wayfair
Management (15)
Booz Allen Hamilton, Brown Brothers Harriman, City of Boston,
DFW Consultants, Digitas, Domeyard, Exeter Group, Goldman
Sachs, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley,
Northrop, Grumman, Oliver Wyman, Oracle, Peak6 Investments,
Wells Fargo
Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) BioTower, Boeing, Booz & Company, General Atomics Aeronautical
Systems, Inc., Northrop Grumman, Renaissance Strategic Advisors,
Scaled Composites, Soft Servo Systems, Space Exploration
Technologies, SRA International, U.S. Navy, Vecna
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Course (Course Number) Employers
Political Science (17) ClearView Healthcare Partners
Mathematics (18) AIG, Blue Goji, Capital One, Cogo Labs, Facebook, Gelber,
Goldman Sachs, Google, Jane Street, King's Academy, Microsoft,
Morgan Stanley, PEAK6, Power Advocate, Twitter, Two Sigma
Investments, U. S. Department of Defense, Vistaprint
Biological Engineering (20) Accenture, Adimab, AgaMatrix, Athenahealth, Booz Allen Hamilton,
Boston’s Children Hospital, ClearView Healthcare Partners, Dr.
William Mair at Harvard’s School of Public Health, Kuchnir
Dermatology, McKinsey & Company, Novartis, Powderhouse
Productions, Scientia Advisors, University of California—Berkeley’s
Healy Lab, Vecna, West Virginia University
Humanities (21) Avanade
Nuclear Engineering (22) Exelon Nuclear, NextEra Energy, Sookbox
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2013 Masters Employers by Department
Results are based on student report and not representative of all employers who hire MIT students by department.
Course (Course Number) Employers
Civil & Environmental Engineering (1) AECOM, AMEC, Boeing, Buro Happold, Condor Earth Technologies,
ExxonMobil, Frontier Airlines, Geosyntec Consultants, GZA
GeoEnvironmental, Haag Engineering, Jacobs Associates,
McNamara/Salvia, MIT’s Lincoln Laboratories, MTA New York City
Transit, Parsons Transportation Group, Southeastern Wisconsin
Regional Planning Commission, Stevenson & Associates, Trinity
Consultants, U.S. Army, Ward and Burke Construction, WSP Group
Mechanical Engineering (2) Canadian Forces, Fluid Industrial Associates, Global Research
Innovation and Technology, Hellenic Navy, Kaz, Lockheed Martin,
Mathworks, PwC, SpaceX, TIAX, Turkish Naval Forces, U.S. Navy
Materials Science and Engineering (3) PA Consulting
Architecture (4) Chulalongkorn University, CORE Architects, Elkus Manfredi, Holabird
& Root, New York City Department of City Planning, Rhode Island
School of Design, Structures North, University of Texas
Chemistry (5) Ariad Pharmaceuticals
EECS (6)
APX Labs, Asana, BitSight Technologies, Box, Dropbox, Electroimpact,
Google, Jump Trading, KAYAK, Learning Games Network, LiveClips,
Luminoso, Microsoft, MIT’s Department of EECS, MIT’s Lincoln
Laboratory, Monster Games, Nest, NetApp, Oracle, Qualcomm,
SECOM, Texas Instruments, Twitter, U.S. Navy, Vishwa Robotics,
VMWare
Biology (7) Galatea Associates
Chemical Engineering (10) Merck
Urban Studies and Planning (11) AS&P, Cambridge Housing Authority, Delaware River Waterfront
Corporation, NCB Capital Impact, Noblis, Port Authority of New York
& New Jersey, Recology, State of Massachusetts-Department of
Housing and Community Development, Urban Redevelopment
Authority
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Course (Course Number) Employers
EAPS (12) Chevron, Nara
Management (15)
a-connect, Advantix Systems, Aetna, Allied Minds, Amazon.com,
Amgen, Analysis Group, Apple, Appleseed Food Frontiers, Applied
Predictive Technologies, Arrowstreet Capital, Assembla, ATKERNEY,
Atkins, Bain & Company, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Battery
Global Advisors, Bechtel Enterprises, Black Coral Capital, BlackRock,
Blackstone, Blizzard Entertainment, Boeing, Booz & Company,
Boston Consulting Group, Burger King, Caesars Entertainment,
Capital One, Care.com, Caremi Partners, Cargill, Caterpillar, Central
Bank of Dominican Republic, Central Bank of Turkey, Central Japan
Railway Company, Charles River Associates, Chartis Insurance, Cisco
Systems, CITI, Citibank, Citigroup, City of Cambridge, Corindus,
Corpbanca, Credit Suisse, CSMG, Deloitte Consulting, Deutsche Bank,
Development Bank of Japan/Japan
Discerene Value Advisors, Education Elements, Elizabeth Larsen
Consulting, Elsevier, Everis, Fidelity, FSG Social Impact Consultants,
Gafisa, GE Energy, Genentech, GETCO, GMO, Goldman Sachs,
Goodrich, Google, Gores Group, Gradeable, Groupon, H.I.G. Growth
Partners, Hailo, Harvard Management Company, Home Team
Therapy, Icatu, IFT, Intel Corporation, InterGen Services, IO Data
Centers, iRobot, Japan Asia Group, John Hancock, Johnson &
Johnson, JP Morgan, KS Capital Management, L.E.K. Consulting, L-3
Warrior Systems, LEK, Liberty Mutual, Macquarie Energy, Manus
Biosynthesis, MasterCard Worldwide, Maxim, McKinsey & Company,
McMaster-Carr, Merill Lynch, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Mindef,
Ministry of Defense, MLA Capital Partners, Morgan Stanley
Investment Management, NIKE, Nissan North America, Novartis, NTT
Data Corporation, OC&C Strategy Consultants, Omnisport, Osher
AUC, Peak6, Phoodeez, PIMCO, PTT PLC, PwC's PRTM Management
Consultants, R4 Enterprises, Raytheon, Reboot, Robert W. Baird &
Company, Sabadell United Bank, Samsung Corporation, Sears
Holdings Company, Siam Cement Group, Siemens AG, Simon Kucher
Partners, St. Jude Medical, State Street Corporation, State Street
Global Advisors, Stax, Sumitomo Corporation, Symantec, Techquity
Capital Management, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, The
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Course (Course Number) Employers
Parthenon Group,The Related Companies, The Wecyclers
Corporation, Third Sector Capital Partners, Thomson Reuters, TinyCo,
UBS, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense , U.S. Postal Service,
Vanguard, Viniteck, Walmart, Wellington Management Company,
Wells Fargo, Wellspring Consulting, World Bank-International
Finance Corporation
Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) Airbus, Avidyne, Draper Laboratory, edX, Northrop Grumman, Oblon
Spivak, U.S. Air Force
Biological Engineering (20) Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics
Nuclear Engineering (22) Southern Company
Computation for Design and
Optimization (CDO)
Caterpillar, Citigroup
Engineering Systems Division (ESD) A.T.Kearney, Amazon.com, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Apple,
BloomReach, BP, C12 Energy, Coyote Logistics, Cummins, Deere &
Company, Electro Scientific Industries, Ericsson, Globalfoundries, IHS
CERA, Instrumentation Laboratory, Merck & Company, Mozilla
Corporation, PwC PRTM Management Consultants, Reliance
Industries, U.S. Coast Guard, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, World
Bank
Health Sciences and Technology—
Harvard-MIT (HST)
Frankel Group
Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) Boston Globe, Growth Ventures, LinkedIn, Orange Labs
Operations Research (OR) U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
2013 Employers of International Students
Employers of International Undergraduates
Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, AIG, Applied Predictive Technologies, ASML, Boston Consulting Group, DFW
Consultants, Dr. William Mair, Dropbox, Facebook, Intuit, Jane Street LLC, Kiso-Jiban Singapore Pte Ltd, Mass
General Hospital, MasterCard Worldwide, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, McKinsey & Company, MIT
Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Oracle America Inc., PEAK6, Soft Servo Systems, Sumo Logic, SunEdison, Synaptics
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Inc.
Employers of International Masters
A.T. Kearney, Advantix Systems, ECOM, Airbus, Amazon.com, Apple, Applied Predictive Technologies,
Arrowstreet Capital, Atkins, Bain & Company, Bank of America, Barclays PLC, , Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Ltd., Booz & Company, Boston Consulting Group, BP, Canadian Forces, Care.com, Cargill, Central Bank of
Dominican Republic, Central Bank of Turkey, Central Japan Railway Company, Chartis Insurance, Cisco Systems,
Citibank, Citigroup, Condor Earth Technologies, CORE Architects Inc., Corindus, Corpbanca, Coyote Logistics,
Credit Suisse, Cummins Inc., Deutsche Bank, Development Bank of Japan/Japan, Discerene Value Advisors,
Ericsson, Everis, Gafisa, Globalfoundries, Goldman Sachs, Google, Gores Group, Groupon Inc., Harvard
Management Company, Hellenic Navy, Icatu, International Finance Corporation-World Bank, Japan Asia Group,
Johnson & Johnson, J.P. Morgan, KS Capital Management, LinkedIn, McKinsey & Company, Merill Lynch,
Mindef, Ministry of Defence, Morgan Stanley, Mozilla Corporation, Nara, NTT Data Corporation, New York City
Department of City Planning, Oblon Spivak, Oracle America Inc., PA Consulting, Global Energy Practice, PIMCO,
PTT Global Chemical, PwC, PwC PRTM Management Consultants, Reliance Industries Limited, Sabadell United
Bank, Samsung Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Sears Holdings, Siam Cement Group, Siemens AG, Simon
Kucher Partners, Stevenson & Associates, Sumitomo Corporation, Symantec, U.S. Navy, The Wecyclers
Corporation, Thomson Reuters, TinyCo, Turkish Naval Forces, UBS, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Viniteck,
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, Ward and Burke Construction Ltd., World Bank, WSP Group
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2013 Average Undergraduate & Masters Salary by Course (US Dollars)
The numbers of respondents are in columns titled # after each salary amount. Blank represents 2 or less responses.
*Please note that the salary by major index fluctuates from year to year since major is not tied specifically to first jobs, therefore range of
salaries are offered when possible.
Course (Course Number) SB # Range MNG
/MNLG
# Range Masters:
SM/MCP/
MBA
# Range
Civil & Environmental Eng. (1) 53,000 5 28,000-83,000 70,082 34 45,000-150,000
Mechanical Engineering (2) 75,034 68 30,000-250,000 90,824 29 25,000-150,000
Materials Science & Eng. (3) 73,321 14 60,000-85,000
Architecture (4) 51,429 7 30,000-70,000
Chemistry (5) 51,200 5 34,000-72,000
EECS (6) 92,399 68 10,000-350,000 105,152 33 71,000-125,000
Biology (7) 39,895 19 20,000-85,000
Physics (8) 72,100 15 14,500-125,000
Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) 59,222 9 14,500-127,000
Chemical Engineering (10) 68,059 29 25,000-97,000
Urban Studies & Planning (11) 62,864 5 40,320-70,000
EAPS (12)
Economics (14) 67,588 23 33,000-120,000
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Management (15) 70,861 17 30,000-120,000 116,974 23
5
25,000-350,000
Aeronautics & Astronautics (16) 67,545 14 42,000-75,100 74,033 14 35,000-130,000
Political Science (17) 57,500 3 45,000-67,500
Mathematics (18) 77,378 37 10,000-135,000
Biological Engineering (20) 56,950 16 31,000-75,000
Humanities (21)
Nuclear Engineering (22) 77,067 3 69,200-90,000 67,500 2
Linguistics & Philosophy (24)
Media Arts and Science (MAS) 112,200 5 75,000-156,000
Computation for Design
Optimization (CDO)
98,333 3 70,000-115000
Engineering Systems Division (ESD) 114,804 61 25,000-200,00
Operations Research (OR)
2013 Bachelor’s Industry & Employer Data
Industry # of
Students
Employers Average
Salary
Salary Range
Aerospace and Defense 21 SpaceX, Boeing, The Spaceship Company, Northrup Grumman, Lockheed
Martin, Escape Dynamics, Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
70,000 57,000-80,000
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Automotive and
Transportation
6 Ford Motor, Johnson Controls, General Motors, Metropolitan Transit Authority 64,500 60,000-75,000
Business Services
(Advertising, Real Estate,
Retail)
9 Vistaprint, Digitas, Wayfair, AdHarmonics, DrinkIn, Amazon, Burger King, 48,000 30,000-61,000
Chemicals and Materials 7 Johnson Matthey, BP, DuPont, 3M, Air Liquide, Shell 71,000 58,000-83,000
Communications, Arts,
Entertainment (Sports,
Media, Leisure, Film)
Computer Hardware 11 Nomadica, Apple, Synaptics, Oracle, NetApp, Microsoft 91,500 75,000-120,000
Computer Software
68 Palantir Technologies, Oracle, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Applied Predictive
Technologies, Inplore, Inc, Broadway Technology, Stripe, Galois, Yelp, Dropbox,
LevelUp, Sumo Logic, Yext, Blue Goji, Hoyos Labs, Vecna, App Dynamics, Cogo
Labs, Twitter, Zynga, Amadeus Technologies, Square, Facebook, Sookbox, Epic,
Pivotal Labs, Intuit, Permabit, Benchling, Avanade
91,500 40,000-127,000
Consulting
41 McKinsey, Bain, PA Consultin, Accenture, Oliver Wyman, ClearView Healthcare
Partners, Exeter Group, Renaissance Strategic Advisors, Booz Allen Hamilton,
Boston Consulting Group, Function Engineering, SRA International, The Brattle
Group, Clarion Healthcare LLC, NERA Economic Consulting, Power Advocate,
Health Advances, Analysis Group
71,000 33,000-80,000
Education
14 Teach of America, MIT, UC Berkeley, West Virginia University, Khan Academy,
Wilmington Public Schools, NarwhalEDU, Rockefeller University, Newton Public
Schools, Bishop Hendricksen High School
40,000 14,500-95,000
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Energy and Utilities
16 Shell, ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, C12Energy, SunEdison, Cambrian Innovation,
Exelon Nuclear, Pioneer Natural Resources, Chevron, NextEra Energy, Opower,
Boston Pacific Consulting, Dominion Engineering, DC Energy
76,200 60,000-105,000
Engineering 20 Tiax, Smith & Nephew, Novaspect, ASML, FMC Technologies, Rest Devices,
Fluor, Baker Hughes, Soft Servo Systems, WL Gore, Fluident, CERTI, ReFresh
68,500 42,000-80,000
Financial Services
(Commercial Banking,
Insurance)
17 Jane Street, Goldman Sachs, MasterCard, Bracebridge, Brown Brothers Harriman,
Chopper Trading, Morgan Stanley, AIG, Gelber, CapitalOne, Citigroup, Wells
Fargo, IMC Financial Markets, Peak6, D.E. Shaw, State Street
73,000 55,000-125,000
Government
Health/Medicine
23 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, Athenahealth,
Segterra, Stanford University Medical School, Kyruus, Vecna, Tufts Medical
Center, Foundation Medicine, Whitehead Institute, Epic, McGovern Institute for
Brain Research at MIT
52,000 20,000-150,000
Industrial and Consumer
Manufacturing
8 Compass Automation, Form Labs, Apple Inc, Biotower, Danaher/Hatch 78,000 65,000-118,000
Investment Banking
(Mutual Funds, Money
Management)
15 Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Two Sigma, Domeyard LLC, Chopper Trading,
BNP Paribas, Loop Capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Peak6, Jane Street
83,700 70,000-135,000
Military 5 US Army, US Navy, US Airforce, NAVSEA 41,250 32,000-57,000
Pharmaceuticals
(Biotech, Medical
Device)
11 Navsys, Novartis, Leerink Swann, AgaMatrix, Genentech, Adimab, Hologic,
Momenta Pharmaceuticals
65,000 46,200-85,000
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2013 Masters Industry & Employer Data
Industry # of
Students
Employers Average
Salary
Salary Range
Aerospace and
Defense
16 Boeing, Crane Aerospace, Rolls Royce, GE Aviation, MIT Lincoln Laboratory,
Raytheon, United Technologies, American Airlines, JPL, Pratt & Whitney
93,800 69,500-134,000
Automotive and
Transportation
11 MR Cagney, Uber, MBTA, Chrysler Group LLC, Nissan North America,
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NYC), Steer Davies Gleaves,
82,200 70,000-135,000
Architecture and
Planning
Business Services
(Advertising, Real
Estate, Retail)
29 Bloomreach, Amazon, Interbrand, Digitas, LeadKarma B2W, Gap Inc.,
Procter & Gamble, Nike, CustomMade, Boston Proprties, Batteries Plus,
Walmart,
116,000 55,000-200,000
Communications,
Arts, Entertainment
Computer Hardware
19 Apple, Cisco, Intel, Samsung, Nvidia, Bounce Imaging, Microsoft, Sandisk,
Intersil, Dell, IBM, Maxim Integrated,
118,250 71,000-160,000
Computer Software
44 Google, Zynga, Oracle, eBay, Jawbone, Ink, Microsoft, Riot Games, Dropbox,
Delphix, Vecna, Akamai, Quizlet, Room 77, Blizzard Entertainment, Twitter,
Apple, Synchro Software, Spoke Swap, Palantir, Broadway Technology,
Vannevar Technologies, Seismic, Square
118,600 70,000-240,000
Consulting
81 Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Oliver Wyman, McKinsey &
Company, UMT Consulting, Booz& Company, Applied Predictive
Technologies, Censeo Consulting Group, IBI Group, Deloitte Consulting,
123,250 65,000-325,000
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L.E.K Consulting, Dahlberg Global Advisors, NERA Economic Consulting,
CSMG Global, Analysis Group, Altman Vilandrie & Co, Accenture, IBM
Consulting, Decision Resources Consulting, Stroud, PwC, Marsh, Innosight,
Oliver Wyman
Education 13 Pratt Institute, MIT, Harvard, Enko Education, SUTD, Kalibrr Inc., Boston
College, Science from Scientists, Teach for America, Los Angeles Unified
School District, Cornell University
70,600 30,000-125,000
Energy and Utilities
15 Sage Devices, 1366 Technologies, Saudi Aramco, Atlantic Power Corp.,
Shell, Mitsubishi, Seven Lakes Technologies, PG&E, National Grid,
Schlumberger, GS Caltex, Chevron, ExxonMobil,
112,000 60,000-150,000
Engineering
29 CDMSmith, Hansen, Allen & Luce, URS, HDR, Buro Happold, Sensata, Fugro
Consulting, RSE Associates, Zentech, Arup, Gradient, Bose, Weidlinger
Associates Inc., Norbridge Inc., Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, WSP Cantor
Seinuk, GMS, Alatec, Thornton Tomasetti, Stevenson & Associates,
Formlabs, Tait Towers, Robert Silman Associates
68,250 45,000-120,000
Financial Services
(Commercial Banking,
Insurance)
25 Dah Sing Financial Group, Credit Suisse, CorpBanca NY, Foundation Capital,
GE Capital, Capstone Partners, Goldman Sachs, SunLife Financial, Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Nodal Exchange, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi,
JPMorgan, Deutche Bank, Bluelight, HarbourVest Partners, Lewtan, Fidelity
Investments, Liberty Mutual, Bloomberg
139,750 52,000-1,000,000
Government
Health/Medicine
Industrial and
Consumer
Manufacturing
17 Phillips, Apple, SCG, J. Queen New York Inc., AnheuserBusch InBev, Cargill,
Nike, Normatel, Kaz, Ternium, Procter & Gamble, Otis Elevator, Dr. Pepper
Snapple Group, Corning Inc., NutraClick
103,500 25,000-200,000
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Investment Banking
(Mutual Funds,
Money Management)
23 Hudson River Trading, Fidelity Investments, Acadian Asset Management,
Millstein & Co., BNP Paribas, ACG Partners, Pareto Securities, Barclays,
Dartmouth College Investment Office, Goldman Sachs, CleanStar Ventures,
Loomis Sayles, NEPC LLC., Chandler Corporation, Blackrock, CITIC, R W
Baird
109,300 60,000-350,000
Military
20 US Navy, US Air Force, Greek Navy, Canadian Armed Forces, US Army, US
Coast Guard, US Navy, Department of Defense
76,700 25,000-150,000
Non-Profit Agency or
NGO
Pharmaceuticals
(Biotech, Medical
Device)
8 Frankel Group LLC., Novartis, Amgen, Podimetrics Inc., Merck, Boeringher
Inglehiem
124,500 90,000-167,000
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