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ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

4,776

Active MBA alumni clubs

81

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

34

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

5. %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  750

Median gift from MBA alumni

$  100

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?

No

Business School Endowment

$  39,530,339

Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?

Yes

Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

University alumni networking site:

http://alumni.georgetown.edu

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://msb.georgetown.edu/alumni

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 76  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 12  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 12  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 39  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 0  %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 19  %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 12  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 30  %

Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

Destination: New York – to visit Financial Services & Marketing companies
Month: October (two separately planned trips)
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: National Black MBA Association Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: partial (and for diversity candidates only)
Destination: California – to visit a variety of companies (mostly in Bay Area)
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: National Society of Hispanic MBAs Conference
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: partial (and for diversity candidates only)
Destination: DC Trek – to visit Consulting companies in DC area
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: none

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 69  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 31  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2007-08:

71

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 91  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 08  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 01  %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

82 %

Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  94,137
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  95,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  24,767
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  19,485
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  12,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 20  %
Finance/Accounting: 43  %
General Management: 14  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 17  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 01  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 04  %
Other: 01  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 03  %
Consulting: 19  %
Consumer Products: 08  %
Financial Services: 45  %
Manufacturing: 01  %
Media/Entertainment: 03  %
Non-Profit: 01  %
Petroleum/Energy: 01  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 04  %
Real Estate: 02  %
Technology: 06  %
Other: 07  %

Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 13  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 01  %
Middle East: 01  %
North America: 84  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 02  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 44  %
Mid-Atlantic: 29  %
South: 03  %
Southwest: 03  %
Midwest: 09  %
West: 12  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2007-08:

63

Top Companies – Internships:

Mean and median intern compensation per week:

Mean :  1,468
Median:  1,500

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

N/A

There are more self-made successful people at Georgetown than I found at other schools, which means they are more down to earth, helpful, and hard-working. I couldn’t imagine a better group of people with whom to share two difficult years of my life. — Finance

Georgetown’s MBA program helped me achieve my goals, but I have seen many classmates return to their pre-MBA employers because Georgetown did not help them advance in their careers. — Consulting

Georgetown, regrettably, seems to be a “me-too” b-school. The level of education and instruction was below what should be expected from a school of Georgetown’s stature. Some of the core course professors had no prior teaching experience. — Finance

Ultimately, I landed a great position with a top management consulting firm, which is what I came back to school for. — Consulting

The biggest complaint that many students have is the lack of strategic vision from the school. There have been three or four deans in a short period of time, and the school has not identified its core capability or its position among its peers. — Finance

The courses challenged me, but not so much that I felt I could not complete the coursework. The class size was small enough that I knew everyone, but big enough that there were diverse experiences to learn from. — Marketing

The quality of teaching could be better at a top 15 school. Also, recruiting is somewhat challenging because recruiter diversity is limited. — Finance

While I am happy with my experience, Georgetown did not draw the marketing/brand opportunities that many other programs did. As a result, 85% of my internship search and 100% of my full-time job search was focused on non-Georgetown Career Management opportunities. — Marketing

Georgetown is a smaller, intimate program that doesn’t have the attitude of larger MBA programs. — Marketing

As Georgetown climbs in the rankings, more high-quality companies are recruiting on-campus. For example, Goldman Sachs, Nike, and Yahoo all came here for the first time this year. — Finance

Georgetown has a great international focus and is well-positioned in Finance, Marketing, and Consulting. Students have been extremely successful in landing internships and full-time jobs with companies that do not recruit on campus, largely because of the school’s reputation. — Investment Banking

The Washington, D.C. experience was great. I lived in Georgetown, next door to George Stepanopolous and around the corner from Bob Woodward, and I interned at a real-estate fund across from the White House. It was like living on a movie set. — Consulting

The workload can be daunting because of the quarter system, and finals can clash with crucial recruiting times. — Venture Capital/Private Equity

Being in D.C., we are close to a number of other key cities (i.e., NYC) and get great access to some of the best minds in the world. We have had on-campus events with people like Christopher Cox, Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdock, Jim Cramer, and Bill Clinton, to name a few. — Investment Banking

The Georgetown MBA program is relatively young (~25 years old), and it operates in the shadow of the School of Foreign Service and the Law School. But the quality of education I received here was fantastic. — Finance

D.C. isn’t for some people, and highly competitive people aren’t really appreciated in our culture. We like smart, capable people, but they better be nice and fun, too. — Marketing