Ideal Undergraduate Employers 2007
Here's a look at the most desirable employers for recent college grads from Universum's 2007 survey. Data can be sorted by ranking or percent of total votes cast by students from a particular major, or by the the combined totals of all students.
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| 3M | 36 | 2.79 | 38 | 3.05 | 68 | 1.10 | 15 | 5.31 | 26 | 2.85 | 55 | 1.34 | | ABBOTT | 102 | 1.00 | 126 | 0.55 | 142 | 0.30 | 63 | 1.76 | 35 | 2.38 | 120 | 0.33 | | ACCENTURE | 60 | 1.77 | 45 | 2.42 | 85 | 0.79 | 53 | 2.15 | 89 | 0.73 | 26 | 3.72 | | ADOBE SYSTEMS | 88 | 1.25 | 83 | 1.10 | 88 | 0.74 | 109 | 0.70 | 91 | 0.70 | 16 | 6.57 | | ALCOA | 172 | 0.26 | 178 | 0.18 | 173 | 0.13 | 108 | 0.74 | 156 | 0.23 | 131 | 0.28 | | AMAZON.COM | 45 | 2.44 | 48 | 2.37 | 14 | 3.99 | 115 | 0.60 | 56 | 1.33 | 15 | 6.60 | | AMD | 73 | 1.43 | 132 | 0.50 | 144 | 0.29 | 30 | 3.42 | 78 | 0.90 | 9 | 11.80 | | AMERICAN AIRLINES | 49 | 2.31 | 46 | 2.41 | 20 | 3.47 | 58 | 1.94 | 53 | 1.37 | 50 | 1.43 | | AMERICAN EXPRESS | 55 | 1.87 | 40 | 2.81 | 36 | 2.24 | 139 | 0.35 | 95 | 0.64 | 87 | 0.62 | | AMGEN | 104 | 0.97 | 175 | 0.20 | 143 | 0.29 | 60 | 1.83 | 20 | 3.49 | 86 | 0.62 | | ANHEUSER-BUSCH | 34 | 3.04 | 25 | 4.10 | 32 | 2.50 | 46 | 2.70 | 44 | 1.80 | 51 | 1.39 | | APPLE COMPUTER | 3 | 8.47 | 7 | 9.37 | 8 | 8.35 | 12 | 5.91 | 14 | 5.34 | 4 | 19.65 | | ARAMARK | 176 | 0.23 | 154 | 0.36 | 158 | 0.19 | 184 | 0.06 | 165 | 0.17 | null | | | ASSA ABLOY, INC. | 203 | 0.02 | 202 | 0.01 | 203 | N/A | 180 | 0.07 | 202 | N/A | null | | | BAE SYSTEMS | 139 | 0.53 | 182 | 0.15 | 180 | 0.10 | 47 | 2.60 | 172 | 0.13 | 56 | 1.25 | | BAIN & COMPANY | 67 | 1.56 | 53 | 2.06 | 62 | 1.28 | 81 | 1.28 | 71 | 1.02 | 72 | 0.93 | | BANK OF AMERICA | 29 | 3.49 | 16 | 5.60 | 23 | 3.07 | 107 | 0.75 | 50 | 1.45 | 39 | 1.75 | | BAYER | 89 | 1.22 | 161 | 0.31 | 87 | 0.78 | 91 | 1.05 | 15 | 4.54 | 145 | 0.20 | | BEAR STEARNS | 114 | 0.85 | 68 | 1.56 | 98 | 0.63 | 158 | 0.19 | 135 | 0.32 | 190 | 0.02 | | BEARINGPOINT | 181 | 0.19 | 158 | 0.33 | 165 | 0.17 | 189 | 0.05 | 184 | 0.06 | 157 | 0.12 | | BERTELSMANN (BMG, RANDOM HOUSE) | 140 | 0.53 | 134 | 0.49 | 54 | 1.45 | 196 | 0.02 | 170 | 0.14 | 162 | 0.11 | | BEST BUY | 71 | 1.46 | 58 | 1.93 | 61 | 1.28 | 103 | 0.77 | 80 | 0.88 | 36 | 1.93 | | BLACK & DECKER | 178 | 0.22 | 176 | 0.19 | 179 | 0.11 | 114 | 0.61 | 174 | 0.12 | 191 | 0.01 | | BMW | 13 | 5.36 | 17 | 5.53 | 17 | 3.77 | 4 | 10.96 | 23 | 3.12 | 22 | 4.66 | | BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS | 133 | 0.59 | 173 | 0.21 | 147 | 0.26 | 116 | 0.58 | 33 | 2.52 | 153 | 0.15 | | BOEING | 15 | 4.83 | 47 | 2.39 | 50 | 1.47 | 1 | 19.59 | 34 | 2.43 | 18 | 6.44 | | BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON | 112 | 0.88 | 85 | 1.07 | 77 | 0.94 | 102 | 0.80 | 132 | 0.33 | 52 | 1.38 | | BOSCH | 147 | 0.50 | 168 | 0.24 | 172 | 0.13 | 54 | 2.12 | 119 | 0.39 | 172 | 0.08 | | BOSE CORPORATION | 101 | 1.02 | 124 | 0.56 | 112 | 0.47 | 36 | 3.18 | 110 | 0.50 | 46 | 1.49 | | BP | 98 | 1.12 | 105 | 0.77 | 111 | 0.47 | 39 | 2.95 | 63 | 1.22 | 146 | 0.19 | | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB | 99 | 1.05 | 129 | 0.54 | 103 | 0.58 | 99 | 0.87 | 19 | 3.55 | 111 | 0.40 | | C.H ROBINSON | 200 | 0.05 | 193 | 0.10 | 201 | 0.02 | 200 | 0.01 | null | | null | | | CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY | 173 | 0.26 | 170 | 0.23 | 157 | 0.21 | 153 | 0.24 | 127 | 0.35 | 192 | 0.01 | | CATERPILLAR | 92 | 1.19 | 101 | 0.86 | 117 | 0.44 | 23 | 4.52 | 107 | 0.52 | 69 | 0.97 | | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | 6 | 6.72 | 24 | 4.31 | 5 | 13.56 | 17 | 5.18 | 11 | 6.44 | 13 | 7.13 | | CHEVRON CORPORATION | 135 | 0.56 | 163 | 0.29 | 178 | 0.11 | 52 | 2.16 | 114 | 0.46 | 139 | 0.23 | | CISCO SYSTEMS | 80 | 1.32 | 90 | 0.93 | 126 | 0.40 | 56 | 2.03 | 109 | 0.51 | 10 | 11.10 | | CITIGROUP | 41 | 2.55 | 21 | 4.49 | 60 | 1.30 | 118 | 0.55 | 85 | 0.78 | 43 | 1.56 | | COCA-COLA | 26 | 3.91 | 13 | 5.82 | 16 | 3.78 | 59 | 1.84 | 48 | 1.54 | 65 | 1.11 | | CONOCOPHILLIPS | 141 | 0.52 | 141 | 0.44 | 153 | 0.23 | 84 | 1.25 | 139 | 0.29 | 178 | 0.06 | | CONVERGYS | 199 | 0.06 | 200 | 0.04 | 196 | 0.03 | 169 | 0.12 | 182 | 0.06 | 140 | 0.22 | | CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON | 118 | 0.73 | 74 | 1.34 | 122 | 0.42 | 156 | 0.22 | 169 | 0.14 | 167 | 0.10 | | CUMMINS | 165 | 0.30 | 180 | 0.16 | 200 | 0.02 | 72 | 1.40 | 181 | 0.07 | 177 | 0.06 | | DAIMLERCHRYSLER | 108 | 0.92 | 115 | 0.72 | 167 | 0.16 | 32 | 3.25 | 148 | 0.25 | 59 | 1.21 | | DANONE | 191 | 0.14 | 179 | 0.17 | 163 | 0.17 | 190 | 0.05 | 176 | 0.09 | null | | | DELL | 63 | 1.65 | 64 | 1.67 | 70 | 1.05 | 66 | 1.71 | 66 | 1.15 | 20 | 5.71 | | DELOITTE | 17 | 4.75 | 6 | 9.78 | 56 | 1.40 | 100 | 0.82 | 92 | 0.66 | 35 | 1.95 | | DEUTSCHE BANK | 69 | 1.52 | 39 | 2.81 | 80 | 0.87 | 130 | 0.42 | 140 | 0.29 | 93 | 0.53 | | DHL | 188 | 0.14 | 184 | 0.15 | 181 | 0.09 | 145 | 0.30 | 189 | 0.05 | 188 | 0.03 | | DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS | 74 | 1.39 | 71 | 1.50 | 31 | 2.62 | 135 | 0.39 | 81 | 0.87 | 75 | 0.89 |
NOTE: Students were allowed to choose up to five organizations where they wanted to get hired, so the “percentage of students who selected” refers to the percentage of students who put the organization in their top five.
DATA: Universum Communications, compiled from a survey of 44,064 U.S. undergraduates and provided exclusively to BusinessWee
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