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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| OSRAM SYLVANIA | 202 | 0.02 | null | | 202 | 0.02 | 191 | 0.04 | null | | 187 | 0.03 | | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS | 7 | 6.44 | 1 | 13.55 | 47 | 1.66 | 124 | 0.47 | 87 | 0.74 | 41 | 1.64 | | GOOGLE | 1 | 13.37 | 2 | 13.41 | 4 | 13.90 | 6 | 7.98 | 5 | 8.63 | 1 | 40.31 | | ERNST & YOUNG | 12 | 5.90 | 3 | 12.56 | 52 | 1.46 | 137 | 0.37 | 122 | 0.38 | 71 | 0.96 | | WALT DISNEY | 2 | 10.03 | 4 | 11.33 | 7 | 11.65 | 10 | 6.04 | 9 | 6.85 | 19 | 6.34 | | GOLDMAN SACHS | 11 | 6.24 | 5 | 10.42 | 12 | 4.20 | 51 | 2.26 | 30 | 2.62 | 24 | 3.95 | | DELOITTE | 17 | 4.75 | 6 | 9.78 | 56 | 1.40 | 100 | 0.82 | 92 | 0.66 | 35 | 1.95 | | APPLE COMPUTER | 3 | 8.47 | 7 | 9.37 | 8 | 8.35 | 12 | 5.91 | 14 | 5.34 | 4 | 19.65 | | KPMG | 27 | 3.63 | 8 | 7.89 | 121 | 0.43 | 157 | 0.20 | 129 | 0.35 | 88 | 0.58 | | JPMORGAN INVESTMENT BANK | 24 | 4.15 | 9 | 7.85 | 29 | 2.75 | 80 | 1.31 | 47 | 1.62 | 47 | 1.48 | | MERRILL LYNCH | 23 | 4.20 | 10 | 7.60 | 30 | 2.68 | 98 | 0.90 | 65 | 1.20 | 32 | 2.15 | | NIKE | 19 | 4.61 | 11 | 6.80 | 21 | 3.32 | 50 | 2.31 | 32 | 2.52 | 33 | 2.13 | | MORGAN STANLEY | 28 | 3.60 | 12 | 6.22 | 34 | 2.31 | 92 | 1.03 | 58 | 1.31 | 57 | 1.24 | | COCA-COLA | 26 | 3.91 | 13 | 5.82 | 16 | 3.78 | 59 | 1.84 | 48 | 1.54 | 65 | 1.11 | | PROCTER & GAMBLE | 21 | 4.45 | 14 | 5.74 | 28 | 2.76 | 18 | 5.13 | 16 | 3.93 | 78 | 0.85 | | MICROSOFT | 8 | 6.31 | 15 | 5.65 | 11 | 4.95 | 16 | 5.20 | 18 | 3.69 | 2 | 35.71 | | BANK OF AMERICA | 29 | 3.49 | 16 | 5.60 | 23 | 3.07 | 107 | 0.75 | 50 | 1.45 | 39 | 1.75 | | BMW | 13 | 5.36 | 17 | 5.53 | 17 | 3.77 | 4 | 10.96 | 23 | 3.12 | 22 | 4.66 | | JPMORGAN CHASE | 33 | 3.17 | 18 | 5.27 | 37 | 2.19 | 90 | 1.06 | 73 | 0.97 | 34 | 2.02 | | SONY | 16 | 4.80 | 19 | 4.90 | 19 | 3.53 | 14 | 5.59 | 27 | 2.77 | 6 | 12.93 | | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 18 | 4.69 | 20 | 4.60 | 18 | 3.57 | 19 | 5.10 | 7 | 7.29 | 49 | 1.43 | | CITIGROUP | 41 | 2.55 | 21 | 4.49 | 60 | 1.30 | 118 | 0.55 | 85 | 0.78 | 43 | 1.56 | | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | 9 | 6.27 | 22 | 4.46 | 6 | 12.94 | 41 | 2.82 | 13 | 5.90 | 21 | 5.18 | | STARBUCKS | 31 | 3.34 | 23 | 4.44 | 13 | 4.18 | 119 | 0.54 | 49 | 1.51 | 74 | 0.89 | | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | 6 | 6.72 | 24 | 4.31 | 5 | 13.56 | 17 | 5.18 | 11 | 6.44 | 13 | 7.13 | | ANHEUSER-BUSCH | 34 | 3.04 | 25 | 4.10 | 32 | 2.50 | 46 | 2.70 | 44 | 1.80 | 51 | 1.39 | | HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION | 38 | 2.66 | 26 | 3.99 | 27 | 2.85 | 111 | 0.64 | 70 | 1.03 | 113 | 0.37 | | L'ORÉAL | 35 | 2.94 | 27 | 3.86 | 24 | 2.97 | 79 | 1.31 | 36 | 2.35 | 108 | 0.42 | | PEACE CORPS | 5 | 6.87 | 28 | 3.86 | 2 | 14.64 | 24 | 4.39 | 3 | 8.78 | 38 | 1.81 | | TEACH FOR AMERICA | 10 | 6.26 | 29 | 3.81 | 3 | 14.02 | 68 | 1.51 | 10 | 6.64 | 66 | 1.04 | | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE | 4 | 6.87 | 30 | 3.81 | 1 | 20.18 | 35 | 3.18 | 17 | 3.71 | 44 | 1.52 | | LEHMAN BROTHERS | 48 | 2.31 | 31 | 3.77 | 44 | 1.77 | 96 | 0.93 | 77 | 0.91 | 58 | 1.24 | | TARGET | 37 | 2.70 | 32 | 3.60 | 25 | 2.92 | 120 | 0.51 | 38 | 2.30 | 76 | 0.87 | | MCKINSEY & COMPANY | 44 | 2.44 | 33 | 3.45 | 33 | 2.35 | 61 | 1.83 | 64 | 1.21 | 40 | 1.64 | | TIME WARNER INC. | 42 | 2.51 | 34 | 3.37 | 15 | 3.93 | 138 | 0.36 | 86 | 0.74 | 31 | 2.17 | | GAP INC. | 47 | 2.42 | 35 | 3.36 | 26 | 2.92 | 136 | 0.38 | 61 | 1.24 | 134 | 0.27 | | MARRIOTT | 51 | 2.07 | 36 | 3.29 | 40 | 2.07 | 134 | 0.39 | 96 | 0.63 | 112 | 0.39 | | GENERAL ELECTRIC | 25 | 4.01 | 37 | 3.08 | 55 | 1.43 | 3 | 14.04 | 41 | 2.00 | 23 | 4.04 | | 3M | 36 | 2.79 | 38 | 3.05 | 68 | 1.10 | 15 | 5.31 | 26 | 2.85 | 55 | 1.34 | | DEUTSCHE BANK | 69 | 1.52 | 39 | 2.81 | 80 | 0.87 | 130 | 0.42 | 140 | 0.29 | 93 | 0.53 | | AMERICAN EXPRESS | 55 | 1.87 | 40 | 2.81 | 36 | 2.24 | 139 | 0.35 | 95 | 0.64 | 87 | 0.62 | | PEPSICO | 58 | 1.82 | 41 | 2.73 | 58 | 1.34 | 101 | 0.82 | 74 | 0.93 | 73 | 0.91 | | INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS) | 72 | 1.45 | 42 | 2.48 | 64 | 1.25 | 193 | 0.03 | 115 | 0.45 | 95 | 0.52 | | THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP | 56 | 1.87 | 43 | 2.46 | 43 | 1.84 | 78 | 1.32 | 84 | 0.83 | 62 | 1.16 | | ELECTRONIC ARTS | 40 | 2.56 | 44 | 2.46 | 35 | 2.29 | 64 | 1.74 | 57 | 1.33 | 7 | 12.30 | | ACCENTURE | 60 | 1.77 | 45 | 2.42 | 85 | 0.79 | 53 | 2.15 | 89 | 0.73 | 26 | 3.72 | | AMERICAN AIRLINES | 49 | 2.31 | 46 | 2.41 | 20 | 3.47 | 58 | 1.94 | 53 | 1.37 | 50 | 1.43 | | BOEING | 15 | 4.83 | 47 | 2.39 | 50 | 1.47 | 1 | 19.59 | 34 | 2.43 | 18 | 6.44 | | AMAZON.COM | 45 | 2.44 | 48 | 2.37 | 14 | 3.99 | 115 | 0.60 | 56 | 1.33 | 15 | 6.60 | | IBM | 30 | 3.37 | 49 | 2.34 | 59 | 1.31 | 13 | 5.75 | 42 | 1.90 | 3 | 21.42 |
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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