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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| 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 | | | C.H ROBINSON | 200 | 0.05 | 193 | 0.10 | 201 | 0.02 | 200 | 0.01 | null | | null | | | DANONE | 191 | 0.14 | 179 | 0.17 | 163 | 0.17 | 190 | 0.05 | 176 | 0.09 | null | | | FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES | 174 | 0.25 | 153 | 0.36 | 133 | 0.36 | 201 | N/A | 197 | 0.02 | null | | | LVMH | 148 | 0.49 | 109 | 0.76 | 107 | 0.52 | 173 | 0.10 | 152 | 0.24 | null | | | PULTE HOMES | 152 | 0.45 | 140 | 0.47 | 164 | 0.17 | 106 | 0.75 | 188 | 0.05 | null | | | ROHM & HAAS | 184 | 0.16 | 199 | 0.05 | 194 | 0.05 | 113 | 0.64 | 150 | 0.25 | null | | | RBS | 192 | 0.14 | 165 | 0.26 | 191 | 0.07 | 194 | 0.03 | 190 | 0.04 | null | | | TYSON FOODS | 171 | 0.26 | 171 | 0.22 | 193 | 0.06 | 144 | 0.31 | 101 | 0.58 | null | | | U.S. STEEL CORPORATION | 143 | 0.52 | 167 | 0.24 | 79 | 0.88 | 74 | 1.36 | 133 | 0.33 | null | | | GOOGLE | 1 | 13.37 | 2 | 13.41 | 4 | 13.90 | 6 | 7.98 | 5 | 8.63 | 1 | 40.31 | | MICROSOFT | 8 | 6.31 | 15 | 5.65 | 11 | 4.95 | 16 | 5.20 | 18 | 3.69 | 2 | 35.71 | | IBM | 30 | 3.37 | 49 | 2.34 | 59 | 1.31 | 13 | 5.75 | 42 | 1.90 | 3 | 21.42 | | APPLE COMPUTER | 3 | 8.47 | 7 | 9.37 | 8 | 8.35 | 12 | 5.91 | 14 | 5.34 | 4 | 19.65 | | INTEL | 46 | 2.44 | 91 | 0.91 | 102 | 0.59 | 11 | 5.96 | 59 | 1.30 | 5 | 19.40 | | SONY | 16 | 4.80 | 19 | 4.90 | 19 | 3.53 | 14 | 5.59 | 27 | 2.77 | 6 | 12.93 | | ELECTRONIC ARTS | 40 | 2.56 | 44 | 2.46 | 35 | 2.29 | 64 | 1.74 | 57 | 1.33 | 7 | 12.30 | | SUN MICROSYSTEMS | 103 | 1.00 | 152 | 0.37 | 171 | 0.14 | 88 | 1.14 | 102 | 0.57 | 8 | 11.83 | | AMD | 73 | 1.43 | 132 | 0.50 | 144 | 0.29 | 30 | 3.42 | 78 | 0.90 | 9 | 11.80 | | CISCO SYSTEMS | 80 | 1.32 | 90 | 0.93 | 126 | 0.40 | 56 | 2.03 | 109 | 0.51 | 10 | 11.10 | | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 20 | 4.50 | 63 | 1.73 | 45 | 1.76 | 2 | 18.11 | 37 | 2.30 | 11 | 8.88 | | YAHOO! | 59 | 1.82 | 66 | 1.64 | 49 | 1.53 | 126 | 0.43 | 45 | 1.71 | 12 | 7.41 | | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | 6 | 6.72 | 24 | 4.31 | 5 | 13.56 | 17 | 5.18 | 11 | 6.44 | 13 | 7.13 | | NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY | 32 | 3.34 | 61 | 1.75 | 9 | 6.73 | 45 | 2.74 | 28 | 2.74 | 14 | 7.12 | | AMAZON.COM | 45 | 2.44 | 48 | 2.37 | 14 | 3.99 | 115 | 0.60 | 56 | 1.33 | 15 | 6.60 | | ADOBE SYSTEMS | 88 | 1.25 | 83 | 1.10 | 88 | 0.74 | 109 | 0.70 | 91 | 0.70 | 16 | 6.57 | | HEWLETT-PACKARD | 93 | 1.19 | 94 | 0.88 | 94 | 0.67 | 57 | 1.94 | 93 | 0.66 | 17 | 6.52 | | BOEING | 15 | 4.83 | 47 | 2.39 | 50 | 1.47 | 1 | 19.59 | 34 | 2.43 | 18 | 6.44 | | WALT DISNEY | 2 | 10.03 | 4 | 11.33 | 7 | 11.65 | 10 | 6.04 | 9 | 6.85 | 19 | 6.34 | | DELL | 63 | 1.65 | 64 | 1.67 | 70 | 1.05 | 66 | 1.71 | 66 | 1.15 | 20 | 5.71 | | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | 9 | 6.27 | 22 | 4.46 | 6 | 12.94 | 41 | 2.82 | 13 | 5.90 | 21 | 5.18 | | BMW | 13 | 5.36 | 17 | 5.53 | 17 | 3.77 | 4 | 10.96 | 23 | 3.12 | 22 | 4.66 | | GENERAL ELECTRIC | 25 | 4.01 | 37 | 3.08 | 55 | 1.43 | 3 | 14.04 | 41 | 2.00 | 23 | 4.04 | | GOLDMAN SACHS | 11 | 6.24 | 5 | 10.42 | 12 | 4.20 | 51 | 2.26 | 30 | 2.62 | 24 | 3.95 | | MOTOROLA | 79 | 1.33 | 76 | 1.25 | 78 | 0.91 | 42 | 2.79 | 111 | 0.49 | 25 | 3.88 | | ACCENTURE | 60 | 1.77 | 45 | 2.42 | 85 | 0.79 | 53 | 2.15 | 89 | 0.73 | 26 | 3.72 | | EBAY | 70 | 1.51 | 62 | 1.75 | 48 | 1.59 | 125 | 0.45 | 75 | 0.92 | 27 | 3.21 | | RAYTHEON | 68 | 1.55 | 130 | 0.53 | 114 | 0.46 | 9 | 6.22 | 69 | 1.09 | 28 | 3.15 | | NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION | 57 | 1.83 | 121 | 0.59 | 118 | 0.43 | 5 | 8.36 | 88 | 0.73 | 29 | 3.12 | | TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED | 77 | 1.33 | 127 | 0.55 | 63 | 1.27 | 29 | 3.55 | 54 | 1.34 | 30 | 2.84 | | TIME WARNER INC. | 42 | 2.51 | 34 | 3.37 | 15 | 3.93 | 138 | 0.36 | 86 | 0.74 | 31 | 2.17 | | 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 | | JPMORGAN CHASE | 33 | 3.17 | 18 | 5.27 | 37 | 2.19 | 90 | 1.06 | 73 | 0.97 | 34 | 2.02 | | DELOITTE | 17 | 4.75 | 6 | 9.78 | 56 | 1.40 | 100 | 0.82 | 92 | 0.66 | 35 | 1.95 | | BEST BUY | 71 | 1.46 | 58 | 1.93 | 61 | 1.28 | 103 | 0.77 | 80 | 0.88 | 36 | 1.93 | | U.S. AIR FORCE | 54 | 1.89 | 116 | 0.70 | 41 | 2.02 | 25 | 4.17 | 22 | 3.25 | 37 | 1.82 | | PEACE CORPS | 5 | 6.87 | 28 | 3.86 | 2 | 14.64 | 24 | 4.39 | 3 | 8.78 | 38 | 1.81 | | BANK OF AMERICA | 29 | 3.49 | 16 | 5.60 | 23 | 3.07 | 107 | 0.75 | 50 | 1.45 | 39 | 1.75 |
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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