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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| MANHEIM | 204 | 0.01 | 203 | 0.01 | null | | 201 | N/A | 200 | 0.01 | 186 | 0.03 | | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE | 4 | 6.87 | 30 | 3.81 | 1 | 20.18 | 35 | 3.18 | 17 | 3.71 | 44 | 1.52 | | 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 | | GOOGLE | 1 | 13.37 | 2 | 13.41 | 4 | 13.90 | 6 | 7.98 | 5 | 8.63 | 1 | 40.31 | | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | 6 | 6.72 | 24 | 4.31 | 5 | 13.56 | 17 | 5.18 | 11 | 6.44 | 13 | 7.13 | | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | 9 | 6.27 | 22 | 4.46 | 6 | 12.94 | 41 | 2.82 | 13 | 5.90 | 21 | 5.18 | | WALT DISNEY | 2 | 10.03 | 4 | 11.33 | 7 | 11.65 | 10 | 6.04 | 9 | 6.85 | 19 | 6.34 | | APPLE COMPUTER | 3 | 8.47 | 7 | 9.37 | 8 | 8.35 | 12 | 5.91 | 14 | 5.34 | 4 | 19.65 | | NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY | 32 | 3.34 | 61 | 1.75 | 9 | 6.73 | 45 | 2.74 | 28 | 2.74 | 14 | 7.12 | | MAYO CLINIC | 14 | 5.04 | 69 | 1.55 | 10 | 5.61 | 62 | 1.81 | 1 | 18.66 | 94 | 0.53 | | MICROSOFT | 8 | 6.31 | 15 | 5.65 | 11 | 4.95 | 16 | 5.20 | 18 | 3.69 | 2 | 35.71 | | GOLDMAN SACHS | 11 | 6.24 | 5 | 10.42 | 12 | 4.20 | 51 | 2.26 | 30 | 2.62 | 24 | 3.95 | | STARBUCKS | 31 | 3.34 | 23 | 4.44 | 13 | 4.18 | 119 | 0.54 | 49 | 1.51 | 74 | 0.89 | | AMAZON.COM | 45 | 2.44 | 48 | 2.37 | 14 | 3.99 | 115 | 0.60 | 56 | 1.33 | 15 | 6.60 | | TIME WARNER INC. | 42 | 2.51 | 34 | 3.37 | 15 | 3.93 | 138 | 0.36 | 86 | 0.74 | 31 | 2.17 | | COCA-COLA | 26 | 3.91 | 13 | 5.82 | 16 | 3.78 | 59 | 1.84 | 48 | 1.54 | 65 | 1.11 | | BMW | 13 | 5.36 | 17 | 5.53 | 17 | 3.77 | 4 | 10.96 | 23 | 3.12 | 22 | 4.66 | | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 18 | 4.69 | 20 | 4.60 | 18 | 3.57 | 19 | 5.10 | 7 | 7.29 | 49 | 1.43 | | SONY | 16 | 4.80 | 19 | 4.90 | 19 | 3.53 | 14 | 5.59 | 27 | 2.77 | 6 | 12.93 | | AMERICAN AIRLINES | 49 | 2.31 | 46 | 2.41 | 20 | 3.47 | 58 | 1.94 | 53 | 1.37 | 50 | 1.43 | | NIKE | 19 | 4.61 | 11 | 6.80 | 21 | 3.32 | 50 | 2.31 | 32 | 2.52 | 33 | 2.13 | | MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES | 83 | 1.30 | 107 | 0.77 | 22 | 3.29 | 146 | 0.29 | 55 | 1.34 | 97 | 0.49 | | BANK OF AMERICA | 29 | 3.49 | 16 | 5.60 | 23 | 3.07 | 107 | 0.75 | 50 | 1.45 | 39 | 1.75 | | L'ORÉAL | 35 | 2.94 | 27 | 3.86 | 24 | 2.97 | 79 | 1.31 | 36 | 2.35 | 108 | 0.42 | | TARGET | 37 | 2.70 | 32 | 3.60 | 25 | 2.92 | 120 | 0.51 | 38 | 2.30 | 76 | 0.87 | | GAP INC. | 47 | 2.42 | 35 | 3.36 | 26 | 2.92 | 136 | 0.38 | 61 | 1.24 | 134 | 0.27 | | HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION | 38 | 2.66 | 26 | 3.99 | 27 | 2.85 | 111 | 0.64 | 70 | 1.03 | 113 | 0.37 | | PROCTER & GAMBLE | 21 | 4.45 | 14 | 5.74 | 28 | 2.76 | 18 | 5.13 | 16 | 3.93 | 78 | 0.85 | | 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 | | DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS | 74 | 1.39 | 71 | 1.50 | 31 | 2.62 | 135 | 0.39 | 81 | 0.87 | 75 | 0.89 | | ANHEUSER-BUSCH | 34 | 3.04 | 25 | 4.10 | 32 | 2.50 | 46 | 2.70 | 44 | 1.80 | 51 | 1.39 | | MCKINSEY & COMPANY | 44 | 2.44 | 33 | 3.45 | 33 | 2.35 | 61 | 1.83 | 64 | 1.21 | 40 | 1.64 | | MORGAN STANLEY | 28 | 3.60 | 12 | 6.22 | 34 | 2.31 | 92 | 1.03 | 58 | 1.31 | 57 | 1.24 | | ELECTRONIC ARTS | 40 | 2.56 | 44 | 2.46 | 35 | 2.29 | 64 | 1.74 | 57 | 1.33 | 7 | 12.30 | | AMERICAN EXPRESS | 55 | 1.87 | 40 | 2.81 | 36 | 2.24 | 139 | 0.35 | 95 | 0.64 | 87 | 0.62 | | JPMORGAN CHASE | 33 | 3.17 | 18 | 5.27 | 37 | 2.19 | 90 | 1.06 | 73 | 0.97 | 34 | 2.02 | | U.S. ARMY | 66 | 1.60 | 112 | 0.74 | 38 | 2.19 | 48 | 2.56 | 25 | 2.87 | 68 | 0.98 | | PFIZER | 22 | 4.27 | 57 | 2.01 | 39 | 2.12 | 31 | 3.41 | 2 | 15.19 | 77 | 0.87 | | MARRIOTT | 51 | 2.07 | 36 | 3.29 | 40 | 2.07 | 134 | 0.39 | 96 | 0.63 | 112 | 0.39 | | U.S. AIR FORCE | 54 | 1.89 | 116 | 0.70 | 41 | 2.02 | 25 | 4.17 | 22 | 3.25 | 37 | 1.82 | | U.S. CUSTOMS BORDER PROTECTION | 122 | 0.69 | 146 | 0.41 | 42 | 1.96 | 163 | 0.15 | 157 | 0.22 | 96 | 0.52 | | THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP | 56 | 1.87 | 43 | 2.46 | 43 | 1.84 | 78 | 1.32 | 84 | 0.83 | 62 | 1.16 | | LEHMAN BROTHERS | 48 | 2.31 | 31 | 3.77 | 44 | 1.77 | 96 | 0.93 | 77 | 0.91 | 58 | 1.24 | | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 20 | 4.50 | 63 | 1.73 | 45 | 1.76 | 2 | 18.11 | 37 | 2.30 | 11 | 8.88 | | SOUTHWEST AIRLINES | 61 | 1.76 | 50 | 2.31 | 46 | 1.73 | 65 | 1.72 | 116 | 0.45 | 82 | 0.71 | | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS | 7 | 6.44 | 1 | 13.55 | 47 | 1.66 | 124 | 0.47 | 87 | 0.74 | 41 | 1.64 | | EBAY | 70 | 1.51 | 62 | 1.75 | 48 | 1.59 | 125 | 0.45 | 75 | 0.92 | 27 | 3.21 | | YAHOO! | 59 | 1.82 | 66 | 1.64 | 49 | 1.53 | 126 | 0.43 | 45 | 1.71 | 12 | 7.41 |
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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