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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| C.H ROBINSON | 200 | 0.05 | 193 | 0.10 | 201 | 0.02 | 200 | 0.01 | null | | null | | | OSRAM SYLVANIA | 202 | 0.02 | null | | 202 | 0.02 | 191 | 0.04 | null | | 187 | 0.03 | | MAYO CLINIC | 14 | 5.04 | 69 | 1.55 | 10 | 5.61 | 62 | 1.81 | 1 | 18.66 | 94 | 0.53 | | PFIZER | 22 | 4.27 | 57 | 2.01 | 39 | 2.12 | 31 | 3.41 | 2 | 15.19 | 77 | 0.87 | | PEACE CORPS | 5 | 6.87 | 28 | 3.86 | 2 | 14.64 | 24 | 4.39 | 3 | 8.78 | 38 | 1.81 | | MERCK | 43 | 2.46 | 92 | 0.89 | 66 | 1.20 | 40 | 2.85 | 4 | 8.69 | 104 | 0.44 | | GOOGLE | 1 | 13.37 | 2 | 13.41 | 4 | 13.90 | 6 | 7.98 | 5 | 8.63 | 1 | 40.31 | | GLAXOSMITHKLINE | 50 | 2.18 | 87 | 1.04 | 57 | 1.35 | 82 | 1.27 | 6 | 7.58 | 99 | 0.47 | | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 18 | 4.69 | 20 | 4.60 | 18 | 3.57 | 19 | 5.10 | 7 | 7.29 | 49 | 1.43 | | GENENTECH | 52 | 1.99 | 150 | 0.38 | 99 | 0.63 | 34 | 3.22 | 8 | 7.29 | 102 | 0.45 | | WALT DISNEY | 2 | 10.03 | 4 | 11.33 | 7 | 11.65 | 10 | 6.04 | 9 | 6.85 | 19 | 6.34 | | TEACH FOR AMERICA | 10 | 6.26 | 29 | 3.81 | 3 | 14.02 | 68 | 1.51 | 10 | 6.64 | 66 | 1.04 | | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | 6 | 6.72 | 24 | 4.31 | 5 | 13.56 | 17 | 5.18 | 11 | 6.44 | 13 | 7.13 | | WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS | 65 | 1.60 | 122 | 0.57 | 73 | 1.00 | 69 | 1.50 | 12 | 6.13 | 135 | 0.26 | | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | 9 | 6.27 | 22 | 4.46 | 6 | 12.94 | 41 | 2.82 | 13 | 5.90 | 21 | 5.18 | | APPLE COMPUTER | 3 | 8.47 | 7 | 9.37 | 8 | 8.35 | 12 | 5.91 | 14 | 5.34 | 4 | 19.65 | | BAYER | 89 | 1.22 | 161 | 0.31 | 87 | 0.78 | 91 | 1.05 | 15 | 4.54 | 145 | 0.20 | | PROCTER & GAMBLE | 21 | 4.45 | 14 | 5.74 | 28 | 2.76 | 18 | 5.13 | 16 | 3.93 | 78 | 0.85 | | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE | 4 | 6.87 | 30 | 3.81 | 1 | 20.18 | 35 | 3.18 | 17 | 3.71 | 44 | 1.52 | | MICROSOFT | 8 | 6.31 | 15 | 5.65 | 11 | 4.95 | 16 | 5.20 | 18 | 3.69 | 2 | 35.71 | | BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB | 99 | 1.05 | 129 | 0.54 | 103 | 0.58 | 99 | 0.87 | 19 | 3.55 | 111 | 0.40 | | AMGEN | 104 | 0.97 | 175 | 0.20 | 143 | 0.29 | 60 | 1.83 | 20 | 3.49 | 86 | 0.62 | | LILLY (ELI LILLY AND COMPANY) | 64 | 1.64 | 70 | 1.52 | 72 | 1.02 | 70 | 1.45 | 21 | 3.33 | 116 | 0.35 | | U.S. AIR FORCE | 54 | 1.89 | 116 | 0.70 | 41 | 2.02 | 25 | 4.17 | 22 | 3.25 | 37 | 1.82 | | BMW | 13 | 5.36 | 17 | 5.53 | 17 | 3.77 | 4 | 10.96 | 23 | 3.12 | 22 | 4.66 | | DOW CHEMICAL | 94 | 1.18 | 177 | 0.19 | 151 | 0.25 | 27 | 4.09 | 24 | 3.09 | 124 | 0.30 | | U.S. ARMY | 66 | 1.60 | 112 | 0.74 | 38 | 2.19 | 48 | 2.56 | 25 | 2.87 | 68 | 0.98 | | 3M | 36 | 2.79 | 38 | 3.05 | 68 | 1.10 | 15 | 5.31 | 26 | 2.85 | 55 | 1.34 | | SONY | 16 | 4.80 | 19 | 4.90 | 19 | 3.53 | 14 | 5.59 | 27 | 2.77 | 6 | 12.93 | | NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY | 32 | 3.34 | 61 | 1.75 | 9 | 6.73 | 45 | 2.74 | 28 | 2.74 | 14 | 7.12 | | TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS NORTH AMERICA | 123 | 0.68 | 174 | 0.20 | 130 | 0.38 | 142 | 0.32 | 29 | 2.70 | 185 | 0.04 | | GOLDMAN SACHS | 11 | 6.24 | 5 | 10.42 | 12 | 4.20 | 51 | 2.26 | 30 | 2.62 | 24 | 3.95 | | DUPONT | 76 | 1.36 | 144 | 0.42 | 124 | 0.41 | 26 | 4.10 | 31 | 2.57 | 105 | 0.44 | | NIKE | 19 | 4.61 | 11 | 6.80 | 21 | 3.32 | 50 | 2.31 | 32 | 2.52 | 33 | 2.13 | | 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 | | ABBOTT | 102 | 1.00 | 126 | 0.55 | 142 | 0.30 | 63 | 1.76 | 35 | 2.38 | 120 | 0.33 | | L'ORÉAL | 35 | 2.94 | 27 | 3.86 | 24 | 2.97 | 79 | 1.31 | 36 | 2.35 | 108 | 0.42 | | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 20 | 4.50 | 63 | 1.73 | 45 | 1.76 | 2 | 18.11 | 37 | 2.30 | 11 | 8.88 | | TARGET | 37 | 2.70 | 32 | 3.60 | 25 | 2.92 | 120 | 0.51 | 38 | 2.30 | 76 | 0.87 | | NOVARTIS | 127 | 0.64 | 160 | 0.32 | 148 | 0.26 | 117 | 0.56 | 39 | 2.15 | 117 | 0.34 | | LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABS | 130 | 0.60 | 195 | 0.09 | 136 | 0.32 | 87 | 1.15 | 40 | 2.05 | 123 | 0.31 | | GENERAL ELECTRIC | 25 | 4.01 | 37 | 3.08 | 55 | 1.43 | 3 | 14.04 | 41 | 2.00 | 23 | 4.04 | | IBM | 30 | 3.37 | 49 | 2.34 | 59 | 1.31 | 13 | 5.75 | 42 | 1.90 | 3 | 21.42 | | KRAFT FOODS | 91 | 1.20 | 79 | 1.22 | 100 | 0.61 | 75 | 1.33 | 43 | 1.88 | 148 | 0.18 | | ANHEUSER-BUSCH | 34 | 3.04 | 25 | 4.10 | 32 | 2.50 | 46 | 2.70 | 44 | 1.80 | 51 | 1.39 | | YAHOO! | 59 | 1.82 | 66 | 1.64 | 49 | 1.53 | 126 | 0.43 | 45 | 1.71 | 12 | 7.41 | | EXXONMOBIL | 62 | 1.72 | 73 | 1.35 | 116 | 0.44 | 20 | 4.67 | 46 | 1.71 | 61 | 1.18 | | JPMORGAN INVESTMENT BANK | 24 | 4.15 | 9 | 7.85 | 29 | 2.75 | 80 | 1.31 | 47 | 1.62 | 47 | 1.48 | | COCA-COLA | 26 | 3.91 | 13 | 5.82 | 16 | 3.78 | 59 | 1.84 | 48 | 1.54 | 65 | 1.11 |
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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