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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Click column heading once to reorder from highest to lowest. Click twice to reorder from lowest to highest.
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| GOOGLE | 1 | 13.37 | 2 | 13.41 | 4 | 13.90 | 6 | 7.98 | 5 | 8.63 | 1 | 40.31 | | 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 | | 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 | | CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY | 6 | 6.72 | 24 | 4.31 | 5 | 13.56 | 17 | 5.18 | 11 | 6.44 | 13 | 7.13 | | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS | 7 | 6.44 | 1 | 13.55 | 47 | 1.66 | 124 | 0.47 | 87 | 0.74 | 41 | 1.64 | | MICROSOFT | 8 | 6.31 | 15 | 5.65 | 11 | 4.95 | 16 | 5.20 | 18 | 3.69 | 2 | 35.71 | | FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION | 9 | 6.27 | 22 | 4.46 | 6 | 12.94 | 41 | 2.82 | 13 | 5.90 | 21 | 5.18 | | TEACH FOR AMERICA | 10 | 6.26 | 29 | 3.81 | 3 | 14.02 | 68 | 1.51 | 10 | 6.64 | 66 | 1.04 | | GOLDMAN SACHS | 11 | 6.24 | 5 | 10.42 | 12 | 4.20 | 51 | 2.26 | 30 | 2.62 | 24 | 3.95 | | ERNST & YOUNG | 12 | 5.90 | 3 | 12.56 | 52 | 1.46 | 137 | 0.37 | 122 | 0.38 | 71 | 0.96 | | BMW | 13 | 5.36 | 17 | 5.53 | 17 | 3.77 | 4 | 10.96 | 23 | 3.12 | 22 | 4.66 | | MAYO CLINIC | 14 | 5.04 | 69 | 1.55 | 10 | 5.61 | 62 | 1.81 | 1 | 18.66 | 94 | 0.53 | | BOEING | 15 | 4.83 | 47 | 2.39 | 50 | 1.47 | 1 | 19.59 | 34 | 2.43 | 18 | 6.44 | | SONY | 16 | 4.80 | 19 | 4.90 | 19 | 3.53 | 14 | 5.59 | 27 | 2.77 | 6 | 12.93 | | DELOITTE | 17 | 4.75 | 6 | 9.78 | 56 | 1.40 | 100 | 0.82 | 92 | 0.66 | 35 | 1.95 | | JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 18 | 4.69 | 20 | 4.60 | 18 | 3.57 | 19 | 5.10 | 7 | 7.29 | 49 | 1.43 | | NIKE | 19 | 4.61 | 11 | 6.80 | 21 | 3.32 | 50 | 2.31 | 32 | 2.52 | 33 | 2.13 | | LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION | 20 | 4.50 | 63 | 1.73 | 45 | 1.76 | 2 | 18.11 | 37 | 2.30 | 11 | 8.88 | | PROCTER & GAMBLE | 21 | 4.45 | 14 | 5.74 | 28 | 2.76 | 18 | 5.13 | 16 | 3.93 | 78 | 0.85 | | PFIZER | 22 | 4.27 | 57 | 2.01 | 39 | 2.12 | 31 | 3.41 | 2 | 15.19 | 77 | 0.87 | | MERRILL LYNCH | 23 | 4.20 | 10 | 7.60 | 30 | 2.68 | 98 | 0.90 | 65 | 1.20 | 32 | 2.15 | | JPMORGAN INVESTMENT BANK | 24 | 4.15 | 9 | 7.85 | 29 | 2.75 | 80 | 1.31 | 47 | 1.62 | 47 | 1.48 | | GENERAL ELECTRIC | 25 | 4.01 | 37 | 3.08 | 55 | 1.43 | 3 | 14.04 | 41 | 2.00 | 23 | 4.04 | | COCA-COLA | 26 | 3.91 | 13 | 5.82 | 16 | 3.78 | 59 | 1.84 | 48 | 1.54 | 65 | 1.11 | | KPMG | 27 | 3.63 | 8 | 7.89 | 121 | 0.43 | 157 | 0.20 | 129 | 0.35 | 88 | 0.58 | | MORGAN STANLEY | 28 | 3.60 | 12 | 6.22 | 34 | 2.31 | 92 | 1.03 | 58 | 1.31 | 57 | 1.24 | | BANK OF AMERICA | 29 | 3.49 | 16 | 5.60 | 23 | 3.07 | 107 | 0.75 | 50 | 1.45 | 39 | 1.75 | | IBM | 30 | 3.37 | 49 | 2.34 | 59 | 1.31 | 13 | 5.75 | 42 | 1.90 | 3 | 21.42 | | STARBUCKS | 31 | 3.34 | 23 | 4.44 | 13 | 4.18 | 119 | 0.54 | 49 | 1.51 | 74 | 0.89 | | NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY | 32 | 3.34 | 61 | 1.75 | 9 | 6.73 | 45 | 2.74 | 28 | 2.74 | 14 | 7.12 | | JPMORGAN CHASE | 33 | 3.17 | 18 | 5.27 | 37 | 2.19 | 90 | 1.06 | 73 | 0.97 | 34 | 2.02 | | ANHEUSER-BUSCH | 34 | 3.04 | 25 | 4.10 | 32 | 2.50 | 46 | 2.70 | 44 | 1.80 | 51 | 1.39 | | L'ORÉAL | 35 | 2.94 | 27 | 3.86 | 24 | 2.97 | 79 | 1.31 | 36 | 2.35 | 108 | 0.42 | | 3M | 36 | 2.79 | 38 | 3.05 | 68 | 1.10 | 15 | 5.31 | 26 | 2.85 | 55 | 1.34 | | TARGET | 37 | 2.70 | 32 | 3.60 | 25 | 2.92 | 120 | 0.51 | 38 | 2.30 | 76 | 0.87 | | HILTON HOTELS CORPORATION | 38 | 2.66 | 26 | 3.99 | 27 | 2.85 | 111 | 0.64 | 70 | 1.03 | 113 | 0.37 | | TOYOTA | 39 | 2.56 | 54 | 2.05 | 51 | 1.47 | 7 | 7.77 | 67 | 1.12 | 54 | 1.35 | | ELECTRONIC ARTS | 40 | 2.56 | 44 | 2.46 | 35 | 2.29 | 64 | 1.74 | 57 | 1.33 | 7 | 12.30 | | CITIGROUP | 41 | 2.55 | 21 | 4.49 | 60 | 1.30 | 118 | 0.55 | 85 | 0.78 | 43 | 1.56 | | TIME WARNER INC. | 42 | 2.51 | 34 | 3.37 | 15 | 3.93 | 138 | 0.36 | 86 | 0.74 | 31 | 2.17 | | MERCK | 43 | 2.46 | 92 | 0.89 | 66 | 1.20 | 40 | 2.85 | 4 | 8.69 | 104 | 0.44 | | MCKINSEY & COMPANY | 44 | 2.44 | 33 | 3.45 | 33 | 2.35 | 61 | 1.83 | 64 | 1.21 | 40 | 1.64 | | AMAZON.COM | 45 | 2.44 | 48 | 2.37 | 14 | 3.99 | 115 | 0.60 | 56 | 1.33 | 15 | 6.60 | | INTEL | 46 | 2.44 | 91 | 0.91 | 102 | 0.59 | 11 | 5.96 | 59 | 1.30 | 5 | 19.40 | | GAP INC. | 47 | 2.42 | 35 | 3.36 | 26 | 2.92 | 136 | 0.38 | 61 | 1.24 | 134 | 0.27 | | LEHMAN BROTHERS | 48 | 2.31 | 31 | 3.77 | 44 | 1.77 | 96 | 0.93 | 77 | 0.91 | 58 | 1.24 | | AMERICAN AIRLINES | 49 | 2.31 | 46 | 2.41 | 20 | 3.47 | 58 | 1.94 | 53 | 1.37 | 50 | 1.43 | | GLAXOSMITHKLINE | 50 | 2.18 | 87 | 1.04 | 57 | 1.35 | 82 | 1.27 | 6 | 7.58 | 99 | 0.47 |
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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