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The Most Desirable Employers

Special Report: TK

If you're coming out of college today, you know how tough the job market is. But that doesn't mean you can't dream of working for the ideal employer. Here's a look at the most attractive companies according to more than 60,000 U.S. undergraduates surveyed by research firm Universum USA from December 2008 to April 2009. Data can be sorted by ranking, percentage of total votes cast by students from a particular major, or by the combined totals of all students.

Click column heading once to reorder from highest to lowest. Click twice to reorder from lowest to highest.

Overall Rank 2009	Overall Rank 2008	Employer	Business 2009 Rank	Engineering 2009 Rank	IT 2009 Rank	Liberal Arts 2009 Rank	Natural Sciences 2009 Rank

51	36	Yahoo!	59	93	15	31	58
52	51	Calvin Klein	44	153	110	27	95
53	48	Intel	88	14	10	96	80
54	47	The Boston Consulting Group	35	72	111	65	121
55	69	Maxim Healthcare	138	118	181	58	8
56	124	U.S. Army	108	42	52	37	23
57	63	PepsiCo	42	88	75	48	98
58	50	D.O.D. - Missiles and Weapons	125	13	27	55	52
59	66	Internal Revenue Service	29	210	62	69	144
60	39	McKinsey & Company	41	64	93	71	89
61	52	3M	61	32	53	88	64
62	78	Wells Fargo & Company	34	183	136	70	90
63	88	Shell Oil Company	83	20	90	112	54
64	NR	Hyatt	47	160	131	56	85
65	62	American Express	48	166	82	50	106
66	54	Southwest Airlines	58	95	71	52	82
67	73	Honda Companies	90	23	47	74	108
68	74	Northrop Grumman	115	12	35	144	102
69	60	Merck	112	49	124	100	17
70	86	Nestle	67	79	119	64	41
71	61	GlaxoSmithKline	127	73	103	77	16
72	67	Dell	77	57	17	82	76
73	59	Deutsche Bank	43	128	107	93	115
74	91	General Mills	72	77	91	76	40
75	65	American Airlines	80	101	87	41	69
76	NR	AT&T	70	91	23	67	96
77	57	Gap Inc.	69	186	146	38	119
78	82	Cisco Systems	93	51	6	108	124
79	77	eBay	75	117	25	49	83
80	75	Genentech	171	37	85	124	18
81	84	Hewlett-Packard	89	54	20	84	91
82	NR	Grant Thornton	37	223	181	215	216
83	89	Verizon	74	100	33	60	104
84	NR	CBS Interactive	82	192	78	35	161
85	96	Kraft Foods	81	86	96	92	31
86	79	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	55	178	181	87	107
87	92	Adobe Systems	106	98	12	47	112
88	102	Harrahs Entertainment	60	171	101	68	177
89	71	Accenture	71	65	32	109	170
90	94	Best Buy	76	132	48	61	79
91	98	Raytheon	131	22	43	153	93
92	NR	Delta Airlines	92	85	121	54	67
93	83	McGraw-Hill Companies	123	154	143	29	92
94	43	Citi	54	144	95	128	145
95	80	BP	107	29	98	111	88
96	97	Dow Chemical	164	26	160	173	28
97	NR	American Eagle	95	168	126	42	73
98	55	Bain & Company	73	89	111	91	133
99	105	Texas Instruments	124	33	50	102	78
100	90	Fidelity Investments	56	198	106	137	154

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