Ross released 2014 placement data

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<p>The figures are pretty much similar to your usual annual figures. </p>

<ul>
<li>The class had 420 graduates (will grow to 500 next year). </li>
<li>40% were placed in the Midwest, 40% in the Northeast and 10% in the West Coast. </li>
<li>20% were placed in Consulting firms and 20% in IBanks. </li>
<li>Mean starting salary: $65,000</li>
<li>Median starting salary: $68,400</li>
</ul>

<p>POPULAR EMPLOYERS:</p>

<p>Auditors:
Deloitte 14 full time, 10 interns
PriceWaterhouse Coopers 13 full time, 21 interns
Ernst & Young 11 full time, 7 interns
KPMG 2 full time, 2 interns
Total: 40 full time, 40 interns</p>

<p>Management Consulting firms:
McKinsey 5 full time, no interns
AT Kearney 4 full time, 1 intern
Boston Consulting Group 4 full time, 4 interns
Bain 3 full time, 2 interns
Total: 15 full time, 7 interns</p>

<p>Investment Banks:
Citi 12 full time, 6 interns
Goldman Sachs 9 full time, 18 interns
JP Morgan 7 full time, 13 interns
Morgan Stanley 4 full time, 11 interns
Bank of America Merrill Lynch 3 full time, 12 interns
Barclays 3 full time, 3 interns
Deutsche Bank 2 full time, 8 interns
Total: 40 full time, 72 interns </p>

<p>Technology
Microsoft 7 full time, 5 interns
IBM 6 full time
Google 2 full time, 3 interns
Total: 15 full time, 8 interns</p>

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<p>110 full-time hires in the above out of 420 graduates. </p>

<p>Most of those interns are probably juniors. </p>

<p>How common is it for graduates to accept an internship instead of a full-time position? I’d assume a small percentage.</p>

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<p>Good question ForeverAlone. The vast majority of interns would be Juniors, and perhaps a few Sophomores. I doubt there would be many Seniors.</p>

<p>Also, it should be noted that in addition to the 110 hires to the companies listed above, probably a hundred (if not more) that accepted jobs with other companies that hired fewer than 10 Ross students. Companies like:</p>

<p>Abbott
Accenture
Amazon
Amgen
Aon Hewitt
Apple
BASF
Baxter
Bayer
Becton, Dickinson
Blackrock
Blackstone
Bloomberg
BNP Paribas
BNY Mellon
Boeing
Bristol Myers Squibb
Broadcom
Capgemini
Chevron
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Credit Suise
Dow Chemical
DuPont
Eli Lilly
Exxon Mobil
Facebook
FBI
Ford Motor Company
General Electric
General Mills
GlaxoSmithKline
Hewlett-Packard
HSBC
Intel
Johnson & Johnson
Kraft
LEK Consulting
Lazard
Medtronic
Mercer
Nestle
Nike
Nissan
PepsiCo
Pfizer
Philips
Procter & Gamble
Raytheon
Royal Bank of Scotland
Samsung
Shell
Tesla Motors
Toyota
UBS
Unilever
Wasserstein & Co</p>

<p>There are far more companies that I did not mention. Those are just ones that I know recruit undergrads at Ross.</p>

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<p>Just wondering, where would the “average” Ross student be placed? “Average” in terms of middle 50% in grades, ec’s, etc. </p>

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<p>^In business school recruiting grades and ec’s don’t matter as much as previous internships, connections, networking/people skills, etc. Sure, you need a baseline level of intelligence and performance in school, but beyond that it’s really how much a company likes you, who you know there, where you’ve worked in the past, and how you interview. There’s no “average” student placement because it’s difficult to quantify all those factors where everyone is wildly different.</p>

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<p>Ahh I see. Thanks for explaining. Would a majority of Ross grads end up with some sort of company on the list above? </p>

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<p>I would say about half of Ross grads will be placed in the companies above. The other half will work for less “blingy” companies, but the majority of them will be working for major firms that will provide them with great experience and promotion opportunities.</p>