MBA employment statistics
Because of their diverse backgrounds, experiences, and achievements — as well as the toolkit they build through the innovative, real-world W. P. Carey curriculum — our MBA candidates bring a wealth of skills to any team within any
organization. Their foundational knowledge, flexibility, leadership development, and drive help our Full‑time MBA students deliver one of the highest placement rates among U.S. business schools.
The most recent complete yearly employment survey, conducted for the 2017–18 academic year, reported a mean base salary of $100,303 for W. P. Carey MBA graduates.
Full-time MBA graduating class of 2018
| Employment acceptance |
|---|
| Total by graduation |
58.82% |
| Total 3 months from graduation |
87.25% |
| Base salary and signing bonus |
|---|
| Mean salary |
$100,303 |
| Mean signing bonus |
$16,696 |
| Sample of employers |
|---|
- Adobe
- Alexander Group
- Amazon Lab
- Amazon.com
- American Airlines, Inc.
- American Express
- Applied Materials
- APS
- Aristocrat Technologies
- Arizona Coyotes Hockey Club
- Arizona State University
- Avnet, Inc.
- Bank of America
- BASIS.ed
- BeyondTrust
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona Advantage
- Burns & Associates
- Chevron
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- CVS Health
- Darton Group Consulting
- Dell, Inc.
- Deloitte Consulting
- Dish Network
- E. & J. Gallo Winery
- EdOps
- Enstoa
- Ericsson Inc.
- Ernst & Young (EY)
- Facebook
- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles
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- First Solar, Inc.
- GoDaddy.com
- Google
- Henkel Consumer Goods, Inc.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise
- IBM Global Services
- Intel Corporation
- IntraEdge
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kenway Consulting
- Kenzan
- Kraft Foods
- Medtronic, Inc.
- Micron Technology, Inc.
- Moon Valley Nursery
- National Bank of Arizona
- Project Evident
- Raytheon Company
- Spear Education
- Teleflex, Inc.
- Televerde
- T-Mobile
- Treasury Wine Estates
- Universal Health Services (UHS)
- USAA
- W. P. Carey School of Business
- Walmart Corporation
- Western Digital
- Whirlpool Corporation
- Williams-Sonoma Inc.
- Xylem Inc.
|
| Sources of employment |
|---|
| School-facilitated activities |
68% |
| Student-facilitated activities |
32% |
| Employment by region |
|---|
| Mid-Atlantic |
3.37% |
| Midwest |
5.62% |
| Northeast |
6.74% |
| South |
6.74% |
| Southwest |
38.20% |
| West |
26.97% |
| Employment by professional function |
|---|
|
Full-time MBA graduating class of 2020
| Internship acceptance |
|---|
| Permanent work authorization |
62.86% |
| Non-Permanent work authorization |
29.52% |
| Sources of accepted internships |
|---|
| School-facilitated activities |
64.4% |
| Student-facilitated activities |
35.6% |
| Base monthly salary |
|---|
| Mean |
$5,589 |
| Range |
$750 – $9,600 |
| Sample of internship employers |
|---|
- Amazon
- Amazon.com
- American Express
- Amazon.com
- Andeavor
- Applied Materials
- APS - Arizona Public Service
- Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
- Arizona State University
- Association of Arizona Food Banks
- AT&T
- Axon
- Ayehu
- Bank of America
- Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
- Benchmark Electronics
- Biogen
- Boeing Company
- C. Myers Corporation
- Caesars Entertainment, Inc.
- Casa Verde Capital
- Catalant
- Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
- Chevron
- Cisco Systems, Inc.
- Citigroup Inc.
- CKS Advisors
- Dell, Inc.
- E. & J. Gallo Winery
- Environmental Defense Fund - Climate Corps
- Essence Bakery
- Faraday Future
- Farai Pyro
- Flex
- Gap Inc.
- Google
- Grapes & Barley
- Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co.KG
- Honeywell Aerospace
- Indiana Pacers
|
- Inspiring Capital
- Intel Corporation
- Intuit Inc.
- Intuitive Surgical
- John Deere
- Johnson & Johnson
- Kimberly-Clark Corporation
- Lowe's Companies Inc.
- Mattel, Inc.
- Mayo Clinic
- MBAs Across America
- Micron
- MUFG Union Bank
- Node Capital
- ON Semiconductor
- PetSmart, Inc.
- PolyOne Corporation
- Precision Digit
- Princess Cruises
- Raytheon Company
- Republic Services
- SAP
- Sergei Mikheyev and Associates
- Shamrock Foods
- Siemens Corporation
- Televerde
- Tesla Motors
- Tillamook County Creamery
- Ultra Clean Technology Holdings Inc.
- United Nations
- Verifone, Inc.
- Verizon Wireless
- Versum Materials
- VISA International
- W. L. Gore and Associates, Inc.
- W. P. Carey School of Business
- Western Digital
- WS Technology Consulting
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| Internship by professional function |
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