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GRADUATING

STUDENT

SURVEY

June 2013 Survey Results

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Graduating Student Survey Report

Table of Contents

Page Number

Introduction and Overview 3-4

Plans after Graduation 5

Average Salary and Bonus 6

Top Industries and Employers 7-9

Job Search Questions: How Graduates Find Their Jobs, Timeline, Average Number 10-11

of Application, Interviews, and Offers

Top US and International Locations for Employment 12

Factors Affecting Job Decisions 13-16

Top Graduate Destinations & Graduate School Questions 16-17

Questions about Additional Experiences (Internship, UROP, International 18-19

Experience Leadership, Public Services and Graduate School Plans)

Employers by Department (Major) 20-23

Employers of International Students 24

Salary by Department (Major) 25-26

Salary by Industry and Employer Data 26-29

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Please take a moment to learn more about the survey and the data we collect and present.

PURPOSE:

The purpose of the Graduating Student Survey (GSS) is to promote an accurate understanding of the immediate

post-graduation plans of graduating MIT students and to provide data for related career issues. Data for our PhD

graduates is presented in a separate format and available at http://gecd.mit.edu/resources/data.

METHOD:

The GSS is a completely voluntary web-based survey. The survey was emailed as a link multiple times throughout

the late spring and summer in an effort to capture as much of the graduating student population as possible.

Altogether, 788 Graduating Seniors (83.5%) and 878 (68.9%) Graduating Masters candidates from MIT participated

in the June 2013 Survey.

RESULTS:

All data are self-reported and presented anonymously in aggregate form. Due to the variety and various levels of

MIT degrees granted, the majority of statistics presented are related to specific subsets of the population (e.g.,

undergraduate, Masters, major, etc.) and are labeled accordingly. This is done to provide more meaningful and

accurate data. Any data not labeled should be assumed to represent the entire sample.

The majority of results are presented in table format for ease of reading and comparison. Many tables contain

empty cells. This is for two reasons; first, not all majors offer all types of degrees, and second, fewer than two

students from that major and degree level responded to the survey question.

The remainder of this report presents the data that we collect and analyze. We highly recommend that you start

with pages 4-7, which highlight our most common requests for information.

The GECD Data Committee,

Deborah Liverman

Colin D. Smith

Tamara Menghi

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http://gecd.mit.edu/resources/data

MIT Global Education and Career Development (GECD) is pleased to provide the results of the MIT

Class of 2013 Graduating Student Survey, providing information about the immediate post-graduation

plans of all MIT baccalaureate and master’s degree graduates.

There were 1,666 respondents to the survey, representing 75.1 percent of the graduating class. This report

represents a collaborative effort between this office and Institutional Research. I particularly want to thank

Deborah Liverman, Director for Career Services, for her leadership of this survey.

MIT’s Class of 2013 faced an improving job market with the third consecutive year of job growth; however,

overall national hiring projections for recent college graduates have still not returned to pre-recession

levels. Despite this, MIT graduates continued to outperform the national average in their employment

outcomes. Highlights of our survey of the MIT Class of 2013 are presented below.

• There were 57.4 percent of baccalaureate and 79.4 percent of master’s graduates who planned to

enter the workforce immediately following graduation, representing an increase for both groups

over last year. Slightly more than 35 percent of baccalaureate and 14.3 percent of master’s

graduates planned to attend graduate or professional school. This represents a slight decline in

immediate graduate school attendance from the prior year and the fourth year of a decline in the

percentage of MIT graduating seniors continuing their education. Nearly 60 percent of all

graduating seniors who do not have immediate plans to attend graduate school do plan to attend

graduate or professional school within the next five years.

• At the time of graduation, 80.6 percent of graduating seniors and 75.5 percent of master’s

graduates had accepted employment, which were very similar to 2012 findings.

• On-campus recruiting continues to be a primary source of employment as reported by just over 37

percent of baccalaureate and 30 percent of master’s degree recipients.

• Networking and career fairs represented the next highest method for baccalaureate degree holders,

while master’s degree recipients identified networking as their next highest method.

• The top industries for graduating seniors were computer software, consulting, and engineering,

representing the same ranking as in 2012. Computer software represented the top industry for

master’s degree recipients, with consulting dropping to second place.

• The average salary for undergraduates was $73,567, a 10 percent increase from the $66,874

average from 2012. Master’s graduates (SM, MEng, MBA) received an average salary ranging from

$85,587 for SM, to $94,804 for MEng, to $123,937 for MBA graduates, with all but MBA graduate

salaries increasing over 2012.

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• There were new questions added to the survey for this year, including questions about internships.

Graduating seniors reported completing an average of three internships prior to graduation.

The full report follows, providing a broad snapshot of the professional and education destinations for the

MIT Class of 2013. We welcome any comments or suggestions from the MIT community regarding ways

that we may improve our survey process or reporting. Thank you!

Sincerely,

Melanie Parker, Executive Director

MIT Global Education and Career Development

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2013 MIT POST GRADUATION STATISTICS*

*Based upon 1666 (75.1%) responses overall to the June 2013 Graduating Student Survey

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF UNDERGRADUATE & MASTER’S GRADUATES GO ON

TO GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL, WORK OR OTHER?*

Degree Graduate/Professional School Work Other Response Rate

SB 35.3% 57.4% 7.3% 83.5%

Masters 14.3% 79.4% 6.3% 68.9%

*Other includes enrolled in another educational program (2nd bachelor’s degree), distinguished fellowship, taking time

off, traveling, deciding between fields, volunteer activity, postponing job search, undecided & other activity-

35.3%

57.4%

7.3%

Plans after Graduation for Bachelor's Degree Recipeints

Graduate/Professional School

Work

Other

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14.3%

79.4%

6.3%

Plans After Graduation for Masters' Degree Recipients

Graduate/Professional School

Work

Other

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Work and Job Search Experience

WHAT WAS THE OVERALL AVERAGE SALARY/BONUS (for those receiving bonuses)

OF WORKING MIT GRADUATES IN THE CLASS OF 2013?

SB: $73,567/$6,030

SM: $85,587/$6,650

MEng: $94,804/$18,556

MBA: $123,937/$20,000

73,567

85,587

94,804

123,937

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

SB SM Meng MBA

2013 Salary Comparisions

2011 2012 2013

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HOW MANY EMPLOYERS RECRUITED THROUGH MIT

CAREER SERVICES FOR 2012-2013? 296

WHICH EMPLOYERS HIRED THE MOST MIT GRADUATES?

Bachelor Level Employers #

Hires

Master’s Level

Employers (nonMBAs)

#

Hires

MBA Level

Employers

# Hires

Google 10 McKinsey & Company 7 McKinsey & Company 19

Apple 9 Amazon 6 Bain & Company 15

Oracle 9 Google 6 Amazon 11

Accenture 7 Oracle 6 Boston Consulting Group 8

Boeing 7 US Navy 5 Google 5

Microsoft 6 Schlumberger 4 Microsoft 5

Morgan Stanley 6 Boston Consulting Group 4 Nike 5

Palantir 6 US Air Force 4 Deloitte 4

McKinsey & Company 5 Apple 3 Amgen 3

Vecna 5 Fidelity 3 Apple 3

Bain & Company 4 Microsoft 3 Barclays 3

Booz Allen 4 MIT 3 Boeing 3

Facebook 4 Dell 3

Goldman Sachs 4 Goldman Sachs 3

MIT 4

SpaceX 4

INDUSTRIES FOR JUNE 2013 GRADUATES (Bachelor’s)

Industries Bachelor's

Computer Software 21.5%

Consulting 12.1%

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Engineering 7.6%

Health/Medicine 7.6%

Financial Services 7.1%

Aerospace 6.5%

Energy and Utilities 5.0%

Investment Banking 4.7%

Other 4.4%

Pharmaceuticals 3.2%

Computer Hardware/Electrical Engineering 2.9%

Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing 2.9%

Chemicals and Materials 2.6%

Education 2.6%

Automotive and Transportation 2.1%

Non-Profit Agency or NGO 2.1%

Business Services 1.8%

Government 1.2%

Military 1.2%

Communications, Arts, Entertainment 0.6%

Law 0.3%

Architecture 0.0%

INDUSTRIES FOR JUNE 2013 GRADUATES (Masters’)

Industries Masters’

Computer Software 11.0%

Consulting 21.1%

Other 8.2%

Engineering 6.9%

Financial Services 6.4%

Investment Banking 5.7%

Business Services 5.3%

Aerospace 4.6%

Energy and Utilities 4.3%

Industrial and Consumer Manufacturing 4.3%

Computer Hardware/Electrical Engineering 3.7%

Military 3.4%

Education 2.5%

Government 2.3%

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Automotive and Transportation 2.1%

Pharmaceuticals 2.1%

Architecture 1.8%

Chemicals and Materials 1.1%

Health/Medicine 1.1%

Non-Profit Agency or NGO 0.9%

Communications, Arts, Entertainment 0.9%

Law 0.2%

21.5%

12.1%

7.6% 7.6% 7.1% 6.5% 5.0% 4.7% 4.4% 3.2% 2.9% 2.9%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

Top Industries for June 2013 Bachelor's Graduates

Bachelor's

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HOW DID MIT GRADUATES FIND THEIR JOBS?

(Graduates could check all that applied so the number will be more than 100%)

Undergrad Masters

On-campus recruiting 37.1% 30.5%

Networking 25.7% 28.6%

Career fair 25.7% 9.1%

Internship led to job offer 25.1% 13.5%

Directly applied to employer 19.5% 18.1%

Other 13.5% 19.3%

Through Department (faculty, academic administrator) 6.3% 8.4%

MIT Sponsored Job Listings, Employer Database, INET 4.2% 5.1%

Externally Advertised job listing (on-line, print) 4.2% 2.1%

Professional Conference 2.1% 1.2%

Contacts acquired through MIT Career Services 1.2% 1.9%

21.1%

11.0%

8.2% 6.9% 6.4% 5.7% 5.3% 4.6% 4.3% 4.3% 3.7% 3.4%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

Top Industries for June 2013 Masters' Graduates

Mas…

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WHEN DID WORKING GRADUATES BEGIN THEIR JOB SEARCH

AND RECEIVE THE JOB OFFER THEY ACCEPTED?

Undergraduate Master’s

Month Begin Search Received Offer Begin Search Received Offer

Prior to September 2012 25.2% 17.8% 30.1% 22.2%

September 2012 34.6% 4.3% 26.2% 3.9%

October 2012 6.6% 12.3% 6.9% 9.7%

November 2012 1.8% 17.5% 2.8% 12.7%

December 2012 1.8% 6.6% 2.5% 8.6%

37.1%

25.7% 25.7% 25.1%

19.5%

13.5%

6.3%

30.5% 28.6%

9.1%

13.5%

18.1% 19.3%

8.4%

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

On-campus recruiting Career fair Directly applied toemployer

Through Department(faculty, academic

administrator)

Top Ways MIT Graduates Find Jobs

Undergrad Masters

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January 2013 7.3% 5.7% 5.8% 6.0%

February 2013 4.3% 4.0% 4.2% 6.0%

March 2013 3.2% 7.2% 4.2% 7.3%

April 2013 2.5% 8.0% 3.0% 8.6%

May 2013 3.0% 9.7% 2.2% 9.2%

June 2013 1.8% 2.6% 0.5% 3.9%

July 2013 2.1% 2.6% 0.5% 0.9%

August 2013 0.2% 1.7% 1.3% 1.1%

Other 5.5% 9.7%

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF JOB APPLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS/JOB OFFERS?

Degree Level Job

Applications

1st Round

Job

Interviews

Onsite

Interviews

2nd or 3rd

Round Onsite

Interviews

Offers

Undergraduate 15 5 2 2 2

Masters 18 6 3 2 2

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKING GRADUATES NEGOTIATED THEIR SALARY AND BONUS?

Degree Level Negotiated Salary Negotiated Bonus

Undergraduate 19.8% 11.0%

Masters 22.5% 21.9%

WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NEGOTIATED INCREASE IN SALARY

AND BONUS OF WORKING GRADUATES?

Degree Level Increase in Salary Increase in Bonus

Undergraduate $5,997 $5,529

Masters $7,793 $16,195

DO YOU EXPECT TO BE WORKING INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE U.S.?

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Degree Level In U.S. (including Puerto Rico, territories,

etc.) Outside U.S.


Masters 3.9% 17.2%

TOP US DESTINATIONS for JUNE GRADUATES WORKING

US STATE %OF BACHELOR HIRES % OF MASTER HIRES

Massachusetts 33.2% 26.7%

California 24.3% 22.8%

New York 18.3% 18.3%

Texas 4.5% 6.9%

Washington 3.2% 4.4%

Illinois 1.7% 4.8%

Virginia 0.8% 4.2%

District of Columbia 1.0% 2.5%

Connecticut 0.3% 1.7%

Pennsylvania 0.6% 1.3%

Michigan 0.6% 1.3%

Oregon 1.4% 0.3%

Maryland - 1.6%

TOP INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS for JUNE GRADUATES WORKING

COUNTRY # OF HIRES

Singapore 9

Brazil 8

Japan 8

United Kingdom 6

Mexico 5

Canada 4

Hong Kong 4

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China 3

South Korea 3

Chile 2

Germany 2

Saudi Arabia 2

Switzerland 2

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF WORKING GRADUATES FOUND JOBS RELATED TO THEIR MAJORS?

Degree Level YES NO NOT SURE

Undergraduate 79.2% 18.5% 2.3%

Masters 89.5% 6.2% 4.3%

WHAT FACTORS AFFECTED YOUR DECISION TO ACCEPT A JOB OFFER?

WORKING BACHELOR’S GRADUATES

Factors Essential

Very

Important

Somewhat

Important

Not

Important

Job Content 60.5% 32.5% 5.5% 1.5%

Creative & challenging work 52.0% 37.6% 9.2% 1.2%

One of my top choices 46.2% 33.2% 13.5% 7.1%

Opportunity to make an impact 44.0% 33.9% 18.0% 4.0%

Fit with culture/environment 41.2% 42.1% 14.2% 2.4%

Opportunity for career advancement 35.4% 39.0% 18.3% 7.3%

Fit with my experience & skills 28.7% 46.8% 21.4% 3.1%

Location 27.3% 40.9% 26.1% 5.8%

Training/educational opportunities 26.8% 42.1% 25.0% 6.1%

Reputation of Employer 20.7% 44.8% 27.7% 6.7%

Job flexibility & work life balance 19.5% 43.9% 30.2% 6.4%

Best opportunity I could find at this time 18.0% 27.6% 23.8% 30.7%

Supervision & colleagues 16.2% 40.4% 35.2% 8.3%

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Salary 15.5% 39.8% 35.0% 9.7%

Benefits 11.3% 36.0% 39.9% 12.8%

Job Security 10.4% 33.9% 40.4% 15.3%

Ability to meet my expected student

loan/education debt payments 9.9% 12.7% 18.6% 58.8%

Employer was willing to sponsor non-US citizen 5.9% 3.4% 2.2% 88.6%

First job offered 5.9% 18.3% 22.3% 53.6%

Didn't get into graduate/professional school 1.0% 1.9% 2.9% 94.2%

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Didn't get intograduate/professional school

Employer was willing to sponsornon-US citizen

First job offered

Ability to meet my expectedstudent loan/education debt…

Job Security

Benefits

Salary

Supervision & colleagues

Best opportunity I could find atthis time

Job flexibility & work lifebalance

Reputation of Employer

Training/educationalopportunities

Location

Fit with my experience & skills

Opportunity for careeradvancement

Fit with culture/environment

Opportunity to make an impact

One of my top choices

Creative & challenging work

Job Content

Factors Affecting Decision to Accept Job Offer for Bachelor's Graduates

Essential

Very Important

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WHAT FACTORS AFFECTED YOUR DECISION TO ACCEPT A JOB OFFER?

WORKING MASTERS’ GRADUATES

Factors Essential

Very

Important

Somewhat

Important

Not

Important

Job Content 60.1% 33.7% 5.5% 0.7%

Creative & challenging work 50.8% 41.2% 7.0% 1.0%

Opportunity for career advancement 50.5% 37.8% 10.5% 1.2%

Opportunity to make an impact 43.4% 40.7% 13.0% 2.9%

One of my top choices 41.8% 38.7% 12.2% 7.3%

Fit with culture/environment 41.1% 44.3% 12.9% 1.7%

Reputation of Employer 33.0% 43.5% 17.7% 5.7%

Location 30.2% 41.1% 23.3% 5.5%

Fit with my experience & skills 28.0% 50.2% 18.7% 3.1%

Training/educational opportunities 24.2% 40.3% 26.1% 9.4%

Job flexibility & work life balance 19.2% 38.2% 34.6% 7.9%

Employer was willing to sponsor non-US

citizen 18.8% 9.1% 3.1% 69.0%

Supervision & colleagues 18.8% 50.0% 22.6% 8.7%

Salary 17.9% 46.9% 30.7% 4.5%

Ability to meet my expected student

loan/education debt payments 14.3% 21.1% 16.7% 47.9%

Best opportunity I could find at this time 10.7% 29.3% 19.9% 40.2%

Job Security 9.6% 36.1% 39.3% 14.9%

Benefits 8.2% 43.2% 39.8% 8.9%

First job offered 4.1% 12.3% 16.9% 66.7%

Didn't get into graduate/professional school 0.5% 3.3% 5.1% 91.%

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Didn't get intograduate/professional school

First job offered

Benefits

Job Security

Best opportunity I could findat this time

Ability to meet my expectedstudent loan/education debt…

Salary

Supervision & colleagues

Employer was willing to sponsornon-US citizen

Job flexibility & work lifebalance

Training/educationalopportunities

Fit with my experience & skills

Location

Reputation of Employer

Fit with culture/environment

One of my top choices

Opportunity to make an impact

Opportunity for careeradvancement

Creative & challenging work

Job Content

Factors Affecting Decision to Accept Job Offer for Masters' Graduates

Essential

Very Important

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Graduate and Professional School

WHAT TYPE OF DEGREE WERE GRADUATES PURSUING?

(Graduates could check all that applied so the number will be more than 100%)

MENG MS MA MBA PHD/ScD JD MD/DDS/

DVM

Other

Undergraduate 28.2% 22.2% 0.8% 1.1% 47.4% 0.8% 12.5% 4.1%

Masters 0.9% 3.7% 0.0% 2.8% 89.8% 0.9% 0.9% 4.6%

WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL APPLICATIONS/ACCEPTANCES?

Degree Level Applications Acceptances

Undergraduate 5.6 3.0

Masters 3.0 2.1

WHAT WERE THE TOP GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL DESTINATIONS FOR GRADUATES?

School # of Students

MIT 188

Stanford University 29

Harvard University 26

UC Berkeley 19

New York University 5

Northwestern University 5

University of California Santa Barbara 5

Boston University 4

Princeton University 4

Columbia University 4

Carnegie Melon University 3

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Gerstner Sloan Kettering 3

University of Chicago 3

University of Cambridge 3

University of Michigan 3

University of Pittsburgh 3

University of Washington 3

University of Wisconsin - Madison 3

Additional Experiences WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETED AN INTERNSHIP

WHILE IN THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM?

YES NO DON’T KNOW

Undergraduate 79.4% 20.6% 0%

Masters 48.5.% 51.5% 0%

UNDERGRADUATES ONLY: HOW MANY INTERNSHIPS DID YOU COMPLETE DURING YOUR CURRENT

PROGRAM AT MIT (e.g summer internships in industry) ? Deb decide which one to use

# OF INTERNSHIPS # of Students % OF STUDENTS

1 435 48.7%

2 229 25.6%

3 166 18.6%

4 42 4.7

5 13 1.5

6 4 0.7%

TOTAL Respondents 893

WHAT WAS THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF INTERNSHIPS BY DEGREE TYPE?

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Degree Level # of Internships

Bachelors 3.1

SM 2.3

MEng 3.40

MBA 2.2

TYPES OF INTERNSHIPS DID THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETE

WHILE IN THEIR CURRENT PROGRAM?

Type of Internship # of Students

MISTI 109

UPOP 58

Externship 75

F/ASIP 15

Career Center (Career Fairs, On Campus Recruiting,

INET, CareerBridge) 40

Through My Department 39

Other 26

LFM 21

Momentum 3

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETED AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE?

YES NO


Masters 30.9% 69.1%

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETED UROPS?

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YES NO DON’T KNOW


Masters 14.7.% 32.3% 53.1%

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 HAD LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE?

YES NO DON’T KNOW


Masters 53.5% 33.2% 13.3%

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE CLASS OF 2013 COMPLETED A SERVICE EXPERIENCE?

YES NO DON’T KNOW


Masters 29.3% 53.6% 17.1%

DO YOU PLAN TO ATTEND GRADUATE/PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL IN THE FUTURE?

YES, Now

while I’m

Employed

YES, in 1-

2 yes

YES, in 3-5

years

YES, in 5+

years

NO DON’T

KNOW

Undergraduate 1.4% 31.8% 26.9% 3.5% 4.9% 31.5%

Masters 2.0% 3.4% 5.6% 4.4% 54.5% 4.9%

2013 Undergraduate Employers by Department

Results are based on student report and not representative of all employers who hire MIT students by department.

Course (Course Number) Employers

Civil & Environmental Engineering (1) Kiso-Jiban Singapore Pte Ltd., MIT, North Carolina Department of

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Transportation, PA Consulting Group, Shell Oil Company

Mechanical Engineering (2) Accenture, Amazon.com, Apple, ASML, Baker Hughes, BMW,

Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton, Boston Consulting Group, Boston

Pacific Consulting, Burger King, C12 Energy, Cambrian Innovation,

CERTI

Chopper, Compass Automation, Danaher/Hach, Dominion

Engineering, DrinkIn, EDX, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Fluidnet, FMC

Technologies, Ford Motor Company, Function Engineering, General

Motors, Hologic, JP Morgan, Lockheed Martin, MasterCard

Worldwide, NarwhalEDU, Navigant Consulting, Pioneer Natural

Resources, Procter and Gamble PSMI, ReFresh, Rest Devices,

Robert R. Taylor Network, Rope and Gray, Shell Oil Company,

Smith and Nephew, SpaceX, SunEdison, The Spaceship Company,

U.S. Army, Vecna Technologies, W.L. Gore and Associates

Materials Science and Engineering (3) Accenture, Apple, Bain & Company, Bank of America Merrill Lynch,

Boeing, Dominion Engineering, Oliver Wyman, Palantir

Technologies, Schlumberger, State Street Global Markets, TIAX,

TouchBase Technologies, W.L Gore & Associates

Architecture (4) Atlantic Media Company, The Motwani Jadeja Family Foundation

Chemistry (5) Boston Children's Hospital, British General Consulate, Epic Systems,

Massachusetts General Hospital, Permabit

EECS (6)

Amadeus Technologies, Amazon.com, AppDynamics, Apple,

Athenahealth, Benchling, Bracebridge Capital, Broadway

Technology, Chopper Trading, Citigroup Global Markets, Cru, DE

Shaw, Disney ABC Television Group, Dropbox, Facebook, Ford,

Formlabs, Galois, HOYOS Labs, IMC Financial Markets

Inplore. Intuit, Jump Trading, Khan Academy, LevelUp, MEET,

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Microsoft, NASA, Naval

Undersea Warfare Center – Newport, NetApp, Nomadica, Opower,

Oracle, Palantir, Pivotal Labs, Square, Stripe, Sumo Logic, Synaptics,

Twitch.TV, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense, Wayfair,

Wilmington Public Schools, Yelp, Yext

Biology (7) Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, Amon Laboratory, Hermes

Clinical, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, MIT, MIT’s McGovern

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Institute for Brain Research, McKinsey and Company, Northeast

Dermatology Associates, Rockefeller University, Segterra, Stanford

University School of Medicine, University of California-San

Francisco, Whitehead Institute

Physics (8) AdHarmonics, Boston Consulting Group, DC Energy, Facebook,

Google, Jane Street, Kyruus, Max Planck Institute for Quantum

Optics, MIT’s Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Nabsys, Newton

Public Schools, Oracle, SRA International

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) Bishop Hendricken High School, Department of Defense, Health

Advances, Hospital for Special Surgery, MIT, Teach For America,

U.S. Army, Zynga

Chemical Engineering (10) 3M company, Accenture, Air Liquide, Asahi Kasei, Bio-Rad

Laboratories, BP, Chevron, Clarion Healthcare, DuPont, Epic, Escape

Dynamics, Fluor, Foundation Medicine, Genentech, Goldman Sachs,

Johnson Controls, Johnson Matthey, Leerink Swann, Loop Capital,

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Novaspect, Shell Oil Company,

University of California-Berkeley

Urban Studies and Planning (11)

EAPS (12)

Economics (14) Analysis Group, Applied Predictive Technologies, BNP Paribas,

Boston Consulting Group, National Bureau of Economic Research,

McKinsey & Company, Morgan Stanley, NERA Economic

Consulting, The Brattle Group, Tufts Medical Center, Wayfair

Management (15)

Booz Allen Hamilton, Brown Brothers Harriman, City of Boston,

DFW Consultants, Digitas, Domeyard, Exeter Group, Goldman

Sachs, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley,

Northrop, Grumman, Oliver Wyman, Oracle, Peak6 Investments,

Wells Fargo

Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) BioTower, Boeing, Booz & Company, General Atomics Aeronautical

Systems, Inc., Northrop Grumman, Renaissance Strategic Advisors,

Scaled Composites, Soft Servo Systems, Space Exploration

Technologies, SRA International, U.S. Navy, Vecna

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Political Science (17) ClearView Healthcare Partners

Mathematics (18) AIG, Blue Goji, Capital One, Cogo Labs, Facebook, Gelber,

Goldman Sachs, Google, Jane Street, King's Academy, Microsoft,

Morgan Stanley, PEAK6, Power Advocate, Twitter, Two Sigma

Investments, U. S. Department of Defense, Vistaprint

Biological Engineering (20) Accenture, Adimab, AgaMatrix, Athenahealth, Booz Allen Hamilton,

Boston’s Children Hospital, ClearView Healthcare Partners, Dr.

William Mair at Harvard’s School of Public Health, Kuchnir

Dermatology, McKinsey & Company, Novartis, Powderhouse

Productions, Scientia Advisors, University of California—Berkeley’s

Healy Lab, Vecna, West Virginia University

Humanities (21) Avanade

Nuclear Engineering (22) Exelon Nuclear, NextEra Energy, Sookbox

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2013 Masters Employers by Department

Results are based on student report and not representative of all employers who hire MIT students by department.


Civil & Environmental Engineering (1) AECOM, AMEC, Boeing, Buro Happold, Condor Earth Technologies,

ExxonMobil, Frontier Airlines, Geosyntec Consultants, GZA

GeoEnvironmental, Haag Engineering, Jacobs Associates,

McNamara/Salvia, MIT’s Lincoln Laboratories, MTA New York City

Transit, Parsons Transportation Group, Southeastern Wisconsin

Regional Planning Commission, Stevenson & Associates, Trinity

Consultants, U.S. Army, Ward and Burke Construction, WSP Group

Mechanical Engineering (2) Canadian Forces, Fluid Industrial Associates, Global Research

Innovation and Technology, Hellenic Navy, Kaz, Lockheed Martin,

Mathworks, PwC, SpaceX, TIAX, Turkish Naval Forces, U.S. Navy

Materials Science and Engineering (3) PA Consulting

Architecture (4) Chulalongkorn University, CORE Architects, Elkus Manfredi, Holabird

& Root, New York City Department of City Planning, Rhode Island

School of Design, Structures North, University of Texas

Chemistry (5) Ariad Pharmaceuticals

EECS (6)

APX Labs, Asana, BitSight Technologies, Box, Dropbox, Electroimpact,

Google, Jump Trading, KAYAK, Learning Games Network, LiveClips,

Luminoso, Microsoft, MIT’s Department of EECS, MIT’s Lincoln

Laboratory, Monster Games, Nest, NetApp, Oracle, Qualcomm,

SECOM, Texas Instruments, Twitter, U.S. Navy, Vishwa Robotics,

VMWare

Biology (7) Galatea Associates

Chemical Engineering (10) Merck

Urban Studies and Planning (11) AS&P, Cambridge Housing Authority, Delaware River Waterfront

Corporation, NCB Capital Impact, Noblis, Port Authority of New York

& New Jersey, Recology, State of Massachusetts-Department of

Housing and Community Development, Urban Redevelopment

Authority

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EAPS (12) Chevron, Nara

Management (15)

a-connect, Advantix Systems, Aetna, Allied Minds, Amazon.com,

Amgen, Analysis Group, Apple, Appleseed Food Frontiers, Applied

Predictive Technologies, Arrowstreet Capital, Assembla, ATKERNEY,

Atkins, Bain & Company, Bank of America, Barclays Capital, Battery

Global Advisors, Bechtel Enterprises, Black Coral Capital, BlackRock,

Blackstone, Blizzard Entertainment, Boeing, Booz & Company,

Boston Consulting Group, Burger King, Caesars Entertainment,

Capital One, Care.com, Caremi Partners, Cargill, Caterpillar, Central

Bank of Dominican Republic, Central Bank of Turkey, Central Japan

Railway Company, Charles River Associates, Chartis Insurance, Cisco

Systems, CITI, Citibank, Citigroup, City of Cambridge, Corindus,

Corpbanca, Credit Suisse, CSMG, Deloitte Consulting, Deutsche Bank,

Development Bank of Japan/Japan

Discerene Value Advisors, Education Elements, Elizabeth Larsen

Consulting, Elsevier, Everis, Fidelity, FSG Social Impact Consultants,

Gafisa, GE Energy, Genentech, GETCO, GMO, Goldman Sachs,

Goodrich, Google, Gores Group, Gradeable, Groupon, H.I.G. Growth

Partners, Hailo, Harvard Management Company, Home Team

Therapy, Icatu, IFT, Intel Corporation, InterGen Services, IO Data

Centers, iRobot, Japan Asia Group, John Hancock, Johnson &

Johnson, JP Morgan, KS Capital Management, L.E.K. Consulting, L-3

Warrior Systems, LEK, Liberty Mutual, Macquarie Energy, Manus

Biosynthesis, MasterCard Worldwide, Maxim, McKinsey & Company,

McMaster-Carr, Merill Lynch, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Mindef,

Ministry of Defense, MLA Capital Partners, Morgan Stanley

Investment Management, NIKE, Nissan North America, Novartis, NTT

Data Corporation, OC&C Strategy Consultants, Omnisport, Osher

AUC, Peak6, Phoodeez, PIMCO, PTT PLC, PwC's PRTM Management

Consultants, R4 Enterprises, Raytheon, Reboot, Robert W. Baird &

Company, Sabadell United Bank, Samsung Corporation, Sears

Holdings Company, Siam Cement Group, Siemens AG, Simon Kucher

Partners, St. Jude Medical, State Street Corporation, State Street

Global Advisors, Stax, Sumitomo Corporation, Symantec, Techquity

Capital Management, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, The

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Parthenon Group,The Related Companies, The Wecyclers

Corporation, Third Sector Capital Partners, Thomson Reuters, TinyCo,

UBS, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of Defense , U.S. Postal Service,

Vanguard, Viniteck, Walmart, Wellington Management Company,

Wells Fargo, Wellspring Consulting, World Bank-International

Finance Corporation

Aeronautics and Astronautics (16) Airbus, Avidyne, Draper Laboratory, edX, Northrop Grumman, Oblon

Spivak, U.S. Air Force

Biological Engineering (20) Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

Nuclear Engineering (22) Southern Company

Computation for Design and

Optimization (CDO)

Caterpillar, Citigroup

Engineering Systems Division (ESD) A.T.Kearney, Amazon.com, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Apple,

BloomReach, BP, C12 Energy, Coyote Logistics, Cummins, Deere &

Company, Electro Scientific Industries, Ericsson, Globalfoundries, IHS

CERA, Instrumentation Laboratory, Merck & Company, Mozilla

Corporation, PwC PRTM Management Consultants, Reliance

Industries, U.S. Coast Guard, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, World

Bank

Health Sciences and Technology—

Harvard-MIT (HST)

Frankel Group

Media Arts and Sciences (MAS) Boston Globe, Growth Ventures, LinkedIn, Orange Labs

Operations Research (OR) U.S. Air Force, U.S. Coast Guard Academy

2013 Employers of International Students

Employers of International Undergraduates

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, AIG, Applied Predictive Technologies, ASML, Boston Consulting Group, DFW

Consultants, Dr. William Mair, Dropbox, Facebook, Intuit, Jane Street LLC, Kiso-Jiban Singapore Pte Ltd, Mass

General Hospital, MasterCard Worldwide, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, McKinsey & Company, MIT

Laboratory for Nuclear Science, Oracle America Inc., PEAK6, Soft Servo Systems, Sumo Logic, SunEdison, Synaptics

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Inc.

Employers of International Masters

A.T. Kearney, Advantix Systems, ECOM, Airbus, Amazon.com, Apple, Applied Predictive Technologies,

Arrowstreet Capital, Atkins, Bain & Company, Bank of America, Barclays PLC, , Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

Ltd., Booz & Company, Boston Consulting Group, BP, Canadian Forces, Care.com, Cargill, Central Bank of

Dominican Republic, Central Bank of Turkey, Central Japan Railway Company, Chartis Insurance, Cisco Systems,

Citibank, Citigroup, Condor Earth Technologies, CORE Architects Inc., Corindus, Corpbanca, Coyote Logistics,

Credit Suisse, Cummins Inc., Deutsche Bank, Development Bank of Japan/Japan, Discerene Value Advisors,

Ericsson, Everis, Gafisa, Globalfoundries, Goldman Sachs, Google, Gores Group, Groupon Inc., Harvard

Management Company, Hellenic Navy, Icatu, International Finance Corporation-World Bank, Japan Asia Group,

Johnson & Johnson, J.P. Morgan, KS Capital Management, LinkedIn, McKinsey & Company, Merill Lynch,

Mindef, Ministry of Defence, Morgan Stanley, Mozilla Corporation, Nara, NTT Data Corporation, New York City

Department of City Planning, Oblon Spivak, Oracle America Inc., PA Consulting, Global Energy Practice, PIMCO,

PTT Global Chemical, PwC, PwC PRTM Management Consultants, Reliance Industries Limited, Sabadell United

Bank, Samsung Corporation, Samsung Electronics, Sears Holdings, Siam Cement Group, Siemens AG, Simon

Kucher Partners, Stevenson & Associates, Sumitomo Corporation, Symantec, U.S. Navy, The Wecyclers

Corporation, Thomson Reuters, TinyCo, Turkish Naval Forces, UBS, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Viniteck,

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics, Ward and Burke Construction Ltd., World Bank, WSP Group

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2013 Average Undergraduate & Masters Salary by Course (US Dollars)

The numbers of respondents are in columns titled # after each salary amount. Blank represents 2 or less responses.

*Please note that the salary by major index fluctuates from year to year since major is not tied specifically to first jobs, therefore range of

salaries are offered when possible.

Course (Course Number) SB # Range MNG

/MNLG

# Range Masters:

SM/MCP/

MBA

# Range

Civil & Environmental Eng. (1) 53,000 5 28,000-83,000 70,082 34 45,000-150,000

Mechanical Engineering (2) 75,034 68 30,000-250,000 90,824 29 25,000-150,000

Materials Science & Eng. (3) 73,321 14 60,000-85,000

Architecture (4) 51,429 7 30,000-70,000

Chemistry (5) 51,200 5 34,000-72,000

EECS (6) 92,399 68 10,000-350,000 105,152 33 71,000-125,000

Biology (7) 39,895 19 20,000-85,000

Physics (8) 72,100 15 14,500-125,000

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (9) 59,222 9 14,500-127,000

Chemical Engineering (10) 68,059 29 25,000-97,000

Urban Studies & Planning (11) 62,864 5 40,320-70,000

EAPS (12)

Economics (14) 67,588 23 33,000-120,000

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Management (15) 70,861 17 30,000-120,000 116,974 23

5

25,000-350,000

Aeronautics & Astronautics (16) 67,545 14 42,000-75,100 74,033 14 35,000-130,000

Political Science (17) 57,500 3 45,000-67,500

Mathematics (18) 77,378 37 10,000-135,000

Biological Engineering (20) 56,950 16 31,000-75,000

Humanities (21)

Nuclear Engineering (22) 77,067 3 69,200-90,000 67,500 2

Linguistics & Philosophy (24)

Media Arts and Science (MAS) 112,200 5 75,000-156,000

Computation for Design

Optimization (CDO)

98,333 3 70,000-115000

Engineering Systems Division (ESD) 114,804 61 25,000-200,00

Operations Research (OR)

2013 Bachelor’s Industry & Employer Data

Industry # of

Students

Employers Average

Salary

Salary Range

Aerospace and Defense 21 SpaceX, Boeing, The Spaceship Company, Northrup Grumman, Lockheed

Martin, Escape Dynamics, Boeing, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

70,000 57,000-80,000

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Automotive and

Transportation

6 Ford Motor, Johnson Controls, General Motors, Metropolitan Transit Authority 64,500 60,000-75,000

Business Services

(Advertising, Real Estate,

Retail)

9 Vistaprint, Digitas, Wayfair, AdHarmonics, DrinkIn, Amazon, Burger King, 48,000 30,000-61,000

Chemicals and Materials 7 Johnson Matthey, BP, DuPont, 3M, Air Liquide, Shell 71,000 58,000-83,000

Communications, Arts,

Entertainment (Sports,

Media, Leisure, Film)

Computer Hardware 11 Nomadica, Apple, Synaptics, Oracle, NetApp, Microsoft 91,500 75,000-120,000

Computer Software

68 Palantir Technologies, Oracle, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, Applied Predictive

Technologies, Inplore, Inc, Broadway Technology, Stripe, Galois, Yelp, Dropbox,

LevelUp, Sumo Logic, Yext, Blue Goji, Hoyos Labs, Vecna, App Dynamics, Cogo

Labs, Twitter, Zynga, Amadeus Technologies, Square, Facebook, Sookbox, Epic,

Pivotal Labs, Intuit, Permabit, Benchling, Avanade

91,500 40,000-127,000

Consulting

41 McKinsey, Bain, PA Consultin, Accenture, Oliver Wyman, ClearView Healthcare

Partners, Exeter Group, Renaissance Strategic Advisors, Booz Allen Hamilton,

Boston Consulting Group, Function Engineering, SRA International, The Brattle

Group, Clarion Healthcare LLC, NERA Economic Consulting, Power Advocate,

Health Advances, Analysis Group

71,000 33,000-80,000

Education

14 Teach of America, MIT, UC Berkeley, West Virginia University, Khan Academy,

Wilmington Public Schools, NarwhalEDU, Rockefeller University, Newton Public

Schools, Bishop Hendricksen High School

40,000 14,500-95,000

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Energy and Utilities

16 Shell, ExxonMobil, Schlumberger, C12Energy, SunEdison, Cambrian Innovation,

Exelon Nuclear, Pioneer Natural Resources, Chevron, NextEra Energy, Opower,

Boston Pacific Consulting, Dominion Engineering, DC Energy

76,200 60,000-105,000

Engineering 20 Tiax, Smith & Nephew, Novaspect, ASML, FMC Technologies, Rest Devices,

Fluor, Baker Hughes, Soft Servo Systems, WL Gore, Fluident, CERTI, ReFresh

68,500 42,000-80,000

Financial Services

(Commercial Banking,

Insurance)

17 Jane Street, Goldman Sachs, MasterCard, Bracebridge, Brown Brothers Harriman,

Chopper Trading, Morgan Stanley, AIG, Gelber, CapitalOne, Citigroup, Wells

Fargo, IMC Financial Markets, Peak6, D.E. Shaw, State Street

73,000 55,000-125,000

Government

Health/Medicine

23 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, Athenahealth,

Segterra, Stanford University Medical School, Kyruus, Vecna, Tufts Medical

Center, Foundation Medicine, Whitehead Institute, Epic, McGovern Institute for

Brain Research at MIT

52,000 20,000-150,000

Industrial and Consumer

Manufacturing

8 Compass Automation, Form Labs, Apple Inc, Biotower, Danaher/Hatch 78,000 65,000-118,000

Investment Banking

(Mutual Funds, Money

Management)

15 Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Two Sigma, Domeyard LLC, Chopper Trading,

BNP Paribas, Loop Capital, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Peak6, Jane Street

83,700 70,000-135,000

Military 5 US Army, US Navy, US Airforce, NAVSEA 41,250 32,000-57,000

Pharmaceuticals

(Biotech, Medical

Device)

11 Navsys, Novartis, Leerink Swann, AgaMatrix, Genentech, Adimab, Hologic,

Momenta Pharmaceuticals

65,000 46,200-85,000

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2013 Masters Industry & Employer Data

Industry # of

Students

Employers Average

Salary

Salary Range

Aerospace and

Defense

16 Boeing, Crane Aerospace, Rolls Royce, GE Aviation, MIT Lincoln Laboratory,

Raytheon, United Technologies, American Airlines, JPL, Pratt & Whitney

93,800 69,500-134,000

Automotive and

Transportation

11 MR Cagney, Uber, MBTA, Chrysler Group LLC, Nissan North America,

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NYC), Steer Davies Gleaves,

82,200 70,000-135,000

Architecture and

Planning

Business Services

(Advertising, Real

Estate, Retail)

29 Bloomreach, Amazon, Interbrand, Digitas, LeadKarma B2W, Gap Inc.,

Procter & Gamble, Nike, CustomMade, Boston Proprties, Batteries Plus,

Walmart,

116,000 55,000-200,000

Communications,

Arts, Entertainment

Computer Hardware

19 Apple, Cisco, Intel, Samsung, Nvidia, Bounce Imaging, Microsoft, Sandisk,

Intersil, Dell, IBM, Maxim Integrated,

118,250 71,000-160,000

Computer Software

44 Google, Zynga, Oracle, eBay, Jawbone, Ink, Microsoft, Riot Games, Dropbox,

Delphix, Vecna, Akamai, Quizlet, Room 77, Blizzard Entertainment, Twitter,

Apple, Synchro Software, Spoke Swap, Palantir, Broadway Technology,

Vannevar Technologies, Seismic, Square

118,600 70,000-240,000

Consulting

81 Boston Consulting Group, Bain & Company, Oliver Wyman, McKinsey &

Company, UMT Consulting, Booz& Company, Applied Predictive

Technologies, Censeo Consulting Group, IBI Group, Deloitte Consulting,

123,250 65,000-325,000

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L.E.K Consulting, Dahlberg Global Advisors, NERA Economic Consulting,

CSMG Global, Analysis Group, Altman Vilandrie & Co, Accenture, IBM

Consulting, Decision Resources Consulting, Stroud, PwC, Marsh, Innosight,

Oliver Wyman

Education 13 Pratt Institute, MIT, Harvard, Enko Education, SUTD, Kalibrr Inc., Boston

College, Science from Scientists, Teach for America, Los Angeles Unified

School District, Cornell University

70,600 30,000-125,000

Energy and Utilities

15 Sage Devices, 1366 Technologies, Saudi Aramco, Atlantic Power Corp.,

Shell, Mitsubishi, Seven Lakes Technologies, PG&E, National Grid,

Schlumberger, GS Caltex, Chevron, ExxonMobil,

112,000 60,000-150,000

Engineering

29 CDMSmith, Hansen, Allen & Luce, URS, HDR, Buro Happold, Sensata, Fugro

Consulting, RSE Associates, Zentech, Arup, Gradient, Bose, Weidlinger

Associates Inc., Norbridge Inc., Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, WSP Cantor

Seinuk, GMS, Alatec, Thornton Tomasetti, Stevenson & Associates,

Formlabs, Tait Towers, Robert Silman Associates

68,250 45,000-120,000

Financial Services

(Commercial Banking,

Insurance)

25 Dah Sing Financial Group, Credit Suisse, CorpBanca NY, Foundation Capital,

GE Capital, Capstone Partners, Goldman Sachs, SunLife Financial, Bank of

Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Nodal Exchange, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Citi,

JPMorgan, Deutche Bank, Bluelight, HarbourVest Partners, Lewtan, Fidelity

Investments, Liberty Mutual, Bloomberg

139,750 52,000-1,000,000

Government

Health/Medicine

Industrial and

Consumer

Manufacturing

17 Phillips, Apple, SCG, J. Queen New York Inc., AnheuserBusch InBev, Cargill,

Nike, Normatel, Kaz, Ternium, Procter & Gamble, Otis Elevator, Dr. Pepper

Snapple Group, Corning Inc., NutraClick

103,500 25,000-200,000

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Investment Banking

(Mutual Funds,

Money Management)

23 Hudson River Trading, Fidelity Investments, Acadian Asset Management,

Millstein & Co., BNP Paribas, ACG Partners, Pareto Securities, Barclays,

Dartmouth College Investment Office, Goldman Sachs, CleanStar Ventures,

Loomis Sayles, NEPC LLC., Chandler Corporation, Blackrock, CITIC, R W

Baird

109,300 60,000-350,000

Military

20 US Navy, US Air Force, Greek Navy, Canadian Armed Forces, US Army, US

Coast Guard, US Navy, Department of Defense

76,700 25,000-150,000

Non-Profit Agency or

NGO

Pharmaceuticals

(Biotech, Medical

Device)

8 Frankel Group LLC., Novartis, Amgen, Podimetrics Inc., Merck, Boeringher

Inglehiem

124,500 90,000-167,000

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