Top 25 MBA Employers

Universum USA published new research on the most desirable MBA employers. The research was based on the opinions of 3,739 MBAs from 135 U.S. business schools. The Poets Quants article, â€Å"Most Desirable MBA Employers of 2013,† offers a nice summary of the survey. Here we’ll provide some of the highlights: †¢ Google came in first place (as usual) with 23.4% of respondents placed Google in their top five potential employers. †¢ McKinsey Co. recruits the most top MBAs per year, but came in second after Google with 16.6% of respondents placing it in their top five. †¢ Apple, Amazon, and Boston Consulting Group placed third, fourth, and fifth, respectively, in the running. †¢ Companies in the top 100 list from last year that didn’t make the cut this year include Groupon (82nd place last year), HSBC (88), Colgate-Palmolive (98), and Zynga (85). †¢ Newcomers to the top 100 include: Estee Lauder (54th place this year), HM (66), GlaxoSmithKline (69), General Motors (94), and EJ Gallo (99). †¢ 1,622 of the responses came from women and 2,097 from men. Top 25 Most Desirable Employers 2013 Rank Company      Ã‚   2012 Rank      Ã‚   % of MBAs who named company in top five    1. Google 1 23.4%    2. McKinsey 2 16.6%    3. Apple 3 14.8%    4. Amazon 6 14.1%    5. BCG 5 12.2%    6. Bain Co. 4 11.6%    7. Nike 9 10.7%    8. Walt Disney 12 10.5%    9. Deloitte 11 9.8% 10. Goldman Sachs 7 8.5% 11. Facebook 8 7.9% 12. J.P. Morgan 10 7.5% 13. IDEO 13 7.5% 14. Microsoft 17 7.4% 15. Starbucks 20 6.1% 16. Johnson Johnson 15 6.0% 17. Blackstone Group 14 5.9% 18. Procter Gamble 18 5.1% 19. IBM 22 5.0% 20. General Electric 16 4.9% 21. Coca-Cola 21 4.5% 22. LVMH 24 4.4% 23. BMW Group 23 4.2% 24. 3M 37 3.9% 25. U.S. Dept. of State 30 3.8% Source:  Universum USA //