Georgetown has a great international focus and is well-positioned in Finance, Marketing, and Consulting. Students have been extremely successful in landing internships and full-time jobs with companies that do not recruit on campus, largely because of the school's reputation. -- Investment Banking
The Washington, D.C. experience was great. I lived in Georgetown, next door to George Stepanopolous and around the corner from Bob Woodward, and I interned at a real-estate fund across from the White House. It was like living on a movie set. -- Consulting
The workload can be daunting because of the quarter system, and finals can clash with crucial recruiting times. -- Venture Capital/Private Equity
Being in D.C., we are close to a number of other key cities (i.e., NYC) and get great access to some of the best minds in the world. We have had on-campus events with people like Christopher Cox, Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdock, Jim Cramer, and Bill Clinton, to name a few. -- Investment Banking
The Georgetown MBA program is relatively young (~25 years old), and it operates in the shadow of the School of Foreign Service and the Law School. But the quality of education I received here was fantastic. -- Finance
D.C. isn't for some people, and highly competitive people aren't really appreciated in our culture. We like smart, capable people, but they better be nice and fun, too. -- Marketing
The courses challenged me, but not so much that I felt I could not complete the coursework. The class size was small enough that I knew everyone, but big enough that there were diverse experiences to learn from. -- Marketing
The quality of teaching could be better at a top 15 school. Also, recruiting is somewhat challenging because recruiter diversity is limited. -- Finance
While I am happy with my experience, Georgetown did not draw the marketing/brand opportunities that many other programs did. As a result, 85% of my internship search and 100% of my full-time job search was focused on non-Georgetown Career Management opportunities. -- Marketing
Georgetown is a smaller, intimate program that doesn't have the attitude of larger MBA programs. -- Marketing
As Georgetown climbs in the rankings, more high-quality companies are recruiting on-campus. For example, Goldman Sachs, Nike, and Yahoo all came here for the first time this year. -- Finance
There are more self-made successful people at Georgetown than I found at other schools, which means they are more down to earth, helpful, and hard-working. I couldn't imagine a better group of people with whom to share two difficult years of my life. -- Finance
Georgetown's MBA program helped me achieve my goals, but I have seen many classmates return to their pre-MBA employers because Georgetown did not help them advance in their careers. -- Consulting
Georgetown, regrettably, seems to be a "me-too" b-school. The level of education and instruction was below what should be expected from a school of Georgetown's stature. Some of the core course professors had no prior teaching experience. -- Finance
Ultimately, I landed a great position with a top management consulting firm, which is what I came back to school for. -- Consulting
The biggest complaint that many students have is the lack of strategic vision from the school. There have been three or four deans in a short period of time, and the school has not identified its core capability or its position among its peers. -- Finance
SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
For the applications deadlines question, the system would not let me enter the dates. The semester is Fall 2010, and the deadlines are Nov. 1, Jan. 2, and March 20./ For the question about new electives added to the full-time program, we would like to add these as well: Managerial Aspects of Legal Compliance, and Financial Markets and Public Policy in a Time of Crisis./ Data is not available to determine the number of internships that are paid./ Several Career Services questions were left blank to reflect CSC Standards.
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Africa: 1 %
Asia: 2 %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 3 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
Middle East: 1 %
North America: 90 %
Oceana: 0 %
Western Europe: 3 %
Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:
American Express 6
Deloitte Consulting 6
Johnson & Johnson 5
Overseas Private Investment Corp. 5
Booz Allen Hamilton 4
Citi 3
JP Morgan 3
MedImmune 3
Zurich Financial Group 3
Goldman Sachs 3
PepsiCo 2
Credit Suisse 2
World Bank 2
Deutsche Bank 2
Boston Consulting Group 2
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
66 %
Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
Mean base salary: $ 89,408
Median base salary: $ 95,000
Mean signing bonus: $ 22,829
Median signing bonus: $ 20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $ 14,560
Median other guaranteed compensation: $ 8,840
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting: 25 %
Finance/Accounting: 32 %
General Management: 12 %
Human Resources: 0 %
Marketing/Sales: 20 %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 1 %
Operations/Logistics: 3 %
Other: 7 %
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
School-facilitated activities: 53 %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 40 %
No information provided by graduate: 7 %
Job Offers for 2009 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation: 70 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 11 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 19 %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 67 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 11 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 22 %
Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:
Citi 11
Booz Allen Hamilton 9
Johnson & Johnson 8
Deloitte Consulting 7
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch 7
Federal Bureau of Investigation 6
IBM 6
Miller Coors 4
Unilever 4
Proctor & Gamble 3
Wachovia 3
American Express 3
Capgemini 2
JP Morgan 2
FI Consulting 2
CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 80 %
Graduates not seeking employment: 12 %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 8 %
Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination: New York: to visit financial services and marketing companies
Month: October (two separately planned trips)
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Washington, DC: National Black MBA Association Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Atlanta: National Society of Hispanic MBAs Conference
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Washington, DC: DC Trek to visit consulting companies in the DC area
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Philadelphia: NetImpact Conference
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: none