I have seen many changes to the school and program that are completely working in the students� favor, including numerous facility upgrades/renovations and program-specific revisions. I also loved the availability of professors -- Marketing
I'm very satisfied with my experience at Tepper. It was worth every penny, and I'd do it all over again if I had the choice. -- Marketing
While the �community� aspect is a very subtle point to get across unless you visit the school or attend, it is one of the reasons why Tepper is great. Not only do you get a chance to build meaningful relationships with your colleagues, but you also, as an individual, have the ability to drive substantial change within the organization. Whether this is through your own initiatives, student government, or clubs, you can be confident that you can make things happen at this school. -- Consulting
Administrators told me that I would make a great salary at my summer job arranged through Tepper, which wasn't true. They also told me that I would receive big salaries and bonuses and possible tuition waivers from my future employer, which has turned out not to be true, either. -- Finance
The job market in Pittsburgh is not as robust as in some areas. Attending Tepper means that you either have to find employment in Pittsburgh or spend quite a bit of time seeking out jobs in New York, California, or Chicago. -- Finance
Tepper School of Business completely exceeded my expectations, and could not have been happier anywhere else with my education, career options and a strong base of amazing classmates. -- Consulting
I really think Tepper has come a long way over the past few years. Tepper's students have always had a reputation as "quant jocks" and, while they are extremely advanced in mathematics, they are very personable as well. -- Marketing
I received what I went to school for: A good understanding of business issues and the tools needed to tackle them. -- Consulting
It truly is impossible to collect the magic of this place exclusively through rankings or articles, and I would encourage and prospective students to visit the school and attend a few classes to get a real feel of the quality of the program. -- Finance
I am a mere three weeks away from graduation, and I�m leaving with a spring in my step. -- Finance
After coming in contact with students in other top ranked school, I can easily conclude that Carnegie Mellon students are way more prepared to contribute to the success of an organization with their sheer knowledge, strong work ethic and superior problem solving skills. -- Finance
The MBA at the Tepper School of Business exceeded my expectations. The quality of the education, faculty, classmates, and alumni, is excellent. -- Finance
I�d like to debunk a "myth" out there in the business world that Tepper students have poor communications skills. I was in sales before I went to b-school, and I had good general communications skills. But I can honestly say my communications skills are at least 10 times better than they were before I attended Tepper. -- Marketing
My fellow classmates are very diverse and intelligent, and I have learned as much from them as I have from my classes. -- Marketing
After graduation, I will be working for my top-choice firm. I know, after talking to recruiters, that one of the reasons I got the job was because of my MBA from Tepper. -- Marketing
Awesome school, awesome experience. They treated me so well I would definitely give a huge amount of money back to them later were they to ask. Hands-down a great choice. -- Entrepreneurship
The decision process surrounding the merit scholarships awarded to my classmates was very flawed. I would suggest incorporating some questions about financial aid innext year�s survey. Otherwise, I could not ask for a better academic or social environment. -- Entrepreneurship
I am very happy with the financial engineering program. But I am somewhat disappointed with the MBA degree, mainly because I do not feel like part of the �Tepper Community.� -- Finance
Tepper is an intense experience, and the people here are among the friendliest, most team-oriented people I have ever worked with. -- Consulting
Choosing to attend Tepper was the best decision of my life, apart from asking my wife to marry me. My career has been transformed from a stagnant situation to an exciting world of opportunities. And in terms of my classmates, I have never met more intelligent, nice, motivated, and quality people in my life, and I feel lucky to have done so. -- Marketing
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
82 %
Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
Mean base salary: $ 100,093
Median base salary: $ 100,000
Mean signing bonus: $ 20,990
Median signing bonus: $ 20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $ 13,405
Median other guaranteed compensation: $ 13,260
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting: 20 %
Finance/Accounting: 37 %
General Management: 10 %
Human Resources: 1 %
Marketing/Sales: 19 %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 5 %
Operations/Logistics: 8 %
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Africa: 0 %
Asia: 4 %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
Middle East: 0 %
North America: 94 %
Oceana: 0 %
Western Europe: 2 %
School-facilitated activities: 82 %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 16 %
No information provided by graduate: 2 %
Job Offers for 2009 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation: 78 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 8 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 14 %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 72 %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 9 %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 19 %
Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:
Amazon.com 9
Deloitte 5
Citi 4
Keystone Automotive Operations, Inc. 4
McKinsey & Company 4
H.J. Heinz Company 4
Cisco Systems 4
Diamond Management and Technology Consultants 3
Thermo Fisher Scientific 3
Credit Suisse 3
Microsoft 3
IBM 3
Booz & Company 3
Progressive Insurance 3
Liberty Mutual 2
