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ACADEMICS
Average class size in required business courses:
35

Average class size in business electives:
41


Class size:

Classes with fewer than 20 students: 21  %
Classes with 21 to 50 students: 42  %
Classes with more than 50 students: 37  %

Required business courses that reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class, previous academic year:
6  %

Required business courses that had waiting lists, 2008-09:
6  %

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CURRICULUM
Number of elective courses available in business program:
135

Electives added in current academic year:

Neurotechnology Ventures
Practice of Finance: Islamic Finance
Enabling an Energy Efficient Society
Spec Sem in IT: Evolution of Web 30 and Business 30
Global Entrepreneurship Lab: Global Health Delivery

Year of the last major change to the business program's core curriculum:
1984

Leading areas of study:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Statistics and Operations Research


Special programs for business students:
N/A

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Business program offers work study or co-op opportunities:
No

Work study opportunities description:
N/A

  Business program offers study abroad opportunities:
Yes

Study abroad program description:
We have no formal exchange programs, but we offer transfer credit for equivalent coursework.

  Volunteer work and community service opportunities:
Yes

Volunteer opportunities description:
via the MIT Public Service Club

Business clubs and extracurricular activities:

SUMA - Sloan Undergraduate Management Association
NSUW - Network of Sloan Undergraduates Women
SEBC - (MIT) Science & Engineering Business Club

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CAMPUS LIFE

  Freshmen are required to live on campus:
Yes

  Business students are grouped in learning communities:
No

FACULTY
Faculty:

Full-time faculty : 106
Adjuncts and visiting faculty: 92
Permanent/tenured professors: 67
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are women: 23
Percentage of permanent/tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities: 6

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COMMENTS
Additional new electives: Global Economic Challenges Statistical Consulting Network Optimization Coaching for Leaders and Manager Practice of Finance: Foundations of Institutional Portfolio Management Spec Sem in Law: The Subprime Crisis – Legal Framework and Response (meets with 15.617) Spec Sem in Fin: Financing Energy Projects

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception:
6,220

Total living alumni:
4,272

Percent of alumni who gave, 2008-09 academic year:
33  %

Mean alumni gift 2008-09:
$  15,578

Median alumni gift, 2008-09:
$  100

Single donation in excess of $10 million in 2008-09?
No

Prominent alumni:
N/A

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CAREER SERVICES
Percent of 2009 graduates who provided employment information:
57  %

Seeking full-time employment in business: 79  %
Not seeking full-time employment in business: 21  %

Number of companies recruiting undergraduate students on campus in previous academic year:
44

Companies posting full-time job offers on school job boards, previous academic year:
179

Career services provided for business majors:
Career counseling and planning; walk-in career advising; workshops and panels; online job and internship listings and on-campus interview scheduling; mock interviews; resume critique; career self-assessment; extensive alumni network; job shadowing; graduate and professional school advising; career library; online workshops, assessment tools, and career information databases; employer information sessions; career fairs; career development handbook; post-graduation career services

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Job offer results, 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 84  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 10  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 3  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 81  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 10  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 6  %

Top hiring firms:



McKinsey & Company
  

Citigroup Inc.
  
Procter & Gamble
  
Morgan Stanley
  


Other Hiring Firms:

The Blackstone Group
Oracle
Weiss Asset Management
OC&C Strategy Consultants

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Stroud Consulting
Chopper Trading
ICF International
Hess Corporation
Global Electronic Trading Company
Estrada Hinojosa and Company
Decision Resources
Cornerstone Investment Group
Citadel Investment Group
Ballentine Capital Management, Inc.
Aardvark Trading


Graduate compensation:

Mean base salary: $  68,310
Median base salary: $  62,000
Mean signing bonus: $  12,382
Median signing bonus: $  10,000

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Grads accepted jobs in following functional areas:

Consulting: 26  %
Finance/Accounting: 56  %
Marketing/Sales: 7  %
Operations/Production: 7  %
Other: 4  %

Grads accepted jobs in following industries:

Accounting: 0  %
Consumer Products/Retail: 3  %
Consulting Services: 24  %
Financial Services: 45  %
Government/Education: 7  %
Pharma/Biotech/Health: 4  %
Petroleum/Energy: 3  %
Technology/Science: 14  %

Percentage of job acceptances, US and Canada:

US: 100  %

Grads accepted jobs in the following US regions:

Northeast: 63  %
Mid-Atlantic: 7  %
Midwest: 22  %
South: 0  %
Southwest: 4  %
West: 4  %
US Possessions/Territories: 0  %