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FALL 2009 ENROLLMENT PROFILEDemographicFULL-TIME MBA PROFILESTUDENT ORIGINNorth AmericaAsiaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastAfricaWORK EXPERIENCE5+ Years4 Years3 Years2 YearsLess than 2 YearsUNDERGRADUATE MAJORBusinessHumanities &Social ScienceEngineering &ScienceEconomics55%33%6%4%1%1%40%19%19%20%2%34%30%28%8%ProgramMBA MA & MSInternational 48% 40%Women 32% 52%Average Age 28 24Average Years Work Experience 5 1Total Students 574 109Based on full-time MBA program enrollment, Sep. 2009THUNDERBIRD EMPLOYERSSelected list of companies who hired Thunderbird students into full-timeand internship positions from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009Names in yellow indicate top Thunderbird employersAcumen FundAdidasAir CanadaAmerican ExpressAmphenolAmwayAppleAT KearneyAT&TAzul Brazilian AirlinesBank of Tokyo MitsubishiBanner HealthBest BuyBharat PetroleumBloombergC. R. BardCanonChinaVestCiscoCitigroupCitizens Development CorpsCoca-ColaConagraContinental AGCook MedicalCORFO ChileCorporate Council on AfricaCumminsDeLavalDeloitteDelta Air LinesDepository Trust & Clearing Co.Deutsche BankDeutsche Post World NetDish NetworkDuff & PhelpsEaton CorporationEPAExxonMobilFDICFINCA InternationalFirst Financial Equity CorpFMC TechnologiesFord Motor CompanyGeneral ElectricGoldman SachsGrameen FoundationHarley DavidsonHiltiIBMiGoIntelJohnson & JohnsonKPMGLear CorporationLeo BurnettLGLiberty MutualLouis VuittonLufthansamarketRxMcKessonMercedes-Benz Financial ServicesMerckMorgan Stanley Smith BarneyMTV NetworksMultimedia GamesNational Bank of ArizonaNIVEAOPICPepsi-Cola CompanyPetSmartPfizerPhilip MorrisPreferred Hotel GroupRaytheonSmith InternationalSuzlonSynthesTargetTaylor De JonghUS Commercial ServiceUnited Commercial BankUnited NationsUnited TechnologiesUnitedHealthUSAIDVanguardvSpring CapitalWipro TechnologiesXeroxCAREER MANAGEMENT CENTER1 Global Place, Suite 112 | Glendale AZ 85306-6000 USATel 602.978.7245 | Fax 602.978.7957employer.relations@thunderbird.edu2009 GRADUATEEMPLOYMENT REPORTCompiled by the Thunderbird Career Management Center

FULL-TIME MBA EMPLOYMENTGraduate PopulationCOMPENSATION BY INDUSTRYIndustryCOMPENSATION BY FUNCTIONCOMPENSATION BY REGIONPercent ofGraduatesSalaryMeanSalaryMedianMean SigningBonusMean OtherCompensationConsulting Services 12 90,741 95,500 6,250 7,500Consumer Products 6 68,437 71,500 15,000 5,316Energy 5 91,000 93,000 15,000 16,450Financial Services 21 82,326 90,000 18,830 12,607Government / Non-Profit 9 55,484 49,436 * 12,433Manufacturing 10 69,409 60,000 8,800 28,917Media / Entertainment 6 65,000 62,500 * 21,500Pharma / Healthcare 13 69,767 67,500 15,143 13,500Technology 11 83,300 79,600 12,333 16,790Other Services 7 75,687 75,000 17,143 9,429FunctionPercent ofGraduatesSalaryMeanSalaryMedianMean SigningBonusMean OtherCompensationConsulting 17 82,910 84,000 13,333 10,700Finance / Accounting 20 81,448 85,000 14,510 14,885General Management 14 76,261 80,500 18,350 22,721Human Resources 7 79,463 80,104 12,625 15,761Marketing / Sales 26 71,678 72,500 14,574 12,674Operations / Production 9 63,750 63,750 15,000 5,250Other 7 76,187 75,000 13,000 *RegionPercent ofGraduatesSalaryMeanSalaryMeanSalaryMedianSalaryMedianMean SigningBonusMean SigningBonusMean OtherCompensationUS Citizens/Permanent Residents 77,615 78,200 14,870 14,580International Students 73,436 70,000 14,500 12,865Total Students Reporting 76,309 78,000 14,777 14,190Mean OtherCompensationInternational 26 63,725 60,000 15,364 14,161US Mid-Atlantic 5 93,002 96,004 * *Midwest 5 83,916 84,000 13,333 16,750Northeast 19 86,261 90,000 18,000 12,792South 4 87,000 85,000 16,250 7,920Southwest 18 70,833 70,000 18,500 13,080West 23 79,487 79,100 10,928 10,186All salaries denominated in US dollars; * indicates insufficient data points for publication per MBA CSC standards2008/2009 HIGHLIGHTSThunderbird graduates went to work in more than 90organizations in 20 countries.Marketing and Sales careers continue to be a topchoice, with 26% accepting work in that function.Financial Services was the preferred industry for 21%of graduates, an increase of five percentage pointsover the year prior.Thirteen percent of US citizens accepted employmentoutside the United States, while 45% of internationalstudents accepted positions inside the US.A full 66% of job offers were school-facilitated.INTERNSHIPSIndustry% of StudentsConsulting Services 8Consumer Products 5Energy 4Financial Services 18Government / Non-Profit 12Manufacturing 8Media / Entertainment 6Pharma / Healthcare 8Technology 10Other Services 21Total 100Twenty-six percent of full-time positions were acceptedas a result of job offers extended upon completion ofan internship.For more information about employing Thunderbirdgraduates, visit www.thunderbird.edu/employersThis report conforms to MBA Career Services CouncilStandards for Reporting MBA Employment StatisticsOn Cover: Amandeep Chawla ‘09, Tejbir Grewal ‘09, Andrew Kearns ‘09,Andrea Doakes ‘10, Haleema Molberg ‘10