Career Management
The Cox Career Management Center (CMC) partners with MBA candidates, alumni, and employers to build collaborative relationships that culminate in successful careers.
Our mission is twofold:
Our mission is twofold:
- Support our students and graduates in assessing their skill sets and career aspirations and to provide timely and specific preparation as they evaluate goals and options.
- Develop, cultivate, and grow corporate partnerships with the organizations that recruit MBAs at the Cox School of Business
From the moment you are accepted, the CMC gets to work on your behalf. The CMC works with students in a variety of ways: initial self-assessment survey, working directly with a CMC Career Coach, company presentations and info sessions on-campus, on-campus interviews, networking events and organizing annual treks: Wall Street Trek to New York, Marketing Trek to various cities, and the Houston Energy Trek. Additionally, the CMC manages two specialized academies for select students: Cox Consulting Academy and the Cox Marketing Academy.
CLASS OF 2015 |
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| Full Time MBA Placement & Salary Information | ||
| Offers (90 days post-graduation) | 87% | |
| Average Base Salary | $100,304 | |
| Average Signing Bonus | $19,946 | |
| % Receiving Signing Bonus | 55% | |
Average Salary by Functional Area |
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| Consulting | $104,333 | |
| Finance | $101,321 | |
| Marketing | $97,181 | |
| Other/Unknown | $96,583 | |
CLASS OF 2014 |
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| Full Time MBA Placement & Salary Information | ||
| Offers (90 days post-graduation) | 92% | |
| Average Base Salary | $97,804 | |
| Average Signing Bonus | $28,456 | |
| % Receiving Signing Bonus | 53% | |
Average Salary by Functional Area |
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| Consulting | $106,333 | |
| Finance | $94,667 | |
| General Management | $107,125 | |
| Marketing | $92,964 | |
| Operations/Logistics | $101,000 | |
| Other/Unknown | $98,350 | |
Placement by Industry and Function
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Full Time MBA Placement by Industry Classes 2013-2015 |
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| Consulting Services | 15% | |
| Consumer Products | 13% | |
| Financial Services | 22% | |
| Manufacturing | 4% | |
| Other Services | 10% | |
| Petroleum/Energy | 6% | |
| Real Estate | 5% | |
| Technology | 14% | |
| Other | 11% | |
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Full Time MBA Placement by Function Classes 2013-2015 |
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| Consulting | 15% | |
| Finance | 49% | |
| Marketing | 16% | |
| Other | 20% | |
Companies That Have Recently Hired Cox MBAs |
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| 7-Eleven | Deloitte Consulting |
JLL |
Saputo Dairy Foods |
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| Accenture | Dr. Pepper Snapple Group |
Johnson & Johnson |
Saudi Aramco |
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| Alcatel-Lucent | ECG Mgmt Consultants |
J.P. Morgan |
Sendero Consulting |
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| Alcon Novartis |
Emerson |
Kimberly-Clark |
Sony Playstation |
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| Amazon | Ericsson |
KPMG |
Southwest Airlines |
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| American Airlines |
EY |
L'Oreal |
Starbucks |
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| AT&T |
Exxon Mobil |
Match.com |
Target |
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| Bank of America |
FedEx |
McKinsey & Co. |
Texas Instruments |
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| Bank of Texas |
Frito Lay |
Microsoft |
Texas Rangers |
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| Best Buy |
Galderma |
Morgan Stanley |
Toyota |
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| BMW |
General Electric |
Murphy USA |
Travelers |
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| Booz Allen Hamilton |
General Mills |
Nestle |
Trinity Private Equity |
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| Brinker International |
Goldman Sachs |
PepsiCo |
UBS |
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| CBRE |
The Hershey Company |
Pizza Hut |
United Airlines |
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| Chevron |
Hewlett Packard |
PwC |
Vanguard |
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| Citi |
Hitachi Consulting |
Procter & Gamble |
Walmart |
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| Coca-Cola |
Hunt Oil |
Prudential Capital |
Walt Disney |
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| Colgate-Palmolive | IBM | Raytheon |
Wells Fargo |
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| Credit Suisse |
Infosys |
Sabre Corporation |
Whirlpool |
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| DaVita |
Intel |
Samsung | Yum! Brands |
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To begin your work with the Career Management Center while here at SMU Cox, or if you have any unanswered questions, reach out to us at careers@smu.edu.