Business Administration Employment Statistics

Class of 2008: Career Placement Overview

Hundreds of diverse corporate, government, and non-profit organizations worldwide hire our students as interns and employ our graduates in permanent positions.  Typically, 95 % of Fisher students are employed within 6 months of graduation. Some students do choose to delay their job search until after graduation; international students who are returning home to their country of origin often do this.

Total Number of Graduates: 50
Total Number of Respondents: 23
Female: 23
Male: 27

Employment by Geographic Location

Fisher graduates pursue careers throughout the world in a variety of corporate, not-for-profit, and government organizations, or choose to start their own businesses. Graduates from the class of 2008 accepted positions in Korea, Norway, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and the United States, among other locations.

Employment by Function

Consulting (22%)
Finance/Accounting (7%)
General Management (18%)
Human Resources (7%)
Marketing/Sales (25%)
Other (22%)

Employment by Sector, Including Continuing Education

Private/Corporation/Business (72%)
Nonprofit/Nongovernmental Organization (18%)
Public/Government (11%)

Employment by Industry

Consumer Products (4%)
Consulting (15%)
Financial Services (7%)

Government (15%)
Non-Profit (11%)
Other (15%)

Employers and Positions

The following organizations offer a representative sample of the variety of employers who have employed students and alumni of the Fisher School:

  • Acirfa Bikes, Zambia, Business Development Consultant
  • Armanasco Public Relations, Account Executive
  • Bonnventures, Global Communications Director
  • Brookside Resort, Assistant Manager
  • Clark Group, Energy and Climate Change Associate
  • Convergent Energy, Managing Partner
  • Environmental Defense Fund, Market Analyst
  • Fiji Water, Analyst, Sustainable Growth
  • Ipsos, Associate Research Analyst
  • Language Line Services, Marketing Contractor
  • Matrix Advertising Associates, Inc., Assistant Account Executive
  • National Geographic Society, International Publications, Account Representative
  • Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Advisor
  • Pacific Gas & Electric Company,  Financial Data Analyst
  • Saudi Aramco, Auditor
  • Shemesh, Proprietor
  • ShoreBank International, Intern
  • SolarBrook Water and Power, Consultant
  • Sun Microsystems, Inc., Manager, Employee Resource Network
  • Tulane University AB Freeman Business School, Coordinator, International Programs
  • Ubisoft, Promotions Specialist
  • USAID, Contract Basis for Global Development Alliance
  • Western State University, College of Law, Career Services Advisor