| 2001
Placement Success
NACE reports that "accounting and consulting firms, financial and banking
institutions, and retail businesses are eager to hire new graduates with
degrees in accounting, business administration, economics, finance and
marketing."*
Lehigh Business and Economics majors found this to be true as 79%
of the class of 2001 accepted employment offers.
|
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
| Employment |
79% |
87% |
90% |
90% |
85% |
| Graduate
School |
8% |
5% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
|
President's
Scholar
|
3%
|
1%
|
1%
|
|
|
| Military
& Other |
4% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
6% |
| Still
Seeking Employment |
6% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
The top idustries hiring business graduates included:
| Accounting |
Banking |
Consuliting |
| Financial
Services |
Communications
& Publishing |
Merchandising |
Business graduates chose similar job functions as in previous years.
Those selected most often included:
| Accounting
(Public) |
Management
Trainee |
Consulting |
| Market
Research |
Finance |
Sales |
|
|
|
* As reported by the National Association
of Colleges & Employers, copyright holder.
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