Full-Time

Function Choices

Placement Compensation

% of Accepted
Function Number 2012 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
Business Development 36 6.1% 7.2% 3.9% 5.5% 4.4%
Consulting/Strategy 180 30.3% 33.8% 31.8% 30.4% 28.2%
Control/Accounting 0 0.0% n/a 0.3% n/a 0.2%
Corporate Finance/Mergers and Acquisitions 9 1.5% 3.0% 3.9% 5.1% 18.2%
Entrepreneurial Management 4 0.7% 0.3% 0.3% 0.9% 0.3%
General/Project Mgmt/Mgmt Development/Rotational Program 33 5.5% 5.6% 5.8% 7.2% 5.5%
Investment Banking 73 12.3% 11.2% 14.5% 11.3% n/a
Investment Mgmt/Portfolio Mgmt 67 11.3% 9.9% 8.8% 9.6% 10.3%
Legal Services 7 1.2% 0.5% 0.5% n/a 0.3%
Operations/Production Mgmt 8 1.3% 1.4% 0.3% 0.8% 0.6%
Private Equity 73 12.3% 8.1% 9.0% 9.1% 8.3%
Product/Brand Marketing 50 8.4% 7.8% 7.3% 7.0% 4.8%
Product Development/Structuring 10 1.7% 1.0% 0.9% 0.8% 0.9%
Real Estate 8 1.3% 2.7% 3.1% 2.5% 4.7%
Research 7 1.2% 1.0% 1.9% 1.1% 3.4%
Restructuring 2 0.3% 0.2% 0.5% 0.9% 0.6%
Risk Management 0 0.0% 0.2% 0.5% n/a n/a
Sales 3 0.5% 0.3% 0.3% 0.6% 2.2%
Sales & Trading 6 1.0% 2.7% 2.6% 2.8% 4.2%
Other Function Not Listed 18 3.0% 3.2% 3.7% 4.0% 2.8%

The answer of “n/a” is reported when an element (industry, function or location) is being counted as part of another category or when the answer would represent less than 1% of reported offers.