| Number of Candidates | 410 |
| U.S. Citizens | 65% |
| Non-U.S. Citizens | 35% |
| Women | 35% |
| Median GMAT Score | 717 |
| Median Undergraduate GPA (out of 4.0) | 3.5 |
| Average Age at Entry to MIT Sloan | 28 |
| Average Years Full-Time Work Experience Prior to MIT Sloan | 5 |
¹ Class profile includes information for MBA students and students in the joint MBA/Leaders for Global Operations program.
| Number | Percent | |
| Seeking Employment | 313 | 76.3 |
| Not Seeking Employment | 67 | 16.4 |
| Leaders for Global Operations Students | 48 | 11.7 |
| Company sponsored or have been employed as student |
8 | 2.0 |
| Starting own business | 8 | 2.0 |
| Other reason(s) for not seeking | 3 | 0.7 |
| No Information Available | 30 | 7.3 |
| Total Graduates | 410 | 100 |
² All information based on data reported by students.
| Mean Monthly Base Salary | $7,255 |
| Median Monthly Base Salary | $8,000 |
| Range of Monthly Base Salary4 | $1,000–$12,000 |
³ Summer employment statistics based on job acceptances. 76.0% of reported acceptances included usable salary information.
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| Percent | Mean¹ | Median | Range | |
| Service Industries | 77.9% | $7,690 | $8,300 | $1,000–12,000 |
| Consulting | 21.5% | $9,633 | $10,400 | 2,500–12,000 |
| Investment Banking / Brokerage | 17.1% | $7,981 | $8,333 | 1,950–11,000 |
| Software/Internet | 13.7% | $6,565 | $7,000 | 1,000–11,000 |
| Retail | 6.9% | $7,208 | $8,000 | 2,000–9,834 |
| Investment Management | 5.0% | $8,591 | $8,000 | 8,000–11,153 |
| Diversified Financial Services | 3.1% | $5,858 | $6,500 | 2,100–8,333 |
| VC/Hedge Fund/Private Equity | 6.6% | $4,347 | $3,000 | 1,000–10,000 |
| Media/Entertainment | 2.8% | $3,895 | $3,450 | 2,000–6,400 |
| Real Estate | 1.2% | $6,000 | $6,000 | 6,000–6,000 |
| Manufacturing Industries | 16.8% | $6,201 | $6,900 | 1,000–9,200 |
| Pharmaceutical/Healthcare/Biotechnology | 5.0% | $6,334 | $6,900 | 1,665–8,000 |
| Manufacturing: Other | 3.1% | $6,841 | $7,200 | 5,140–8,000 |
| Oil/Energy | 2.8% | $4,550 | $3,100 | 1,000–9,200 |
| Computers/Electronics | 2.8% | $7,362 | $7,097 | 6,400–8,800 |
| Consumer Products | 1.6% | $5,700 | $5,500 | 4,800–7,000 |
| Transportation/Equipment/Defense | 0.9% | —¹ | — | — |
| Automotive/Aerospace | 0.3% | — | — | — |
| Telecommunications | 0.3% | — | — | — |
| Government/Nonprofit | 4.6% | $3,809 | $3,583 | $2,800–5,200 |
| Other | 0.7% | — | — | — |
¹ All salary data based on reported compensation.
² Dash indicates fewer than three people or less than 1% reported salary information.
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| Consulting | 21.50% | 18.90% | 17.20% |
| Investment Banking | 17.1 | 10.7 | 8.4 |
| High Technology* | 16.8 | 14.5 | 18.9 |
*Includes Computers/Electronics, Software/Internet and Telecommunications
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| Percent | Mean | Median | Range | |
| Finance (total) | 32.7% | $7,290 | $8,300 | $1,000–11,153 | Finance/Investment Banking |
13.1% | $8,160 | $8,333 | 1,950–11,000 |
Finance: Investment Management |
5.9% | $6,626 | $8,000 | 2,000–9,500 |
Finance: Research |
4.7% | $5,850 | $5,000 | 1,000–11,153 |
Finance/Sales & Trading |
1.6% | $8,833 | $8,667 | 8,000–10,000 |
Finance: Other¹ |
7.4% | $5,537 | $6,000 | 1,000–10,000 |
| Consulting | 29.9% | $8,666 | $10,000 | 2,000–12,000 |
| Marketing/Sales | 14.4% | $5,962 | $6,666 | 1,000–11,000 |
| Business Development | 7.5% | $6,064 | $6,800 | 1,500–10,000 |
| General Management | 5.6% | $5,576 | $6,400 | 1,665–9,833 |
| Operations/Project Management | 4.7% | $6,625 | $7,250 | 2,500–8,000 |
| Product Management/Development | 3.4% | $7,212 | $7,900 | 3,400–10,000 |
| Information Technology | 0.3% | —² | — | — |
| Real Estate | 0.3% | — | — | — |
| Other | 1.2% | — | — | — |
¹ Finance/Other includes corporate finance, venture capital and private equity.
² Dash indicates fewer than three people or less than 1% reported salary information.
| 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | |
| Finance | 32.70% | 22% | 25.90% |
| Consulting/Strategic Planning | 29.9 | 29.6 | 28.0 |
| Marketing/Sales | 14.4 | 14.2 | 12.7 |
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| Percent | Mean | Median | Range | |
| North America | 75.7% | $7,900 | $7,850 | $1,500–11,267 |
| Northeast¹ | 44.6 | $7,058 | $7,750 | 1,950–11,267 |
 Metro Boston |
22.6 | $7,195 | $7,500 | 2,000–11,267 |
| Metro New York |
16.7 | $6,920 | $8,000 | 1,950–10,800 |
| West | 17.6 | $7,434 | $7,600 | 1,500–11,000 |
| Midwest | 4.6 | $7,206 | $7,300 | 3,000–9,834 |
| Mid-Atlantic | 4.0 | $7,198 | $8,000 | 3,200–10,500 |
| Southwest | 2.5 | $9,129 | $9,200 | 7,800–10,500 |
| South | 0.6 | —² | — | — |
| Canada | 0.3 | — | — | — |
| Mexico | 1.5 | 7,660 | 10,500 | 2,800–11,000 |
| Rest of the World | 24.3 | $7,305 | $8,600 | $1,000–12,000 |
| Asia | 12.9 | 7,120 | 8,657 | 1,000–11,000 |
| Europe including UK | 4.4 | 7,573 | 9,000 | 1,000–12,000 |
| United Kingdom |
0.9 | —² | — | — |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 4.1 | 9,756 | 10,500 | 8,000–11,000 |
| Africa | 1.2 | — | — | — |
| Middle East | 1.3 | — | — | — |
| Oceana | 0.4 | — | — | — |
¹ Northeast includes states/cities beyond Metro Boston and Metro NYC.
² Dash indicates fewer than three people or less than 1% reported salary information.
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| Major | Percent | Mean | Median | Range |
| Engineering | 35.4% | $7,735 | $8,000 | $1,000–12,000 |
| Social Sciences & Humanities | 31.5 | 6,976 | 7,500 | 1,000–11,000 |
| Business | 23.4 | 6,933 | 7,000 | 1,000–11,153 |
| Sciences & Mathematics | 9.7 | 7,322 | 7,750 | 2,000–11,250 |
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| Years Experience | Percent | Mean | Median | Range |
| One year or less | 1.3 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $1,000–7,000 |
| More than one year, up to 3 years | 8.6 | 7,595 | 8,000 | 2,000–11,267 |
| More than 3 years, up to 5 years | 47.6 | 7,034 | 8,000 | 1,000–12,000 |
| More than 5 years | 42.5 | 7,528 | 8,000 | 1,000-11,153 |
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| Percent | Industry | 27.8 |
| Job Function | 19.7 |
| Job Content | 17.6 |
| Growth Potential | 10.8 |
| Prestige of Firm | 9.5 |
| People/Corporate Culture | 4.7 |
| Location | 4.4 |
| Commitment to Sustainability | 2.7 |
| Compensation | 1.7 |
| Other | 1.0 |
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| Percent | |
| School-Facilitated Activities | 75.7 |
| Scheduled interviews on and off Campus | 47.4 |
| Job postings (MIT or Sloan) | 12.2 |
| MIT/Sloan sponsored events | 5.6 |
| Faculty/CDO/Sloan student referral | 4.4 |
| Alumni | 3.1 |
| Club event | 1.2 |
| E-Center/S-Lab | 1.2 |
| Résumé Database, Résumé Referral | 0.6 |
| Student-Facilitated Activities | 23.7 |
| Family, friends, other non-MIT or MIT Sloan connection | 13.7 |
| Contacted directly | 8.7 |
| Previous Employer employer (before attending MIT Sloan) | 1.0 |
| Newspaper, magazine, internet job boards | 0.3 |
| Other | 0.6 |
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