According to the Duke University Fuqua School of Business Career Management Center, 93 percent of full-time students from the class of 2011 have received job offers three months since graduation. This is an 11 percent increase from the class of 2010 and a 14 percent rise from the year before. Not only are more students getting jobs soon after graduation, but they are making more money as well. The mean 2011 full-time salary is up six percent to $107,833 per year with a mean $25,946 signing bonus – up 18% from the previous year. While job offers seem to be up across the board at Fuqua, the consulting industry in particular shined, capturing 30% of the graduating class – up 10 percent from the year before. Deloitte alone hired 35 graduates and 26 interns from Fuqua.
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