Top 100

Rank	Company	2009 Fortune 500 rank	% students who put in top 5
1	Google	117	20.67%
2	McKinsey & Company	N.A.	19.34%
3	Bain & Company	N.A.	14.92%
4	Goldman Sachs Group	40	14.34%
5	Apple	71	13.49%
6	The Boston Consulting Group	N.A.	12.62%
7	Walt Disney	60	8.86%
8	Nike	136	8.83%
9	J.P. Morgan	16	8.78%
10	Johnson & Johnson	29	8.32%
11	The Blackstone Group	N.A.	7.98%
12	Microsoft	35	7.86%
13	General Electric	5	7.37%
14	Morgan Stanley	30	6.74%
15	IDEO	N.A.	6.68%
16	Deloitte	N.A.	6.53%
17	Procter & Gamble	20	6.49%
18	Amazon.com	130	6.19%
19	Coca-Cola	73	5.13%
20	PepsiCo	52	4.42%
21	Credit Suisse	N.A.	4.40%
22	BMW	N.A.	4.18%
23	Barclays Capital	N.A.	3.98%
24	American Express	74	3.96%
25	U.S. Department of State	N.A.	3.96%
26	Sony	N.A.	3.91%
27	Starbucks	261	3.87%
28	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	417	3.87%
29	Booz & Company*	N.A.	3.85%
30	LVMH	N.A.	3.77%
31	International Business Machines	14	3.66%
32	Genentech	N.A.	3.56%
33	Fidelity Investments	N.A.	3.42%
34	Deutsche Bank	N.A.	3.34%
35	Toyota	N.A.	3.33%
36	Nestlé	N.A.	3.31%
37	Bank of America	11	3.27%
38	Unilever	N.A.	3.25%
39	General Mills	193	3.22%
40	L'Oréal	N.A.	3.08%
41	Target	28	2.83%
42	Cisco Systems	57	2.78%
43	PricewaterhouseCoopers	N.A.	2.77%
44	Intel	61	2.69%
45	Kraft Foods	53	2.67%
46	3M	N.A.	2.62%
47	Central Intelligence Agency	N.A.	2.62%
48	Exxon Mobil	1	2.59%
49	Ernst & Young	N.A.	2.52%
50	UBS	N.A.	2.51%
51	Booz Allen Hamilton*	N.A.	2.41%
52	Accenture	N.A.	2.35%
53	Time Warner	48	2.33%
54	Southwest Airlines	246	2.32%
55	Merrill Lynch	150	2.24%
56	Monitor Group	N.A.	2.18%
57	Marriott International	208	2.14%
58	U.S. Department of Energy	N.A.	2.12%
59	Citigroup	12	2.09%
60	BP	N.A.	2.08%
61	A.T. Kearney	N.A.	2.07%
62	Federal Bureau of Investigation	N.A.	2.05%
63	Diageo	N.A.	2.04%
64	Chevron	3	2.03%
65	Mattel	415	1.99%
66	Wells Fargo	41	1.98%
67	Yahoo	345	1.96%
68	Boeing	34	1.94%
69	eBay	303	1.87%
70	Hewlett-Packard	9	1.85%
71	MillerCoors	N.A.	1.84%
72	KPMG	N.A.	1.81%
73	Anheuser-Busch InBev	N.A.	1.79%
74	Pfizer	46	1.77%
75	Gap	178	1.77%
76	HSBC	N.A.	1.75%
77	Medtronic	196	1.69%
78	Colgate-Palmolive	166	1.69%
79	Cargill	N.A.	1.56%
80	The Vanguard Group	N.A.	1.44%
81	Dell	33	1.44%
82	Shell Oil Company	N.A.	1.43%
83	Lockheed Martin	54	1.42%
84	Harrah's Entertainment	263	1.38%
85	Nokia	N.A.	1.35%
86	Amgen	168	1.34%
87	Mayo Clinic	N.A.	1.31%
88	Limited Brands	290	1.31%
89	Wal-Mart Stores	2	1.31%
90	Vestas	N.A.	1.25%
91	Johnson Controls	58	1.25%
92	Honda Companies	N.A.	1.18%
93	Siemens	N.A.	1.17%
94	Abbott Laboratories	80	1.17%
95	MGM Mirage	344	1.14%
96	Mars Inc.	N.A.	1.09%
97	S.C. Johnson & Son	N.A.	1.06%
98	Eli Lilly	122	1.05%
99	Hyatt	N.A.	1.01%
100	Novartis	N.A.	0.98%

  BY GENDER：
Women

Rank among women	Company	% students who put in top 5
1	Google	19.85%
2	Johnson & Johnson	13.55%
3	Apple	12.77%
4	Walt Disney	12.52%
5	McKinsey & Company	11.66%
6	Procter & Gamble	9.47%
7	Bain & Company	9.26%
7	Nike	9.26%
9	The Boston Consulting Group	8.27%
10	Coca-Cola	7.46%
11	L'Oréal	7.20%
12	J.P. Morgan	7.16%
13	Goldman Sachs Group	6.94%
14	IDEO	6.77%
15	Deloitte	6.69%
16	LVMH	6.60%
17	Microsoft	6.13%
17	Starbucks	6.13%
19	PepsiCo	5.92%
20	Amazon.com	5.70%
21	General Electric	5.49%
22	Nestlé	5.32%
23	General Mills	5.27%
24	American Express	5.14%
24	Target	5.14%
26	Starwood Hotels & Resorts	5.10%
27	U.S. Department of State	4.97%
28	Unilever	4.72%
29	Kraft Foods	4.59%
30	Genentech	4.37%
31	Gap	3.86%
32	Mattel	3.77%
33	Ernst & Young	3.73%
33	PricewaterhouseCoopers	3.73%
35	Sony	3.56%
36	International Business Machines	3.39%
37	Morgan Stanley	3.22%
37	Toyota	3.22%
39	BMW	3.17%
40	Southwest Airlines	3.13%
41	Marriott International	3.04%
42	Bank of America	3.00%
42	The Blackstone Group	3.00%
44	Federal Bureau of Investigation	2.87%
44	Time Warner	2.87%
46	Limited Brands	2.79%
46	Pfizer	2.79%
48	Credit Suisse	2.70%
48	Diageo	2.70%
50	3M	2.66%
50	Deutsche Bank	2.66%
52	Mayo Clinic	2.62%
53	Colgate-Palmolive	2.57%
54	Booz & Company*	2.49%
54	Central Intelligence Agency	2.49%
56	KPMG	2.36%
57	Accenture	2.27%
57	Cisco Systems	2.27%
57	U.S. Department of Energy	2.27%
57	Yahoo	2.27%
61	Amgen	2.19%
61	Barclays Capital	2.19%
63	Booz Allen Hamilton*	2.06%
63	HSBC	2.06%
65	Intel	1.97%
66	MillerCoors	1.89%
67	Anheuser-Busch InBev	1.84%
67	Hewlett-Packard	1.84%
69	Abbott Laboratories	1.67%
69	Chevron	1.67%
71	Exxon Mobil	1.63%
71	Fidelity Investments	1.63%
73	Wal-Mart Stores	1.59%
74	MGM Mirage	1.54%
74	Monitor Group	1.54%
74	S.C. Johnson & Son	1.54%
74	UBS	1.54%
78	Mars Inc.	1.50%
78	Medtronic	1.50%
80	Harrah's Entertainment	1.46%
81	Citigroup	1.41%
81	Eli Lilly	1.41%
81	GlaxoSmithKline	1.41%
81	Hyatt	1.41%
81	Lockheed Martin	1.41%
81	Wells Fargo	1.41%
87	eBay	1.37%
88	Boeing	1.33%
88	BP	1.33%
88	Novartis	1.33%
88	The Hershey Co.	1.33%
92	A.T. Kearney	1.29%
92	Merrill Lynch	1.29%
94	McGraw-Hill Companies	1.24%
95	Dell	1.20%
96	Campbell Soup	1.16%
96	Merck	1.16%
96	The Kellogg Co.	1.16%
96	Thomson Reuters	1.16%
100	Siemens	1.11%

Expected pay

Here's the annual base salary MBA candidates say they expect to earn one year after graduation.
	2009	2008
All students	$98,403	$90,232
Women	$87,599	$91,142
Men	$99,142	$98,324

All students

% of MBA candidates who say they'd ideally like to work in key sectors
Industry	2009	2008
Management consulting	23%	20%
Financial services	14%	19%
Marketing/advertising	12%	13%
Consumer goods	12%	12%
Private equity	9%	7%
Investment banking	9%	8%
Healthcare	8%	6%
Energy/power	7%	6%
Investment management	7%	7%
Venture capital	7%	6%
Entertainment/media/public relations	6%	6%
Internet/e-commerce	5%	5%
Non-profit	5%	5%
Retail/fashion/apparel	5%	6%