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Students Say
With only 100 students in each incoming class, the “intimate learning environment” is a signature of the Merage program. The small class size makes it easy to “build personal relationships with everyone at the school, including professors and staff.” At Merage, “the professors really want to see us succeed and make themselves available to all students to answer questions or talk about their research.” The staff and administration is also “world-class”: “The career center and programming support staff are excellent and always available to meet,” and administrators are “extremely quick to respond and act to just about anything.” Of particular note, the dean is “outstanding,” “communicating his vision for our school and supporting students through has vast connections and experience in business.” Between students, “the program requires a lot of group work,” which encourages networking both in and out of the classroom. Fortunately, Merage maintains an unwaveringly “cooperative environment.” Here, “students want to see each other succeed, as evidenced by the large groups that study together prior to tests, or the peer feedback we receive in preparing for group presentations.”
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Career Overview
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Students Say
Merage’s “excellent career center” makes the most of the school’s strong local connections, maintaining a “great track record” with graduating MBAs. Career Center programs start right at the beginning of the MBA, guiding student through every step in the career-search process, from defining their career goals to landing a choice internship. Top hiring com- panies at Merage include AT&T, Deloitte, AERS, Deloitte Consulting, Experian, General Electric, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan, KPMG, Niagara Bottling, Pacific Life, Roth Capital Partners, and the Walt Disney Company, among many others. Finance and account- ing, consulting, and sales and marketing were the most popular job functions for a recent class.
Job Function
Job Function | % of Grads Seeking Employment Who Accept Jobs w/in 3 Months |
Median Salary | Mean Salary | Low Base Salary | High Base Salary |
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Marketing / Sales | 31% | $85,000 | $84,901 | $55,000 | $120,000 |
Consulting | 19% | $90,000 | $93,364 | $75,000 | $127,000 |
Finance / Accounting | 17% | $83,750 | $81,550 | $47,000 | $110,000 |
Operations / Logistics | 12% | $75,000 | $81,714 | $50,000 | $140,000 |
Human Resources | 7% | $79,000 | $74,750 | $55,000 | $86,000 |
General Management | 7% | $90,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 | $100,000 |
Information Technology | 3% | ||||
Other | 3% |
Industries
Industries | % of Grads Seeking Employment Who Accept Jobs w/in 3 Months |
Median Salary | Mean Salary | Low Base Salary | High Base Salary |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Consulting | 24% | $82,500 | $89,786 | $70,000 | $127,000 |
Consumer Products | 19% | $85,000 | $82,636 | $60,000 | $100,000 |
Technology | 14% | $87,500 | $91,875 | $55,000 | $140,000 |
Manufacturing | 12% | ||||
Other | 10% | $72,500 | $74,667 | $55,000 | $110,000 |
Financial Services | 9% | $90,000 | $80,700 | $47,000 | $100,000 |
Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology / Healthcare | 5% | $95,000 | $94,108 | $85,000 | $102,325 |
Real Estate | 3% | ||||
Media / Entertainment | 2% | ||||
Petroleum / Energy | 2% |
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Campus Life
Students Say
Located on the Southern California coast, life in Orange County is “fantastic.” With its “gor- geous beaches” and sunny weather providing the perfect backdrop, “students are always organizing outdoor activities (beach BBQs, intramural sports, etc).” There’s “great food and nightlife in Irvine and Newport”; not to mention, the school is “close enough to L.A. that many people visit on the weekends.” At the same time, the suburban atmosphere keeps things low-key; many mention that it’s “very safe here.”
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Associate Director, Recruitment and Admissions
Suite 4500
Irvine, CA 92697-3125
United States