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Global Management Education Graduate Survey

See how well programs are meeting student needs.

2012 Global Survey Cover

Find Out How This Year's Graduates Rate Their Education, Program Choice, & Career Options

The Global Management Education Graduate Survey is our annual poll of students in their final year of graduate business school. A total of 136 business schools worldwide participated in our 2012 survey. More than half (52%) of survey respondents were non-US citizens and 40% attended programs outside the United States.

Our Latest Reports

2012 Survey Report, 2012 General Data Report    

Highlights From the 2012 Survey

  • 62% of all grad students seeking employment had at least one job offer at the time of the survey.
  • Grads who received a job offer through an internship were offered a greater salary increase over pre-degree earnings (84%) compared with grads with new job offers (70%).
  • 2012 set an all-time record for percentage of students with job offers at graduation in part-time MBA (67%) and executive MBA (76%) programs. 

Survey Overview

Each year, through the cooperation of participating schools, GMAC surveys students in their final year of business school to gather their opinions about their education and the value of their degrees, as well as  what they intend to do with their degrees after graduation.

Approximately 3/4 of these respondents agree to participate in longitudinal studies following their career progression after graduation. Those individuals are later contacted for the GMAC Alumni Perspectives Survey.

School Benefits of Participation: Free Online Tools

  • Competitive advantage through early-release copies of survey reports.
  • Comprehensive Interactive Data Reports that allow you to customize your searches by various demographics to instantly visualize trends.
  • Our robust benchmarking tool, which lets you create and download instant peer-to-peer comparison reports in your choice of formats.

Who Uses the Survey Results?

Results from this survey provide feedback for schools on how their students evaluate their program and provide benchmark data on how that data compares with feedback from the market as a whole. The report also provides benchmark data on the success of their students in acquiring a job compared with other upcoming graduates.

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