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MBA Recruiting & Employment

A successful career search is a critically important part of your MBA experience. Our Career & Leadership Coaches work closely with MBA recruiters and leverage those interactions to help make you a top candidate for employers. These coaches work with you to make sure you explore every opportunity, across industries and functions, so you can make the right career move.

Employment statistics

$146,779

2023 average base salary

$34,555

2023 average signing bonus

89%

Job offers, Class of 2023
(3 months post-graduation, all students)

89%

Job accepts, Class of 2023
(3 months post-graduation, students with U.S. work authorization)

99.6%

Internships, Class of 2024
(Summer 2023)

"What is critically important is to have the right people in place; to train and coach them so that they can get things done in the marketplace. I’ve done a lot of recruiting at UNC Kenan-Flagler and I’ve found that UNC grads have been very successful at integrating into the marketplace.”

Michele Buck (MBA ’87) Senior VP, Chief Marketing Officer, The Hershey Company

MBA employers

Each year, over 280 employers hire our students, and more than 100 companies visit UNC Kenan-Flagler to recruit MBA students for summer internship and full-time employment opportunities. Hundreds of company partners utilize Career Connections, our online recruiting system, to directly connect with UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA students via job postings and resume books.

Employer List 2021-2022 (PDF)

Past MBA hiring employers: Employer List 2020-2021 (PDF), Employer List 2019-2020 (PDF), Employer List 2018-2019 (PDF), Employer List 2017-2018 (PDF)

Are you an employer looking to hire our MBA talent? See our recruit Full-Time MBA students page.

“We love how passionate [UNC MBAs] are, not about their own success but the success of their teammates as well. We find that really valuable in our business because I think our culture fosters collaboration.”

Melissa Elmore Marketing Manager, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group