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1. University of Minnesota (Carlson)

B-School Job Market Recovers 1. University of Minnesota (Carlson) 2. Columbia University 3. Harvard University 4. Dartmouth College (Tuck) 5 (tie). University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) 5 (tie). University of Virginia (Darden) 7 (tie). Stanford University 7 (tie). Emory University (Goizueta) 9. Georgia Institute of Technology 10. Indiana University (Kelley) 11. Northwestern University (Kellogg) 12. Yale University 13. New York University (Stern) 14. University of Chicago (Booth) 15. Texas A&M University (Mays) 16. Duke University (Fuqua) 17. Rice University (Jones) 18. University of California at Berkeley (Haas) 19. University of Texas at Austin (McCombs) 20. UCLA (Anderson) 21. University of Southern California (Marshall) 22. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) 23. University of Notre Dame (Mendoza) 24. Brigham Young University (Marriott) 25. Cornell University (Johnson) 26. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler) 27. Michigan State University (Broad) 28. University of Michigan (Ross) 29. Southern Methodist University (Cox)

1. University of Minnesota (Carlson)

Students without job offers three months after graduation

2011: 3 percent
2010: 9 percent

Median starting salary

2011: $95,507
2010: $90,000

The University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management reported all-around good news. Job offers increased, the median starting salary jumped 6 percent, and the median starting bonus rose to $20,000, from $15,000. General Mills was the top employer of the class of 2011, followed by 3M and Medtronic.

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