March Madness 2015

It’s the culmination of “March Madness” at the Institute—the annual job placement tournament when Master of Science in Analytics (MSA) degree candidates make decisions about post-graduation employment opportunities. This season MSA students logged over 1,000 initial interviews with 152 employers. The Class of 2015 is on a record-setting pace to become our eighth consecutive cohort to top 90-percent placement in jobs by graduation, with 98-percent of the students already accepting offers of employment in the profession. Commenting on the successful placement of the Class of 2015, the Institute’s director Dr. Michael Rappa said “It’s rewarding to see our students succeed in such a spectacular way in the highly competitive global marketplace for analytics talent. They’re all first-round draft picks with great career opportunities awaiting for them upon graduation.”

A complete report of employment outcomes for the MSA Class of 2015 will be published in May. Over 50 employers made one or more offers of employment to this year’s class, including:

• Advance Auto Parts • Fulcrum
• Alevo • Genworth Financial
• Ally Financial • Great Western Casualty
• American Express • GSK
• Amruta • HanesBrands
• ARPC • InterWorks
• Bank of America • IBM
• Boeing • JP Morgan Chase
• Booz Allen Hamilton • Kohl’s
• Boston Consulting Group • Kum & Go
• Cargill • Liberty Mutual
• Carlisle & Gallagher • Lowes Home Improvement
• Caterpillar • Lockheed Martin
• Cigna • MaxPoint
• Cisco • M&T Bank
• Crete Carrier • Novozymes
• Dell • Oracle
• Deloitte • Pew Research
• Discover Financial • RTI International
• Disney • SAS
• Eastman Chemical • Sports South
• Elicit LLC • The Variable
• Elder Research • Verisk Health
• EY • Verizon
• Fidelity • Walmart
• Financial Risk Group • Wellmark
• Florida Blue • Zencos