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Post-Graduation Report: 2002-2003 bachelor's degree graduates
Employers most frequently cited by employed new graduates
Employed bachelor's degree graduates were asked to name their employers. 
These employers were most frequently reported.
Five graduating years shown on chart; three more shown below.
Numbers hired shown for 1996-1997 and 1995-1996.
Numeric positions on lists do not necessarily equate to ranking; employers sometimes tied in numbers hired.
Employers most frequently cited by new graduates account for the minority of total grads hired.
Example: 1996-1997 listed employers hired 255 grads, or 13.66% of the 1,866 grads who reported being employed.
Degrees received in academic year:
2002-2003 2001-2002 2000-2001 1999-2000 1998-1999
1 U.S. Navy Virginia Tech Virginia Tech Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech
2 Lockheed Martin U.S. Air Force Accenture U. S. Navy Arthur Andersen
3 U.S. Army Ferguson Enterprises U.S. Navy Accenture AMS
4 Virginia Tech U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force AMS Pricewaterhouse-Coopers
5 Northrop Grumman U.S. Army Pricewaterhouse-Coopers Pricewaterhouse-Coopers Ferguson Enterprises
6 Ferguson Enterprises SAIC Lockheed Martin Marriott Hotels Andersen Consulting (became Accenture)
7 Accenture NVR/Ryan Homes AMS U.S. Army Lockheed Martin
8 U.S. Air Force AMS U.S. Army U.S. Air Force IBM
9 Enterprise Rent-A-Car Booz Allen Hamilton Marriott Hotels Lockheed Martin U.S. Navy
10 AMS (American Management Systems) Lockheed Martin Arthur Andersen Arthur Andersen Capital One
11 Booz Allen Hamilton KPMG U.S. Marine Corps General Electric U.S. Air Force
12 SAIC Enterprise Rent-A-Car General Electric U.S. Marine Corps General Electric
13 Echostar Communications U.S. Marine Corps Booz Allen Hamilton IBM Marriott Hotels
14 U.S. Government U.S Patent and Trademark Office Raytheon Systems Company General Motors Bechtel Power Corporation
15 Cintas Corporation Echostar Communications Enterprise Rent-A-Car Ingersoll Rand Department of Defense
16 Deloitte & Touche General Electric IBM Capital One U.S. Marine Corps
17 U.S. Marine Corps IBM SAIC First Union Bank SAIC
18 Marriott Ingersoll-Rand Deloitte & Touche Bell Atlantic Hyatt Hotels
19 NVR/Ryan Homes Naval Surface Warfare Center Freddie Mac Hyatt Hotels KPMG Peat Marwick
20 BB&T Northrop Grumman Ferguson Enterprises Freddie Mac U.S. Army
21 Fairfax County Pricewaterhouse-Coopers Newport News Shipbuilding Ferguson Enterprises Naval Surface Warfare Center
22 John Hancock Financial Services   KPMG Peat Marwick Fairfax County Public Schools Sprint
23 Naval Surface Warfare Center     Booz Allen Hamilton Enterprise Rent-A-Car
24       Nortel Networks Aerotek
25       Ernst & Young

General Motors
26       Microsoft
27           Nortel Networks
28       Bell Atlantic
29           Ernst & Young
30       U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
 
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1997-1998
Andersen Consulting
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Marriott International
Arthur Andersen
American Management Systems
IBM
Lockheed Martin
Nortel
First Union
Ferguson Enterprises
Newport News Shipbuilding
SAIC
General Electric
KPMG Peat Marwick
PeopleSoft
Circuit City
U. S. Patent & Trademark Office
Platinum Technology
Ingersoll-Rand
Michelin North America
 
1996-1997
With number hired by each employer
Virginia Tech: 36
American Management Systems: 23
Self-Employed: 22
U.S. Navy: 20
Andersen Consulting: 19
Lockheed Martin: 15
U.S. Army: 15
U.S. Air Force: 12
Allied Signal Aerospace: 11
KPMG Peat Marwick: 11
Marriott Corporation: 11
Arthur Andersen: 10
Price Waterhouse: 9
U.S. Marine Corps: 9
Ernst and Young: 8
Fairfax County Public Schools: 8
IBM Corporation: 8
Logicon: 8
Shell Oil: 8
Total number hired = 255 = 13.66% of 1,866 grads who reported being employed.
 
1995-1996
With number hired by each employer
Virginia Tech: 39
American Management Systems: 14
Andersen Consulting: 13
Self Employed: 13
U.S. Army: 13
KPMG Peat Marwick: 12
Lockheed Martin: 11
Allied Signal: 10
First Virginia Bank: 10
Montgomery County Public Schools: 10
U.S. Navy: 10
Enterprise Rent A Car: 9
Ferguson Enterprises: 9
Marriott Corporation: 9
Norfolk Southern Corporation: 9
Roanoke City Schools: 9
Arthur Andersen: 8
Department of Defense: 8
Price Waterhouse: 8
U.S. Air Force: 8