Placement History
The following firms have employed our students in either an internship or full-time capacity. Additionally, several of our students have attended law school or pursued other graduate programs.
| Investment Banking and Trading Banc of America Securities Barclays Global Investments CIBC World Markets Citigroup Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. Goldman Sachs Houlihan Lokey Jefferies Lazard Ltd. Merrill Lynch Morgan Stanley Montgomery & Co. Piper Jaffray Strategic Equity Group UBS Consulting Analysis Group Bain & Company Boston Consulting Group Deloitte Consulting LECG McKinsey & Company Mercer Monitor Consulting NERA Economic Consulting Navigant Asset Management & Hedge Funds Cambridge Associates Capital Group Cascade Investment Citadel Investment Group Legg Mason Oakmont Corporation PIMCO Prudential Financial Public Financial Management Taconic Capital Trust Company of the West Union Bank Western Asset Management Company |
Accounting Deloitte & Touche Ernst & Young KPMG PricewaterhouseCoopers Nonprofit/Government Central Intelligence Agency Federal Reserve System Federal Trade Commission Jet Propulsion Laboratory RAND Corporation U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Department of State Corporations American Express Boeing Cummins, Inc. IDS Real Estate Group Intel Kendall-Jackson Winery NBC Universal Standard & Poor's Yahoo! Wells Fargo |
Salary Information
Robert Day Scholars
The inaugural class of Robert Day Scholars placed exceptionally well, despite the downturn in economic conditions. In addition to attending graduate school, the Robert Day Scholars accepted positions with the following companies:
- Banc of America Securities (Los Angeles) - Investment Banking Analyst, Financial Institutions Mergers and Acquisitions
- Cambridge Associates (Boston, MA) - Associate
- Cascade Investment (Seattle, WA) - Research Analyst
- Deloitte Consulting (Los Angeles, CA) - Associate
- Deloitte Consulting (San Francisco, CA) - Analyst, Strategy and Operations Consulting
- Deutsche Bank (New York, NY) - Analyst, Legal Risk and Capital
- Ernst and Young (Los Angeles, CA) - Auditor
- Ernst and Young (San Francisco, CA) - Auditor
- Houlihan Lokey (Los Angeles, CA) - Investment Banking Analyst, Mergers and Acquisitions
- JP Morgan (New York, NY) - Investment Banking Analyst, Technology, Media and Telecom group
- LECG (Los Angeles, CA) - Associate
- Merrill Lynch (Chicago, IL) - Investment Banking Analyst
- Merrill Lynch (Los Angeles, CA) - Investment Banking Analyst
- Merrill Lynch (London, England) - Trader, Equity
- Teach for America (Los Angeles, CA) - High School Mathematics Teacher
2008/2009 Robert Day Scholars Compensation ($)Figures exclude students pursuing alternatives, such as graduate school |
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| Type of Compensation |
Salary |
Range |
| Annual Starting Salary |
51,000 |
45,000-75,000 |
| Signing Bonus |
6,200 |
3,000-12,500 |
| Performance Bonus |
17,500 |
5,000-60,000 |
| Average Compensation: $74,700 |
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2008/2009 Robert Day Scholars Compensation ($)Figures exclude students pursuing financial services career alternative, such as graduate school or TFA |
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| Type of Compensation |
Salary |
Range |
| Annual Starting Salary |
60,000 |
45,000-75,000 |
| Signing Bonus |
7,600 |
3,000-12,500 |
| Performance Bonus |
21,500 |
5,000-60,000 |
| Average Compensation: $89,000 |
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Master's Program in Finance Students
At this time, an average starting salary is not available for the graduate students, as the inaugural class of Master's Program in Finance students will not graduate until May 2010.