The Busch School ethos, curriculum, and resources combine to give our students a real advantage: we prepare them for professional success, but more than that, we also help them to discern their life’s purpose and flourish.

## Career Placement with Leading Employers

Our graduates have a demonstrated track record with employers, and we're ranked in the [Top 50](/node/439) for career outcomes.



 

### 97  %  

Graduates with employment or admission to graduate school within 6 months of graduation.

 

### $79,000 

Average starting salary of our graduates.

 

### \#11 

Ranked #11 nationwide by the Wall Street Journal for accounting salaries after graduation.

 

 

 

 

 

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### How We Prepare You for Success

We infuse career development into all aspects of the student experience. Our School offers career development coursework interwoven into our curriculum, a dedicated Career Development team, company partnerships, networking events, personalized career coaching, and many other ways to cultivate our students into business leaders.

 

 

- [ Learn More About Career Development ](/explore-our-school/career-development)
 
 

 

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## Career Placement with Respected Employers

Here are some of the employers that have hired our Busch School business graduates.



- Booz Allen Hamilton
- Deloitte and Touche, LLP
- Bank of America
- JPMorgan
- Palo Alto Networks
- Ralph Lauren
- Cvent
- Bloomberg, LP
- Amazon
- Merrill Lynch

 

 

- Paycom
- Hilton
- Washington Nationals
- Charles Schwab
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
- Qlik
- Salesforce
- Oracle
- Gartner
- Morgan Stanley

 

 

 

 

 

## Student Stories: Forming Virtuous Business Leaders Ready for Success

Hear stories from our students on how the Busch School has helped them grow and prepared them to succeed.

 

 

Justin McCarthy developed his sales experience and accepted a position as an account executive with Paycom.



 

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    ###  [ Katherine Hautau | Adobe ](/explore-our-school/student-success/student-stories/class-2026/katherine-hautau) 
    
    Katherine Hautau '26 specialized in Marketing and Sales and accepted a job as a Business Development Representative at Adobe.
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    ###  [ Jacob Lynes | KPMG ](/explore-our-school/student-success/student-stories/class-2025/jacob-lynes) 
    
    Jacob Lynes '25 majored in Accounting and accepted a job as a Financial Services Audit Associate at KPMG.
 
 

 

- [ View More Student Stories ](/explore-our-school/student-success/student-stories)
 
 

 

    I think a really important way the University has helped me prepare for my career is giving us real-life scenarios in the classroom, whether it be case studies or simulations, or if we have a speaker come speak to us about their career and what their career path has looked like.

 

 Isabella DeAvalia,   Busch Business Student  

 

 

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