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VAST MAJORITY OF MARSHALL GRADS HAPPY TO SAY IN THE WEST

The weather in Southern California–along with one of the most dynamic economies in the world–made the West a hard place to leave once MBAs graduated from the Marshall program. This year, for example, 86% of the grads accepted jobs in the West, while only 7% headed to the Northeast. The Southwest attracted just 3% of the class, while another 3% gained jobs outside the U.S. Only 1% of the students took jobs in the South.

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