The Balance Sheet: 2010 Banking Survey 2-Minute Warning
Published: May 25, 2010
Percentage of respondents who are white/Caucasian: 75
Percentage who are married: 38
Percentage who are female: 26
Percentage who are Asian: 13
Percentage who are Hispanic/Latino: 4
Percentage who are African American/black: 3
Percentage who are gay, lesbian or bisexual: 1
Percentage of respondents who say firm culture was the single most important factor in deciding to accept their firm's offer over others: 39
Percentage who say prestige was the most important factor: 15
Percentage who say compensation was the most important: 7
Percentage who say their firm offers free dinners: 76
Percentage who say their firm offers free parking: 15
Percentage who received their MBAs: 27
Percentage who received their MBAs from NYU's Stern School: 11
Percentage who received their MBAs from Chicago's Booth School: 8
Percentage who received their MBAs from Harvard: 6
Percentage who worked as a summer intern in banking: 29
Percentage who work in New York: 50
Percentage who work in Atlanta (the second most popular behind NYC): 7
Percentage who work in Toronto: 5
Percentage who work in Chicago: 4
Percentage of respondents who rate their firm's business outlook a 10 (on a scale 1 to 10 where 1 is "in a precarious position" and 10 is "well positioned to thrive"): 35
Percentage who rate their firm's business outlook less than a 5: 3
Percentage who say that, knowing what they know now, they would make the same decision about which firm to join: 91