The Universum American Student Survey

The results of the American Student Survey reveal how students perceive companies/organizations as employers in the United States. The research functions as a basis for decision-making when choosing target groups, messages and channels for future employer branding campaigns, and as a control instrument for measuring the appeal a company/organization has over its specific target groups.

The rankings below reveal how attractive an employer is amongst students, and indicates a company’s position in relation to other ideal employers in the recruitment market. The rankings enable employers to track and set targets for measuring their level of employer attractiveness.

Number of participants in 2009: 60, 930 respondents
Number of universities targeted in 2009: 341 leading universities
Field period: November 2008 to March 2009

Students are targeted separately according to their main field of study. The Universum Top 100 Ideal Employer Rankings are thus categorized as such. From the drop-down window below, please select the field of study which is of interest to you.

Field of study:

Company Ranking 2009
Ernst & Young1
Google2
PricewaterhouseCoopers3
Walt Disney4
Deloitte5
KPMG6
Apple Computer7
J.P. Morgan8
Goldman Sachs9
Nike10
Major League Baseball11
Microsoft12
Coca-Cola13
Bank of America14
FBI15
Procter & Gamble16
Johnson & Johnson17
Merrill Lynch18
Morgan Stanley19
U.S. Department of State20
BMW21
Hilton Hotels Corporation22
Sony23
Federal Reserve Bank24
Marriott25
Coach26
Central Intelligence Agency27
Target28
Internal Revenue Service29
General Electric30
Macy's Inc.31
L'Oréal32
Anheuser-Busch InBev33
Wells Fargo & Company34
The Boston Consulting Group35
IBM36
Grant Thornton37
Time Warner38
Starbucks39
Toyota40
McKinsey & Company41
PepsiCo42
Deutsche Bank43
Calvin Klein44
Peace Corps45
Boeing46
Hyatt47
American Express48
American Cancer Society49
Teach for America50
NASA51
Amazon.com52
Electronic Arts53
Citi54
Starwood Hotels & Resorts55
Fidelity Investments56
Lockheed Martin Corporation57
Southwest Airlines58
Yahoo!59
Harrah's Entertainment60
3M61
ExxonMobil62
Credit Suisse63
U.S. Department of Energy64
UBS65
Barclays Capital66
Nestlé67
HSBC68
Gap Inc.69
AT&T70
Accenture71
General Mills72
Bain & Company73
Verizon74
eBay75
Best Buy76
Dell77
Pfizer78
National Security Agency79
American Airlines80
Kraft Foods81
CBS Interactive82
Shell Oil Company83
MillerCoors84
Wal-Mart Stores85
Mayo Clinic86
Limited Brands87
Intel88
Hewlett-Packard89
Honda Companies90
The Vanguard Group91
Delta Airlines92
Cisco Systems93
FedEx94
American Eagle95
U.S. Air Force96
Rolls-Royce North America97
Unilever98
Lincoln Financial Group99
Zurich Financial Services100