Grant Thornton Cracks College Students’ Faves List

GT joins Big Four on Top 100 list of best places to work after graduation.

Among business majors at 345 U.S. universities, Google ranked highest as an attractive place to start a career, followed, in second place, by Ernst & Young, then PWC and Deloitte. Disney is in 5th place and KPMG 6th.

But the surprise this is Grant Thornton, whose recruiting marketing team won spot number 30 on the top 100 list

Company Ranking 2010
Google 1
Ernst & Young 2
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP 3
Deloitte 4
Walt Disney Company 5
KPMG LLP 6
J.P. Morgan 7
Apple Computer 8
Goldman Sachs 9
Nike 10
U.S. Department of the Treasury 18
Federal Reserve Bank 22
Internal Revenue Service 23
Grant Thornton LLP 30

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The results of the Universum survey are used by talent marketers to understand how students perceive companies. The data suggests 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.

See the complete list of 100 companies here.