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College students list most popular employers

December 30, 2014

College students and recent graduates in the US listed their most-desirable employers in the 2014 employer popularity index released by AfterCollege, which provides entry-level job and internship resources.

Some of the top firms included Google, Intel, Boeing and Kaiser Permanente.

“The key to a successful university recruiting program is an employer’s ability to build their brand on campus,” said AfterCollege CEO Roberto Angulo.

“It’s no surprise Google has been rising in the ranks over the last several years as they’ve developed one of the most comprehensive on-campus recruiting strategies in the industry,” Angulo said.

The top 10 companies by college major in 2014 included:

Tech students:

  1. Google
  2. Intel Corporation
  3. Microsoft Corporation
  4. IBM
  5. Apple
  6. Amazon
  7. National Security Agency
  8. Facebook
  9. Hewlett-Packard
  10. Cisco

Engineering students:

  1. The Boeing Company
  2. Intel Corporation
  3. Lockheed Martin
  4. General Electric
  5. Raytheon
  6. Google
  7. The Aerospace Corporation
  8. Apple
  9. National Security Agency
  10. Northrop Grumman Corporation

Business students: 

  1. Google
  2. Intel Corporation
  3. Target
  4. JP Morgan Chase
  5. Deloitte
  6. Wells Fargo
  7. Bank of America
  8. National Security Agency
  9. Apple
  10. Kaiser Permanente

Allied health students:

  1. Kaiser Permanente
  2. CVS
  3. Target
  4. Children’s National Health
  5. Mayo Clinic
  6. Stanford Health Care
  7. Walgreens Pharmacy
  8. Department of Veterans Affairs
  9. Cedars Sinai Medical Center
  10. St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center

Rankings are based on more than 685,000 feedback points from college students and recent grads in the United States.