The survey respondents are ranked according to the projected number of hires from college recruiting for the Class of 2005. The top 20 employers, followed by their projected number of hires, are:

 1 - Enterprise Rent-A-Car--7,000
 2 - PricewaterhouseCoopers--3,170
 3 - Ernst & Young LLP--2,900
 4 - Lockheed Martin--2,863
 5 - KPMG--2,240
 6 - Sodexho, Inc.--2,050
 7 - Fairfax County Public Schools--1,600
 8 - Accenture--1,540
 9 - Northrop Grumman--1,266
10 - United States Customs & Border Protection--1,200
11 - Target--1,127
12 - United States Air Force--1,095
13 - Raytheon Company--1,000
14 - Microsoft--970
15 - JPMorgan Chase--810
16 - Procter & Gamble--569
17 - Liberty Mutual--545
18 - Grant Thornton--500
19 - Bank of America--413
20 - United States Air Force Personnel Center/DPKR--400

According to the survey, economic sectors showing strength this year include: retail, wholesale, transportation (not including airlines), health services, entertainment and real estate.