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University of Connecticut
School of Business
 2000 Full-Time MBA Profile
Address: 368 Fairfield Road, U-41
MBA
Storrs, CT 06269-2041
E-Mail: uconnmba@sba.uconn.edu
Web site: www.sba.uconn.edu
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Admissions
2000-2001 Student Profile*
Total enrollment 1,076
Full-time students 113 Increase in full-time students N/A Part-time students 963
Female students in class 39% Females in applicant pool N/A Female applicants accepted 82%
Non-U.S. (out-of-country) students N/A Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants 72% Non-U.S. (out-of-country)applicants accepted 45%
Underrepresented minority students** 9% Underrepresented minority applicants 4% Underrepresented minority applicants accepted 46%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 34% Admitted applicants who enrolled [yield] 61% Number of applicants 263

Class of 2002 Traits
GMAT scores Average 627 Range (middle 80%) 570 to 680
Work experience [months] Average 65 Range (middle 80%) 31 to 95
Student age [years] Average 29 Range (middle 80%) 23 to 48

* Business Week uses the Graduate Management Admission Council's standards for reporting data.

** Underrepresented minority students are defined as U.S. citizens who are African American, Hispanic American, and Native American. They do not include Asian Americans.

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Careers
Recruitment *
Estimated percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who took a job at a company with fewer than 100 employees 6% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 82%
Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 38 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 62
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] N/A

Top Employers / Number of 2000 Hires
Top 10 companies [i.e. hired the most 2000 grads] and the number of students hired

1. CIGNA 2 6. Advest 1
2. Citigroup 2 7. AIG 1
3. Fleet 2 8. American Mgmt. Systems 1
4. Kennedy Institute 2 9. Deloitte & Touche 1
5. ABC 1 10. ESPN 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads
Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $55,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $57,460
Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $7,250 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $6,750
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 88% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 65%


* The information presented in this section was collected using the MBA Career Services Council's Standards for Reporting MBA Employment Statistics

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Faculty and Academics
Basic Information
Institution is Public Core MBA curriculum last revised in 2000
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 $7,200,000 Laptop computer requirement N/A
Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No


School Concentrations / Specializations
Finance Health Care Management Information Technology
Interactive Marketing Management Consulting

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years
Information Technology Interactive Marketing Management Consulting


Academics
Teaching Methods
Lecture 40% Case study 40% Other 20%
Grading system Letter grades. Describe other Experiential projects
Average number of students in core class 28 Average number of students in elective class 24 Mandatory study trip abroad? No
Exchange programs or campuses abroad? N/A Accelerated MBA program? N/A Distance learning degree program? No

Faculty
Full-time faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 87 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 19 Number of tenured professors 43
Percent of tenured professors who are female 11% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 28% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 40%

Technology
Amount school invested over the past three years $2,906,000
Changes made over the past three years

The school has added a new web and file server, a new Microsoft Exchange server; it has installed de-fragmentation, quota, web-tracking, and network monitoring utilities, and created "server farm" to increase server population and network bandwidth, and improve hardware maintenance Increased capacity for video conferencing Created additional hi-tech classrooms Expanded technology support group Expanded MIS research lab $2.4 MM E-think facility under construction


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Investment and Deadlines
Tuition and Fees
Resident $6,342 Nonresident $14,766 Room & board $7,576
Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $25,000

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003

Admissions Financial Aid
Domestic Apr. 1, 2001 International Jan. 31, 2001 Domestic May 1, 2001
International Apr. 1, 2001
        Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes


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Administration
Dean Thomas G. Gutteridge E-mail address tom@sba.uconn.edu
Director of MBA Programs Richard N. Dino E-mail address rdino@sba.uconn.edu
Director of Admissions Richard N. Dino E-mail address rdino@sba.uconn.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Jennifer Grey E-mail address jgrey@sba.uconn.edu
Director of Financial Aid Mona Lucas E-mail address wwwfaid@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Director of Career Services Ray Palmer E-mail address rayp@sba.uconn.edu


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni 9,720 Alumni clubs 6 Placement Services for Alumni? No



Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000 1% Median gift $100 Average gift $1,100

The information above was submitted on behalf of the school by:

Name Richard N. Dino Title Associate Dean

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