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University of Kentucky
Gatton College of Business and Economics
 2000 Full-Time MBA Profile
Address: Gatton College of Business & Economics
245 Business and Economics Building
Lexington, KY 40506-0034
E-Mail: UKMBA@pop.uky.edu
Web site: gatton.uky.edu


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Admissions
2000-2001 Student Profile*
Total enrollment 212
Full-time students 130 Increase in full-time students N/A Part-time students 82
Female students in class 31% Females in applicant pool N/A Female applicants accepted 31%
Non-U.S. (out-of-country) students N/A Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants 13% Non-U.S. (out-of-country)applicants accepted 20%
Underrepresented minority students** 8% Underrepresented minority applicants 11% Underrepresented minority applicants accepted 36%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 35% Admitted applicants who enrolled [yield] 81% Number of applicants 299

Class of 2002 Traits
GMAT scores Average 599 Range (middle 80%) 540 to 680
Work experience [months] Average 42 Range (middle 80%) 0 to 108
Student age [years] Average 27 Range (middle 80%) 16 to 55

* 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 N/A Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 80%
Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 35 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 284
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 2

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

1. Lexmark 3 6. Andersen Consulting 1
2. Cinergy 2 7. General Motors 1
3. UPS 2 8. Motorola 1
4. Aegon Insurance Corporati 1 9. Link-Belt 1
5. Tricon Global 1 10. Toyota Tusho 1

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads
Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $50,000 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $49,668
Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $6,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $7,620
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 99% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 46%


* 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 1994
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 2000 N/A Laptop computer requirement N/A
Accelerated MBA program offered N/A E-learning program No


School Concentrations / Specializations
Accounting & Corporate Finance Finance, Real Estate & Banking Internationl Business
Management Information Systems Marketing & Distribution

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years
E-commerce


Academics
Teaching Methods
Lecture 35% Case study 25% Other 40%
Grading system Letter grades Describe other Projects, Simulations
Average number of students in core class 25 Average number of students in elective class 31 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 81 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 0 Number of tenured professors 59
Percent of tenured professors who are female 29% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 29% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 3%

Technology
Amount school invested over the past three years $545,000
Changes made over the past three years

The school has upgraded computers and installed new file/print/application and web servers. It has also created new smart classrooms and installed network printers in each department.


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Investment and Deadlines
Tuition and Fees
Resident $3,766 Nonresident $10,626 Room & board $7,895
Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $18,011

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003

Admissions Financial Aid
Domestic Jul. 20, 2001 International Feb. 1, 2001 Domestic Apr. 1, 2001
International Feb. 1, 2001
        Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes


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Administration
Dean Richard W. Furst E-mail address furst@pop.uky.edu
Director of MBA Programs Fred W. Morgan E-mail address fwmorg1@pop.uky.edu
Director of Admissions Fred W. Morgan E-mail address fwmorga2@pop.uky.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Ralph Brown E-mail address ralph@pop.uky.edu
Director of Financial Aid Michael Tearney E-mail address tearney@ukcc.uky.edu
Director of Career Services Janie Thomas E-mail address jmthom5@pop.uky.edu


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni 2,148 Alumni clubs 1 Placement Services for Alumni? Yes



Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000 9% Median gift $30 Average gift $85

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

Name Beverly Kemper Title MBA Program Coordinator

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