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Texas A&M University
Lowry Mays Graduate School of Business
 2000 Full-Time MBA Profile  |  Student Comments
Address: Mays MBA Program
Texas A&M University
212 Wehner Building/MS 4117
College Station, TX 77843-411
E-Mail: MaysMBA@tamu.edu
Web site: mba.tamu.edu


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Admissions
2000-2001 Student Profile*
Total enrollment 222
Full-time students 222 Increase in full-time students 58% Part-time students 0
Female students in class 20% Females in applicant pool N/A Female applicants accepted 27%
Non-U.S. (out-of-country) students N/A Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants 59% Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants accepted 18%
Underrepresented minority students** N/A Underrepresented minority applicants N/A Underrepresented minority applicants accepted N/A
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 24% Admitted applicants who enrolled [yield] 70% Number of applicants 805

Class of 2002 Traits
GMAT scores Average 628 Range (middle 80%) 560 to 690
Work experience [months] Average 60 Range (middle 80%) 36 to 72
Student age [years] Average 29 Range (middle 80%) 22 to 49

* 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 5% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 90%
Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 76 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 184
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] 3

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

1. Ford Motor Co. 7 6. Deloitte & Touche LLP 3
2. Dell Computer Corp. 5 7. ExxonMobil Corp. 3
3. Andersen Consulting 4 8. 3M Corp. 2
4. AT&T Corp. 3 9. Compaq Computer Corp. 2
5. Cap Gemini Ernst & Young 3 10. Entergy Corp. 2

Prospects for 1999 / 2000 Grads
Median starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $71,250 Average starting base-salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 2000 $72,500
Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $6,000 Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 $9,500
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 91% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus 67%

Students Report
Median total investment $83,000 Median post-MBA starting salary $68,000
Median MBA loans $4,000 Median signing bonus $3,000
Number of job offers by graduation 2 Median other compensation $5,000
Average number of business plans written 3

* 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 1993
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
E-business Information Technology Operations
Banking and Financial Markets Services Marketing Human Resources Management
Real Estate Accounting Consulting and Strategic Planning
International Business Telecommunications
Individualized Concentration Brand Management Retail Management and Consulting

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years
E-business

Students Report
Most Popular Professors
Most Popular Electives
Dr. Gerry Kiem
P. Fields
Business Data Communications
Financial Management II

Academics
Teaching Methods
Lecture 30% Case study 50% Other 20%
Grading system Letter grades Describe other presentations,simulations
Average number of students in core class 45 Average number of students in elective class 25 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 120 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-01 year 19 Number of tenured professors 90
Percent of tenured professors who are female 17% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 13% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 25%

Technology
Amount school invested over the past three years N/A
Changes made over the past three years

The school has a Masters-Lab dedicated to Masters students only. In 2000, the school added new servers, workstations (some with scanners), and plans in 2001 to add a wireless network in computer labs and student lounge areas.


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Investment and Deadlines
Tuition and Fees
Resident $3,600 Nonresident $9,324 Room & board $8,242
Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $14,612

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003

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


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Administration
Dean A. Benton Cocanougher E-mail address abc@tamu.edu
Director of MBA Programs Dr. Dan Robertson E-mail address drobertson@cgsb.tamu.edu
Director of Admissions Wendy Flynn E-mail address wflynn@cgsb.tamu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Wendy Flynn E-mail address wflynn@cgsb.tamu.edu
Director of Financial Aid Wendy Flynn E-mail address wflynn@cgsb.tamu.edu
Director of Career Services Dan Naegeli E-mail address dnaegeli@cgsb.tamu.edu


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni 3,600 Alumni clubs 3 Placement Services for Alumni? Yes



Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000 N/A Median gift N/A Average gift N/A

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

Name Wendy Flynn Title Assistant Director, Mays MBA

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