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Wichita State
W. Frank Barton School of Business
 2000 Full-Time MBA Profile
Address: Barton School of Business
1845 Fairmount Avenue
Wichita, KA 67260-0048
E-Mail: harpool@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Web site: business.twsu.edu


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Admissions
2000-2001 Student Profile*
Total enrollment 205
Full-time students 66 Increase in full-time students 19% Part-time students 139
Female students in class 43% Females in applicant pool N/A Female applicants accepted N/A
Non-U.S. (out-of-country) students N/A Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants N/A Non-U.S. (out-of-country) applicants accepted N/A
Underrepresented minority students** 1% Underrepresented minority applicants N/A Underrepresented minority applicants accepted N/A
Applicants accepted [selectivity] N/A Admitted applicants who enrolled [yield] N/A Number of applicants N/A

Class of 2002 Traits
GMAT scores Average 538 Range (middle 80%) 420 to 640
Work experience [months] Average 36 Range (middle 80%) 12 to 60
Student age [years] Average 28 Range (middle 80%) 21 to 43

* 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 20% Percentage of Class of 2000 [seeking employment] who received their first job offer by graduation 85%
Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 20
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 2000 graduate [seeking employment] na

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

1. Boeing N/A 6. Intrust Bank N/A
2. Raytheon N/A 7. N/A N/A
3. Learjet N/A 8. N/A N/A
4. Cessna N/A 9. N/A N/A
5. Koch Industries N/A 10. N/A N/A

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 $46,000
Median first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A Average first-year signing bonus for the Class of 2000 N/A
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who provided usable base-salary information 52% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 2000 graduates who received a signing bonus N/A


* 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

Concentrations Added in the Last Three Years
N/A


Academics
Teaching Methods
Lecture 40% Case study 40% Other 20%
Grading system 4.0 scale Describe other Group discussions
Average number of students in core class 30 Average number of students in elective class 20 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 2000-2001 year 61 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 2000-2001 year 39 Number of tenured professors 12
Percent of tenured professors who are female 34% Percent of tenured professors who are underrepresented minorities 3% Percent of faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 20%

Technology
Amount school invested over the past three years $150,000
Changes made over the past three years

The school has upgraded computer labs.


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Investment and Deadlines
Tuition and Fees
Resident $2,250 Nonresident $8,324 Room & board $4,600
Estimated total cost per year [out-of-state] $14,000

Application Deadlines for Class of 2003

Admissions Financial Aid
Domestic Nov. 30, 2000 International Aug. 31, 2000 Domestic
International
        Does the school offer rolling admissions?   Yes


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Administration
Dean John Beehler E-mail address john.beehler@wichita.edu
Director of MBA Programs E-mail address N/A
Director of Admissions Dorothy Harpool E-mail address harpool@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Director of Alumni Relations Brad Beets E-mail address beets@twsuvm.uc.twsu.eud
Director of Financial Aid Deb Byers E-mail address byers@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu
Director of Career Services Jill Pletcher E-mail address pletcher@twsuvm.uc.twsu.edu


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Alumni Affairs
Living MBA alumni 1,600 Alumni clubs N/A Placement Services for Alumni? No



Percent of living alumni who gave to the school's fund-raising efforts in 1999-2000 8% Median gift N/A Average gift $58

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

Name Dorothy Harpool Title Associate Director

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