2007 UNDERGRAD PROFILE

Carnegie Mellon

Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon

 




B-School and Program Basics

Address: 5000 Forbes Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA
US 15213

Program E-Mail

Program Web site

Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon is a private institution.
Undergrad business program was founded:
Accredited by NA

Classes begin:

Fall Semester 08/27/2007
Fall Semester 08/27/2007
Fall Semester 08/27/2007

Enrollment

Total undergraduate business school enrollment 475
Total full-time undergraduate business students 475
Total part-time undergraduate business students 0
Total distance undergraduate business students 0
 

STUDENT PROFILE: MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS

Female students in class 42%
International students 18%

For U.S. schools only:

African American students   4%
Native Americans   1%
Asian Americans 30%
Hispanic   4%
White (non-Hispanic) 37%
Unknown NA %
Other 24%

U.S. students by region:

Mid-Atlantic U.S. 35%
Midwest U.S.   6%
Northeast U.S. 41%
South U.S.   4%
Southwest U.S.   6%
West U.S.   7%
U.S. Possessions and territories   0%

Citizenship:

U.S. 83%
Canada   1%
Other 16%
Unknown   0%

CLASS TRAITS: MOST RECENT ENTERING CLASS

Does the school require standardized tests, such as the SAT or ACT? No

SAT Scores for full-time entering business students

Average 1410
Median
Range (Middle 80%) From 1360
to 1520
Minimum SAT Score
 

ACT Scores for full-time entering business students

Average 90
Median n/a
Range (Middle 80%) From n/a
to n/a
Minimum ACT Score NA
 
Minimum High School GPA NA
Does the school require an entrance exam? No
 
Student Age (years)  
Average 18
Median 18
 
High School performance of entering business students
Top 10% of high school class 100%
Top 25% of high school class 100%
GPA of 3.75 or higher 48%
GPA of 3.5 to 3.75 28%
GPA of 3.25 to 3.49 17%
GPA of 3.00 to 3.24   6%
GPA of 2.50 to 2.99   1%
GPA of 2.00 to 2.49   0%
GPA of 1.00 to 1.99   0%
GPA below 1.0   0%
For Internal Transfers  
Minimum overall college GPA NA
Additional application requirements

ADMISSIONS

University Application fee (resident) $ 65.00
University Application fee (nonresident) $ 65.00
University Application fee (non-resident transfers) $ 65.00
 

The university financial aid office manages admissions to the business program

18864 people applied to undergraduate programs for the 2006 academic year. The school accepted NA % (selectivity) of those applicants, and NA % of admitted applicants (yield) enrolled.

NA % of applicants had applied in prior years, and of those reapplicants NA % were accepted.

The university placed 3000 applicant(s) on its wait list. wait-listed applicants were admitted to the semester for which they applied.

Does the business program admit freshmen? Yes

NA % of 2006 admissions to the program were freshmen

How do freshmen apply? Indicate interest on university application

How do internal transfers apply? NA

freshmen (admitted and denied) sought full-time admission to the business program for the 2005-2006 academic year.

NA % of these applicants were admitted to the program and NA % of admitted students enrolled.

internal candidates (admitted and denied) sought full-time admission to the business program for the 2005-2006 academic year. were admitted to the program.

Share of all university applicants who are female: 34%
Share of all university applicants who are not from the U.S. 14%

Interviews for applicants are Recommended, Not required

Additional application requirements (including those for international students):
International - complete pre-application, submit TOEFL or IELTS scores if SAT or CR score is below 600 and English is not the first language. Transfers - follow all admission requirements as a freshman and submit any college/university transcripts.

Relative importance of the following factors in deciding who gets admitted to the university:

Secondary School Record: Very Important

Class Rank: Very Important

High School GPA: Very Important

SAT/ACT Scores: Very Important

Application Essay: Very Important

Recommendations: Very Important

Interview: Considered

Extracurricular Activities: Very Important

Talent/ability: Very Important

Character/personal qualities: Very Important

Volunteer Work: Very Important

Work Experience: Important


COSTS

Annual Costs

Resident Tuition $ 34,180.00
Nonresident Tuition $ 34,180.00
Room and Board $ 9,280.00
Books $ 945.00
Other Expenses (please specify)
Activity Fee $168.00
Orientation Fee $190.00
Port Authority (Bus Pass) $70.00


Tuition per credit hour (U.S. dollars)

Resident $ 1,425.00
Nonresident $ 1,425.00

2007-2008 DEADLINES

University Application deadlines for:
Fall Semester 11/01/2006
Fall Semester 12/01/2006
Fall Semester 01/01/2007

Business Program deadlines for:

FINANCIAL AID

The business program's financial aid ofice manages financial aid for the business program

Financial Aid Web site

Total scholarship money given to business students through the financial aid office in the 2005 academic year: $ 3,450,575.00

Total scholarship money to be distributed to business students through the financial aid office in the 2006 academic year: $ 3,497,272.00

Scholarships are awarded to students in the business program based on A combination of need and merit

Scholarships in the 2006-2007 academic year

Percent of business students receiving some scholarship money 53%
Percent of business students receiving full-tuition scholarships 53%
Percent of scholarships offered to business students based on need 79%
Percent of scholarships offered to business students based on merit 21%

How do applicants apply for scholarships?
Admitted students are automatically considered for scholarships. There is no separate application.

Does the schoool offer a guaranteed loan to all business students (regardless of nationality): No

The maximum amount a business student can borrow per year is: NA

The average outstanding debt among 2006 business program graduates is: NA

CONTACTS

Dean Kenneth B. Dunn Hired as of 07/01/2002

ACADEMICS & REQUIREMENTS

Specializations offered:
Other, , , ,

Programs Offered

BS Business Administration Full time
Core curriculum last revised 2000
Average class size in required business classes 54
Average class size in business electives 29
Average class size in non-business classes (required for admission to the business program n/a

15% of business classes (core and elective) have fewer than 20 students

53% of business classes (core and elective) have 21 to 50 students

32% of business classes (core and elective) have more than 50 students

99% of required business courses reached maximum enrollment by the first day of class from June 30, 2004 to June 30, 2005.

  1% of required business courses had waiting lists for enrollment

AREAS OF STUDY & ELECTIVES

The school reports that the following are its five leading areas of study:
Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing

Number of elective courses (not multiple sessions of same course) available in the past academic year: 44

New electives added in the past academic year:
Negotiations








What special programs are available to business students?
MBA - 3.2 application Honors Thesis Computational Finance Undergraduate Degree


Work study or co-op opportunities Yes
Teaching Assistantships, graders and deparmental assistantships as well as financial aid eligible work-study.
Study abroad opportunities Yes
Exchange agreements with leading business schools world wide. Undergraduate campus in Qatar
Volunteer and community service opportunities Yes
Require professional service activities through formal course (70-201)
Business clubs and extracurricular activities Yes
Eight undergraduate clubs with a high participation of students.

FACULTY

Total full-time undergraduate business faculty 96
Total undergraduate business adjuncts and visiting business faculty 14
Total undergraduate permanent/tenured business professors 47

  9% of permanent/tenured business professors are women

  2% of permanent/tenured business professors are underrepresented minorities (African American, Hispanic American or Native American)

  2% of permanent/tenured business professors are members of company boards of directors or boards of advisors

  2% of permanent/tenured business professors have owned their own business

Prominent Faculty: Finn Kydland, Allan H. Meltzer, Chester Spatt


STUDENT LIFE

Freshmen are required to live on campus

100%of all business students live on campus

Business students are not grouped together in "learning communities" in housing or other facilities

TECHNOLOGY

Number of omputers available to undergraduate business students (within the program and university as a whole): 386

Wireless network is available in main B-school buildings

Technology changes made over the past three years:
Note re: "computers available": 99% of first-year students own a computer. (83% are laptops) Improvements: * Upgraded business school wireless network to 802.11a for improved capacity * Renovated undergraduate business classroom: response system, video conferencing and individual microphones. Parallel to graduate program. * Improved email infrastructure including virus blocking, spam filtering * Improved undergraduate printing system, drastically reducing waste while increasing satisfactio

THE FULL-TIME JOB HUNT

The school has information regarding the employment of 100% of 2006 graduates

Of 2006 graduates for whom we have information...

87% were seeking full-time professional employment in business

13% were not seeking full-time professional employment in business

For those not seeking employment in business...

  0% of those were already employed at graduation

31% were planning to continue their education immediately after graduation

  6% were postponing their job search

13% were planning to start their own business

50% of those not working were doing so for other reasons

companies recruited business students on campus from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006

companies posted full-time job offers for undergraduate business students on the school's job boards from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006

Of 2006 Job-seeking Graduates...

received their first job offer by graduation

received their first job offer within three months of graduation

received their first job offer more than three months after graduation

did not report having received an offer


Top 10 recruiting firms that hired the most graduates in the past academic year No. hired
Deloitte Consulting 5
Deutsche Bank AG 4
UBS 4
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4
Goldman Sachs Group 3
IBM Consulting 3
Citigroup 2
Credit Suisse Group 2
Goodyear Tire & Rubber 2
Heinz (H.J.) 2

Historic Salary Prospects for 2005 Grads (school reported)
Average base salary $ 54,674.00
Median base salary $ 55,000.00
Average signing bonus $ 6,000.00
Median signing bonus $ 6,000.00
Average other guaranteed compensation NA
Median other guaranteed compensation NA

CAREER DIRECTIONS

What percentage of 2006 graduates who accepted jobs did so in the following functional areas? Are these figures estimates based on the number of students majoring in these functional areas? No

Finance
(includes corporate finance, investments, treasury and financial analysis, public finance, etc.)
42%
Accounting/auditing   0%
General Management   3%
Human Resources   0%
Marketing/Sales
(includes public relations, product management, market research, advertising, etc.)
18%
Management Information Systems   0%
Operations   7%
Logistics/Transportation   0%
Other 30%

What percentage of 2006 graduates who accepted jobs did so in the following industries? Are these figures estimates? No

Accounting   0%
Consumer Products & Retail   6%
Consulting 28%
Financial Services 43%
Government, Nonprofit, & Education   4%
Health   3%
Manufacturing   4%
Media & Entertainment   3%
Sports & Leisure   0%
Technology & Science   3%
Transportation   0%
UTILITIES   2%
Other   2%

North American Jobs

  0% of 2006 graduates accepted jobs in Canada

100% of 2006 graduates accepted jobs in the U.S.
Here's the regional breakdown on job acceptances in North American regions:

Northeast
(ME, VT, NY, NH, CT, MA, NJ, RI)
56%
Mid-Atlantic
(PA, MD, VA, WV, DE, DC)
24%
South
(NC, SC, KY, TN, GA, FL, AL, AR, LA, MS)
  6%
Southwest
(CO, AZ, TX, OK, NM)
  1%
Midwest
(WI, MO, KS, IA, MN, NE, MI, OH, IN, ND, SD, IL)
11%
West
(CA, HI, WA, OR, AK, MT, ID, UT, NV, WY)
  2%
U.S. possessions and territories
(America Samoa, Palau, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands)
  6%
Canada   0%

INTERNSHIPS

companies recruited internship-seeking undergraduate business students on campus from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006

NA % of internships were paid.

Average compensation per weekNA
Median compensation per week NA
Average internship length (weeks)

companies posted internships for undergraduate business students on school job boards from June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006


Top 10 Recruiting Firms for Internships No. interns
Citigroup 7
UBS 6
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3
Merrill Lynch 3
Proctor & Gamble 3
Barclay's Capital 3
General Electric 3
Morgan Stanley 2
Lehman Bros. 2
Mellon Financial 2

ALUMNI AFFAIRS

19% of living undergraduate business alumni contributed to the program/university some time between June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2006

Of those who contributed...

The average gift was $ 1,947.00
The median gift was $ 100.00

From June 30, 2005 to June 30, 2006, the undergraduate business program 19% received any individual gift in excess of $10 million

Prominent Alumni

David Coulter, Managing Dir. & Sr. Advisor, Warburg Pincus LLC

Larry Kurzweil, President and COO, Universal Studios, Hollyw

Tod Johnson, CEO, The NPD Group, Inc.


PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Credit hours required for business degree (including university and program requirements)

Minimum of 121 for BS in Business Administration
Minimum of 37 for BS in Business Administration

Other requirements to earn undergraduate business degree
Economics - 9 Math/Computing - 20 Liberal Arts - 27 Unrestricted Elective - 11

97% of business students graduate from the program within four years of admission to the university

100% of business students graduate from the program within six years of admission to the university


 
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