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Texas A&M
Lowry Mays Graduate School of Business
1999 MBA Profile
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Editor's Note: Here is a 1999 update of the contacts and statistical information in the 1998 Business Week Online profile for this school. To see the more detailed original profile -- which includes a strategy for applicants and graduate comments -- click here.
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1999-2000 Student Profile
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Total enrollment
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171
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Full-time students
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171
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Part-time students
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0
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Female
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18%
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Non-U.S. citzens
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24%
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Underrepresented minorities*
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4%
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Applicants accepted [selectivity]
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26%
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Applicants admitted [yield]
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55%
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Number of applicants
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605
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Overall applicants interviewed
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54%
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Admitted applicants interviewed
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99%
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Admitted students with less than one year of work experience
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0%
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GMAT scores
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Average
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619
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Range
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510
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to
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740
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Undergraduate GPA
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Average
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3.3
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Range
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2.3
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to
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4.0
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Work experience [years]
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Average
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5
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Range
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1
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to
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24
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Student age [years]
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Average
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28
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Range
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23
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to
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48
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In-state
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$3,615
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Out-of-state
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$9,324
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Room & board
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$8,242
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Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state]
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$14,927
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Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student
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N/A
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Application deadlines for Class of 2002
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Admission applications
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Financial aid applications
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Domestic
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02/01/00
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International
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02/01/00
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Domestic
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02/01/00
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International
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02/01/00
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Domestic
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05/01/00
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International
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N/A
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Domestic
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N/A
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International
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N/A
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* 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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Estimated percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that took a job at a company with less than 100 employees
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4%
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Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation
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86%
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Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students
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1,469
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Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year
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184
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Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships
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372
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Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships
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62
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Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment]
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2
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Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically
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N/A
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Top Employers / Number of 1999 Hires
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Top 10 recruiting firms [i.e. hired the most 1999 grads] and the number of students hired
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1.
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Ernst & Young
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8
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6.
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Exxon
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4
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2.
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Andersen Consulting
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5
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7.
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Deloitte & Touche
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3
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3.
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Ford
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5
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8.
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Nortel
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3
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4.
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Reliant Energy
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4
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9.
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Coral Energy
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2
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5.
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Arthur Andersen
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4
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10.
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IBM
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2
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Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
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Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999
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$64,260
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Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999
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$62,560
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Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999
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$5,000
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Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999
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$7,785
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Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information
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90%
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Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus
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56%
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** 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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Institution is
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Public
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Core MBA curriculumlast revised in
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1997
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B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year
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$23,800,000
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Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid
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$4,000,000
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Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999
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$54,000,000
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Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year
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7%
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Accelerated MBA program offered
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No
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Laptop Computer Requirement
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No
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Distance learning program
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N/A
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School Concentrations / Specializations
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Technology Management
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Strategic Consulting
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Finance
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Services Marketing
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Brand Management
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Retail Management and Consulting
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International Management
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Supply Chain Management
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Lecture
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33%
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Case study
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50%
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Other
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17%
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Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year
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136
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Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year
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9
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Dean
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Benton Cocanougher
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Phone number
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409.845.4711
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Director of MBA Programs
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Winston Shearon
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Phone number
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409.845.4714
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Director of Admissions
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Wendy Blake
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Phone number
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409.845.2357
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Director of Alumni Relations
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N/A
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Phone number
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N/A
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Director of Financial Aid
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N/A
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Phone number
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N/A
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Director of Career Services
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Dan Naegeli
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Phone number
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409.845.1998
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Living MBA alumni
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3,500
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Alumni clubs
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1
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Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99
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25%
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Median gift
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N/A
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Average gift
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$110
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The information above was submited on behalf of the school by:
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Name
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Win Shearon
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Title
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Professor & MBA Director
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