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Tulane
Freeman School of Business
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: Freeman School of Business
Goldring/Woldenberg Hall
New Orleans, LA 70118
E-Mail: freeman.admissions@tulane.edu
Website: http://freeman.tulane.edu


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 graduate comments -- click here.

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1999-2000 Student Profile
Total enrollment 171 Full-time students 160 Part-time students 11
Female 24% Non-U.S. citzens 41% Underrepresented minorities* 9%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 42% Applicants admitted [yield] 42% Number of applicants 424
Overall applicants interviewed 70% Admitted applicants interviewed 90% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 16%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 644 Range 491 to 770
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.4 Range 2.3 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 5 Range 0 to 17
Student age [years] Average 27 Range 20 to 39

Tuition and Fees
In-state $24,214 Out-of-state $24,214 Room & board $7,200
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $36,500 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $30,000

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 05/01/00 International 04/01/00 Domestic 04/15/00 International 03/01/00
* 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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Career Services**

Recruitment
Estimated percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that took a job at a company with less than 100 employees 12% Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 94%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 312 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 339
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 100 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 113
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 2 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 221

Top Employers / Number of 1999 Hires
Top 10 recruiting firms [i.e. hired the most 1999 grads] and the number of students hired

1. Chase Bank 5 6. American Management Systems 2
2. Citigroup/Citibank 5 7. Entergy Corporation 2
3. Enron 3 8. Johnson Rice & Co. 2
4. JW Genesis Securities 2 9. Salomon Smith Barney 1
5. KPMG Peat Marwick 2 10. Lehman Brothers 1

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $60,000 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $62,533
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $10,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $14,391
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 89% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 63%
** 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 & Teaching

Basic Information
Institution is Private Core MBA curriculumlast revised in 1999
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $27,000,000 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $3,400,000
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $44,000,000 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 2%
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement Yes

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
Finance Management Information Systems Marketing
Management Accounting International Management
Organizational Behavior/Human Resources

Teaching Methods
Lecture 40% Case study 40% Other 20%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 58 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 35


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Administration

Dean James W. McFarland Phone number 504.865.5407

Director of MBA Programs Mignon Coulter Phone number 504.865.5418

Director of Admissions John C. Silbernagel Phone number 504.865.5410

Director of Alumni Relations Rhonda A. Earles Phone number 504.862.8470

Director of Financial Aid John C. Silbernagel Phone number 504.865.5410

Director of Career Services Rhendy Hutchcraft Phone number 504.865.5417


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 2,921 Alumni clubs N/A

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 14% Median gift $100 Average gift $210



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

Name Rhonda A. Earles Title Director of External Relations




 
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