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Boston University
School of Management
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: School of Management
The Rafik B. Heriri Building
Boston, MA 02215
E-Mail: mba@bu.edu
Website: http://management.bu.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 1,213 Full-time students 604 Part-time students 609
Female 37% Non-U.S. citzens 38% Underrepresented minorities* 5%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 42% Applicants admitted [yield] 50% Number of applicants 1,031
Overall applicants interviewed 25% Admitted applicants interviewed 30% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 2%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 630 Range 510 to 790
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.2 Range 2.4 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 4 Range 0 to 25
Student age [years] Average 27 Range 21 to 48

Tuition and Fees
In-state $23,770 Out-of-state $23,770 Room & board $8,130
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] N/A Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $28,295

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 04/15/00 International 03/01/00 Domestic 03/15/00 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 N/A Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation N/A
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 634 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 82
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships N/A Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships N/A
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] N/A Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 2,168

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

1. Ernest & Young 7 6. Onsett International 3
2. PricewaterhouseCoopers 6 7. Deloitte Consulting 3
3. KPMG Peat Marwick 5 8. Andersen Consulting 3
4. Fidelity 4 9. N/A N/A
5. SAP American 3 10. N/A N/A

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 N/A Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 N/A
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 N/A Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 N/A
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information N/A Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 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 & Teaching

Basic Information
Institution is Private Core MBA curriculumlast revised in 1998
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $24,000,000 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $2,259,822
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 N/A Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 36%
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement Yes

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
MS in Management Information Systems Health Care Management Entrepreneurship
MS Investment Management Public/Non-Profit Marketing
MPH/Health Care Management

Teaching Methods
Lecture 10% Case study 50% Other 40%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 104 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 5


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Administration

Dean Louis Lataif Phone number N/A

Director of MBA Programs Martha Cohen Barrett Phone number 617.353.2673

Director of Admissions Peter Kelly Phone number 617.353.2670

Director of Alumni Relations Ruth Gallagher Phone number N/A

Director of Financial Aid Peter Kelly Phone number 617.353.2670

Director of Career Services Jennifer Lawrence Phone number 671.353.2836


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 11,498 Alumni clubs 8

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 13% Median gift $200 Average gift $196



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

Name Julie Allen Title Program Manager




 
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