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University of Florida
Warrington College of Business
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: Warrington College of Business
MBA Program
134 Bryan Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611
E-Mail: floridamba@notes.cba.ufl.edu
Website: www.floridamba.ufl.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 442 Full-time students 394 Part-time students 48
Female 30% Non-U.S. citzens 30% Underrepresented minorities* 14%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 35% Applicants admitted [yield] 47% Number of applicants 739
Overall applicants interviewed 68% Admitted applicants interviewed 95% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 13%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 616 Range 490 to 730
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.3 Range 2.2 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 4 Range 0 to 17
Student age [years] Average 27 Range 21 to 39

Tuition and Fees
In-state $3,461 Out-of-state $12,118 Room & board $6,570
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $22,750 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $25,667

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 04/15/00 International 03/15/00 Domestic 04/15/00 International 03/15/00
* 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 5% Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 80%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 552 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 222
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 175 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 65
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 3 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 182

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

1. IBM 11 6. Florida Power & Light 3
2. Ernst & Young 8 7. Tech Data 3
3. Andersen Consulting 5 8. General Electric 2
4. Price Waterhouse Coopers 4 9. CSX 2
5. Program Planning Professionals 3 10. Arthur Andersen 2

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $63,000 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $62,037
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $5,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $4,314
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 93% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 74%
** 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 Public Core MBA curriculumlast revised in 1997
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $30,652,000 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $1,500,000
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $75,000,000 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 13%
Accelerated MBA program offered Yes Laptop Computer Requirement Yes

Distance learning program Florida's Flexible MBA Program is a fully-accredited Internet-based program. The 48-credit, part-time program requires 33 months to complete. Students visit campus for 9 weekends over the course of the program to take final exams and meet their next professors.

School Concentrations / Specializations
Arts Administration Competitive Strategy Decision & Information Sciences
E-Commerce Entrepreneurship Finance
General Business Global Management Human Resources Management
Management Marketing Private Enterprise & Public Policy
Real Estate Security Analysis Sports Administration
Supply Chain Management

Teaching Methods
Lecture 60% Case study 30% Other 10%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 88 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 10


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Administration

Dean John Kraft Phone number 352.392.7992

Director of MBA Programs John Kraft Phone number 352.392.7992

Director of Admissions Laura Parks Phone number 352.392.7992

Director of Alumni Relations Andy Miller Phone number 352.392.0550

Director of Financial Aid Bill Watson Phone number 352.392.1275

Director of Career Services Melanie Parker Phone number 352.392.7992


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 2,785 Alumni clubs 0

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 7% Median gift $75 Average gift $963



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

Name Laura Parks Title Director of MBA Admissions




 
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