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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Commerce & Business Administration
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: College of Commerce and Business Administration
1206 South Sixth Street
Champaign, IL 61820
E-Mail: mba@uiuc.edu
Website: www.mba.uiuc.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 a strategy for applicants and graduate comments -- click here.

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Admissions

1999-2000 Student Profile
Total enrollment 391 Full-time students 391 Part-time students N/A
Female 33% Non-U.S. citzens 44% Underrepresented minorities* 20%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 45% Applicants admitted [yield] 53% Number of applicants 757
Overall applicants interviewed 22% Admitted applicants interviewed 29% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 10%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 618 Range 500 to 760
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.3 Range 2.2 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 4 Range 0 to 26
Student age [years] Average 27 Range 21 to 48

Tuition and Fees
In-state $11,846 Out-of-state $19,204 Room & board $6,950
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $28,669 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student N/A

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 12/15/99 International 12/15/99 Domestic 04/01/00 International 02/01/00
Domestic 04/01/00 International 02/01/00 Domestic N/A International N/A
* 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 70%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 1,084 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 119
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 26 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 15
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 2 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 416

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

1. DOW 6 6. Arthur Andersen 4
2. KPMG 6 7. Johnson & Johnson 4
3. AlliedSignal 5 8. Proctor & Gamble 4
4. Andersen Consulting 5 9. Ford Motor Co. 4
5. Lucent Techologies 5 10. PricewaterhouseCoopers 3

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $62,500 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $62,649
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $8,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $8,793
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 80% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 58%
** 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 1995
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $0 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $0
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $18,173,500 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 0%
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement Yes

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
Accounting Finance MIS
Marketing Student-Designed (custom)

Teaching Methods
Lecture 40% Case study 40% Other 20%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 118 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 41


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Administration

Dean Howard Thomas Phone number 217.333.2747

Director of MBA Programs William Bryan Phone number 217.244.8019

Director of Admissions Camille Chang Gilmore Phone number 217.244.1023

Director of Alumni Relations Mary Porter Phone number 217.244.6669

Director of Financial Aid Leela Cheryan Phone number 217.333.0100

Director of Career Services Lois Meerdink Phone number 217.333.4483


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 4,690 Alumni clubs 3

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 7% Median gift N/A Average gift $112



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

Name William Bryan Title Interim Associate Dean




 
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