BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE: B-SCHOOLS: 1999 MBA PROFILES
University of Rochester
Simon Graduate School of Business
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: Simon Graduate School of Business Administration
Rochester, NY 14627-0107
E-Mail: mbaadm@simon.rochester.edu
Website: www.simon.rochester.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 695 Full-time students 442 Part-time students 253
Female 19% Non-U.S. citzens 53% Underrepresented minorities* 11%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 29% Applicants admitted [yield] 41% Number of applicants 1,546
Overall applicants interviewed 31% Admitted applicants interviewed 54% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 3%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 649 Range 540 to 790
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.2 Range 2.1 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 6 Range 0 to 20
Student age [years] Average 29 Range 20 to 47

Tuition and Fees
In-state $25,644 Out-of-state $25,644 Room & board $7,530
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $38,311 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student N/A

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 06/01/00 International 06/01/00 Domestic 03/01/00 International 03/01/00
Domestic 11/01/00 International 11/01/00 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 10% Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 86%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 1,417 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 84
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 741 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 43
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] N/A Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 40

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

1. PricewaterhouseCoopers LL 11 6. Citigroup, Inc. 4
2. M&T Bank Corporation 6 7. National City Corporation 4
3. American Management Systems 5 8. Sapient Corp. 4
4. Ernst & Young LLP 5 9. Eastman Kodak Company 3
5. Xerox Corporation 4 10. Stern Stewart 3

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $70,000 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $70,915
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $15,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $23,163
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 98% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 78%
** 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 $25,000,000 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid N/A
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $45,532,000 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year N/A
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement No

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
Accounting & Information Systems Business Environment & Public Policy Competitive & Organizational Strategy
Computers & Information Systems Corporate Accounting Electronic Commerce
Entrepreneurship Finance Health Care Management
International Management Marketing Operations Management-Services
Operations Management - Manufacturing Public Accounting

Teaching Methods
Lecture 50% Case study 30% Other 20%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 56 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 12


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Administration

Dean Charles I. Plosser Phone number 716.275.3316

Director of MBA Programs Pamela Black Colton Phone number 716.275.8178

Director of Admissions Pamela Black Colton Phone number 716.275.8178

Director of Alumni Relations James Moore Phone number 716.275.2495

Director of Financial Aid Pamela Black Colton Phone number 716.275.8178

Director of Career Services Lisa M. McGurn Phone number 716.275.4881


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 8,100 Alumni clubs 6

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 18% Median gift $100 Average gift $310



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