BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE: B-SCHOOLS: 1999 MBA PROFILES
The College of William and Mary
Graduate School of Business
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: The College of William and Mary
MBA Program
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
E-Mail: susan.rivera@business.wm.edu
Website: http://business.wm.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 385 Full-time students 220 Part-time students 165
Female 33% Non-U.S. citzens 26% Underrepresented minorities* 10%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 45% Applicants admitted [yield] 56% Number of applicants 380
Overall applicants interviewed 99% Admitted applicants interviewed 99% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 2%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 630 Range 550 to 780
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.1 Range 2.7 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 5 Range 2 to 20
Student age [years] Average 28 Range 23 to 49

Tuition and Fees
In-state $6,928 Out-of-state $16,158 Room & board $8,300
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $32,000 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $40,000

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 10/01/99 International 10/01/99 Domestic 03/01/00 International 03/01/00
Domestic 12/01/99 International 12/01/99 Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 02/01/00 International 02/01/00 Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 04/01/00 International 04/01/00 Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 05/01/00 International 05/01/00 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 8% Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 74%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 425 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 43
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 241 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 24
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 2 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 184

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 8 6. National City Corp 2
2. Capital One 4 7. Nextel 2
3. IBM Global Services 3 8. Nextera 2
4. AMS 3 9. MicroStrategy 2
5. Dell 3 10. Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette 1

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $68,250 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $69,192
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $10,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $10,000
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 71% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 65%
** 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 $7,787,963 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $363,430
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $12,590,177 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 28%
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement No

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
Finance Operations Information Technology
Marketing

Teaching Methods
Lecture 40% Case study 45% Other 15%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 43 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 21


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Administration

Dean Lawrence B. Pulley Phone number 757.221.2891

Director of MBA Programs Susan G. Rivera Phone number 757.221.2898

Director of Admissions Susan G. Rivera Phone number 757.221.2898

Director of Alumni Relations Mary F. Harris Phone number 757.221.2299

Director of Financial Aid Susan G. Rivera Phone number 757.221.2898

Director of Career Services Michael Anthony Somers Phone number 757.221.2955


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 3,200 Alumni clubs 6

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 26% Median gift $100 Average gift $180



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