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Arizona State
College of Business
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: College of Business
Tempe, AZ 85287
E-Mail: asu.mba@asu.edu
Website: www.cob.asu.edu/mba


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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1999-2000 Student Profile
Total enrollment 1,048 Full-time students 386 Part-time students 662
Female 30% Non-U.S. citzens 23% Underrepresented minorities* 10%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 43% Applicants admitted [yield] 51% Number of applicants 990
Overall applicants interviewed 18% Admitted applicants interviewed 42% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 635 Range 500 to 780
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.3 Range 2.6 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 5 Range 1 to 13
Student age [years] Average 28 Range 22 to 34

Tuition and Fees
In-state $5,259 Out-of-state $12,411 Room & board $6,950
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $22,738 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $17,920

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 12/01/99 International 12/01/99 Domestic 03/01/00 International N/A
Domestic 03/01/00 International 03/01/00 Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 05/01/00 International N/A 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 7% 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 2,057 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 196
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 936 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 97
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 3 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 78

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 6 6. PCS Health Systems 3
2. Hewlett Packard 5 7. Harrah's Entertainment 3
3. IBM 5 8. Deloitte Consulting 2
4. American Airlines 4 9. Ernst & Young 2
5. Lucent Technologies 4 10. Ford Motor Co. 2

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $75,000 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $75,600
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $10,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $10,445
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 63% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 54%
** 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 1998
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $379,895,000 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $1,222,000
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $13,150,000 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 35%
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement No

Distance learning program For Fall 2000, the school plans to unveil coursework of which 40% is delivered via DVD, 30% via the Web, and 30% via in-class instruction.

School Concentrations / Specializations
Supply Chain Management Services Marketing & Management Information Management
Health Administration Financial Management & Markets MBA/JD Law
MBA/MS Economics MBA/MS Taxation MBA/MS Accountancy

Teaching Methods
Lecture 30% Case study 50% Other 20%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 65 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 4


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Administration

Dean Larry E. Penley Phone number 480.965.5516

Director of MBA Programs D. Hoffman & L. McPheters Phone number 480.965.2832

Director of Admissions Judith K. Heilala Phone number 480.965.7635

Director of Alumni Relations Cindy Barnes-Pharr Phone number 480.965.5528

Director of Financial Aid Marilynn Singleton Phone number 480.965.3521

Director of Career Services Kathleen Halloran Phone number 480.965.2754


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 6,721 Alumni clubs 1

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 7% Median gift $50 Average gift $110



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

Name Judith K. Heilala Title Director, Recruiting & Admissions




 
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