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Carnegie Mellon
Graduate School of Industrial Administration
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: Graduate School of Industrial Administration
Schenley Park
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
E-Mail: gsia-admissions@andrew.cmu.edu
Website: www.gsia.cmu.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 survey details, a strategy for applicants, and graduate comments -- click here.

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Admissions

1999-2000 Student Profile
Total enrollment 617 Full-time students 437 Part-time students 180
Female 24% Non-U.S. citzens 33% Underrepresented minorities* 5%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 30% Applicants admitted [yield] 56% Number of applicants 1,417
Overall applicants interviewed 95% Admitted applicants interviewed N/A Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 653 Range 540 to 780
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.2 Range 2.3 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 5 Range 1 to 10
Student age [years] Average 28 Range 23 to 44

Tuition and Fees
In-state $25,000 Out-of-state $25,000 Room & board $9,600
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $39,730 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $35,000

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 11/12/99 International 11/12/99 Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 01/14/00 International 01/14/00 Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 03/10/00 International 03/10/00 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 3% Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 88%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 2,620 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 176
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 1,169 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 86
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 2 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 3,719

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 19 6. AT Kearney 6
2. Deloitte Consulting 10 7. Sapient Corp 6
3. Diamond Tech Partners 10 8. Freemarkets 5
4. Intel 9 9. IBM Consulting 5
5. PRTM 8 10. McKinsey & Co. 5

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $80,000 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $80,352
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $15,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $17,745
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 94% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 81%
** 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 N/A
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $34,000,000 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid N/A
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $80,000,000 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 Economics Entrepreneurship
Finance Information Systems International Management
Marketing Organizational Behavior Production and Operations
Quantitative Analysis Strategy E-Commerce

Teaching Methods
Lecture 40% Case study 20% Other 40%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 90 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 35


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Administration

Dean Douglas M. Dunn Phone number 412.268.2266

Director of MBA Programs Fallaw Sowell Phone number 412.268.3769

Director of Admissions Laurie Stewart Phone number 412.268.2273

Director of Alumni Relations Jean Eisel Phone number 412.268.2277

Director of Financial Aid Lauren Tracey Phone number 412.268.7581

Director of Career Services Jean Eisel Phone number 412.268.2277


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 5,880 Alumni clubs 52

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 28% Median gift $100 Average gift $1,017



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Name Chriss Swaney Title Public Relations Director




 
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