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Case Western Reserve
Weatherhead School of Management
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: 10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7235
E-Mail: questions@exchange.som.cwru.edu
Website: http://weatherhead.cwru.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 graduate comments -- click here.

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1999-2000 Student Profile
Total enrollment 1,122 Full-time students 442 Part-time students 680
Female 32% Non-U.S. citzens 43% Underrepresented minorities* 11%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 49% Applicants admitted [yield] 40% Number of applicants 1,048
Overall applicants interviewed 88% Admitted applicants interviewed 90% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 8%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 618 Range 490 to 760
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.2 Range 2.2 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 6 Range 1 to 14
Student age [years] Average 28 Range 21 to 39

Tuition and Fees
In-state $21,650 Out-of-state $21,650 Room & board 10,225
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $35,695 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $30,750

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 03/17/00 International 02/18/00 Domestic 04/28/00 International 04/28/00
Domestic 04/14/00 International N/A Domestic International
* 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 1% Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 91%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 1,040 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 110
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 380 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 57
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 2 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 1,020

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

1. Ernst & Young 14 6. U.S. Bancorp 4
2. Key Corp 7 7. Andersen Consulting 3
3. National City Bank 5 8. Progressive Corporation 3
4. Deloitte & Touche 4 9. JP Morgan & Co. 2
5. IBM 4 10. Johnson & Johnson 2

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $65,000 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $68,300
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $10,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $12,600
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 92% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 95%
** 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 curriculum last revised in 1994
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $34,103,386 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $3,137,868
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $89,000,000 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 4%
Accelerated MBA program offered Yes Laptop Computer Requirement Yes

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
Accountancy Banking and Finance Economics
Entrepreneurship Health Systems Management International Management
MIS Management of Technology Management Policy
Marketing Nonprofit Management Operations Management
Operations Research Organizational Behavior Supply Chain Management

Teaching Methods
Lecture 30% Case study 40% Other 30%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 94 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 9


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Administration

Dean Kim S. Cameron Phone number 216.368.2046

Director of MBA Programs Paul A. Laux Phone number 216.368.2128

Director of Admissions Christine L. Gill Phone number 216.368.3761

Director of Alumni Relations Peggy A. Sobul Phone number 216.368.3247

Director of Financial Aid Marian J. Hogue Phone number 216.368.8907

Director of Career Services Dori M. Coffey Phone number 216.368.2703


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 6,695 Alumni clubs 1

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 21% Median gift $70 Average gift $168



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

Name Ellen M. Machan Title Director of Communications




 
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