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Clark Atlanta
School of Business Administration
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: School of Business Administration
223 Brawley Drive at Fair Street, SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
E-Mail: sbus@sbus.cau.edu
Website: www.cau.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 192 Full-time students 156 Part-time students 36
Female 62% Non-U.S. citzens 18% Underrepresented minorities* 82%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 47% Applicants admitted [yield] N/A Number of applicants 255
Overall applicants interviewed 60% Admitted applicants interviewed 55% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 17%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 415 Range 360 to 720
Undergraduate GPA Average 2.8 Range 2.3 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 4 Range 0 to 14
Student age [years] Average 28 Range 22 to 36

Tuition and Fees
In-state $12,810 Out-of-state $12,810 Room & board $7,325
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $27,963 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student N/A

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 04/01/00 International 04/01/00 Domestic 03/01/00 International 03/01/00
* 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 0% Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 79%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 385 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 35
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 512 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 49
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 3 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 10

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

1. American Express 3 6. Coca Cola 1
2. General Motors 4 7. McNeil Consumer 1
3. United Parcel Service 2 8. SmithKline Beecham 1
4. Johnson & Johnson 2 9. Otis Elevator 1
5. IBM Consulting 2 10. AT & T 1

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 $67,000
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 N/A 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 79% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 61%
** 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 1995
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $3,200,000 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $250,000
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 N/A Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 0%
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement No

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
Marketing Finance Decision Science/Information Systems
Accounting

Teaching Methods
Lecture 33% Case study 33% Other 34%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 29 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 7


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Administration

Dean Edward L. Davis, Ph.D. Phone number 404.880.8973

Director of MBA Programs Brent E. Johnson Phone number 404.880.8443

Director of Admissions Cele Echols Phone number 404.880.8447

Director of Alumni Relations Karmen Williams Phone number 404.880.8448

Director of Financial Aid Cele Echols Phone number 404.880.8447

Director of Career Services Alice Cayson Phone number 404.880.8442


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Living MBA alumni N/A Alumni clubs N/A

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 N/A Median gift N/A Average gift N/A



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

Name Brent E. Johnson Title Assistant Dean, Director of the MBA Program




 
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