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Duke
Fuqua School of Business
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: Fuqua School
Durham, NC 27708
E-Mail: Fuqua-admissions@mail.duke.edu
Website: www.fuqua.duke.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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1999-2000 Student Profile
Total enrollment 670 Full-time students 670 Part-time students 0
Female 35% Non-U.S. citzens 25% Underrepresented minorities* 12%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 17% Applicants admitted [yield] 54% Number of applicants 3,557
Overall applicants interviewed N/A Admitted applicants interviewed N/A Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 0%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 676 Range N/A to N/A
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.3 Range N/A to N/A
Work experience [years] Average 5 Range N/A to N/A
Student age [years] Average 28 Range N/A to N/A

Tuition and Fees
In-state N/A Out-of-state $28,781 Room & board $11,150
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $39,931 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $43,027

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 10/25/99 International N/A Domestic 01/01/00 International N/A
Domestic 12/06/99 International N/A Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 01/10/00 International N/A Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 02/28/00 International N/A Domestic N/A International N/A
Domestic 04/13/00 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 N/A Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 95%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 5,040 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 256
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 2,340 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 161
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 3 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 1,200

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 17 6. McKinsey & Co. 7
2. Ernst & Young LLP 14 7. Eli Lilly & Co. 7
3. Deloitte & Touche 11 8. Johnson & Johnson 6
4. Chase Manhattan Corp. 8 9. First Union Capital 6
5. IBM Corp 7 10. Lehman Brothers 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 $81,356
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $15,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $15,745
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 96% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 87%
** 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 1992
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $50,000,000 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $2,000,000
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $48,190,740 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 3%
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement No

Distance learning program Fuqua offers the Duke MBA - Global Executive (GEMBA), which combines residential classroom sessions on four continents with distance education via advanced Internet-based technologies.

School Concentrations / Specializations
Accounting Decision Sciences Economics
Finance Management Marketing
Operations Management Management Communications Health Sector Management
Entrepreneurship

Teaching Methods
Lecture 33% Case study 33% Other 34%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 85 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 10


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Administration

Dean Rex D. Adams Phone number 919.660.7225

Director of MBA Programs Joel Huber Phone number 919.660.7728

Director of Admissions Liz Riley Phone number 919.660.7705

Director of Alumni Relations Cathy Gilliard Phone number 919.660.7714

Director of Financial Aid Paul West Phone number 919.660.7934

Director of Career Services Dan Nagy Phone number 919.660.7810


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 8,024 Alumni clubs 19

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 26% Median gift $125 Average gift $479



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

Name Kathy Pitman Title Assistant Director, Marketing/Communications




 
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