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Fordham University
Graduate School of Business Administration
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: Graduate School of Business Administration
113 West 60th Street, Room 624
New York, NY 10023
E-Mail: gbaadmin@mary.fordham.edu
Website: www.bnet.fordham.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 original profile — click here.

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1999-2000 Student Profile
Total enrollment 1,560 Full-time students 300 Part-time students 1,260
Female 45% Non-U.S. citzens 32% Underrepresented minorities* 10%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 59% Applicants admitted [yield] 48% Number of applicants 388
Overall applicants interviewed 20% Admitted applicants interviewed 30% Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 1%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 590 Range 510 to 650
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.1 Range 2.5 to 3.6
Work experience [years] Average 4 Range 2 to 13
Student age [years] Average 27 Range 23 to 35

Tuition and Fees
In-state $17,550 Out-of-state $17,550 Room & board $15,600
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $34,260 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student N/A

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 06/01/00 International 04/30/00 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 N/A Percentage of Class of 1999 [seeking employment] that received their first job offer by graduation 90%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 53 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 30
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 12 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 8
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 2 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 316

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 8 6. Bank of New York 2
2. Citibank 4 7. Con Edison 2
3. American Express 3 8. Equitable 2
4. Ernst & Young 3 9. Lakewest Group 2
5. ABB 2 10. N/A N/A

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 $66,000
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $10,000 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $10,500
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 88% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 39%
** 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 1996
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $13,633,880 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $1,292,209
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 8%
Accelerated MBA program offered Yes Laptop Computer Requirement No

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
Finance Marketing Management
Media Management Information Systems Accounting
Tax International Business

Teaching Methods
Lecture 55% Case study 25% Other 20%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 68 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 25


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Administration

Dean Ernest J. Scalberg Phone number 212.636.6111

Director of MBA Programs N/A Phone number N/A

Director of Admissions Kathy Pattison Phone number 212.636.6200

Director of Alumni Relations Ilene Anesini Phone number 212.636.6165

Director of Financial Aid Angela van Dekker Phone number 718.817.3804

Director of Career Services John Hotard Phone number 212.636.7273


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 9,160 Alumni clubs 1

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 8% Median gift N/A Average gift $135



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