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University of Tennessee -- Knoxville
College of Business Administration
 1999 MBA Profile
Address: College of Business Administration
527 Stokely Management Center
Knoxville, TN 37996-0552
E-Mail: mba@utk.edu
Website: http://mba.bus.utk.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 a strategy for applicants and graduate comments -- click here.

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1999-2000 Student Profile
Total enrollment 195 Full-time students 195 Part-time students 0
Female 26% Non-U.S. citzens 18% Underrepresented minorities* 5%
Applicants accepted [selectivity] 31% Applicants admitted [yield] 43% Number of applicants 737
Overall applicants interviewed 60%*** Admitted applicants interviewed 70%*** Admitted students with less than one year of work experience 7%

Class of 2001 Traits
GMAT scores Average 625 Range 470 to 750
Undergraduate GPA Average 3.3 Range 2.0 to 4.0
Work experience [years] Average 5 Range 0 to 18
Student age [years] Average 26 Range 22 to 44

Tuition and Fees
In-state $3,606 Out-of-state $9,674 Room & board N/A
Recommended annual student budget [out-of-state] $12,000 Average amount of outstanding MBA loans per full-time student $11,675

Application deadlines for Class of 2002

Admission applications Financial aid applications
Domestic 03/01/00 International 03/01/00 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.

*** BW Estimate

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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 80%
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for full-time jobs [including first-round interviews] for second-year students 400 Companies that recruited second-year students on campus in past academic year 120
Actual on-campus interviews conducted for summer internships 350 Companies that recruited on campus for first-year interships 80
Average number of job offers received by a Class of 1999 graduate [seeking employment] 2 Opportunities posted via the Internet or electronically 20

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 4 6. Procter & Gamble 2
2. Dell 3 7. Lowe's 2
3. Amazon.com 3 8. Saks Incorporated 2
4. Ernest & Young 3 9. SunTrust Equitable 2
5. IBM 2 10. DeRoyal 2

Prospects - 1998 / 1999 Grads
Median starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $59,000 Average starting base salary [excluding bonuses] for the Class of 1999 $59,988
Median first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $14,316 Average first year signing bonus for the Class of 1999 $18,516
Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who provided usable base salary information 80% Percentage of job-accepting Class of 1999 graduates who received a signing bonus 58%
** 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 Public Core MBA curriculumlast revised in 1991
B-school's operating budget for 1999-00 school year $616,800 Amount of operating budget used to support financial aid $216,800
Graduate school's total dollar endowment as of August 1, 1999 $1,394,000 Increase in operating budget used to support financial aid from 1998-99 academic year 8%
Accelerated MBA program offered No Laptop Computer Requirement No

Distance learning program N/A

School Concentrations / Specializations
Economics Finance Management
Marketing Logistics and Transportation Statistics
New Venture Analysis Management Science Global Business
Management Information Systems Healthcare

Teaching Methods
Lecture 35% Case study 35% Other 30%
Full-time faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 50 Adjunct or visiting faculty in residence for the 99-00 year 0


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Administration

Dean C. Warren Neel Phone number 423.974.5061

Director of MBA Programs Dean Sarah Gardial Phone number 423.974.5-33

Director of Admissions Donna Potts Phone number 423.974.5033

Director of Alumni Relations Kay Whitman Phone number 423.974.6083

Director of Financial Aid Interim Jeff Gerkin Phone number 423.974.3131

Director of Career Services Antoinette Chambers Phone number 423.974.5033


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Alumni Affairs

Living MBA alumni 4,251 Alumni clubs 0

Living alumni who gave to the annual fund raising efforts of the school in 1998-99 15% Median gift $100 Average gift $358



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

Name Donna Potts Title MBA Admissions Director




 
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