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GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 657
Median: 660

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  620
        To:  700

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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
46

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
29

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
43

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2006

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

International Business

Leadership

Marketing

Strategy

N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MA (Arts)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

MBA/ME (Engineering)

MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)

MBA/MIM (International Management)

  Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?
No

The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

International Business

Strategy

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
68

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 24
Non-Tenured: 44

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 24
Non-Tenured: 34

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 5
Non-Tenured: 12

Minority Faculty:

Non-Tenured: 8

International Faculty:

Tenured: 13
Non-Tenured: 5

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 36
Non-Tenured: 20

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
30  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
21  %

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STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Investment Banking

Marketing

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Women in MBA

Other

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 30  %
Experiential Learning: 20  %
Lectures: 30  %
Team Projects: 20  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must write a complete business plan

Students are required to complete international experience

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:
MBA students must complete international study requirement

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
N/A

Amount spent:
$  1,600,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
7,140

Active MBA alumni clubs:
15

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
5

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
14  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  560

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  120

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No

Business school endowment
$  50,000,000

  Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
Yes

  Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

University alumni networking site:
http://tulanecommunity.com

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

Business school alumni networking site:
http://freeman.tulane.edu/cmc/alumni.htm

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 64  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 29  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 7  %

Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

Destination: Freeman Days, New York
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: Freeman Days, Washington D.C.
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: Freeman Days, Houston
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: Freeman Days, New Orleans
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: National Black MBA association Career Fair
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Partial

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 68  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 17  %
No information provided by graduate: 15  %

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Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:
21

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs
on the school's job boards in 2008-09:
310

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 44  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 35  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 9  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 13  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 44  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 35  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 9  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 13  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Procter & Gamble   3
Continental Airlines   2
Exxon Mobil   1
Pan-American Life   1
FedSys   1
Bloomingdales   1
Ernst & Young   1
Entergy   1
Buck COnsultants   1
Sara Lee   1
Cintas   1
Bruce Foods   1

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Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
32  %

Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary: $  72,000
Median base salary: $  71,000
Mean signing bonus: $  12,600
Median signing bonus: $  10,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 6  %
Finance/Accounting: 56  %
General Management: 3  %
Human Resources: 3  %
Marketing/Sales: 23  %
Operations/Logistics: 9  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 3  %
Consulting: 6  %
Consumer Products: 12  %
Financial Services: 17  %
Media/Entertainment: 3  %
Petroleum/Energy: 18  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9  %
Real Estate: 3  %
Other: 29  %