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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
45

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
15

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
59

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Fixed Income
International Entrepreneurship

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2007

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Supply Chain Management

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Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

  Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?
Yes

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

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Supply Chain Management

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
101

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 39
Non-Tenured: 44

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:
N/A

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 16

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 3
Non-Tenured: 7

International Faculty:
N/A

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 38
Non-Tenured: 27

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
18  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
13  %

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

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 20  %
Distance Learning: 5  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 45  %
Simulations: 0  %
Team Projects: 15  %
Other: 5  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must write a complete business plan

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

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:
Experiential Learning Component

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Secure wireless broadband; video conference job interview capability; dedicated HDTVs in graduate computer labs; more laptops and video cameras available.

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
7,916

Active MBA alumni clubs:
1

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
1

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
8  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  481

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  100

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

  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://www.syr.edu/alumni/

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://whitman.syr.edu/Alumni/Community/

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 59  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 9  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 32  %

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

Destination: NBMBAA
Month: Sept. 2008
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: MSHMBA
Month: Oct. 2008
Amount Paid By School: Partial

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 77  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 23  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 55  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 85  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 24  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 55  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 85  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 24  %

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Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Win-Holt   2
Deloitte   1
Xerox   1
Apple   1
Goldman Sachs   1
Ernst & Young   1
First Investors   1
KPMG   1
Rodman & Renshaw   1
Bristol Myers Squibb   1
Corning   1
Cummins   1
Banyan Capital   1
Fust Charles Chambers   1

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
10  %

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

Mean base salary: $  61,571
Median base salary: $  60,000
Mean signing bonus: $  14,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Finance/Accounting: 35  %
General Management: 35  %
Marketing/Sales: 10  %
Operations/Logistics: 20  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Consulting: 16  %
Financial Services: 21  %
Manufacturing: 32  %
Other: 31  %

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Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 5  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 5  %
North America: 90  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 65  %
South: 15  %
Midwest: 5  %
West: 5  %

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

JPMorgan Chase   4
Export NY   2
Banyan Capital   1
Blue Entertainment Sports   1
Blue Highway   1
Crouse Hospital   1
The Hartford   1
Pidilitte Industries   1
Scotia DBG Investments   1
Senator Charles Schumer   1
VF Sportwears/John Varvatos   1
Wilh Loesch   1
Win-Holt   1

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: N/A
        Median: N/A

Average internship length in weeks:
10

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SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
N/A