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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
68

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
43

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
49

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Financial Consultancy
Leading Rapid Growth & Business Turnaround
Project Management
Social Entrepreneurship
Accounting Ethics

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2004

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

International Business

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Strategy

N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/MS (Science)

MBA/PhD

  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:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Management Information Systems

Operations Management

Strategy

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
97

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 39
Non-Tenured: 33

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 3
Non-Tenured: 22

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 10

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 2

International Faculty:

Tenured: 14
Non-Tenured: 16

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 41
Non-Tenured: 38

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

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Manufacturing

Marketing

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Volunteer

Women in MBA

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 20  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 20  %
Lectures: 35  %
Simulations: 0  %
Team Projects: 25  %
Other: 0  %

Requirements for graduation:

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

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
FY07 ---------- Upgraded primary employee PCs Refreshed Undergraduate and Graduate Lab PCs Upgraded Classroom and Conference Room PCs Built Trading Floor Lab Facility Instantiated CMS System Acquired Advanced MFP Copiers for Administrative Units FY08 ---------- Instantiated Talisma Acquired additional Data Analysis S/W and Tools FY09 ---------- Acquired More Mobile Devices Acquired High Capacity MFP Copiers for Mailroom facility Implemented Robust Calendaring System Upgraded Digital Signage System & Client Software Upgraded Classroom Projectors Increased use of PRS (Personal Response System) Piloted Tegrity Presentation Recording System Upgraded select PCs Transitioned Servers from H/W to Virtual Increased Online Storage Replaced OB Lab LCD Screens Talisma – Upgraded Services (via Consulting)

Amount spent:
$  2,217,600

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
4,268

Active MBA alumni clubs:
1

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
1

  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://gtalumni.org/pages/career

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

Business school alumni networking site:
https://gatechmba.affinitycircle ... th/login?vchecksum=

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 81  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 19  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0  %

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

Destination: National Black MBA Conference and Career Fair
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: National Hispanic MBA Conference and Career Fair
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: 0
Destination: Reaching Out MBA Conference and Career Fair
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: 0
Destination: National Association of Women MBAs Conference
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: 0

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 64  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 36  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

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Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 76  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 9  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 15  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 71  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 14  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 15  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

AT&T   6
Bank of America   5   Infosys Consulting   2
Deloitte Consulting   2
Booz Allen Hamilton   2
Delta Airlines   2

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
59  %

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

Mean base salary: $  84,778
Median base salary: $  85,000
Mean signing bonus: $  12,305
Median signing bonus: $  10,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  12,658
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  10,000

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Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 21  %
Finance/Accounting: 14  %
General Management: 14  %
Human Resources: 4  %
Marketing/Sales: 22  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 7  %
Operations/Logistics: 18  %
Other: 0  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 4  %
Consulting: 16  %
Consumer Products: 12  %
Financial Services: 16  %
Manufacturing: 0  %
Media/Entertainment: 0  %
Non-Profit: 0  %
Petroleum/Energy: 4  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5  %
Real Estate: 0  %
Technology: 27  %
Other: 16  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 1  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 98  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 1  %

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

Northeast: 2  %
Mid-Atlantic: 2  %
South: 71  %
Southwest: 7  %
Midwest: 7  %
West: 5  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Bank of America   5
Humana   3
AT&T   2
Raytheon   2
Johnson & Johnson   2

Internships awarded that are paid:
98  %

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: $ 1,270
        Median: $ 1,386

Average internship length in weeks:
11

SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
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