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GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 560
Median: 550

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  500
        To:  640

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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
91

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
18

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
27

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

N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MA (Arts)

MBA/MS (Science)

  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:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

International Business

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
247

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 55
Non-Tenured: 58

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 134

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 13
Non-Tenured: 68

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 20
Non-Tenured: 29

International Faculty:

Tenured: 11
Non-Tenured: 17

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 55
Non-Tenured: 65

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
23  %

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 25  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 30  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Projects: 25  %
Other: 0  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

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

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:
Must compete a foreign language course; but not fluent

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Enhancement to the College’s Student CRM system and Document Workflow system; implementation of a Behavioral Research Lab, equipped with 22 computers and video cameras/recorders; adoption of Blade/SAN computer hardware to consolidate servers; video capturing system to record live classroom sessions; building-wide electronic signage system; Capital Markets Lab with dual screen computers for 50 students, real-time financial ticker, Bloomberg terminal, and financial software packages; 8 classrooms and 16 break out rooms equipped with high-definition multimedia A/V; and a 3-segment multipurpose room with HD presentation environments.

Amount spent:
$  1,323,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
3,920

Active MBA alumni clubs:
0

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
0

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

Business school endowment
$  15,901,211

  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.mypantherconnection.affinitycircles.com

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://www.facebook.com/fiubusinessalumni

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 69  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 24  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 7  %

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

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 54  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 31  %
No information provided by graduate: 15  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:
47

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

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Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 69  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 0  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 31  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 0  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 0  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 0  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 0  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Bank of America   1
BE Aerospace   1
GE   1
Boma   1
Caterpillar   1
Johnson & Johnson   1
JRD & Associates   1
Noven Pharmaceuticals   1
Procter & Gamble   1
Rohm & Haas   1
Titan America   1
Star Consulting   1
Royal Bank of Canada   1

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
31  %

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

Mean base salary: $  59,308
Median base salary: $  52,000
Mean signing bonus: $  15,750
Median signing bonus: $  16,500
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  8,100
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  7,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 8  %
Finance/Accounting: 15  %
General Management: 15  %
Human Resources: 15  %
Marketing/Sales: 15  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 8  %
Operations/Logistics: 8  %
Other: 15  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 8  %
Consulting: 8  %
Consumer Products: 15  %
Financial Services: 15  %
Manufacturing: 8  %
Media/Entertainment: 0  %
Non-Profit: 0  %
Petroleum/Energy: 0  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15  %
Real Estate: 0  %
Technology: 0  %
Other: 15  %

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

Africa: 8  %
Asia: 0  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 8  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 85  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 0  %

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

Northeast: 0  %
Mid-Atlantic: 18  %
South: 64  %
Southwest: 0  %
Midwest: 18  %
West: 0  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2008-09:
0

Companies that posted internships for MBAs on school job boards in 2008-09:
5

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Caterpillar   1
Noven Pharmaceuticals   1

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: N/A
        Median: N/A