Duke University (Fuqua)

Duke University (Fuqua)

Classes begin on: 2nd of September 2009

School based in: U.S.

Status: Private

Graduate business school is accredited by: AACSB International

Enrollment

Total graduate business school: 1671

Full-time MBA: 826

PhD program: 83 

Program Length

Full-time program (months): 22

Program costs
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

Resident : $  95,000 

Nonresident : $  95,000 

Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  63,640

Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  63,640

Profile
Full-time students in newest entering class (2007-08) that are:

Female: 36 %

International: 40 %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 2 %

Asia: 31 %

Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia 1%

Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %

Middle East: 1 %

North America: 59 %

Western Europe: 2 %

 

Middle 80% range GMAT scores: from 630 to 750

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 65 

Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 61

Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months: from 35 to 101

New entrants with one year or less of work experience: 2 %

Mean age of entering class: 29 

Median age of entering class: 28

Applicants

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:  3122

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 30 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 46 %  

Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

Financial Aid

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at school

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 75 %

Institutional Scholarships: 38 %

Loans (private and government): 61 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: 46317

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: 50500

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

all candidates are considered for scholarship

Faculty

Full-time faculty employed by the school: 118

Permanent/tenured professors: 58

Tenured faculty who are women: 19 %

Tenured faculty who are underrepresented minorities: 0 %

Class offerings

Average students in a full-time MBA core class: 70

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class: 45

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students in the 2006-07 academic year: 92

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

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Consulting, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Health Care Admission, International Business Leadership, Marketing, Operations Management, Strategy

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
MBA/MD (Medicine)
MBA/ME (Enigineering)
MBA/MSN (Nursing)
Other

The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:
Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Management, Leadership, Marketing 

Career Services

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 92 %

Graduates not seeking employment: 10 %

Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

1: Johnson & Johnson, 17

2: Bank of America, 16

3: Deloitte Consulting, 12

4: McKinsey & Company, 11

5: Accenture, 10

6: Citi, 10

7: Kraft, 8

8: Morgan Stanley, 7

9: Lehman Brothers, 6

10: Microsoft Corporation, 6

11: Unilever, 6

12: Wachovia Securities, 5

13: American Express Company, 4

14: Dell, Inc., 4

15: Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, 4

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  100,136

Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  95,000

Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  24,752

Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  20,000

Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  24,670

Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  19,250

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 84 %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 31 %

Finance/Accounting: 32 %

General Management: 10 %

Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 30 %

Management Information Systems (MIS): 1 %

Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 1 %

Other: 7 %