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Full-Time MBA Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

University of Alabama

Manderson Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • University of Alabama Full-time MBA
      • Manderson Graduate School of Business
      • 101 Bidgood Hall
      • Box 870223
      • Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487, Alabama
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.cba.ua.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@cba.ua.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 630
      • Full-Time MBA: 180
      • Executive MBA: 65
      • PhD Program: 90
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Marketing
      • Master of Marketing; Master of Economics; Master of Operations Management; Master of Applied Statistics; Master of Management Science;

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $21,860.00
      • Nonresident: $48,460.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $20,280.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $33,580.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 22

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Apr 15, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
      • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Considered
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 318
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 39 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 88 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 15
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 4
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 58 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 26 %
      • Applications from women received: 32 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

      • Female: 27 %
      • International: 13 %
      • Married: 10 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 1 %
      • Asia: 6 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 90 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 1 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 3 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
      • Native American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 90 %
      • Chose not to report: 1 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
      • South: 96 %
      • Southwest: 1 %
      • Midwest: 1 %
      • West: 1 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 15
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 0

    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 0
      • To: 42
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • Mean age of entering class: 24

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 52 %
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $7,142.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 96 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 10th Percentile 490
      • 25th Percentile 545
      • Average GMAT Score 592

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 25th Percentile 600
      • 75th Percentile 700
      • 50th Percentile (median) 650
      • 90th Percentile 712
      • Average GMAT Score 647

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 48
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 16
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 71

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation
      • International Issues in Strategy
      • Import/Export Management
      • Real Estate Investment

    • Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Real Estate
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Operations Management
        • Strategy
        • International Business
        • Statistics and Operations Research
        • Arts Administration
        • Sports Business

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSME (Mechanical Engineering)
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Consulting
        • Strategy
        • Statistics and Operations Research

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 157

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 76
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 76
      • Non-Tenured: 31

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Other
        • Business Ethics
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Black MBA Association
        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 60 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Team Projects: 50 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Improved security; upgraded software; computer replacement and maintenance programs; expansion of wireless capabilities
      • Amount spent: $1,500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,132
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 43 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $778.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $75,000,000.00
      • 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://crimsonconnection.ua.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://mandersonalumni.com
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 77 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 23 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: National Assoc. of Women MBAs
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Assoc. of Black MBAs
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: CSCMP Conference
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 58 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 40 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 2 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 56 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 29 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 54 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 32 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • BBVA Compass 4
      • Healthspring 3
      • Sarrell Dental 2
      • Procter and Gamble 2
      • dunnhumby 3
      • AEA Group 2
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 1
      • Citigroup 1
      • Home Depot 2
      • Ford Motor 1
      • Volkswagon 1
      • BMW 1
      • Hewlett Packard 2
      • Deloitte and Touche 1
      • International Paper 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 39 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $60,181.00
      • Median base salary: $57,080.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $7,548.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 28 %
      • General Management: 12 %
      • Human Resources: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 14 %
      • Management Information Systems: 14 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 21 %
      • Other: 2 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 2 %
      • Consulting: 19 %
      • Consumer Products: 11 %
      • Financial Services: 21 %
      • Manufacturing: 17 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 4 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 7 %
      • Other: 5 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 100 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
      • South: 74 %
      • Southwest: 10 %
      • Midwest: 10 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • AEA Group 2
      • Procter and Gamble 2
      • WalMart 1
      • CVS 1
      • Dolce and Gabanna 1
      • Michael Kors 1
      • Healthspring 2
      • Protective Life 2
      • Sterne Agee 2
      • Regions 1
      • Target 1
      • Mercedes Benz 2
      • Hershey 1
      • PriceWaterhouseCoopers 2
      • Southwest Airlines 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 75 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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