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

University of Alabama, Huntsville

College of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • Master of Business Administration
      • University of Alabama in Huntsville, College of Business Administration
      • 301 Sparkman Drive
      • Huntsville, 35899, Alabama
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://cba.uah.edu/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: gradbiz@uah.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 303
      • Full-Time MBA: 52
      • Part-Time MBA: 145
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
      • Master of Science in Information Assurance and Security

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $24,312.00
      • Nonresident: $35,437.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $18,437.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $29,355.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 30, 2011
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: May 7, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 18, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Nov 30, 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
        • TOEFL Paper-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: Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 25
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 36 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 87 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 19 %
      • Applications from women received: 44 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 43 %
      • International: 22 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 22 %
      • North America: 78 %

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

      • African American: 7 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Native American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 85 %
      • Chose not to report: 1 %

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

      • Southwest: 98 %
      • Midwest: 2 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 29
      • 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: 120
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • Mean age of entering class: 26

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • 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
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? To be considered, applicants should have a minimum GMAT score of 500, and an index of at least 1080 based on the formula: 200 multiplied by the undergraduate GPA, plus the GMAT score.

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 460
      • 90th Percentile 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 505
      • Average GMAT Score 492
      • 10th Percentile 345
      • 75th Percentile 558

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 90th Percentile 580
      • 75th Percentile 570
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • 10th Percentile 465
      • Average GMAT Score 526

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 40
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 7
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 29

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Human Resource Management
        • Technology
      • Acquisition Management and Project Management
      • 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:

        • General Management
        • Technology
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Human Resource Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 61

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 18

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 15 %
      • Experiential Learning: 3 %
      • Lectures: 60 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 7 %
      • 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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We improved the Colleges’ website; Use of Angel as a course management system; upgrade of 5 computer labs, wireless capability.
      • Amount spent: $144,408.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 800
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $6,210,276.00
      • 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://www.uah.edu/alumni/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://cba.uah.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 25 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 70 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 5 %
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 85 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 15

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