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

American University

Kogod School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Kogod School of Business
      • 4400 Massachusetts Ave
      • DC
      • Washington, 20016, District of Columbia
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://kogod.american.edu/mba
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: kogodgrad@american.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 500
      • Full-Time MBA: 128
      • Part-Time MBA: 105
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
      • MS in Sustainability Management, MS in Real Estate, MS in Taxation

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $63,744.00
      • Nonresident: $63,744.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $20,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $20,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 22

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: May 1, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • 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: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 256
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 44 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 32 %
      • 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: 2
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 1
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 45 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 41 %
      • Applications from women received: 41 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $40,422.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $38,500.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 42 %
      • International: 17 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 11 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 83 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 3 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 23 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 60 %
      • Chose not to report: 11 %

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

      • Northeast: 14 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 39 %
      • South: 6 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 22 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 45
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 36

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

      • From: 12
      • To: 84
      • Median age of entering class: 27
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 52 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 75 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $27,895.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $20,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $62,700.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • Average GMAT Score 575

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 35
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 96

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

      • Global Marketing
      • Non-Profit and Social Entrepreneurship
      • Forensic Accounting

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

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Real Estate
        • Accounting
        • Tax

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

        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other
      • 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
        • Marketing
        • Strategy
        • International Business
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 103

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 67

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 22

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Business Law
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Information Technology

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Black MBA Association
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • 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: New Financial Lab in 2008 and A/V technology for the New Lecture Hall, new databases and new hardware for faculty and staff members. Various Audio-Visual improvements.
      • Amount spent: $883,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,168
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $668.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • 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
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • 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: 81 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 2 %

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

      • Destination: NYC Finance & Real Estate Trip
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: NYC Marketing & Communications Trip
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Black MBA Association Conference/Career Fair
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Association of Hispanic MBAs Conference/Career Fair
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Asian MBA Association Conference/Career Fair
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 61 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 34 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 5 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 56 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 18 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 26 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 56 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 15 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 29 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) 6
      • Deloitte Consulting 5
      • The World Bank 4
      • IBM 2
      • Sunstar Strategic 2
      • US Department of Defense (Defense Logistics Agency) 2
      • Gallup 1
      • Miller Coors 1
      • Protiviti 1
      • Raytheon 1
      • Grant Thorton 1
      • University Research Co 1
      • ING 1
      • FBI 1
      • Infrastraucture Management 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 36 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $76,584.00
      • Median base salary: $80,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $8,346.00
      • Median signing bonus: $7,500.00

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

      • Consulting: 45 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 18 %
      • General Management: 5 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 0 %
      • Other: 11 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 11 %
      • Consulting: 43 %
      • Consumer Products: 7 %
      • Financial Services: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 2 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 7 %
      • Non-Profit: 16 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 2 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 2 %

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

      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 98 %

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

      • Northeast: 12 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 79 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 2 %
      • Midwest: 2 %
      • West: 2 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • Discovery Communications 3
      • CSC 2
      • Raytheon 1
      • AOL 1
      • Diventa Consulting 1
      • Intelsat 1
      • Lowe's 1
      • Stragetic Sustainability Consulting 1
      • World Vision 1
      • Accountability 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 21 %

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