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

University of Arizona

Eller College of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Eller MBA Program
      • Eller College of Management
      • 1130 E. Helen St.
      • McClelland Hall, Room 210
      • Tucson, 85721, Arizona
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://ellermba.arizona.edu/
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba_admissions@eller.arizona.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 479
      • Full-Time MBA: 102
      • Part-Time MBA: 163
      • Executive MBA: 60
      • PhD Program: 154
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $45,180.00
      • Nonresident: $75,100.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $38,040.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $53,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Nov 15, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Mar 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: May 1, 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: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 184
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 59 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 56 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 4
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 3
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 41 %
      • Applications from women received: 33 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $37,470.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $38,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 31 %
      • International: 25 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 16 %
      • North America: 80 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %

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

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 79 %
      • Chose not to report: 9 %
      • Other: 2 %

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

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 7 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 54 %
      • Midwest: 11 %
      • West: 24 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 46
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 39

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

      • From: 7
      • To: 96
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 100 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Only to domestic students

  • 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) 610
      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 10th Percentile 480
      • Average GMAT Score 595

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 25th Percentile 550
      • Average GMAT Score 604

  • 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: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 61

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

      • Health Care Information Systems
      • Health Care Entrepreneurship
      • Current Topics in Health Care Economics and Policy
      • Human Resource Management
      • Human Resource Policies

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration

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

        • MBA/MCS (Computer Science)
        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MSIM (Information Management)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
        • Other
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSEE (Electrical Engineering)
        • MBA/MSIE (Industrial Engineering)
        • MBA/MSME (Mechanical Engineering)
        • MBA/MIM (International Management)
      • 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
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Management Information Systems

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 151

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 59

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 17

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 62
      • Non-Tenured: 59

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • 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: On-line course development; instructional video and green-screen facilities added; improved online test software; updated student PCs in labs; improved e-mail service by outsourcing to central network; installed network-based video conferencing for meetings and inteviews; updated Mediasite classroom/lecture capability; remodeled labs for increased group collaboration; converted labs to 24/7 access; improved course management systems; increased security with video recording web-cams.
      • Amount spent: $624,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,892
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 6
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 10 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $712.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $90.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $53,143,490.00
      • 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://alumni.arizona.edu/get_involved/career_services
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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: 72 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 28 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: National Society of Hispanic MBAs
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Association of Black MBAs
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: San Francisco Bay Area company trek
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Southern California company trek
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Phoenix Job Fair/Networking Event
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Full

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 61 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 32 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 7 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 60 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 19 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 12 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 48 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 26 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 12 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • APS 2
      • Deloitte 2
      • Emerson 2
      • Accenture 1
      • Bard Peripheral Vascular 1
      • Discover 1
      • Intel 1
      • Johnson & Johnson 1
      • Microsoft 1
      • Morningstar 1
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 1
      • Raytheon 1
      • Solon 1
      • US Airways 1
      • Ventana Roche 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 33 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $82,263.00
      • Median base salary: $83,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $12,333.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 20 %
      • General Management: 16 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Management Information Systems: 10 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
      • Other: 13 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 13 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 19 %
      • Manufacturing: 3 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 10 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 13 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 20 %
      • Other: 10 %

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

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 94 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 3 %
      • Southwest: 79 %
      • Midwest: 6 %
      • West: 12 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • Emerson 4
      • Ventana Roche 2
      • AT&TA 1
      • Bard Peripheral Vascular 1
      • Deloitte 1
      • Henkel 1
      • Jimenez Consulting 1
      • Lasertel 1
      • Pacific Life 1
      • PetSmart 1
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 1
      • Solon 1
      • Sony 1
      • WalMart 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $880.00
      • Median: $800.00

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: The Eller MBA program is a leader in the development of experiential learning within its curriculum. For over 10 years our program has required students to complete an interdisciplinary consulting project, as part of a team, with a local, national or international firm. Further, while we emphasize strength in technical fields, we also stress the development of business communication skills .

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