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

Arizona State University

Carey School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • W. P. Carey Full-time MBA
      • W. P. Carey School of Business
      • 300 E. Lemon Street
      • Tempe, 852874906, Arizona
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://wpcarey.asu.edu/mba/full-time
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: wpcareymba@asu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,554
      • Full-Time MBA: 167
      • Part-Time MBA: 871
      • Executive MBA: 89
      • PhD Program: 113
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Other
      • Master of Taxation; Master of Health Sector Management; Master of Real Estate Development; Master of Economics; Master of Commerce/Management

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $47,442.00
      • Nonresident: $75,690.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $41,184.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $55,308.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Oct 16, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 11, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 5, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 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: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 429
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 32 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 54 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 25 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 27
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 10
      • 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: 55 %
      • Applications from women received: 31 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $40,928.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $40,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 18 %
      • International: 30 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 26 %
      • Europe: 3 %
      • North America: 69 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 8 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 82 %
      • Chose not to report: 4 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 4 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
      • South: 4 %
      • Southwest: 52 %
      • Midwest: 8 %
      • West: 26 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 52
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 50

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

      • From: 15
      • To: 90
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • Mean age of entering class: 28

  • 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: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 94 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $36,272.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $40,285.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and 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: $5,670.00
      • 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? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $63,296.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 640
      • Average GMAT Score 618
      • 75th Percentile 690
      • 90th Percentile 710
      • 10th Percentile 480

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 620
      • 50th Percentile (median) 680
      • 75th Percentile 710
      • 25th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 730
      • Average GMAT Score 674

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 38
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 31

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

      • Management Counseling
      • Venture Capital Experience

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Leadership
        • International Business
      • Sustainability

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

        • MBA/MSIM (Information Management)
        • MBA/March (Architecture)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
        • 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
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Leadership
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 250

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 107
      • Non-Tenured: 107

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 42

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 106
      • Non-Tenured: 91

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Information Technology
        • Media & Entertainment

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Black MBA Association
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • International Club
        • Partners/Family
        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Successful completion of capstone Strategy course

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Increased wireless access for mobile devices; expanded virtual desktop technology for unique teaching needs and more efficient software distribution; upgraded network, servers, and storage to improve power consumption, responsiveness, capacity, reliability and security for research and teaching; enhanced features and capacity of the online learning management system; installed new classroom computing, multimedia, and lecture capture technologies; upgraded faculty and staff personal computers.
      • Amount spent: $2,421,515.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 15,430
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 6 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $465.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $64,966,405.00
      • 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.asu.edu/career/networking
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://alumni.wpcarey.asu.edu
      • 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: 95 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 5 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: San Francisco, CA
      • Month: February
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Los Angelas, CA
      • Month: April
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Phoenix, AZ
      • Month: December
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Scottsdale, AZ
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: Full

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 55 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 29 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 16 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 81 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 11 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 7 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 78 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 12 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 9 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Bank of America 7
      • Intel Corporation 4
      • Motorola 3
      • Amazon.com 3
      • Marathon Oil Company 2
      • Johnson & Johnson 2
      • E & J Gallo 2
      • Dell, Inc. 2
      • Applied Materials 2
      • Apple 2
      • A. T. Kearney 1
      • Chevron 1
      • Deloitte 1
      • Raytheon Company 1
      • KPMG 2
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 58 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $88,012.00
      • Median base salary: $90,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $13,000.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $17,136.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $15,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 16 %
      • General Management: 11 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 13 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 45 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 1 %
      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 25 %
      • Manufacturing: 3 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 7 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 20 %
      • Other: 12 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 3 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 97 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 10 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
      • South: 10 %
      • Southwest: 44 %
      • Midwest: 14 %
      • West: 19 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • Cisco Systems, Inc. 7
      • Bank of America 5
      • Dell, Inc. 5
      • Johnson & Johnson 4
      • Motorola Mobility 3
      • AT&T 2
      • Henkel North America 2
      • Payless Shoe Source 2
      • St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center 2
      • The Walt Disney Company 2
      • American Express 1
      • Chevron 1
      • FMC Technologies 1
      • Intel Corporation 1
      • Monsanto Company 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $1,298.00
      • Median: $1,346.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 11

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: An interview protocol evaluating leadership potential and interpersonal skills is a very important part of the application and selection process. Two cohorts of approximately 45 students each allows for a very collegial program with extensive faculty and student interaction. Intensive career counseling is available for each student. Extensive leadership training complements the analytical skills developed throughout the curriculum. These factors result in a very positive job market response.

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