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

Baylor University

Hankamer School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Hankamer School of Business
      • Graduate Business Programs
      • One Bear Place #98013
      • Waco, 76798, Texas
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.baylor.edu/mba
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mba_info@baylor.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 336
      • Full-Time MBA: 87
      • Executive MBA: 109
      • PhD Program: 10
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Other
      • Master of Taxation

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $51,367.00
      • Nonresident: $51,367.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $47,683.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $47,683.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 15, 2011
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 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
        • 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: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 204
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 36 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 67 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 52 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 43 %
      • Applications from women received: 38 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $28,448.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $30,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 27 %
      • International: 12 %
      • Married: 13 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 8 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 88 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 7 %
      • Asian American: 7 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 7 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 73 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 4 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 6 %
      • Southwest: 68 %
      • Midwest: 6 %
      • West: 6 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 20
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 9

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 60
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • 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 who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 85 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $28,000.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $27,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $22,245.00
      • 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: $18,000.00

  • 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 640
      • 25th Percentile 550
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 10th Percentile 480
      • Average GMAT Score 588

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 620
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 10th Percentile 550
      • 25th Percentile 585
      • Average GMAT Score 624
      • 75th Percentile 654

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 12
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 13
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 26

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Economics

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

        • MBA/MCS (Computer Science)
        • MBA/MSIM (Information Management)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Health Care Administration
        • Management Information Systems
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 152

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 75
      • Non-Tenured: 58

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 15
      • Non-Tenured: 33

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 75
      • Non-Tenured: 36

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 23 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 21 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 7 %
      • Team Projects: 19 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • 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: Upgraded classroom computer and audio/visual equipment; upgraded faculty/staff office computers; upgraded equipment and increased the coverage area of wireless network; Replaced 1/3 of the desktop computers in the Advanced Technology Lab; upgraded computers in the Information Technology Teaching Lab, created the Accounting Technology Teaching Lab, added lecture capture systems.
      • Amount spent: $896,348.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,532
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,735.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $150.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $132,034,754.00
      • 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.baylor.edu/network/
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.baylor.edu/business/alumni/
      • 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: 89 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 11 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: Wall Street - NYC Trek
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: 36000
      • Destination: National Black MBA
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: $2000
      • Destination: Net Impact Conference
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: $2000
      • Destination: Spring Career Fair
      • Month: February
      • Amount Paid By School: 10000
      • Destination: Fall Career Fair
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: 10000

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 10 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 68 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 22 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 73 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 20 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 7 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 0 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 73 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 20 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 7 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 0 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Advisory Board 3
      • Concentra 2
      • Amazon 1
      • Slalom Consulting 1
      • Ericsson 1
      • Cypress Semiconductor 1
      • Ascension Health 1
      • Stryker 1
      • HEB 1
      • Boeing 1
      • Accenture 1
      • Haliburton 1
      • Grant Thornton 1
      • Darden Restaurant 1
      • Target 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: $64,700.00
      • Median base salary: $64,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $7,000.00
      • 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: 8 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 27 %
      • General Management: 34 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 8 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 2 %
      • Consulting: 11 %
      • Consumer Products: 13 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 42 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 11 %
      • Other: 5 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 5 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 92 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %

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

      • Northeast: 3 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
      • South: 6 %
      • Southwest: 76 %
      • Midwest: 3 %
      • West: 6 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • IBM 1
      • Verizon 1
      • USAA 1
      • Cabelas 1
      • Target 1
      • HEB Grocery 1
      • Guidestone Financial 1
      • Polycom 1
      • Sethi Financial 1
      • Torchmark 1
      • Tetra Technologies 1
      • Waco Chamber of Commerce 1
      • Dwyer Group 1
      • Syn Strand Inc. 1
      • Beirne, Maynard and Parsons 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 95 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $800.00
      • Median: $760.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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