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

Belmont University

Massey Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business
      • The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business
      • 1900 Belmont Blvd
      • TN
      • Nashville, 37212, Tennessee
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://massey.belmont.edu
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: masseyadmissions@belmont.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 260
      • Full-Time MBA: 29
      • Part-Time MBA: 140
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $45,405.00
      • Nonresident: $45,405.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 45
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 87 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 74 %
      • 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: 3
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 2 %
      • Applications from women received: 60 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 59 %
      • International: 3 %
      • Married: 0 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 3 %
      • North America: 97 %

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

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 92 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 3 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
      • South: 71 %
      • Southwest: 10 %
      • Midwest: 3 %
      • West: 10 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 0
      • 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: 0
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • Mean age of entering class: 23

  • 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: 86 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 86 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $22,564.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $25,398.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $3,000.00
      • 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: $29,800.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 25th Percentile 510
      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 563

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 25th Percentile 520
      • Average GMAT Score 574

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 29
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 17
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 30

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

      • Social Media Marketing Strategies

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Accounting
      • Music Business
      • 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
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 70

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 24
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 24
      • Non-Tenured: 25

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

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

    • 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
        • Other
      • Completion of learning assessment

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgrade computers on a planned rotation. Installed control systems in classrooms. Projector rotation for classroom presentation system. Statistical/research software. Upgraded software/ticker display system for Financial Info Ctr. Developed custom webinars for Career Development. Enhanced online research access for Career Development. Upgraded computer lab print charge system. Piloted webinar software project for distance learning.
      • Amount spent: $414,376.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,251
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $495.00
      • 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: $18,097,015.00
      • 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.belmont.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://linkedin.com
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 93 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 7 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 33 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 67 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 25 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 33 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 33 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 9 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Cerner Corporation 1
      • Cummins 1
      • Delta Dental 1
      • Quorum Health Resources 1
      • Lifepoint Hospitals 1
      • Western Spirits 1
      • The Lansco Corporation 1
      • Book Fool 1
      • Markit 1
      • Farmers Insurance 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 0 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $52,500.00
      • Median base salary: $52,500.00

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

      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 8 %
      • General Management: 8 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 42 %
      • Management Information Systems: 8 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 17 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consumer Products: 26 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Manufacturing: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 33 %
      • Real Estate: 17 %
      • Technology: 8 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 100 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 9 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 9 %
      • South: 82 %

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

      • iPractice Group 3
      • HCA 2
      • Angel Capital Group 1
      • Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce 1
      • Tennessee Performing Arts Center 1
      • Evergreen Copyrights 1
      • Healthcare Management Systems 1
      • MetLIfe Southern Financial Group 1
      • HealthLeaders-InterStudy 1
      • Avondale Partners 1
      • Big Yellow Dog Music Publishing 1
      • CMA 1
      • VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System 1
      • CAPSTONE Business Advisors LLC 1
      • Compass Records Group 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 44 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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