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

Binghamton University

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • School of Management
      • PO Box 6000
      • 4400 Vestal Parkway East
      • Binghamton, 13902-6000, New York
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www2.binghamton.edu/som
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: somadvis@binghamton.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 275
      • Full-Time MBA: 51
      • Part-Time MBA: 4
      • Executive MBA: 39
      • PhD Program: 23
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $23,594.00
      • Nonresident: $36,474.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $22,277.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $28,717.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 20

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 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: 590

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 162
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 43 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 51 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 65 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 36 %
      • International: 19 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 19 %
      • North America: 81 %

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

      • Asian American: 3 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 91 %
      • Chose not to report: 3 %

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

      • Northeast: 100 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 46
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 36

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

      • From: 30
      • To: 72
      • Median age of entering class: 22
      • 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: 35 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 35 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $16,718.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $20,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • 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: $6,219.00
      • 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: $11,153.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 75th Percentile 623
      • Average GMAT Score 594
      • 10th Percentile 543
      • 90th Percentile 657

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 628
      • 50th Percentile (median) 630
      • 10th Percentile 560
      • 75th Percentile 670
      • 25th Percentile 587.5
      • 90th Percentile 695

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 30
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 20
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 32

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Leadership
      • 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
        • Marketing
        • Management Information Systems
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Leadership

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 64

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 22
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 22

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 37 %
      • Simulations: 3 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Internship Experience

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Given continued State budget stringencies, technology expenditures in 2010-2011 were still quite limited. The following reiterates activity previously reported: 1) Increase in campus distance learning capabilities 2) Addition of laptop computers for in-class lecture presentations 3) Addition of digital video cameras to record student in-class presentations 4) Campus expansion of Wi-Fi to include ALL buildings, including dorms 5) Increase in public computing/printing stations.
      • Amount spent: $75,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,252
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $457.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $11,400,000.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: https://www.bconnectalumni.binghamton.edu
      • 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: 26 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 7 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 21 %

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

      • Destination: New York Metro Area Firms
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 67 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 0 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 33 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 17 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 1 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 9 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 11 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 1 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 6 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Blue Fly Web Marketing 2
      • Goldman Sachs 2
      • Lockheed Martin 2
      • Morgan Stanley 1
      • Fact Set 1
      • Macy's Inc. 1
      • OEM Capital 1
      • New York Islanders 1
      • General Dynamic Electric Boat 1
      • Modern Marketing Concepts 1
      • Excellus 1
      • Axa Equitable 1
      • Epic Systems 1
      • McDonald's Franchise 1
      • GA Communications 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 3 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $57,805.00
      • Median base salary: $55,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $5,333.00
      • Median signing bonus: $3,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 25 %
      • General Management: 8 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 33 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 17 %
      • Financial Services: 33 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 25 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • 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: 100 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • Tioga United Way 5
      • Customized Energy Solutions 3
      • Center for Technology & Innovation 2
      • Binghamton Economic Development Office 2
      • Flex Consulting 1
      • UBS 1
      • Click Smart Solutions 1
      • SOM Graduate Programs 1
      • Binghamton Club 1
      • BU Boxes 1
      • Donald Dean and Sons, Inc. 1
      • Cleaner's Supply 1
      • Wealth By Design 1
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Application fee reported does not include $19.00 One-Year My Credentials Vault Account Registration plus $6.00/delivery Credentials Submission Fee. Minimum total for a completed application is $85.00.

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