Program Basics

• • Full-time MBA Program
  • McDonough School of Business
  • 37th and O Streets, NW
  • Rafik B. Hariri Building
  • Washington, 20057, District of Columbia
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://msb.georgetown.edu
  • Status: Private
  • Program e-mail address: georgetownmba@georgetown.edu
  • Graduate business school is accredited by:
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,019
  • Full-Time MBA: 506
  • Part-Time MBA: 372
  • Executive MBA: 141
  • PhD Program: 0
• • Other graduate degree programs:
    • Other
  • Executive Master's in Leadership

PROGRAM COSTS

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

  • Resident: $99,276.00
  • Nonresident: $99,276.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $74,440.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $74,440.00

PROGRAM LENGTH

• • Full-time program (months): 21

ADMISSIONS

• Application Deadlines

  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Oct 15, 2011
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Jan 5, 2012
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Apr 1, 2012
• • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
  • 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: Very Important
  • Interviews: Very Important
  • Recommendations: Very Important
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

APPLICANTS

• • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 1,323
  • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 49 %
  • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 39 %
  • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 4 %
  • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 48 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 345
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 73
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 72 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

APPLICANT POOL

• • International applications received: 38 %
  • Applications from women received: 34 %
  • Mean base salary forgone: $52,618.00
  • Median base salary forgone: $54,500.00

CLASS PROFILE

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

  • Female: 27 %
  • International: 35 %

• Students from following regions:

  • Africa: 1 %
  • Asia: 25 %
  • Europe: 3 %
  • North America: 60 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Dual citizenship: 8 %

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

  • African American: 3 %
  • Asian American: 20 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 4 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 68 %
  • Chose not to report: 3 %
  • Other: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 26 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 30 %
  • South: 9 %
  • Southwest: 7 %
  • Midwest: 15 %
  • West: 13 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 62
  • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 57

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

  • From: 35
  • To: 102
• • Median age of entering class: 27
  • 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: 83 %
  • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 81 %
  • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $47,473.00
  • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $55,000.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
    • academic 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: $19,474.00
  • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 96 %
  • 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: $51,000.00

GMAT

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • 10th Percentile 570
  • 75th Percentile 710
  • 50th Percentile (median) 680
  • 90th Percentile 730
  • 25th Percentile 630
  • Average GMAT Score 659

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 25th Percentile 660
  • 10th Percentile 640
  • 75th Percentile 710
  • 90th Percentile 730
  • 50th Percentile (median) 690
  • Average GMAT Score 686

CLASS OFFERINGS

• • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 58
  • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 35
  • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 78

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

  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Corprate Cybersecurity
  • Private Client Wealth Management
  • Strategic Marketing Communications
  • E-business and Social Marketing

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

  • • International Business

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

  • • 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
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Strategy
    • International Business

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 172

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 52
  • Non-Tenured: 41

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 2
  • Non-Tenured: 77

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 9
  • Non-Tenured: 27

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 11
  • Non-Tenured: 18

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 18
  • Non-Tenured: 21

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 54
  • Non-Tenured: 59

STUDENT LIFE

• Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Consulting
    • Other
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Nonprofit
    • VC/ Private Equity
    • Environmental
    • High Tech
    • Investment Banking
    • Media & Entertainment
    • Human Resources

• Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Black MBA Association
    • Hispanic Student Organization
    • International Club
    • Partners/Family
    • Women in MBA
    • Other
    • Volunteer
    • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
    • Wine

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods used:

  • Case Study: 25 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 30 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 25 %
  • Other: 0 %

• 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: Georgetown McDonough has transitioned student e-mail to Google; added streaming video capabilities; increased full-time staff supporting academic initiatives; implemented video teleconferencing; developed a new student intranet; implemented a paperless MBA admissions process; and expanded Bloomberg terminals from 2 to 12. With the opening of the new Rafik B. Hariri Building in 2009, the school added high-tech classrooms (15), student breakout rooms (36), and a 400-seat auditorium.
  • Amount spent: $4,500,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 6,328
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 77
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 30
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 8 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,080.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $550.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business School endowment: $56,637,882.00
  • 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.georgetown.edu
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://msb.georgetown.edu/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: 85 %
  • Graduates not seeking employment: 12 %
  • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 3 %

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

  • Destination: International Career Treks (Dubai, Hong Kong, Madrid)
  • Month: October
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: U.S. East Coast Career Treks (Consulting: DC; Energy: DC; Finance: New York/Wall Street; Marketing: NY, NJ, PA, CT)
  • Month: October
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: U.S. West Coast Career Treks (Entertainment: CA; High-Tech: CA)
  • Month: January
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: U.S. Conferences (NAAMBA: NY; NAWMBA: TX; Out for Work: DC; MBA Career Quest: MD; NBMBAA Conference: GA; NSHMBA Conference: CA; Reaching Out LGBT MBA Conference: TX; Net Impact North America Conference: OR)
  • Month: September and October
  • Amount Paid By School: None

• Primary source of job offer:

  • School-facilitated activities: 60 %
  • Graduate-facilitated activities: 39 %
  • No information provided by graduate: 1 %

• Job Offers for 2011 graduates

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 66 %
  • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 24 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer: 10 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 64 %
  • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 24 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 12 %

• Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

  • Citi 9
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers 9
  • Deloitte Consulting 6
  • IBM Corporation 6
  • Capital One Financial Corporation 5
  • Wachovia/Wells Fargo Securities 5
  • Procter & Gamble 4
  • UBS 4
  • American Express 3
  • Bank of America/Merrill Lynch 3
  • CSC (Formerly Computer Sciences Corporation) 3
  • General Electric 3
  • General Mills 3
  • McKinsey & Company 3
  • The World Bank 3
• • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 66 %

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

  • Mean base salary: $97,297.00
  • Median base salary: $100,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $22,867.00
  • Median signing bonus: $20,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $12,000.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $10,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 36 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 31 %
  • General Management: 6 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
  • Management Information Systems: 1 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 2 %
  • Other: 7 %

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Government: 1 %
  • Consulting: 23 %
  • Consumer Products: 12 %
  • Financial Services: 34 %
  • Manufacturing: 2 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 4 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Technology: 12 %
  • Other: 2 %

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

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 5 %
  • Europe: 1 %
  • North America: 92 %
  • Oceania: 1 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 37 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 41 %
  • South: 3 %
  • Southwest: 4 %
  • Midwest: 8 %
  • West: 7 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

  • PricewaterhouseCoopers 11
  • Citi 9
  • Deloitte Consulting 8
  • Bank of America/Merrill Lynch 6
  • American Express 6
  • Johnson & Johnson 5
  • Education Pioneers 5
  • AT&T Services 5
  • Wachovia/Wells Fargo Securities 4
  • Toyota Motor Sales 4
  • Nomura 3
  • M&T Bank Corporation 3
  • Alvarex & Marsal 3
  • BMO Capital Markets 3
  • Constellation Energy Group 3
• • Internships awarded that are paid: 98 %

• Weekly internship compensation:

  • Mean: $1,591.00
  • Median: $1,409.00
• • Average internship length in weeks: 10

• • -Georgetown University's MBA program is on the rise. The curriculum is well rounded, the faculty is top notch, and the strong emphasis on international business is reflected in the success of its international residency program.
    
    -Georgetown offers a high quality program in one of the best cities to be an MBA in the U.S. The value that can be derived from Washington is immeasurable. Georgetown has a prestigious name that is easy leverage when pursuing interviews and access to individuals.
    
    -The students are treated like they’re a nuisance rather than an asset by the MBA staff and the quality of the teaching is subpar at best.
    
    -Overall, I was extremely satisfied with Georgetown's MBA program and felt that the curriculum and teachers stretched us without feeling overly consumed by academics alone. Full-time recruiting is certainly on the uptick with a larger placement staff, greater government involvement in the private sector and the increasing need for managers who have a diversified business experience that is often global. Georgetown is truly at the center of it all and has a great school spirit that fosters collaboration within an extremely competitive group of bright and talented student body.
    
    -Though the school experience itself met expectations, the school's overall lack of name recognition in the business community and the poor career placement services available to students was very underwhelming. The combination of these factors may likely mean that ROI of my MBA is likely to be barely positive, if not negative, given foregone earnings.
    
    -There are three factors in particular that I believe truly differentiate Georgetown from other well-regarded programs: 1) the Global Residency, which requires completion of a consulting project for a foreign-based client that is concluded with a trip to the foreign country and a formal presentation for the client; 2) the new business school building which organizes faculty and students from the undergraduate and graduate programs under one roof, and provides a work environment that matches the high standards of an elite business program; and 3) is situated in Washington DC which is fast becoming a global financial center and is increasingly becoming relevant to private business.
    
    -The Georgetown University MBA atmosphere is electric with a brand new building in an amazing city filled with international students and American students with international experience. Other business schools have a similar percentage of international students but from only a few countries where Georgetown is represented by over 30 countries. The faculty, administration, and building upgrades over the past two years has been amazing and other top business schools are aware of the buzz that Georgetown is creating. The Georgetown alumni network is vast and the Georgetown name carries weight to the edges of the globe.
    
    -I wouldn't recommend my colleagues go the same program unless they really wanted to be in Washington DC. I found the teaching excellent, but I didn't think career management was that great. I didn't get much help for my desired career path of working internationally, which was promised/expected.
    
    -The quality of teaching at Georgetown is outstanding. Classroom sizes do not exceed 60 people. Professors know you by name. The student body supports each other even during the competitive interview season. The new business school building is also an incredible facility and a huge improvement over our previous building. It is a very exciting atmosphere that challenges you tremendously.
    
    -The business school was very disappointing. The level of education was disappointing, but the administration was particularly frustrating and made the experience negative.
    
    -I am excited about how Georgetown's MBA program is coming up with new and exciting ventures - especially into Green Business. It is exceedingly attracting top-notch business and society leaders to speak, such as Richard Branson, Hank Paulson and J.W. Marriott. Simply an amazing experience - I would choose Georgetown again if I were to repeat my MBA program.
    
    -I cannot emphasize enough how fantastic the Georgetown McDonough experience was. It is tough to stay enthusiastic and positive when the tide has turned so violently and volatility in career plans, job market and finances seems to characterize each week. But the professional education I received, the network I built and now manage, the life-long friends I've added to my personal network and the knowledge I gained about business and myself...one of the best decisions I've made was business school in the nation's capital at one of the oldest and finest academic institutions in the world.
    
    -Career Management was understaffed, ineffective and at times gave the impression of being disorganized, which really left a sour taste in my mouth to an otherwise fantastic academic and learning experience at Georgetown. As an international student subject to work visa constraints, I also felt Georgetown did not do enough to reach out to and bring organizations that actively sponsor foreign students. The lack of support for internationals is one reason I would not recommend GU to potential international MBA candidates, not until a new dean of career management is appointed and the department is adequately staffed (they have been facing high turnover) to meet the needs of 500 students.