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

University of Illinois, Chicago

Liautaud Graduate School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Liautaud Graduate School of Business
      • Liautaud Graduate School of Business
      • 705 S. Morgan St.
      • MC 077/ 110 DH
      • Chicago, 60607, Illinois
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.uic.edu/cba/lgsb/mba/
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: lgsb@uic.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of Arts in Real Estate;Master of Science in Management Information Systems;

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $37,168.00
      • Nonresident: $61,164.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 1, 2011
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: May 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: 570

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 257
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 48 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 34 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 40 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 95 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 61 %
      • Applications from women received: 44 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 29 %
      • International: 45 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 41 %
      • Europe: 1 %
      • North America: 58 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 13 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 75 %

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

      • Midwest: 100 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 48
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 36

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

      • From: 12
      • To: 96
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • Mean age of entering class: 28

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 582
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 628
      • 90th Percentile 712
      • 10th Percentile 485
      • 25th Percentile 555

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 40
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 20
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 55

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

      • Personal Financial Planning
      • The Venture Process
      • Social Entrepreneurs Leading Change

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Real Estate
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Operations Management
        • Economics
        • International Business
      • Self-Directed

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

        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
        • Other
        • MBA/MSN (Nursing)
        • MBA/PhD
      • 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:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 87

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 33
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 29

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Information Technology

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer
        • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 10 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • 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: New Classroom Facility;Market Trading Simulation Lab;
      • Amount spent: $12,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 6,709
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $122.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $75.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $8,550,991.00
      • 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: http://www.uiaa.org/uic/connected/uiaa_everywhere.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://blog.liautaud.uic.edu
      • 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: 70 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 30 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 65 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 35 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 12 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 44 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 41 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 12 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 44 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 41 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • JP Morgan Chase 3
      • U.S. Cellular 1
      • Walgreens 1
      • Deloitte Consulting 1
      • Bosch Corporation 2
      • James Hardie 1
      • Kellogg's 1
      • WW Corainer 1
      • Wavigant Consulting 1
      • AON/ Hewitt 1
      • Blue, Inc. 1
      • Vista Dental 1
      • Responsys, Inc. 1
      • STR Responsible Sourcing, Inc. 1
      • Bio Rad 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 23 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $47,000.00
      • Median base salary: $75,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $11,833.00
      • Median signing bonus: $8,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 1 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 47 %
      • General Management: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 34 %
      • Management Information Systems: 17 %
      • Other: 1 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 34 %
      • Consumer Products: 17 %
      • Financial Services: 17 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 25 %
      • Technology: 3 %
      • Other: 4 %

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

      • North America: 100 %

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

      • Northeast: 8 %
      • Midwest: 84 %
      • West: 8 %

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: The UIC Liautaud Graduate School of Business is committed to creating new knowledge, business value and leaders for Chicago and the world beyond. Housed in Douglas Hall, new in 2011 with the latest in learning technology, the school is nationally recognized for its programs in entrepreneurship and accounting.

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