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

North Carolina State University

Jenkins Graduate School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Jenkins Graduate School of Management
      • Jenkins Graduate School of Management
      • MBA Program, Box 8114
      • Raleigh, 27695, North Carolina
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.mba.ncsu.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@ncsu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 725
      • Full-Time MBA: 96
      • Part-Time MBA: 292
      • PhD Program: 101
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of Economics, Master of Arts in Economics, Master of Science in Agricultural Economics, PhD in Economics, Master of Global Innovation Management

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $33,518.00
      • Nonresident: $58,585.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $35,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $60,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: October 3, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: January 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: March 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: 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: 154
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 56 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 58 %
      • 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: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 56 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 45 %
      • Applications from women received: 33 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $45,252.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $41,600.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 25 %
      • International: 13 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 4 %
      • Asia: 6 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 88 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 2 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 98 %

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

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 10 %
      • South: 76 %
      • Southwest: 2 %
      • Midwest: 5 %
      • West: 5 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 51
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 42

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

      • From: 14
      • To: 72
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • 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: 90 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 90 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $24,476.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $27,416.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and 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: $3,329.00
      • 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: $7,477.00

  • 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 530
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • 50th Percentile (median) 590
      • Average GMAT Score 581

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • 10th Percentile 460
      • Average GMAT Score 577

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 50
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 38
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 22

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

      • Presentation Skills for Managers
      • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
      • Product Innovation and Adoption
      • Consumer-Centric Innovation

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
      • BioSciences Management, Innovation Management, Services Management & Consulting

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other
        • MBA/MSIE (Industrial Engineering)
      • 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
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Supply Chain Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 100

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 51
      • Non-Tenured: 49

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 16

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Other
        • Business Ethics

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Team Projects: 40 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Nelson Hall: Video cameras, student microphones, lecture capture recorders, touch panel control systems, lecterns, data/video projectors, high def projection screens, ceiling-mounted doc cameras, lectern computers, tablet monitors, motion sensors, student response systems, high def. projector. RTP Bldg: 4 new smart classrooms w/touch panel control systems, data/video projectors, lecterns, desktop computers, doc cameras, tablet monitors.
      • Amount spent: $1,500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,127
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: 4923.84
      • 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: $15,091,294.00
      • 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.alumni.ncsu.edu/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.ncsu.mba.com/nscuweb/
      • 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: 91 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 9 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Amount Paid By School: 0
      • Amount Paid By School: 0

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 39 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 61 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 60 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 27 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 13 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 60 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 27 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 13 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • BP 7
      • Bank of America 4
      • Quintiles 3
      • Lenovo 3
      • Protochips 2
      • Red Hat 1
      • Fidelity Investments 1
      • Burt's Bees 1
      • Deloitte 1
      • Duke Energy 1
      • CSX 1
      • FMC 1
      • Newell Rubbermaid 1
      • Sequence Inc 1
      • Invista 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 18 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $72,675.00
      • Median base salary: $75,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $6,475.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $8,320.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $8,320.00

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

      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 14 %
      • General Management: 7 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 30 %
      • Other: 8 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 5 %
      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 18 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 14 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 20 %
      • Other: 23 %

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

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 2 %
      • North America: 96 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 9 %
      • South: 67 %
      • Southwest: 11 %
      • Midwest: 2 %
      • West: 9 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • SBTDC 7
      • SAS 2
      • SCRC 2
      • Red Hat 2
      • Quintiles 3
      • EDF 2
      • Eisai 2
      • FMI 2
      • RTI International 1
      • Chevron 1
      • Cisco 1
      • Deutsche Bank 1
      • Multivista 1
      • Green Hawk 1
      • Danaher 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 91 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $840.00
      • Median: $1,000.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 9

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Additional joint-degree programs currently offered to full-time MBAs: MAC/MBA, DVM/MBA, MMB/MBA, MGIM/MBA

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