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

Oklahoma State

  • Program Basics

      • Oklahoma State University
      • 102 Gundersen
      • Stillwater, 74078, Oklahoma
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://spears.okstate.edu/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: spearsmasters@okstate.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 908
      • Full-Time MBA: 99
      • Part-Time MBA: 483
      • PhD Program: 94
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • MS Management Information Systems; MS Quantitative Financial Economics; MS Telecommunications Management; MS Economics; MS Entrepreneurship

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $1,200,000.00
      • Nonresident: $3,200,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 1, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 1, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
      • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 575

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 80
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 69 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 65 %
      • 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: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 35 %
      • Applications from women received: 33 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 39 %
      • International: 25 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 22 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 75 %
      • Dual citizenship: 1 %

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

      • African American: 7 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Native American: 11 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 71 %
      • Chose not to report: 7 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 17
      • 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: 25
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • Mean age of entering class: 25

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 460
      • 75th Percentile 570
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • 50th Percentile (median) 525
      • Average GMAT Score 496
      • 10th Percentile 409

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • 75th Percentile 570
      • 90th Percentile 630
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • Average GMAT Score 543
      • 25th Percentile 507

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 40

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

      • MBA 5500 Business Analytics
      • MKTG 5223 Entrepreneurial Marketing

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Accounting
      • Business Intelligence and Business Analytics

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

        • 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
        • Other
        • Organizational Behavior

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 165

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 77
      • Non-Tenured: 36

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 52

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 77
      • Non-Tenured: 41

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Requirements for graduation:

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

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • 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://orangeconnection.org/s/860/start.aspx
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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: 82 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 18 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 59 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 26 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 15 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 55 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 17 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 28 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 55 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 17 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 28 %
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 29 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $56,396.00
      • Median base salary: $73,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $3,745.00
      • Median signing bonus: $6,625.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

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

      • Consulting: 22 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 36 %
      • General Management: 17 %
      • Human Resources: 4 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 13 %
      • Management Information Systems: 4 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 0 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 4 %
      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 17 %
      • Manufacturing: 9 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 31 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 9 %
      • Other: 9 %

    • 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: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 82 %
      • Midwest: 9 %
      • West: 9 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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