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

University of St. Thomas

Opus College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time UST MBA
      • Opus College of Business
      • 1000 LaSalle Ave SCH 103
      • MN
      • Minneapolis, 55403, Minnesota
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.stthomas.edu/fulltimemba
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: ustmba@stthomas.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,298
      • Full-Time MBA: 90
      • Part-Time MBA: 947
      • Executive MBA: 37
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • Master of Business Communication; MS degrees in the fields of Accountancy and Real Estate

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $57,148.00
      • Nonresident: $57,148.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $43,824.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $43,824.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 15, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 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
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 65
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 89 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 69 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 1
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 94 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 15 %
      • Applications from women received: 38 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 38 %
      • International: 20 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 5 %
      • Asia: 8 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 80 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 14 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %

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

      • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
      • Midwest: 97 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 47
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 49

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 80
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • 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: 87 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 86 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $32,613.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $41,158.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • some other criteria
        • 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: $12,281.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 78 %
      • 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: $52,699.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • Average GMAT Score 573
      • 90th Percentile 686

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • Average GMAT Score 581

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 20
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 11
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 75

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Real Estate
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Leadership
        • Manufacturing and Technology Management
        • Operations Management
        • Strategy
      • Non Profit Management

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
      • 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
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 136

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 61
      • Non-Tenured: 41

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 34

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 59
      • Non-Tenured: 56

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Business Ethics
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • VC/ Private Equity

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Black MBA Association
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • 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
        • Other
      • Six credits of business simulation curriculum.

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: UST continuously upgrades its classroom technology to provide capabilities for computer processing, network access, teleconferencing, and audio-visual, image and document projection. In addition, the OCB has expanded online services in order to better meet student needs, opened a marketing research behavior lab in support of marketing courses and research projects, and launched an iPad pilot project in 2010 for several MBA cohorts.
      • Amount spent: $150,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 14,182
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $266.00
      • 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: $80,363,298.00
      • 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.stthomas.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.stthomas.edu/business/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: 94 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 5 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 1 %

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

      • Destination: National Black MBA Association Conference
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Society of Hispanic MBAs Conference
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Association of Women MBAs Conference
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Net Impact Conference
      • Month: November
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Multicultural Forum on Workplace Diversity
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Full

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 59 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 41 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 48 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 30 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 22 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 46 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 30 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 24 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Ecolab 3
      • SUPERVALU 3
      • The Nielsen Company 2
      • Imation 2
      • Dell / Compellent 2
      • RSM McGladrey 2
      • Allianz 2
      • General Mills 1
      • Cargill 1
      • Target Corporation 1
      • Boston Scientific 1
      • Deloitte 1
      • Piper Jaffray 1
      • Frito - Lay 1
      • Cummins 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 13 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $60,215.00
      • Median base salary: $56,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $3,450.00
      • Median signing bonus: $3,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $8,630.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $5,630.00

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

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 30 %
      • General Management: 7 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 45 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 18 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 27 %
      • Financial Services: 16 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 7 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 20 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 16 %
      • Other: 5 %

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

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 2 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 96 %
      • 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: 0 %
      • Midwest: 100 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • UnitedHealth Group / Optum Health 5
      • Recon Robotics 4
      • UST Family Business Center 3
      • Best Buy 2
      • Express Scripts 2
      • 3M 1
      • Cargill 1
      • Thomson Reuters 1
      • Piper Jaffray 1
      • Cummins 1
      • St. Jude Medical 1
      • Federal Reserve Bank 1
      • Delta 1
      • Data Card 1
      • Toro 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 95 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $823.00
      • Median: $800.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 16

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