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

The University of Tampa

The University of Tampa

  • Program Basics

      • Full-Time MBA Progra,
      • John H. Sykes College of Business
      • 401 W Kennedy Blvd
      • FL
      • Tampa, 33606, Florida
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.ut.edu/mba
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: utgrad@ut.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 499
      • Full-Time MBA: 161
      • Part-Time MBA: 145
      • Executive MBA: 47
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
        • Master of Marketing

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $29,640.00
      • Nonresident: $29,640.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $35,090.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $35,090.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 20

  • ADMISSIONS

      • 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: 577

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 401
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 36 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 44 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 15 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 24 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 63 %
      • Applications from women received: 35 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 36 %
      • International: 36 %
      • Married: 5 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 19 %
      • Europe: 7 %
      • North America: 64 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 7 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 8 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 76 %
      • Chose not to report: 11 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 8 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 84 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 5 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • Mean age of entering class: 25

  • 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: 54 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 54 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $16,021.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $3,935.00
      • 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: $0.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 0 %
      • 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: $17,209.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? N/A

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • Average GMAT Score 550
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • 90th Percentile 638

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 75th Percentile 580
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 540
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • Average GMAT Score 547

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 19
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 38

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

      • Economics of Global Inequality & Poverty
      • Applied Corporate Finance Using SAP
      • Sport Marketing

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • International Business
      • Innovation Management, Non-Profit Management

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MSN (Nursing)
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • International Business
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 113

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 44

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 40
      • Non-Tenured: 47

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 13 %
      • Lectures: 29 %
      • Simulations: 9 %
      • Team Projects: 29 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • 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: Blackboard upgrades, clicker technology, Compustat, Online resources/databases, Document cameras, Educational Technology Coordinator, E-portfolio accreditation software, E-portfolio pedagogical software, Online course evaluation, MSDN Academic Alliance Software, MS Dynamics GP 10 Demo, PeachTree and Quickbooks, Podium computers, RefWorks citation/referencing, SAP University Alliance School, SpartanWeb upgrades, lifetime Student email, Turnirin Grademark, Microsoft upgrades, Wireless improvements

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,295
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $599.00
      • 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: $158,764.00
      • 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.ut.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://alumni.ut.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: 44 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 14 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 43 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 13 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 42 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 44 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 28 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 46 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 16 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 10 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 30 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 44 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 18 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 8 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 11
      • Citi 8
      • Tampa General Hospital 4
      • Raymond James Financial 3
      • AACSB International 3
      • Gerdau Ameristeel 3
      • Deloitte 2
      • Ernst & Young 2
      • Franklin Templeton 2
      • Jabil Circuit 2
      • Rowe Price 2
      • Tampa Electric Company (TECO) 2
      • Walgreens 2
      • Walt Disney 2
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 0 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $50,227.00
      • Median base salary: $47,500.00

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

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 23 %
      • General Management: 3 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 26 %
      • Management Information Systems: 6 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 3 %
      • Other: 30 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 3 %
      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Consumer Products: 6 %
      • Financial Services: 11 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 9 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 9 %
      • Other: 53 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 3 %
      • Europe: 9 %
      • North America: 88 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 4 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
      • South: 90 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 3 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 60 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 12

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