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

University of Tennessee Knoxville

The University of Tennessee at Knoxville

  • Program Basics

      • full time MBA
      • University of Tennessee College of Business Administration
      • 504 Haslam Business Building
      • TN
      • Knoxville, 37996, Tennessee
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.utk.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@utk.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 528
      • Full-Time MBA: 180
      • Part-Time MBA: 0
      • Executive MBA: 209
      • PhD Program: 95
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
      • Master of Science in Business Analytics; Master of Science in Economics

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $30,831.00
      • Nonresident: $59,403.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $35,362.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $52,700.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 17

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 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: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 249
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 48 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 63 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 1 %
      • 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

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 17 %
      • Applications from women received: 33 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $43,908.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $40,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 25 %
      • International: 10 %
      • Married: 33 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 10 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 90 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 9 %
      • Asian American: 3 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 3 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 82 %

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

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
      • South: 81 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 1 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 39
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 28

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

      • From: 3
      • To: 105
      • Median age of entering class: 25
      • 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: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 62 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $24,432.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $24,432.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic 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: $6,587.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Only to domestic students
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $36,063.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • Average GMAT Score 560
      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • 10th Percentile 450

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 25th Percentile 550
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 75th Percentile 650

  • 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: 22
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 22

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

      • Special Topics in Marketing: Product Development
      • Business Cases in Data Mining
      • Manufacturing/ Services Operations and Procurement
      • Supply Chain Analytics and Strategy
      • Decision Optimization

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Operations Management
      • Business Analytics

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSEE (Electrical Engineering)
        • MBA/MSIE (Industrial Engineering)
        • MBA/MSME (Mechanical 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: 136

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 87
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 32
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 96
      • Non-Tenured: 8

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Other
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • 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
      • Completition of Marketplace simulation

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The new Haslam Business Building has been opened, which includes classrooms as well as team rooms each equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The technology infrastructure of the building allows for wireless internet acess throughout the building as well as online team room reservations and technology support.
      • Amount spent: $7,500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,700
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $74,000,000.00
      • 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.linkedin.com/groups
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 66 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 34 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: National Black MBA
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Registration
      • Destination: National Association Womens MBA
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Registration
      • Destination: Vanderbilt Healthcare Conference
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Registration
      • Destination: CSCMP
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Registration

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 63 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 37 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 72 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 12 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 16 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 63 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 21 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 16 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Cummins 3
      • CROSSMARK 2
      • Deloitte 2
      • International Paper 2
      • Procter and Gamble 2
      • Raytheon 2
      • Dover 1
      • Eastman 1
      • Motorola 1
      • Sysco 1
      • Target 1
      • Belden 1
      • American Greetings 1
      • Intel 1
      • Lowe's 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 27 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $71,740.00
      • Median base salary: $70,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $9,654.00
      • Median signing bonus: $8,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $4,500.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $4,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 25 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 17 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 54 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 6 %
      • Consulting: 4 %
      • Consumer Products: 25 %
      • Financial Services: 8 %
      • Manufacturing: 15 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
      • Real Estate: 4 %
      • Technology: 13 %
      • 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: 4 %
      • South: 71 %
      • Southwest: 2 %
      • Midwest: 17 %
      • West: 6 %

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

      • Cummins 9
      • Y-12 5
      • Eastman 4
      • Dell 3
      • TVA 3
      • Motorola 3
      • CROSSMARK 2
      • PerfectServe 2
      • Northshore Capital 2
      • Radio Systems 2
      • Protexor 2
      • Monsanto 1
      • Schlumberger 1
      • Exxon Mobil 1
      • GM 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 96 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $921.00
      • Median: $1,040.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 11

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