Program Basics

• • Full-time MBA Program
  • Mays Business School
  • 4117 TAMU
  • College Station, 77843, Texas
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://ftmba.tamu.edu
  • Status: Public
  • Program e-mail address: ftmba@mays.tamu.edu
  • Graduate business school is accredited by:
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 862
  • Full-Time MBA: 133
  • Part-Time MBA: 0
  • Executive MBA: 104
  • PhD Program: 71
• • Other graduate degree programs:
    • Master of Accounting
    • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
    • Master of Finance
    • Other
    • Master of Human Resources
    • Master of Marketing
  • Master of Real Estate

PROGRAM COSTS

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

  • Resident: $31,062.00
  • Nonresident: $46,399.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $13,576.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $13,576.00

PROGRAM LENGTH

• • Full-time program (months): 16

ADMISSIONS

• Application Deadlines

  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Nov 1, 2011
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Mar 15, 2012
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Apr 15, 2012
• • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
  • 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: Important
  • Interviews: Very Important
  • Recommendations: Important
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

APPLICANTS

• • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 554
  • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 27 %
  • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 51 %
  • Applicant interviews are: Required
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 42 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

APPLICANT POOL

• • International applications received: 62 %
  • Applications from women received: 24 %
  • Mean base salary forgone: $43,487.00
  • Median base salary forgone: $43,350.00

CLASS PROFILE

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

  • Female: 21 %
  • International: 23 %

• Students from following regions:

  • Africa: 1 %
  • Asia: 19 %
  • Europe: 1 %
  • North America: 78 %

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

  • African American: 8 %
  • Asian American: 25 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 65 %
  • Chose not to report: 2 %

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

  • Northeast: 2 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 7 %
  • South: 5 %
  • Southwest: 78 %
  • Midwest: 3 %
  • West: 3 %
• • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 53
  • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 49

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

  • From: 12
  • To: 99
• • Median age of entering class: 27
  • Mean age of entering class: 28

FINANCIAL AID

• • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
    • 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: $8,025.00
  • 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: $30,577.00

GMAT

• • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 50th Percentile (median) 650
  • Average GMAT Score 647

CLASS OFFERINGS

• • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 34
  • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 19
  • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 29

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

  • Special Topics: Financial Modeling

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

  • • Consulting
    • Finance
    • Management Information Systems
    • Entrepreneurship
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Real Estate
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Accounting
    • Human Resource Management
    • Manufacturing and Technology Management
    • Operations Management
    • Economics
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Public Policy
    • International Business
    • E-commerce
    • Public Administration
    • Technology
    • Portfolio Management
    • Tax
    • Industrial Management
    • Statistics and Operations Research

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

  • • MBA/JD (Law)
    • MBA/MD (Medicine)
    • 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
    • Marketing
    • Management Information Systems
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Accounting

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 158

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 73
  • Non-Tenured: 85

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 1
  • Non-Tenured: 19

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 11
  • Non-Tenured: 40

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 20
  • Non-Tenured: 20

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 9
  • Non-Tenured: 7

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 72
  • Non-Tenured: 48

STUDENT LIFE

• Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Other

• Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Partners/Family
    • Women in MBA
    • Volunteer

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods used:

  • Case Study: 40 %
  • Experiential Learning: 20 %
  • Lectures: 15 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %

• 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

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The MBA classrooms have been upgraded with multiple projectors, allowing simultaneous display of teaching resources. Video recording equipment has been installed so that lectures and presentations can be recorded and posted for students to review. Computers in classrooms, master’s computer labs, and break out rooms have been upgraded. Wireless access has been upgraded giving students more flexibility and faster connection rates.
  • Amount spent: $700,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 4,350
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
  • Business School endowment: $104,825,353.00
  • 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.aggienetwork.com
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.aggienetwork.com
  • 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: 71 %
  • Graduates not seeking employment: 29 %
  • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

  • Destination: Annual National Black MBA Conference
  • Month: September
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: Annual National Hispanic MBA COnference
  • Month: October
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: Aggies on Wall Street
  • Month: May - June
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial

• Primary source of job offer:

  • School-facilitated activities: 60 %
  • Graduate-facilitated activities: 40 %
  • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

• Job Offers for 2011 graduates

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 62 %
  • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 31 %
  • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer: 7 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 62 %
  • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 31 %
  • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 7 %

• Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

  • Waste Management 3
  • Deloitte 2
  • Baker Hughes 2
  • Dell 2
  • HP 2
  • Exxon Mobil 1
  • Rolls Royce 1
  • Lazard 1
  • GE 1
  • Alvarez & Marsal 1
  • Scotia Capital 1
  • Bank of America 1
  • UNILEVER 1
  • Capitol One 1
  • Google 1
• • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 76 %

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

  • Mean base salary: $87,169.00
  • Median base salary: $85,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $13,371.00
  • Median signing bonus: $8,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $8,684.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $7,800.00

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

  • Consulting: 19 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 21 %
  • General Management: 33 %
  • Human Resources: 5 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 12 %
  • Management Information Systems: 0 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 10 %

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Government: 2 %
  • Consulting: 14 %
  • Consumer Products: 5 %
  • Financial Services: 12 %
  • Manufacturing: 21 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 14 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 19 %

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

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 2 %
  • Europe: 0 %
  • North America: 98 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 5 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 10 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 73 %
  • Midwest: 2 %
  • West: 7 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

  • Dell 3
  • Amazon 2
  • AT&T 2
  • Baker Hughes 2
  • HP 2
  • Lowes 2
  • USAA 1
  • Bank of America 1
  • Cisco Systems 1
  • Bradero Shaw 1
  • Citi 1
  • Halliburton 1
  • Exxon MObil 1
  • PWC 1
  • UBS 1
• • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %
• • Average internship length in weeks: 11

• • -Texas A&M MBA program is an excellent program. I learned a lot in one and half year. The case study method combined with advanced problem solving methods taught in the program allowed me to apply different business concepts in real world situations. In addition, the faculty was exceptional. Most of the teachers had good research and real world experience. In addition, the small class size allowed a lot of interaction between students and teachers.
    
    -The faculty was outstanding, the small class size ensured that we all got individual attention and that the class interactions were good. The overall quality of students is high. The course content was fun and challenging at the same time. The school awards excellent scholarships, so this provides an excellent ROI opportunity. It is an accelerated program, so we can get back into the job market faster.
    
    -The program overall was ok considering the low tuition costs and the duration. However, the career service its really poor. Despite the fact that the class size is kept very low in order to improve the employment rate, a lot of people were unemployed at the end of the program and others accepted non-MBA types of jobs. In the two year program (actually 16 months) I can count on one hand the number of companies that came for presentations.
    
    -This program has so many advantages, it's tough to count. It has one of the best group of accounting and finance professors assembled throughout the country; it finishes in December to setup for January recruitment; and the camaraderie amongst the students helps reflect a business setting. Students work to improve their strengths at A&M while working with other students in tandem on their weaknesses.
    
    -The faculty were good, the tuition is exceptionally reasonable for the value in the program. The network of the school is excellent. However, the pace is fairly brisk and there is little time to allow concepts to dwell and sink in.
    
    -Mays' 100% job placement ranking was a big attraction to me. After all, the ultimate goal of getting a MBA degree is to have a better career, to have a job in hand at the time of graduation. However, career services didn’t satisfy my needs. The career center--GBCS--didn't make enough effort to help international students in job search strategy, professional networking and interview preparation. I wasted a lot of time in positioning myself, figuring out a strategy which fits me and learning interview skills. The biggest help I got from GBCS before I graduated was resume polish. The program's career board "Simplicity" has very limited career resources. Most of the companies listed there were from Houston and covered only a few industries (mainly oil & Gas, Energy). I think Mays’ top job placement ranking was misleading. More than half of my classmates were from Texas, and most of them landed a job in Texas by taking advantage of their existing local network resource. International students’ placement rate didn’t have a real impact on the overall job placement ranking due to the relatively smaller percentage. Under the big globalized business environment, I think international students’ job placement status should weigh more. The job placement ranking of international students actually reflects the real competency of an MBA program in my opinion.
    
    -I was a non-traditional MBA student with over 20 years of experience having built and sold a small business. The Texas A&M Mays Business School program is ideally suited for students with above average experience. The small class sizes enhanced my experience by allowing for more conversation from a variety of students. I elected to attend a traditional MBA program vs. an EMBA program since my primary goal was to switch industry focus within my chosen field of consulting.
    
    -Students spend a lot of time worrying about and trying to "stay in the program" while I believe there are other more important aspects of getting an MBA (relationships with peers/teachers, real practical experience). The great thing about the program is its' small size (approximately 90 students) and the program prides itself on having the best professors from their respective department. The school sets very high standards for their professors and gives the students a lot of say on which professors stay and which ones go.
    
    -I believe the admissions staff at my school did a very poor job of selecting students to admit, but that the quality of instructors made up for this deficiency overall. I believe part of this poor selection resulted from a desire to over-diversify the class, which is a scenario I did not feel was adequately addressed by the diversity question included in this survey. The number of international students with poor communication skills and generally lesser abilities were a hindrance to my education and should be more carefully screened.
    
    -The program exhausts countless resources on its students in effort to anchor the MBA as the flagship program and ultimately drive the Texas A&M and Mays Business School brands. I was impressed with the elective class offerings including 'Aggies on Wall Street' and 'Washington Campus'. Each of these electives add endless value to the program and the experience as a whole. Lastly, the area of the program that I was most impressed with was the overall focus and coursework to develop effective business communication skills. Relative to friends and peers in other programs, I feel that I was exposed to opportunities that increased my ability to communicate professionally and added value beyond traditional coursework. I spent 24k on my MBA, had an amazing experience for 16 months, and more than doubled my initial salary while building a network to last a lifetime. What more could you ask for?
    
    -We were graded WAY too heavily on class participation. This made up the majority of our grade. Because of this, people would just yell out things constantly, whether they had anything useful to say or not. The grading system was a joke.
    
    -Texas A&M is truly a special place. The campus culture is so welcoming and the school has so many wonderful traditions. My class size was less than 90 people so I know everyone personally and can call on any of them throughout my career. Most public MBA programs are larger and students miss out on really getting to know their fellow students. To me, getting to know everyone and learning from their experiences is the true value of the MBA experience. The program is not without its faults, but that is going to be true anywhere. Overall the quality of the program, strong alumni network, low cost, small class size, and campus culture make the Texas A&M MBA a steal.