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

Texas Christian University

Neeley School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Neeley School of Business
      • 2900 Lubbock Avenue
      • TX
      • Fort Worth, 76129, Texas
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.mba.tcu.edu
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mbainfo@tcu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 277
      • Full-Time MBA: 97
      • Part-Time MBA: 127
      • Executive MBA: 53
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of International Management/Business

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $72,000.00
      • Nonresident: $72,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $13,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $13,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 1, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 1, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 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
      • 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: Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 128
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 70 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 49 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 70 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 20 %
      • Applications from women received: 34 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $41,503.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $42,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 32 %
      • International: 32 %
      • Married: 30 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 25 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 69 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 3 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Native American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 88 %

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

      • Northeast: 3 %
      • South: 7 %
      • Southwest: 84 %
      • Midwest: 3 %
      • West: 3 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 54
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 48

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

      • From: 18
      • To: 101
      • Median age of entering class: 27
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 98 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 98 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $37,691.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $37,125.00
      • 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: $26,287.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 100 %
      • 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: $21,680.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 75th Percentile 670
      • 25th Percentile 550
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • 50th Percentile (median) 620
      • Average GMAT Score 602

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 600
      • 75th Percentile 680
      • 10th Percentile 560
      • 50th Percentile (median) 650
      • 90th Percentile 730
      • Average GMAT Score 643

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 22
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 13
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 56

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

      • Financial Management II
      • Marketing Issues & Problems
      • Supply Chain Analytics
      • Energy Corporate Finance
      • Global Business

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

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Real Estate
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Portfolio Management
      • Energy

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

        • Other
      • 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
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Consulting
        • Portfolio Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 114

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 45
      • Non-Tenured: 38

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 31

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 31

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Investment Banking

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Experiential Learning: 30 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 15 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Must complete 54 hours of course work with a 2.75 GPA or better

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Office 2010 added to all computers in the business school, updated wireless infrastructure, updated content management system, Sedona software implementation. Server infrastructure upgrades to windows Server 2008 R2.
      • Amount spent: $750,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,469
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 4
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 20
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 2 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $3,697.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $125.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $67,912,000.00
      • 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.froglinks.com/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.neeley.tcu.edu/Alumni/Alumni.aspx
      • 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: 85 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 15 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: Wall Street - NYC, NY
      • Month: October 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Marketing Association trip to Austin, TX
      • Month: March 2011
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Asian MBA Career Fair, NYC, NY
      • Month: August 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Black MBA Career Fair, Los Angeles, CA
      • Month: September 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: National Society of Hispanic MBAs, Chicago, IL
      • Month: October 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 54 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 39 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 7 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 63 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 28 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 9 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 63 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 26 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 11 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • American Airlines 7
      • Hagaar Clothing 2
      • KPMG 1
      • Raytheon 1
      • GE Real Estate Capital 1
      • UPS 1
      • Ericsson 1
      • Alcon Labs 1
      • Bank of America 1
      • BBVA Compass Group 1
      • Bell Helicopter Textron 1
      • Texas Health Resources 2
      • Hewlett-Packard 1
      • Hunt Consolidated 1
      • Schlumberger 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 18 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $74,915.00
      • Median base salary: $75,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $5,500.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 34 %
      • General Management: 15 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 26 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 3 %
      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Consumer Products: 7 %
      • Financial Services: 17 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 12 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 7 %
      • Other: 22 %

    • 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: 5 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 85 %
      • Midwest: 3 %

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

      • Sabre Holdings 3
      • American Airlines 2
      • Healthpoint 2
      • Alcon Labs 3
      • Proctor & Gamble 1
      • Intel 1
      • AT&T 1
      • Halliburton 1
      • PepsiCo 4
      • Nomura Securities 1
      • Texas Health 1
      • Federal Bank of Dallas 1
      • ACS 1
      • Bell Helicopter Textron 1
      • Cook Childrens 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 85 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $1,000.00
      • Median: $1,000.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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