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

University of Texas, Dallas

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA Program
      • Naveen Jindal School of Management
      • 800 W. Campbell Road
      • SM 21
      • Richardson, 75080, Texas
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.som.utdallas.edu/graduate/mba/fullTimeMba/
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@utdallas.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 3,247
      • Full-Time MBA: 114
      • Part-Time MBA: 724
      • Executive MBA: 85
      • PhD Program: 98
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Marketing
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • MS in Supply Chain; MS in Healthcare Management; MS in Innovation and Entrepreneurship; MS in Information Technology Management; MS in Systems Engineering Management

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $24,947.00
      • Nonresident: $44,254.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $27,642.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $40,885.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 1, 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 361
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 25 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 54 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 17
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 13
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 34 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 63 %
      • Applications from women received: 32 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 16 %
      • International: 20 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 34 %
      • North America: 64 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %

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

      • African American: 13 %
      • Asian American: 10 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 73 %

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

      • South: 6 %
      • Southwest: 94 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 52
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 40

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

      • From: 2
      • To: 110
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • 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: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 84 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $8,809.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $6,000.00
      • 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: $8,809.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 50th Percentile (median) 620
      • Average GMAT Score 608

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 660
      • 10th Percentile 610
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 25th Percentile 640
      • 75th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 662

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 50
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 39
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 126

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

      • Cloud Computing
      • Valuation Models and Practices
      • Interactive and Digital Marketing
      • Product Lifecycle Management
      • Global Business Ethics

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Real Estate
        • Accounting
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • Strategy
        • Economics

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
        • MBA/MSEE (Electrical 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
        • Management Information Systems
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Statistics and Operations Research

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 198

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 96

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 34
      • Non-Tenured: 43

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 45

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 77

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • High Tech
        • Information Technology
        • Manufacturing

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

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

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • 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: Upgraded and enhanced audio and video performance in classrooms, auditoriums, lecture halls, and meeting rooms. Replaced computers, monitors and printers in the computer labs. Upgraded, replaced and added servers, and upgraded server software. Expanded network connectivity, upgraded switches, and enhanced emergency back-up power throuhout the facility. Expanded and upgraded multimedia displays in various common areas. Upgraded and expanded availability of various software.
      • Amount spent: $1,054,229.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,769
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $42.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $55.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $9,644,557.00
      • 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.utdallas.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.linkedin.com/groups
      • 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: 79 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 21 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 71 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 29 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 65 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 32 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 29 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 0 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 59 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 32 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 9 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 0 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Ericsson 4
      • Deloitte Consulting 3
      • UT Dallas 2
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 1
      • Concentra 1
      • Baylor 1
      • Humana 1
      • Fritz Industries 1
      • Southwest Airlines 1
      • McKesson 1
      • Ernst & Young 1
      • Capital One 1
      • Raytheon 1
      • Akorbi Consulting 1
      • McGladrey 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 32 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $73,012.00
      • Median base salary: $68,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $10,188.00
      • Median signing bonus: $4,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $4,080.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $4,080.00

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

      • Consulting: 16 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 29 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 29 %
      • Management Information Systems: 13 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 13 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 10 %
      • Consulting: 19 %
      • Consumer Products: 3 %
      • Financial Services: 16 %
      • Manufacturing: 3 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 13 %
      • Technology: 19 %
      • Other: 8 %

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

      • Asia: 3 %
      • North America: 97 %

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

      • South: 3 %
      • Southwest: 93 %
      • West: 4 %

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

      • UT Dallas 3
      • Baylor Health Care 2
      • Dynamic Results 2
      • Ericsson 2
      • Sabre 2
      • AAFES 1
      • Akorbi 1
      • Colgate 1
      • Dean Foods 1
      • Fiserv 1
      • Flow Design 1
      • Huawei 1
      • Lennox 1
      • Mary Kay 1
      • McKesson 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $725.00
      • Median: $725.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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