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

University of Tulsa

Collins College of Business

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 164
      • Full-Time MBA: 62
      • Part-Time MBA: 20
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of Science in Finance; Master of Taxation

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $35,676.00
      • Nonresident: $35,676.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $29,792.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $29,792.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 22

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 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: 575

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 52
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 92 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 56 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 40 %
      • Applications from women received: 44 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 56 %
      • International: 31 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 81 %
      • Chose not to report: 19 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 75 %
      • Midwest: 19 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Median age of entering class: 22
      • Mean age of entering class: 23

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 81 %
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
        • academic merit
        • financial need
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $12,235.00
      • 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

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • Average GMAT Score 568
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • 90th Percentile 690

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 90th Percentile 640
      • 10th Percentile 510
      • Average GMAT Score 571

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Accounting
        • International Business
        • Tax
      • Energy Management

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • 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
        • Other
        • Management Information Systems
        • Accounting
        • Tax

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 51

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 21
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 21
      • Non-Tenured: 14

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 22 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 12 %
      • Lectures: 22 %
      • Simulations: 22 %
      • Team Projects: 22 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Internship for those with less than two years of professional work experience

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Amount spent: $481,179.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,670
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 11 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $375.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $44,451,160.00
      • 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.tualumni.com/
      • 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? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 96 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 4 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 25 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 0 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 75 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 45 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 25 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 30 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 65 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 5 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 30 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Argent Global 1
      • Biopology 1
      • Boston Consulting Group 1
      • Cavanal Hill Investment Management 1
      • Chesapeake 1
      • ConocoPhillips 1
      • Consolidated Support Co. 1
      • Direct TV 1
      • Ernst and Young 1
      • Hogan Taylor 1
      • McElroy Manufacturing 1
      • ONEOK 1
      • Ramsey Industries 1
      • Sandia National Laboratories 1
      • University of Pittsburgh 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 6 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $48,633.00
      • Median base salary: $47,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $0.00
      • Median signing bonus: $0.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

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

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 60 %
      • General Management: 7 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 2 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 0 %
      • Other: 6 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 8 %
      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 31 %
      • Manufacturing: 15 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 8 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 15 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 15 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 100 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 94 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • McElroy Manufacturing 3
      • Hogan Taylor 2
      • ConocoPhillips 1
      • Bank of Oklahoma 1
      • Samson 1
      • Williams 1
      • ONEOK 1
      • Ernst & Young 1
      • OXY 1
      • Pricewaterhouse Coopers 1
      • Hilti 1
      • Precision Engineering Group 1
      • Blue Agency 1
      • Child Builders 1
      • i2E 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 95 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $720.00
      • Median: $760.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 12

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Students do not have to indicate if they wish to study full-time or part-time at the time of application. Therefore, statistics on the applicant pool are figured for all applicants for the fall 2012 semester, both full-time and part-time.

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