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

University of California, Davis

Graduate School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • UC Davis Daytime MBA Program
      • Graduate School of Management
      • One Shields Avenue
      • CA
      • Davis, 95616, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://gsm.ucdavis.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: admissions@gsm.ucdavis.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 558
      • Full-Time MBA: 109
      • Part-Time MBA: 449

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $70,562.00
      • Nonresident: $95,052.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $51,072.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $63,317.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Nov 2, 2011
      • Semester: Winter 2012
      • Deadline: Jan 4, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 7, 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: May 16, 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: Very Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 363
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 23 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 64 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 38 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 57
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 9
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 49 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 55 %
      • Applications from women received: 41 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $45,966.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $54,335.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Full-time students in newest entering class (2011-2012) that are:

      • Female: 32 %
      • International: 30 %
      • Married: 24 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 26 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 68 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 4 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 24 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 8 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 63 %
      • Chose not to report: 5 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 8 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 92 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 56
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 48

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

      • From: 24
      • To: 96
      • Median age of entering class: 28
      • 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?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Only to domestic students

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 600
      • 10th Percentile 530
      • 50th Percentile (median) 650
      • 75th Percentile 700
      • 90th Percentile 720
      • Average GMAT Score 635

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 700
      • 10th Percentile 640
      • 75th Percentile 710
      • Average GMAT Score 690
      • 90th Percentile 728

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 47
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 20
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 45

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

      • Ethical issues in management
      • Crisis Management
      • Storytelling for leadership
      • Articulation and Critical Thinking
      • Organizational Change Management

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Accounting
        • Strategy
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Technology
      • Business Analytics, Energy

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
        • Other
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSN (Nursing)
        • MBA/MSEE (Electrical Engineering)
        • MBA/MSME (Mechanical Engineering)
        • MBA/PhD
      • 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:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Finance
        • Technology
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Organizational Behavior

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 57

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 24
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 24
      • Non-Tenured: 19

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Media & Entertainment

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Partners/Family
        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • 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: A/V in classrooms and meeting areas, Electronic kiosks, High-speed network line to remote campus, Installed student lounge cable TV, Large-scale printing devices, Wireless Infrastructure, Most network services to virtual environment, Cardkey access system, In-builing cellular repeaters, Seven key business systems
      • Amount spent: $1,129,609.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,814
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 5
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 19 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $429.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $150.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $16,165,664.00
      • 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.alumni.ucdavis.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: https://alumni.gsm.ucdavis.edu
      • 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: 72 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 28 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: San Francisco Financial District
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Ignite/Silicon Valley
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Clorox/Oakland
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Disney/Anaheim
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Gallup
      • Month: February
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 53 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 47 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 60 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 30 %
      • 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: 58 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 30 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 12 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • PG & E 2
      • Intel 2
      • E&J Gallo 2
      • Kaiser Permanente 2
      • Agilent Technologies 2
      • Leapfrog Enterprises 1
      • Blackrock 1
      • Facebook 1
      • LAM Research 1
      • Gallup Organization 1
      • Gartner Consulting 1
      • Tesla 1
      • Blue Shield 1
      • Gap Inc. 1
      • Nielsen Company 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 57 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $89,730.00
      • Median base salary: $90,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $12,401.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $10,260.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $10,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 22 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 25 %
      • General Management: 17 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 8 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 5 %
      • Consulting: 16 %
      • Consumer Products: 16 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Manufacturing: 16 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 8 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 10 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 3 %
      • Europe: 3 %
      • North America: 94 %
      • 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: 3 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 97 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • PG& E 3
      • CalPers 3
      • Agilent 3
      • Intel 2
      • Kaiser Permanente 2
      • Hewlett-Packard 2
      • Blueshield of CA 2
      • Brocade 1
      • AT&T 1
      • Blackrock 1
      • Oracle 1
      • Autodesk 1
      • LAM Research 1
      • Leapfrog 1
      • Kaiser Permanente 2
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 91 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $1,134.00
      • Median: $1,160.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 16

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