Program Basics

• • UCLA Anderson Full-Time MBA
  • UCLA Anderson School of Management
  • 110 Westwood Plaza
  • Suite B201
  • Los Angeles, 90095-1481, California
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://mba.anderson.ucla.edu
  • Status: Public
  • Program e-mail address: mba.admissions@anderson.ucla.edu
  • Graduate business school is accredited by:
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,943
  • Full-Time MBA: 747
  • Part-Time MBA: 842
  • Executive MBA: 246
  • PhD Program: 75
• • Other graduate degree programs:
    • Other
  • Master of Financial Engineering

PROGRAM COSTS

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

  • Resident: $90,770.00
  • Nonresident: $105,160.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $69,392.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $76,587.00

PROGRAM LENGTH

• • Full-time program (months): 21

ADMISSIONS

• Application Deadlines

  • Deadline: Oct 26, 2011
  • Deadline: Jan 11, 2012
  • Deadline: Apr 18, 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? No

• Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

  • • IELTS
    • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test

• 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: 2,727
  • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 29 %
  • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 48 %
  • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 4 %
  • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 24 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 360
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 125
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 44 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

APPLICANT POOL

• • International applications received: 47 %
  • Applications from women received: 32 %
  • Mean base salary forgone: $59,144.00
  • Median base salary forgone: $60,000.00

CLASS PROFILE

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

  • Female: 28 %
  • International: 36 %
  • Married: 17 %

• Students from following regions:

  • Africa: 1 %
  • Asia: 19 %
  • Europe: 7 %
  • North America: 67 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
  • Oceania: 1 %
  • Dual citizenship: 9 %

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

  • African American: 2 %
  • Asian American: 32 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 53 %
  • Chose not to report: 6 %
  • Other: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 18 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 8 %
  • South: 3 %
  • Southwest: 3 %
  • Midwest: 5 %
  • West: 63 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 64
  • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 60

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

  • From: 36
  • 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
  • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 71 %
  • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 78 %
  • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $47,691.00
  • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $58,695.00
  • 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
  • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $15,082.00
  • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 92 %
  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Yes
  • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $66,780.00

GMAT

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • 25th Percentile 660
  • 10th Percentile 600
  • 50th Percentile (median) 700
  • Average GMAT Score 680
  • 75th Percentile 720
  • 90th Percentile 740

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • Average GMAT Score 704
  • 25th Percentile 680
  • 50th Percentile (median) 710
  • 10th Percentile 650
  • 75th Percentile 720
  • 90th Percentile 750

CLASS OFFERINGS

• • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 72
  • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 32
  • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 100

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

  • Econometrics and Business Forecasting
  • Information Systems Project Management
  • International Business Negotiations
  • Management Communications
  • Global Immersion -- Thailand and Vietnam

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

  • • Consulting
    • Finance
    • Entrepreneurship
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Health Care Administration
    • Real Estate
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Operations Management
    • Strategy
    • International Business
    • Statistics and Operations Research
    • Media/Entertainment
  • Certificates in Leaders in Sustainability; Easton Technology Leadership

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

  • • MBA/MCS (Computer Science)
    • MBA/JD (Law)
    • MBA/MD (Medicine)
    • Other
    • MBA/MSN (Nursing)
• • 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
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Marketing
    • Consulting
    • Media/Entertainment

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 157

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 65
  • Non-Tenured: 25

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 67

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 10
  • Non-Tenured: 19

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 17
  • Non-Tenured: 12

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 23
  • Non-Tenured: 21

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 65
  • Non-Tenured: 58

STUDENT LIFE

• Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Business Law
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Consulting
    • Other
    • Business Ethics
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Nonprofit
    • VC/ Private Equity
    • Environmental
    • High Tech
    • Information Technology
    • Investment Banking
    • Manufacturing
    • Media & Entertainment
    • Human Resources
    • E-business
    • New Media

• Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Black MBA Association
    • Hispanic Student Organization
    • International Club
    • Partners/Family
    • Women in MBA
    • Other
    • Volunteer
    • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
    • Wine

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods used:

  • Case Study: 30 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 12 %
  • Lectures: 40 %
  • Simulations: 3 %
  • Team Projects: 15 %

• Requirements for graduation:

  • • Students are required to complete international experience
    • 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: Enhanced classroom technology, online course evaluations, AV technology in communications course, central SharePoint portal access, AppV, wireless upgrades, improved network security, SSL VPN, network-based events displays, active learning group pods & Boardroom construction in Rosenfeld Library, construction of Jim Easton Global Connection Classroom (showcase tech), new student email calendar system, network & storage infrastructure, custom administrative CRM system, virtual servers
  • Amount spent: $4,100,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 20,798
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 41
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 18
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 21 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $2,195.00
  • 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: $122,867,170.00
  • 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.ucla.edu
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x24248.xml
  • 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: 79 %
  • Graduates not seeking employment: 12 %
  • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 9 %

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

  • Destination: New York, NY (Financial Services; Entertainment)
  • Month: December; March
  • Amount Paid By School: None
  • Destination: San Francisco/Bay Area (Financial Services; Technology & Healthcare)
  • Month: November; December
  • Amount Paid By School: None
  • Destination: Hong Kong (Financial Services)
  • Month: December
  • Amount Paid By School: None
  • Destination: Seattle (Technology)
  • Month: January
  • Amount Paid By School: None
  • Destination: London (Various Industries)
  • Month: November
  • Amount Paid By School: None

• Primary source of job offer:

  • School-facilitated activities: 67 %
  • Graduate-facilitated activities: 33 %
  • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

• Job Offers for 2011 graduates

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 80 %
  • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 11 %
  • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer: 8 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 71 %
  • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 16 %
  • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 12 %

• Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

  • Deloitte Consulting 10
  • Bank of America Corporation 7
  • Google, Inc. 5
  • IBM 5
  • Intel Corporation 5
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers 5
  • Yahoo!, Inc. 5
  • Amgen, Inc. 4
  • Ernst & Young LLP 4
  • Microsoft Corporation 4
  • Samsung Corporation 4
  • ZS Associates 4
  • The Clorox Company 3
  • Goldman Sachs & Co., Inc. 3
  • Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC 3
• • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 58 %

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

  • Mean base salary: $103,282.00
  • Median base salary: $100,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $25,524.00
  • Median signing bonus: $20,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $24,620.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $15,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 26 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 31 %
  • General Management: 8 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 21 %
  • Management Information Systems: 0 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 3 %
  • Other: 10 %

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Government: 0 %
  • Consulting: 15 %
  • Consumer Products: 8 %
  • Financial Services: 26 %
  • Manufacturing: 3 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 11 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 20 %
  • Other: 4 %

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

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 8 %
  • Europe: 0 %
  • North America: 87 %
  • Oceania: 1 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 4 %

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

  • Northeast: 9 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
  • South: 0 %
  • Southwest: 2 %
  • Midwest: 3 %
  • West: 84 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

  • Goldman Sachs & Co. 7
  • Amazon, Inc. 6
  • Amgen, Inc. 6
  • Cisco Systems, Inc 6
  • The Walt Disney Company 6
  • Bank of America Corporation 5
  • Citigroup 5
  • Google, Inc. 5
  • Morgan Stanley 5
  • Paramount Pictures 5
  • Samsung Corporation 5
  • Toyota Motor Corporation, USA 5
  • Yahoo!, Inc. 4
  • Nestle USA 4
  • Trust Company of the West 4
• • Internships awarded that are paid: 91 %

• Weekly internship compensation:

  • Mean: $1,537.00
  • Median: $1,500.00
• • Average internship length in weeks: 10

SCHOOL COMMENTS

• • School Comments: Students enroll in one of four tracks (Marketing, Finance, Consulting or a Custom track), and can participate in a wide variety of certificates in diverse fields such as entertainment, sustainability, real estate and brand management. All students also undertake a two-quarter project analyzing real business issues, and pick from a menu of global study options.

• • -The Anderson program was both comprehensive and very rigorous and provided many other extra-curricular opportunities to immerse oneself in all manner of other business and non business-related activities. The facilities and location are also excellent.
    
    -It's important for any B-school applicant to understand how a particular program can help with the job recruiting process. UCLA Anderson has a solid network of recent graduates working in the Investment Management industry in Southern California. Thus, I had a relatively easy time meeting and speaking with professionals close to campus.
    
    -I had a great academic and social experience at UCLA Anderson. Academically, I learned that the program is much more quantitative than outsiders would expect. I learned techniques that are applicable to my pre-MBA work experience. We were taught both from an academic and empirical perspective. I feel that I now have the managerial skills and technical skills to lead in any industry or function. All of the courses build upon each other, with professors teaching with respect to one another. By the end of my two years, I am able to grasp managerial decision making from both a macroeconomic and microeconomic perspective.
    
    -The program at UCLA Anderson is very strong in every aspect. Academically, it is very rigorous and I had the privilege to be taught by outstanding faculty members. The extra curricular activities were just phenomenal: a ton of sports through the whole year, lots of parties, traveling experiences and getting to know people all the time (friends and network). Also, the quality of living in Los Angeles is just the best in the U.S. Plus, I got the job of my dreams, so what else can I ask for?
    
    -I had an unbelievably great experience, meeting people and having opportunities that I would never have had before business school. I was trying to break into sports/media/entertainment from a defense consulting background, and Anderson provided me exactly that opportunity. In addition I met some truly amazing people and I will be able to leverage that network for the rest of my life.
    
    -I would highly recommend UCLA Anderson for certain industries like entertainment, marketing, entrepreneurship, or high tech. I would probably urge those interested in finance to look at schools more associated with New York.
    
    -I adored Anderson and thought that the intellectual capital was consummate. The school is willing to continuously reevaluate its program and take some risks as well, which I believe is a good sign of an optimal academic ecosystem. Plus, the culture is warm and inviting and the campus is beautiful--I think it is important to have a positive environment.
    
    -The career center could use a bit of improving - but this may be because the job economy is in a slump right now, and I'm sure if UCLA Anderson receives enough funding, it can improve many aspects of its program. However, it IS a state school - and I feel that for what I paid for, my expectations were met and exceeded.
    
    -I would call UCLA Anderson a VALUE business school; that is, the benefits of attending are very high relative to the costs (especially for California residents). The school attracts students that appreciate this value, and there is a high participation rate among students in terms of giving back and getting involved to make it a better experience for everybody. Faculty love to bring their research into the classroom to show its applicable business uses. The Career Center staff actually cares about students and are more concerned with long-term career development than with forcing students to "settle" for jobs. In general, UCLA Anderson is a positive environment where people collaborate and help each other instead of ruthlessly competing to get ahead. These are the kind of people that most people would want to do business with.
    
    -UCLA Anderson is diverse - in career backgrounds, geography, and life experiences. In particular, no one career path dominates, which makes for balanced learning. Further, there is a spirit of entrepreneurship that Anderson students can help to make their work and the world a better place through our compassion and skills. Finally, we support one another in class and on the job search. I have learned as much from my peers through study groups and class discussions as I have from my professors (and we have some of the best faculty).
    
    -Anderson provided me with a wealth of knowledge and life experience that was beyond what I had expected for a MBA program. I had the opportunity to learn from faculty that were not only highly accomplished in their fields of research, but that were accessible and vested in our growth as students, business professionals, and people. The exposure we had to some of the great thought leaders and industry leaders of our time has been inspiring and will undoubtedly continue to shape my career and life decisions going forward.
    
    -I enjoyed the small size of the program and having the opportunity to develop close relationships with not only a large portion of my classmates but my professors as well. I also think that the exceptional quality of the professors (both in their knowledge and teaching abilities) at Anderson contribute to my overall satisfaction of the program.
    
    -Our career center works closely with student clubs and collectively they bring hundreds of businesses and MBA-level job postings to campus annually. As a higher percentage of our student body pursues start ups and their own entrepreneurial ventures, our career center is actually uniquely prepared to help students who want to look beyond traditional recruiting, which is naturally more challenging (It's not a cookie cutter system here because we are not cookie cutter students, but there are many levels of resources available if you as a student are willing to put in the effort).