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

University of Vermont

School of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 82
      • Full-Time MBA: 21
      • Part-Time MBA: 35
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $29,220.00
      • Nonresident: $68,500.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $32,230.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $51,870.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2011
      • 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 34
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 62 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 57 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 3 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 29 %
      • Applications from women received: 56 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 58 %
      • International: 33 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 8 %
      • Europe: 8 %
      • North America: 84 %

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

      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %

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

      • Northeast: 92 %
      • Midwest: 8 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 33
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 36

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

      • From: 6
      • To: 78
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • Mean age of entering class: 26

  • 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: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 67 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $23,503.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $23,503.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic 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? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $32,127.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • Average GMAT Score 560
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • 25th Percentile 505
      • 50th Percentile (median) 575
      • 90th Percentile 683
      • 10th Percentile 414

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 75th Percentile 630
      • 10th Percentile 534
      • Average GMAT Score 606
      • 90th Percentile 688

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 18
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 27
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 31

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

      • Non-Profit/Governmental Accounting
      • Consumer Behavior
      • Supply Chain Mgmt
      • Ethics in Business

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

        • General Management
      • 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:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 47

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 19
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 18

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 1

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 19
      • Non-Tenured: 15

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 60 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • 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: Added Bloomberg mock trading lab, upgraded network to 1 Gigabit, upgraded wireless access points, upgraded computer labs to 100 base T, upgraded digital signage systems, added smart board technology, installed conferencing equipment, clicker technology for instant response, upgraded digital projection units, upgraded lab printers, upgraded critical in-house servers and moved all other servers to off-site virtual systems, upgraded the computers in our labs, invested in research data for teaching.
      • Amount spent: $350,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 683
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 12 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $261.00
      • 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: $11,419,708.00
      • 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.uvm.edu/directory/men_directory.asp
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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: 60 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 30 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 10 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $47,000.00
      • Median base salary: $47,500.00

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

      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 33 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 33 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 17 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Consumer Products: 33 %
      • Financial Services: 33 %
      • Non-Profit: 17 %

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

      • Asia: 17 %
      • Europe: 17 %
      • North America: 66 %

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

      • Northeast: 100 %

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: UVM's MBA program produces students who are well grounded in each functional area of business. Here, individuals develop the ability to practice the art of management while developing leadership skills. A rigorous program that evokes national accolades, the MBA program produces students well grounded in the functional areas of business, and poises graduates for high paying jobs. UVM's MBA program has been ranked among the nation's best for integrating social and environmental issues.

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