PROGRAM BASICS

• • University of Florida
  • Professional MBA Program
  • 310 Hough Hall
  • PO Box 117152
  • Gainesville, 32611, Florida
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://floridamba.ufl.edu/workingprofessional/overview.asp
  • E-mail: floridamba@warrington.ufl.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 95 %
  • Average months to complete program: 27
  • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 27
  • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
  • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? Yes

• Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

  • Resident: $13,392.00
  • Non-Resident: $13,392.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $837.00
  • Non-resident $837.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), Other

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,560
  • Full-Time MBA: 118
  • Part-Time MBA: 459
  • Executive MBA: 97
  • PhD Program: 79
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,715
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems, Master of Finance, Master of Marketing, Master of International Management/Business

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 74
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 82 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 93 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 8
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 6
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 50th Percentile (median) 580
  • 25th Percentile 530
  • 90th Percentile 650
  • 75th Percentile 610
  • Average GMAT Score 572
  • 10th Percentile 492

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 25th Percentile 560
  • 50th Percentile (median) 580
  • 10th Percentile 520
  • 90th Percentile 659
  • 75th Percentile 618
  • Average GMAT Score 591
• • Is proficiency in English required? 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
    • U Michigan Language Test
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 38 %
  • International students: 9 %

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

  • African American: 8 %
  • Asian American: 6 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 8 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 2 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 70 %
  • Chose not to report: 6 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 80
  • Median: 65
  • From: 38
  • To: 99
  • One year or less: 2 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $65,095.00
  • Median: $65,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $39,444.00
  • To: $79,200.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 7 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 12 %
  • General Management: 5 %
  • Human Resources: 5 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 18 %
  • Management Information Systems: 5 %
  • Operations/Production: 30 %
  • Other: 18 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 5 %
  • Consumer Products: 7 %
  • Financial Services: 5 %
  • Government: 11 %
  • Manufacturing: 14 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
  • Non-Profit: 9 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
  • Real Estate: 5 %
  • Technology: 9 %
  • Other: 14 %

• Organizations that send the most participants to the part-time MBA program:

  • United States Navy 60
  • Lockheed Martin 42
  • Harris Corporation 28
  • Walt Disney Company 26
  • Raymond James 16
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 30
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

FINANCIAL AID

• • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
  • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 25 %

• Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year, percentage receiving:

  • Institutional Scholarships: 0 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 79 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $14,995.00
  • Median financial aid package: $13,247.00
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
  • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $18,984.00

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 126

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 63
  • Non-Tenured: 49

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 14

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 9
  • Non-Tenured: 24

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 13
  • Non-Tenured: 5

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 4
  • Non-Tenured: 17

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 63
  • Non-Tenured: 54
• • Faculty on company boards: 4

STUDENT LIFE

• Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

  • • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Consulting
    • Investment Banking

• Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

  • • Volunteer
    • Women in MBA
• • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
  • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching Methods:

  • Case Study: 25 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 10 %
  • Lectures: 25 %
  • Simulations: 15 %
  • Team Projects: 25 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 37
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 20
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 37 %
  • Average core class size: 55
  • Average elective class size: 55
  • Electives available: 13

• Recently added electives:

  • Special Topics in Investment Finance
• • Last curriculum revision: 2007
  • Recent curriculum changes: Addition of elective classes
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? Yes

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Strategy
    • General Management
    • Marketing

• Graduation requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
• • Other graduation requirements: Completion of one week elective course or Global Immersion Experience
• • Credits required to graduate: 48

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 17 breakout rooms with flat screen monitors; Capital Market Lab with 9 dual monitor Bloomberg terminals; technology refresh in 5 classrooms – high resolution projectors, dual independent projection systems, AV automation, etc.; deployed a new online learning management system with a greater feature set including blogging, wikis, etc.; expanded our Microsoft Campus Agreement to cover all students; deployed new color and B&W laser printers in all student study/work areas
  • Amount spent: $1,400,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 7,427
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 98
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 8
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $10,402.00
  • 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 $152,493,495.00
  • 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://gnn.ufalumni.ufl.edu
  • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://linkedin.com
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

CAREER SERVICES

• • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
    • Yes
  • If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
    • At any time
  • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? No
  • Are part-time students included in resume drops? No

• • -The program was excellent. The coursework was relevant, interesting and demanding. Professors were, with very few exceptions, excellent.
    
    -I think it's a good value for the money, and if you want to stand out in your field, the MBA certainly helps. Especially if you did not have a business/finance background in undergrad.
    
    -The program has done a great job meeting my expectations in terms of professors and classmates. The only aspect I did not expect was the lack of resources to part-time students looking for new employment.
    
    -The MBA program provides a curriculum that most of my friends and colleagues would greatly benefit from. I urge anyone who is interested in professional improvement to consider an MBA program. The University of Florida has continued to provide me with a superior quality of education when compared to my associates.
    -There could be improvement in teambuilding/networking. Students should have to work in new teams each semester; that push would have helped my cohort get to know each other better and build better relationships.
    
    -The quality of the instruction and the quality of the professors exceeded my expectations. Most of the professors were distinguished, well-known leaders in their industries, and provided high quality attention in the part-time program. I felt I received an equivalent education compared to a full-time program.
    
    -Coming from a background in technology I found that this was insufficient in the program overall. Some of this lack of exposure was no doubt due to the somewhat limited part time elective options, but in today's business climate I think it pays large dividends for managers to be somewhat aware of the technology on which their organization is dependent.
    
    -The program was the highest quality. Amazing professors and education along with a helpful and easy process that was made possible by organized, friendly staff that made the program seem as if they were local and not a satellite campus. I knew UF had a great business school reputation and I feel they lived up to it.
    
    -I wish there was a little more room for customization in the program. So many times I was asked, "What is the focus of your program" and I had to reply "It's a general focus MBA." I know a lock step program isn't conducive to a lot of customization, but it would be nice if one semester could have split the students off into a "marketing" or a "finance" track. I think the program was well rounded overall, but there are a few classes I would have skipped given the option, and I would have loved to have been able to take a more advanced accounting class.
    
    -Although I cannot compare the Florida MBA experience to other programs in the country, I believe the program must be one of the best values in the nation. The professors really do make a big impact on the quality of the education. As an undergrad, I just wanted to get a good grade. In the Florida MBA program, I was more interested in understanding the material than getting a good grade. This is a testament to the professors, because they teach useful material and recommend sources of further study. I have learned a lot during the program, and I have built relationships that will last the rest of my life.