PROGRAM BASICS

• • Graduate School of Management
  • UC Davis Working Professional MBA Program
  • One Shields Avenue
  • CA
  • Davis, 95616, California
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://gsm.ucdavis.edu
  • E-mail: admissions@gsm.ucdavis.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 95 %
  • Average months to complete program: 37
  • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 48
  • 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: $18,360.00
  • Non-Resident: $18,360.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $1,020.00
  • Non-resident $1,020.00
• • 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
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 0

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 247
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 65 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 69 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 19
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 2
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 50th Percentile (median) 590
  • 10th Percentile 450
  • 25th Percentile 530
  • 75th Percentile 650
  • Average GMAT Score 573
  • 90th Percentile 687

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 25th Percentile 560
  • 10th Percentile 530
  • 50th Percentile (median) 600
  • 75th Percentile 640
  • 90th Percentile 690
  • Average GMAT Score 603
• • 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

• Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

  • IELTS, Pearsons Test of English (PTE)
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 32 %
  • International students: 26 %

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

  • African American: 2 %
  • Asian American: 50 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 2 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 35 %
  • Chose not to report: 6 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 91
  • Median: 60
  • From: 24
  • To: 180
  • One year or less: 6 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $86,000.00
  • Median: $76,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $43,300.00
  • To: $130,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 8 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 7 %
  • General Management: 9 %
  • Human Resources: 3 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 15 %
  • Management Information Systems: 25 %
  • Operations/Production: 8 %
  • Other: 25 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 6 %
  • Consumer Products: 3 %
  • Financial Services: 3 %
  • Government: 4 %
  • Manufacturing: 1 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
  • Non-Profit: 2 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 18 %
  • Real Estate: 4 %
  • Technology: 27 %
  • Other: 26 %

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

  • Intel 38
  • Genentech 20
  • Chevron 19
  • UC Davis 17
  • State of California 14
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 32
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 29

FINANCIAL AID

• • Part-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
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Part of the admissions application
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? Only to domestic students

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
• • Faculty on company boards: 32

STUDENT LIFE

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

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

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

  • • Black MBA Association
    • Women in MBA
    • Partners/Family
    • Wine
• • 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: 30 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 30 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 15 %
  • Other: 5 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 18
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 51
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 24
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 32 %
  • Average core class size: 43
  • Average elective class size: 25
  • Electives available: 38

• Recently added electives:

  • Value Investing
  • Business and Politics
  • Ethical issues in management
  • Crisis management
  • Articulation and Critical Thinking
  • Organizational Change Management
• • Last curriculum revision: 2011
  • Recent curriculum changes: We have strengthened our internationally ranked MBA program with a new, innovative curriculum that further integrates globalization, responsible business ethics and sustainability. The goal: To better prepare students with real-world practice, analytical and technical skills, and leadership training.

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Accounting
    • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Other
    • Organizational Behavior
    • Strategy
    • Corporate Social Responsibility

• Additional concentrations offered:

  • Business Analytics
  • Technology Management
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

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

• Graduation requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
• • Credits required to graduate: 72

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 offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: https://alumni.gsm.ucdavis.edu
  • 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? Yes
  • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

• • -The UC Davis program provides excellent academic value and good networking opportunities for those who can afford the cost and the time required. There are other programs in the local area that are less costly, shorter in duration, or both. But I feel that the other alternatives do not provide as rich an experience as UC Davis, based on talking to friends who have completed those programs.
    
    -More focus should be put on how to implement what we're learning into our jobs RIGHT NOW, not in the future when we all become CEOs.
    
    -I felt the faculty is second to none. Having an undergrad in business I still learned a vast amount of knowledge about different aspects of business. Furthermore, it was a great experience learning with other talented, ambitious individuals.
    
    -The UC Davis program has undergone a number of positive changes to core requirements while I was there, and appears to be making headway on increasing the part-time offerings, which are currently much slimmer than those offered to the full time students. I think it's important that they continue with that - many of us had few class choices over the last couple quarters, having exhausted most of the options.
    
    -The education at Davis was outstanding; the workload challenging; and the experience enriching. If my friend was simply looking to increase their salary potential or obtain better career opportunities, I might pause slightly because Davis doesn't have the ever-so-important "brand recognition" that many programs can offer. Many employers will filter applicants on the basis of their school's brand, so it might be advantageous to direct my friend to Stanford or Berkeley.
    
    -Classes are very limited to Part-Time. The admin is poorly run and they really don't focus on part-time program. Communication lacks across students, professors and admin.
    
    -The UC Davis MBA program provided me a well-rounded education in business management as well as my two areas of concentration (finance & business analytics).
    
    -The faculty and class offerings exceeded my expectations. However, my fellow students were of uneven ability and motivation, and the facility (San Ramon) was poorly designed and difficult to reach.
    
    -UC Davis puts strong emphasis on quality of education in their part time program. We have to do the same projects and learn exactly the same coursework as daytime students. So they don't let you take it easy just because you have a full time job. It's really hard, but I pay for quality education and that's what I want. Their Bay Area program combines students from San Francisco and Silicon Valley. It's just been amazing to be in class and learn from colleagues from the top companies in the world.
    
    -I would like to see some improvements in the scheduling of courses; faculty participation in conferences to present their research interfered with the school's ability to offer certain courses. In addition, some quarters are heavy 'finance' or 'marketing' quarters making it a challenge for non-'finance' and non-'marketing' students to create a schedule for that quarter.
    
    -UC Davis provides the correct blend of classroom teaching needed for working professionals. There's an opportunity to network with the rest of the students in the MBA program through various events.
    
    -Davis is a rapidly improving program, with a new dean, new curriculum, and rising awareness of the caliber of its programs on a national level. The working professional MBA program offers access to the same instructors and curriculum that daytime students receive, and therefore is a first rate academic experience combined with the simultaneous ability to continue progressing in a professional career.
    
    -It would be great to have more guest speakers from the industry to attend the class. It would give real-life stories and experiences, which are invaluable.
    
    -UC Davis is a smaller program so the quality of the courses and education you receive is excellent. You really get to know the professors and students, as it's a more intimate classroom setting.