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

University of California, San Diego

Rady School of ManagementRady School of Management

  • PROGRAM BASICS

      • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 97 %
      • Average months to complete program: 30
      • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 60
      • 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: $37,720.00
      • Non-Resident: $37,720.00

    • Tuition per credit:

      • Resident $1,025.00
      • Non-resident $1,025.00
      • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 292
      • Full-Time MBA: 112
      • Part-Time MBA: 123
      • Executive MBA: 46
      • PhD Program: 11

  • ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

      • Total applications, most recent entering class: 56
      • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 89 %
      • Admitted students enrolled: 74 %
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

  • ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

      • Rolling admissions? Yes
      • GMAT required? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked? The GMAT may be waived for applicants who have completed an M.D. at an accredited U.S. medical school, or who have completed a Ph.D. in a technical, scientific, or quantitatively based discipline at an accredited U.S. institution.
      • 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?

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

    • Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

      • PTE
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • CLASS PROFILE

      • Female students: 46 %
      • International students: 19 %

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

      • Asian American: 35 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 7 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 10 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 45 %
      • Chose not to report: 3 %

    • Postgraduate work experience (months):

      • Mean: 71
      • Median: 65
      • From: 38
      • To: 121
      • One year or less: 0 %

    • Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

      • Mean: $66,522.00
      • Median: $59,000.00

    • Middle 80% range:

      • From: $45,400.00
      • To: $98,079.00

    • Entering students work in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 14 %
      • General Management: 16 %
      • Human Resources: 2 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 16 %
      • Operations/Production: 19 %
      • Other: 30 %

    • Entering students work in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Consumer Products: 5 %
      • Financial Services: 19 %
      • Government: 5 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 27 %
      • Technology: 22 %
      • Other: 11 %
      • Mean age, newest entering class: 31
      • Median age, newest entering clas: 30

  • 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? all candidates are considered for scholarships
      • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 48

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 26
      • Faculty on company boards: 0

  • STUDENT LIFE

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

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • High Tech
        • Information Technology
        • Investment Banking

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

        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
        • Other
        • Wine
      • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? No
      • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching Methods:

      • Case Study: 32 %
      • Distance Learning: 3 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Other: 0 %
      • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
      • Teachers in the part-time program: 29
      • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 18
      • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 90 %
      • Faculty with at least five years of full-time corporate experience 48 %
      • Average core class size: 41
      • Average elective class size: 19
      • Electives available: 20

    • Recently added electives:

      • Information Technology for Health Sciences
      • Health Economics
      • Last curriculum revision: 2008
      • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

    • Leading areas of study:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Strategy
        • Marketing
        • Technology

    • 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: Students must write a business plan.
      • Credits required to graduate: 92

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We have been able to leverage current and emerging technologies to augment and enhance the pedagogical experience for our students. Rady has recently upgraded to the latest version of our Learning Management System as well as our media-streaming infrastructure from legacy codecs to a simpler and more scalable Silverlight based solution which is more cross-platform compatible. These upgrades offer an improved interface for our students and faculty.
      • Amount spent: $1,500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 569
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 15 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $319.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $16.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business school endowment $7,700,000.00
      • 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.ucsd.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://alumni.ucsd.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
      • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes

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