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

California Polytechnic State University

Orfalea College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Cal Poly MBA
      • Orfalea College of Business
      • 1 Grand Ave - Cal Poly State University
      • CA
      • San Luis Obispo, 93407, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.cob.calpoly.edu/gradprograms/index.html
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@calpoly.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 73
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of Science of Business & Technology

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $24,700.00
      • Nonresident: $36,600.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $40,267.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $52,167.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 11

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • 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: Important
      • Application Essays: Considered
      • Interviews: Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 110
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 34 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 81 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 10 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 5 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 10 %
      • Applications from women received: 30 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 17 %
      • International: 0 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 100 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • Chose not to report: 100 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 3 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 10 %
      • West: 84 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 36
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 12

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 144

  • 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: 75 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 70 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $4,670.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $2,752.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $1,000.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 0 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • Average GMAT Score 560
      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • 10th Percentile 410
      • 25th Percentile 500

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 660
      • Average GMAT Score 615
      • 10th Percentile 540
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 90th Percentile 700

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 30
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 20
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 12

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

      • Labor Law and Labor Relations for Managers
      • Investment and Portfolio Management

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

        • General Management
      • MBA-Agribusiness, MBA-Graphic Communication

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

        • MBA/MCS (Computer Science)
        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/March (Architecture)
        • MBA/Meng (Engineering - Manufacturing Management)
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSEE (Electrical Engineering)
        • MBA/MSIE (Industrial Engineering)
        • MBA/MSME (Mechanical Engineering)
      • 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:

        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Consulting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 88

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 3

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 34
      • Non-Tenured: 24

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Comprehensive Exam

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Elluminate software, portable headsets, echo canceling microphones and video cameras. iPads for course development and classroom technology, Mediasite video capture boxes and server, HD cameras and ceiling microphones to capture, archive, rebroadcast course sessions. Classroom and computer lab technology upgrades, including HD projectors, hardware and software upgrades. Video Editing equipment for production of course related materials. Faculty hardware upgrades.
      • Amount spent: $450,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,518
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $118.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $75.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $173,000,000.00
      • 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://www.calpolylink.com
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 65 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 5 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 30 %

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

      • Destination: Silicon Valley
      • Month: April
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Los Angeles
      • Month: May
      • Amount Paid By School: Full

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 30 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 20 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 50 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 40 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 40 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 20 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 50 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 25 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 25 %
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 45 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $85,000.00
      • Median base salary: $70,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $10,000.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 25 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 10 %
      • General Management: 5 %
      • Human Resources: 10 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 10 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 20 %
      • Other: 15 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 100 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 2 %
      • West: 96 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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