Program Basics

• • Full-time MBA
  • Weatherhead School of Management
  • Peter B. Lewis Building, Room 150
  • 10900 Euclid Avenue
  • Cleveland, 44106, Ohio
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://weatherhead.case.edu/ftmba
  • Status: Private
  • Program e-mail address: bizadmission@case.edu
  • Graduate business school is accredited by:
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 874
  • Full-Time MBA: 141
  • Part-Time MBA: 228
  • Executive MBA: 41
  • PhD Program: 50
• • Other graduate degree programs:
    • Master of Accounting
    • Master of Finance
    • Other
  • Master of Operations Research and Supply Chain Management; Master of Positive Organization Development; Master of Engineering and Management; Master in Non-Profit Organizations

PROGRAM COSTS

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

  • Resident: $87,640.00
  • Nonresident: $87,640.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $52,640.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $52,640.00

PROGRAM LENGTH

• • Full-time program (months): 21

ADMISSIONS

• Application Deadlines

  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Apr 15, 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: 600

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

APPLICANTS

• • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 271
  • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 68 %
  • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 32 %
  • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 3 %
  • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 44 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 9
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 2
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 76 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

APPLICANT POOL

• • International applications received: 72 %
  • Applications from women received: 36 %
  • Mean base salary forgone: $38,809.00
  • Median base salary forgone: $32,333.00

CLASS PROFILE

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

  • Female: 32 %
  • International: 57 %
  • Married: 17 %

• Students from following regions:

  • Africa: 5 %
  • Asia: 50 %
  • Europe: 2 %
  • North America: 43 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

  • African American: 8 %
  • Asian American: 0 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 81 %
  • Chose not to report: 8 %
  • Other: 4 %

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

  • Northeast: 8 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 8 %
  • South: 4 %
  • Southwest: 4 %
  • Midwest: 69 %
  • West: 4 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 45
  • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 42

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

  • From: 3
  • To: 84
• • Median age of entering class: 26
  • Mean age of entering class: 27

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: 91 %
  • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 87 %
  • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $30,520.00
  • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $26,931.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
    • academic merit
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
  • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $17,153.00
  • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 100 %
  • 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: $17,858.00

GMAT

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

  • 10th Percentile 510
  • 25th Percentile 570
  • 75th Percentile 660
  • 90th Percentile 700
  • 50th Percentile (median) 630
  • Average GMAT Score 612

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 10th Percentile 550
  • 25th Percentile 590
  • 90th Percentile 730
  • 75th Percentile 690
  • 50th Percentile (median) 635
  • Average GMAT Score 633

CLASS OFFERINGS

• • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 40
  • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 26
  • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 57

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

  • Green Finance (BAFI 427)

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

  • • MBA/MS (Science)
    • MBA/JD (Law)
    • MBA/MD (Medicine)
    • Other
    • MBA/MSN (Nursing)
    • MBA/MIM (International Management)
    • MBA/MSM (Management)
• • 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:

  • • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Finance
    • General Management
    • Leadership
    • Organizational Behavior

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 91

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 34
  • Non-Tenured: 35

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 22

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 4
  • Non-Tenured: 20

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 8
  • Non-Tenured: 11

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 4
  • Non-Tenured: 10

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 34
  • Non-Tenured: 37

STUDENT LIFE

• Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

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

• Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • International Club
    • Women in MBA
    • Other
    • Volunteer
    • Wine

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods used:

  • Case Study: 25 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 5 %
  • Lectures: 45 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
  • Other: 0 %

• 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: HD video cameras to produce HD quality content; LED light kit to provide better lighting for productions; Portable Polycom videoconference unit to provide higher bandwidth videoconferences; DVD cameras and recorders for Case-style interviews; class audience response systems for immediate feedback; increased number of technology enhanced classrooms; increased analytical software packages for faculty and students; Qualtrics for robust surveys; Identity Finder.
  • Amount spent: $3,734,147.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 17,656
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $702.00
  • 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: $104,139,776.00
  • 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://alumnet.case.edu/s/944/index.aspx
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/55162/16D39702C62B
  • 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: 76 %
  • Graduates not seeking employment: 18 %
  • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 6 %

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

  • Destination: National Black MBA Conference, Career Fair, LA
  • Month: September 2010
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: National Hispanic MBA Conference, Career Fair, Chicago
  • Month: October 2010
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: Treck to New York
  • Month: April 2011
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: Net Impact Conference, Career Fail, Michigan
  • Month: October 2010
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: Asian MBA Career Fair
  • Month: September 2010
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial

• Primary source of job offer:

  • School-facilitated activities: 58 %
  • Graduate-facilitated activities: 29 %
  • No information provided by graduate: 13 %

• Job Offers for 2011 graduates

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 64 %
  • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 24 %
  • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 4 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer: 8 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 64 %
  • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 24 %
  • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 4 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 8 %

• Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

  • Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC) 2
  • ALCOA 2
  • Imagine Software 2
  • McKinsey and Company 1
  • Accenture 1
  • Deloitte Consulting 1
  • University Hospital Case Medical System 1
  • Key Corporation 1
  • Ernst and Young 1
  • KPMG 1
  • Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) 1
  • Cliffs Natural Resources 1
  • IBM 1
  • Avery Dennison 1
  • Sherwin Williams 1
• • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 38 %

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

  • Mean base salary: $77,440.00
  • Median base salary: $75,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $9,650.00
  • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $37,000.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $8,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 24 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 29 %
  • General Management: 11 %
  • Human Resources: 2 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 11 %
  • Management Information Systems: 3 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
  • Other: 13 %

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Government: 0 %
  • Consulting: 15 %
  • Consumer Products: 0 %
  • Financial Services: 20 %
  • Manufacturing: 20 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 7 %
  • Non-Profit: 3 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Technology: 13 %
  • Other: 9 %

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

  • Africa: 2 %
  • Asia: 7 %
  • Europe: 0 %
  • North America: 89 %
  • Oceania: 2 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

  • Northeast: 10 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 8 %
  • South: 2 %
  • Southwest: 2 %
  • Midwest: 71 %
  • West: 6 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

• Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

  • Cleveland Clinic 4
  • IBM 2
  • ALCOA 2
  • Buckeye Business Products 2
  • Entrepreneurs EDGE 2
  • Matrix Point Group 2
  • Dixon Hughes 2
  • Deloitte 1
  • Cliffs Natural Resources 1
  • NBC Universal 1
  • Ingersoll-Rand 1
  • Lubrizol 1
  • Phillips 1
  • Poly One 1
  • Swagelok 1
• • Internships awarded that are paid: 90 %

• Weekly internship compensation:

  • Mean: $708.00
  • Median: $750.00
• • Average internship length in weeks: 10

SCHOOL COMMENTS

• • School Comments: In today's business environment, creativity is as vital as number crunching, and people and the planet are part of every equation. That is why Weatherhead's Manage by Designing and Sustainable Enterprise initiatives inform our MBA curriculum every step of the way. We integrate a system-wide perspective that comes from design into a management science that seeks value on the bottom line, and beyond.

• • -The Weatherhead School of Management has incredible professors and takes a hands-on approach towards learning. I could not have asked for a better place to learn, grow and develop my skills.
    
    -Was not highly impressed with the student body and the quality of professors varied dramatically. Cleveland is also not a promising city in terms of the job market and future growth.
    
    -Case Western Reserve is a fantastic institution and Weatherhead's MBA program is vastly underrated. It is clearly the best program in Ohio and one of the best in the nation.
    
    -I think that Weatherhead is the right place for those interested in a more academic-oriented MBA. Not for those interested in the typical "B-school."
    
    -Case has great faculty and students and I really learned a lot while I was there. The problem with a small school in Cleveland is that there are not many recruiters that come to our school. Case places well in the Midwest, but not on the coasts. With a class size of 70 students and half being international, employers can better use their resources to recruit at other schools. That being said, the quality of students is top notch at Weatherhead. Our school won three case competitions this year (ACG Cup Cleveland, CFA Institute Cleveland, Aspen Institute Global), defeating top schools such as Northwestern, Columbia, Ohio State, and Notre Dame. Great school, great faculty, great students, but need serious help in recruiting and career placement.
    
    -The school is an excellent place for a business program if all the resources are used wisely. World-class professors, well designed curriculum, flexibility of choosing streams and subjects, and access to professors unveils incredible amount of potential in the students. An internship and opportunity to work with the management team helped grow faster since business concepts could be applied right away.
    
    -The program is fantastic, but the career center is not. They have no reach, no clout, and hardly any ability at all to get students jobs once they graduate.
    
    -I think Weatherhead offers an incredible array of opportunities and it is paving the way to the new frontier of how to do business. Meanwhile, the city of Cleveland has plenty to offer from entertainment to art, which fosters the academic environment nourished at Weatherhead.
    
    -The Weatherhead School is one of the best schools for its behavioral studies. I took a couple of relevant classes and kept constant touch with the professors that helped me get much better on interpersonal development fronts. Experience with the classes such as Business Plan, Six Sigma, and so on, where I got opportunity to work directly with the companies. This gave me high level of confidence to deal with managerial problems. I would definitely recommend this school to the future students.
    
    -They could expand the course offerings (e.g. e-marketing).