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

University of Central Arkansas

  • Program Basics

      • MBA Program
      • University of Central Arkansas
      • 201 Donaghey Ave., COB 102H
      • Conway,, 72035, Arkansas
      • United States
      • Program Web site: www.uca.edu/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@uca.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 109
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $8,515.00
      • Nonresident: $15,046.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $17,500.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $24,050.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Aug 19, 2011
      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Jan 9, 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Jan 11, 2013
      • 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: Important
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 32
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 81 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 77 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • 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: Recommended
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 80 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 90 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 37 %
      • Applications from women received: 40 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 25 %
      • International: 30 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 5 %
      • Asia: 25 %
      • North America: 70 %

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

      • South: 95 %
      • Midwest: 5 %
      • Median age of entering class: 25
      • Mean age of entering class: 23

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
        • financial need
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $0.00
      • 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):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • Average GMAT Score 525

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 500
      • Average GMAT Score 620

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 18

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

        • Accounting
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Strategy
        • Accounting
        • Economics
        • Organizational Behavior

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 67

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 31
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 31
      • Non-Tenured: 13

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Requirements for graduation:

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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: All new computers in labs! Faculty new computers. All new AudioVisual Systems in classrooms. Flat TV screens TV's in all conderence rooms.
      • Amount spent: $500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • 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.facebook.com/group.php?gid
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www:facebook.com/group.php?gid
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

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

      • Destination: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • No information provided by graduate: 100 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Acxiom NA
      • Hewlett Packard NA
      • Target NA
      • J. B. Hunt NA
      • Walmart NA

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