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

University of Cincinnati

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Carl H. Lindner College of Business
      • 2925 Campus Green Drive
      • Lindner Hall 606
      • Cincinnati, 45221-0020, Ohio
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.business.uc.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: graduate@uc.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 599
      • Full-Time MBA: 138
      • Part-Time MBA: 95
      • Executive MBA: 0
      • PhD Program: 45
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Other
        • Master of Marketing
      • Master of Quantitative Analysis

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $26,468.00
      • Nonresident: $32,580.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $39,374.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $46,015.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 15, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • 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: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Considered
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 174
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 88 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 58 %
      • 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: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 6 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 10 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 44 %
      • Applications from women received: 43 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $41,545.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $36,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 29 %
      • International: 49 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 42 %
      • Europe: 7 %
      • North America: 51 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 10 %
      • Asian American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 2 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
      • South: 8 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 90 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 28
      • 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: 42
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • Mean age of entering class: 25

  • 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: 38 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 86 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $17,182.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $19,244.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic 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: $15,206.00
      • 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
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $22,354.00

  • 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) 580
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • Average GMAT Score 568
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 10th Percentile 440

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • Average GMAT Score 586
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 25th Percentile 550
      • 50th Percentile (median) 590
      • 90th Percentile 670

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 80
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 65
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 102

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Real Estate
        • Operations Management
        • International Business
        • Tax
      • Quantitative Analysis

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSN (Nursing)
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • International Business
        • Real Estate

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 185

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 61
      • Non-Tenured: 124

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 91

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 57

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 47
      • Non-Tenured: 45

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • Women in MBA

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
      • Case Competition and Capstone Project

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: All first floor classrooms have had audio visual equipment replaced. Two labs have been upgraded and our website received a new design and a new Web Content Management System called CQ5. We have a new calendaring system as well as additional software to the labs and terminal servers. Infrastructure equipment has been replaced and upgraded. Our auditorium has gone through a major renovation.
      • Amount spent: $1,800,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,536
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 6 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,012.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $80.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $34,032,275.00
      • 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.uc.edu/connect/incircle_info.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.business.uc.edu/alumni
      • 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: 64 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 21 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 15 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 21 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 22 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 57 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 64 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 25 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 7 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 4 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 64 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 25 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 7 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 4 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • U.S. Government 2
      • Eureka Ranch 2
      • Ernst & Young 1
      • Convergys 1
      • Luxottica 1
      • Fidelity 1
      • Amazon 1
      • Google 1
      • Boston Consulting 1
      • Cincinnati Children's Hospital 1
      • Western & Southern 1
      • U.C. Medical Center 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 12 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $59,583.00
      • Median base salary: $55,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $10,500.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,500.00

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

      • Consulting: 7 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 42 %
      • General Management: 0 %
      • Human Resources: 7 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 7 %
      • Management Information Systems: 18 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 6 %
      • Consulting: 18 %
      • Consumer Products: 6 %
      • Financial Services: 24 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 6 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 12 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 17 %
      • Other: 11 %

    • 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: 12 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 76 %
      • West: 6 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • Eureka Ranch 3
      • Convergys 1
      • Fidelity 2
      • Great American Insurance 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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