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

City University, London

Cass Business School

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,880
      • Full-Time MBA: 80
      • Executive MBA: 405
      • PhD Program: 97
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
      • MSc Actuarial Management; MSc Actuarial Science; MSc Banking and International Finance; MSc Energy Trade and Finance; MSc Finance and Investment; MSc Financial Mathematics; MSc Insurance and Risk Management; MSc International Accounting and Finance; MSc Investment Management; MSc Management; MSc Mathematical Trade and Finance; MSc Quantitative Finance; MSc Real Estate; MSc Real Estate Investment; MSc Shipping Trade and Finance; MSc Supply Chain Trade and Finance

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $48,300.00
      • Nonresident: $48,300.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $76,380.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $76,380.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

      • 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: 627

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 456
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 32 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 56 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 43 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 91 %
      • Applications from women received: 31 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 45 %
      • International: 88 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 5 %
      • Asia: 34 %
      • Europe: 36 %
      • North America: 8 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
      • Oceania: 2 %
      • Dual citizenship: 10 %

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

      • Asian American: 20 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 20 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 60 %

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

      • Northeast: 40 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 40 %
      • Southwest: 20 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 91
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 72

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

      • From: 48
      • To: 144
      • Median age of entering class: 30
      • Mean age of entering class: 31

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 83 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 26 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $17,361.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $15,590.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
        • 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: $12,410.00
      • 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 (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 25th Percentile 600
      • 10th Percentile 570
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 50th Percentile (median) 640
      • Average GMAT Score 635

  • 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: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 32

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

      • Corporate Strategy in a Globalised World
      • Managing Value Creation: Linking Strategy and Finance
      • Strategic Marketing in Action
      • 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
        • Marketing
        • Strategy
        • Accounting
        • Organizational Behavior

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 257

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 90
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 23
      • Non-Tenured: 136

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 29
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 59
      • Non-Tenured: 68

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 98
      • Non-Tenured: 58

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • VC/ Private Equity
        • Investment Banking

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Black MBA Association
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer
        • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • 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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We have heavily invested in technology which impacts the experience of Cass students. This includes our Careers portal (bringing students and employers closer together); student virtual desktop environment; high-tech classroom facilities (audio visual and interactive technologies); new virtual learning environment and Cass Knowledge website which showcases and disseminates faculty research. We've also rebuilt the school website to make it fresher and more accessible.
      • Amount spent: $3,290,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 8,118
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 56
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 54
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $10,244.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $155.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $8,499,984.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cass.city.ac.uk/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: 96 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 4 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: Management Consulting Careers Fair
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: Full ($1125)
      • Destination: Credit Suisse Recruiter Day
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Ernst & Young Recruiter Day
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 29 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 71 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 73 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 14 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 6 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 7 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Ernst & Young 4
      • Deutsche Bank 3
      • Royal Bank of Scotland 3
      • Barclays 2
      • Cummins 2
      • PWC 1
      • Financial Services Authority 1
      • Russell Investments 1
      • HSBC 1
      • Universal Music 1
      • Deloitte 1
      • Bloomberg 1
      • Nomura 1
      • JP Morgan 1
      • Morgan Stanley 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 65 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $87,310.00
      • Median base salary: $85,706.00

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

      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 31 %
      • General Management: 33 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 8 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 6 %
      • Other: 3 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 8 %
      • Consulting: 26 %
      • Consumer Products: 8 %
      • Financial Services: 30 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 5 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 2 %
      • Real Estate: 4 %
      • Technology: 2 %
      • Other: 6 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 19 %
      • Europe: 73 %
      • North America: 2 %
      • Oceania: 1 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %

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

      • West: 100 %

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

      • Deutsche Bank London 7
      • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP 3
      • JP Morgan 3
      • Fidelity Investments 2
      • Lloyds Banking Group 2
      • Unilever 2
      • Williams Lea (DHL) 2
      • Johnson & Johnson 1
      • Credit Suisse 1
      • Ernst & Young 1
      • Finance in Motion 1
      • Morgan Sindall Real Estate 1
      • Standard & Poor 1
      • Financial Services Authority 1
      • Travis Perkins 1
      • Average internship length in weeks: 9

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: We are committed to continually building the MBA value proposition - in terms of both academic excellence and student experience and this is facilitated when Faculty, professional staff and MBA students, past and present, actively collaborate. It is our ambition that every departing cohort does so with some regret that they are unable to begin their learning with us all over again.

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