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

Claremont Graduate University

Drucker Graduate School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA Program
      • Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
      • 1021 N Dartmouth Ave
      • CA
      • Claremont, 91711, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.drucker.cgu.edu
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: drucker@cgu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 230
      • Full-Time MBA: 101
      • Part-Time MBA: 28
      • Executive MBA: 92
      • PhD Program: 9

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $94,860.00
      • Nonresident: $94,860.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $15,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $15,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 1, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 1, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 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: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 146
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 55 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 49 %
      • 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: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 100 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 55 %
      • Applications from women received: 27 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 25 %
      • International: 52 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 50 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 48 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 5 %
      • Asian American: 16 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 37 %
      • Chose not to report: 32 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 5 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 11 %
      • West: 84 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 42
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 24

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 89
      • Median age of entering class: 27
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • 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
      • 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: $9,486.00
      • 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

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 10th Percentile 530
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 596

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 640
      • 10th Percentile 569
      • 90th Percentile 691
      • 75th Percentile 668
      • Average GMAT Score 633
      • 25th Percentile 592

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 28
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 23
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 36

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

      • Creating Value Through Information Technology
      • Managing Information Technology in the 21st Century
      • Leadership Organization and Strategy
      • Leadership & Followership

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

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Leadership
        • Strategy
        • International Business

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

        • MBA/MSIM (Information Management)
        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other
      • 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
        • Leadership
        • Strategy

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 37

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 19

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 12

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 30

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Investment Banking

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Black MBA Association
        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • Women in MBA
        • Other
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 20 %

    • 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: New A/V setup

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,490
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 9
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 4
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $197.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $44,161,165.00
      • 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://alumnicommunity.cgu.edu/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.druckeralumni.org/
      • 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: 67 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 29 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

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

      • Destination: New York City Mathematics Fair
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Las Vegas trips to various companies occupied by alumni
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Chicago for NSHMBA fair
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 10 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 90 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 20 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 53 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 27 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 20 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 53 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 27 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Southern California Edison 3
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 1
      • Deloitte 1
      • American Heart Association 1
      • China Trust Bank 1
      • Intel Corp. 1
      • Peppers & Rodgers Consulting 1
      • Cognizant Consulting 1
      • ADP 1
      • BDEGI USA Inc. 1
      • Towers Watson 1
      • Northrop Grumman 1
      • Raytheon 1
      • Union Bank 1
      • Bersin & Associates 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 13 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $72,000.00
      • Median base salary: $69,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $9,000.00
      • Median signing bonus: $7,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

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

      • Consulting: 42 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 21 %
      • General Management: 4 %
      • Human Resources: 4 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 8 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 38 %
      • Financial Services: 25 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 13 %
      • Technology: 13 %
      • Other: 3 %

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

      • Asia: 8 %
      • North America: 92 %

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

      • Northeast: 9 %
      • West: 91 %

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