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

Clemson University

College of Business & Behavioral Science

  • Program Basics

      • Clemson Full-Time MBA
      • College of Business & Behavioral Science
      • 55 E. Camperdown Way
      • Clemson at the Falls
      • Greenville, 29601, South Carolina
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.clemson.edu/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@clemson.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 492
      • Full-Time MBA: 129
      • Part-Time MBA: 201
      • PhD Program: 80
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Marketing

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $19,336.00
      • Nonresident: $38,548.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $39,975.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $60,187.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 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?

        • 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: Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 127
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 48 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 57 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 3
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 41 %
      • Applications from women received: 39 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 31 %
      • International: 14 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 9 %
      • North America: 91 %

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

      • African American: 10 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 87 %
      • Other: 3 %

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

      • South: 91 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 3 %
      • West: 3 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 50
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 30

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 120
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • Mean age of entering class: 29

  • 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: $6,000.00
      • 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 510
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • Average GMAT Score 553
      • 10th Percentile 419
      • 75th Percentile 618

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 500
      • Average GMAT Score 569
      • 25th Percentile 510
      • 50th Percentile (median) 565
      • 75th Percentile 605
      • 90th Percentile 651

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 37
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 22
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 8

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

        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Supply Chain Management
      • Services Science

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/March (Architecture)
        • MBA/PhD
      • 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:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Management Information Systems
        • Supply Chain Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 179

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 98
      • Non-Tenured: 58

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 98
      • Non-Tenured: 43

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 15 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Students with less than 2 years of career relevant work experience must complete a 6 credit hour internship.

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgraded networks and servers, enhanced instructional support software, improved student/faculty technical support

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,112
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • 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.clemson.edu/alumni/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://career.clemson.edu/alumni/
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 63 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 3 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 34 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 40 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 60 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 41 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 27 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 32 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 41 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 27 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 32 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Chicago Pneumatic 2
      • JP Morgan 1
      • Plastic Omnium 1
      • Saddle Beck Eye Center 1
      • Hawley & Marshall Law, PLC 1
      • Basic International 1
      • Evergreen Packaging 1
      • Southern Weaving 1
      • Schneider Electric 1
      • Independent Container Line, LTD Resurgent Capital
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 13 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $53,139.00
      • Median base salary: $50,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $4,500.00
      • Median signing bonus: $4,500.00

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

      • Consulting: 12 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 7 %
      • General Management: 12 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 33 %
      • Management Information Systems: 12 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
      • Other: 12 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Financial Services: 13 %
      • Manufacturing: 54 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 13 %
      • Other: 20 %

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

      • Africa: 93 %
      • Asia: 7 %

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

      • South: 86 %
      • Midwest: 7 %
      • West: 7 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 12

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

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