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

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Colorado at Boulder

  • Program Basics

      • MBA Program
      • Leeds School of Business
      • Leeds School of Business
      • 419 UCB
      • Boulder, 803090419, Colorado
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://leeds.colorado.edu/mba#welcome
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: leedsmba@colorado.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 457
      • Full-Time MBA: 210
      • Part-Time MBA: 123
      • Executive MBA: 77
      • PhD Program: 47
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $16,232.00
      • Nonresident: $30,290.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $34,600.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $49,432.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • 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: 600

    • 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: 325
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 57 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 53 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 40 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 39
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 15
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 82 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 11 %
      • Applications from women received: 28 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 21 %
      • International: 13 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 8 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 87 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %

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

      • African American: 1 %
      • Asian American: 3 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 88 %
      • Chose not to report: 5 %

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

      • Northeast: 4 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
      • South: 8 %
      • Southwest: 65 %
      • Midwest: 10 %
      • West: 9 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 60
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 50

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

      • From: 26
      • To: 104
      • Median age of entering class: 29
      • Mean age of entering class: 28

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $10,193.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 84 %
      • 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: $53,078.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • Average GMAT Score 601
      • 10th Percentile 490

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 620
      • 10th Percentile 570
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • Average GMAT Score 628
      • 25th Percentile 590
      • 75th Percentile 650

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 57
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 21
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 39

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

        • MBA/MCS (Computer Science)
        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
      • 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
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Real Estate

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 118

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 41
      • Non-Tenured: 77

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 37

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Experiential Learning: 25 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: 4 full classroom upgrades, 16 partial classroom upgrades, 18 partial teamroom upgrades, lecture capture technology upgrades, 4 new physical servers, 4 new VM hosts, 5 new custom built applications, 3 new out-of-the-box applications, new Xerox printing contract, new Leeds website
      • Amount spent: $527,400.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,237
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 12 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $333.00
      • 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: $44,024,920.00
      • 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.foreverbuffsnetwork.org
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://leeds.colorado.edu/leedslink
      • 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: 77 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 12 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 11 %

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

      • Destination: NSHMBA Conference & Career Fair
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Net Impact
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Silicon Valley Trek
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 39 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 31 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 30 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 41 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 39 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 28 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 34 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 32 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 34 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Oracle 3
      • Dish Network 3
      • Ball Corporation 2
      • Wells Fargo 2
      • Real Capital Solutions 2
      • Google 1
      • RES Americas 1
      • Digital Globe 1
      • Egg Strategy 1
      • Gamesa 1
      • WW Reynolds 1
      • Report Grid 1
      • Zayo Group 1
      • American Recreation Products 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 11 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $71,040.00
      • Median base salary: $72,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $4,400.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $8,800.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $10,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 34 %
      • General Management: 19 %
      • Human Resources: 9 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 6 %
      • Other: 15 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 2 %
      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 11 %
      • Financial Services: 11 %
      • Manufacturing: 4 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
      • Non-Profit: 4 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 14 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
      • Real Estate: 15 %
      • Technology: 17 %
      • Other: 8 %

    • 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: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 92 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 4 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • Digital Globe 3
      • Encana 3
      • NREL 3
      • Deloitte Consulting 2
      • UDR 2
      • Cummins Rocky Mountain 2
      • Covidien 2
      • White Wave Foods 2
      • Tech Stars 2
      • Rally Software 1
      • Level 3 1
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 1
      • PepsiCo 1
      • Boeing 1
      • Ball Corporation 1

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