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

Concordia University

Molson School of Business

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,089
      • Full-Time MBA: 275
      • Part-Time MBA: 172
      • Executive MBA: 37
      • PhD Program: 91
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Other
      • MSc in Administration

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $8,267.00
      • Nonresident: $42,705.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $18,063.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $35,608.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 16

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 1, 2012
      • Semester: Winter 2012
      • Deadline: Oct 1, 2011
      • 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: Important
      • Interviews: Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 353
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 44 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 61 %
      • 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: 26 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 9 %
      • Applications from women received: 34 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $57,280.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $62,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 42 %
      • International: 54 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 33 %
      • North America: 15 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 42 %
      • Oceania: 10 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 61
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 48

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

      • From: 24
      • To: 120
      • Median age of entering class: 29
      • 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?
        • a combination of need and merit
        • academic merit
        • financial need

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 50th Percentile (median) 620
      • Average GMAT Score 630
      • 25th Percentile 605

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 620
      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 25th Percentile 605
      • Average GMAT Score 630
      • 90th Percentile 690

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 40
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 35

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

      • Global Financial Markets and Strategic Management
      • Global Climate Change - Opportunities and Threat
      • MBA Community Service Initiative
      • Sustainable Business Strategy
      • 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:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Strategy
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 309

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 102
      • Non-Tenured: 48

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 159

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 51
      • Non-Tenured: 42

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 92
      • Non-Tenured: 64

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 74
      • Non-Tenured: 29

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Environmental

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

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

    • 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: All state-of-the-art classrooms equiped with computer, projector, smart controls; 2 of them equiped with video-conferencing system; Trading Room equiped with Bloomberg terminals and financial datasets; 3 computer labs for students; Laboratory for Sensory Research; Wifi coverage across campus;
      • Amount spent: $1,850,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,571
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 12
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 9
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 9 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,018.00
      • 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: $9,179,898.00
      • 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://alumni.concordia.ca/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://johnmolson.concordia.ca/en/community-a-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: 6 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 31 %

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

      • Destination: Saint Laurent - TD Bank Financial Group
      • Month: October
      • Destination: Dorval, QC - Bombardier
      • Month: March

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 18 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 52 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 28 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 50 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 21 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 7 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 21 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Air Canada 2
      • National Bank of Canada 3
      • Bombardier 2
      • Concordia University 2
      • Pfizer Canada 2
      • Royal Bank of Canada 1
      • Abbott 1
      • CN 1
      • Shell Canada 1
      • Telus 1
      • KPMG 1
      • Averna 1
      • Cargill Inc 1
      • Unilever Canada 1
      • BMO 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 6 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $72,297.00
      • Median base salary: $68,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $10,000.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 10 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 23 %
      • General Management: 11 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 20 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 9 %
      • Other: 23 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 2 %
      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 2 %
      • Financial Services: 25 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 7 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 7 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 11 %
      • Technology: 11 %
      • Other: 26 %

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

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 5 %
      • North America: 87 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %

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

      • RIM 1
      • TElus 1
      • Agricultural and Agrifood Canada 1
      • Sanofi Aventi 1
      • Dundees Securities 1
      • JFL 1
      • Treasury Board of Canada 1
      • GE 1
      • Bell Canada 1
      • Pfizer Canada 1
      • Sunlife Assurances 1
      • Bank of Development of Canada 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $525.00
      • Median: $525.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 16

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