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

University of Delaware

Lerner College of Business & Economics

  • Program Basics

      • University of Delaware Lerner MBA Program
      • Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics
      • 103 Alfred Lerner Hall
      • DE
      • Newark, 19716, Delaware
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.mba.udel.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mbaprograms@udel.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 563
      • Full-Time MBA: 100
      • Part-Time MBA: 234
      • Executive MBA: 26
      • PhD Program: 45
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
      • MS Organizational Effectiveness Development & Change; MS Economics; MA Economics; MS Hospitality Information Systems; MA Economics and Entrepreneurship for Educators

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $28,396.00
      • Nonresident: $52,396.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $28,452.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $40,422.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 1, 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 1, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 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
      • 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: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 24 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 90 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 41 %
      • International: 60 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 59 %
      • Europe: 1 %
      • North America: 38 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 15 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 80 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 5 %
      • 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: $12,970.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 0 %
      • 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

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 30
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 41

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

      • Ethical Leadership Development
      • Selected Topics in Mgmt: The Corporation in Society

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • International Business
      • Museum Leadership & Management

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

        • MBA/MS (Science)
        • MBA/MSIM (Information Management)
        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSME (Mechanical Engineering)
        • 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:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 120

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 81
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 78
      • Non-Tenured: 26

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

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

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • 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://udconnection.com
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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: 70 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 10 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 20 %

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

      • Destination: Wall Street
      • Month: September, March
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Comcast Sports Complex, Philadelphia
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: New York City: Deutsche Bank, Loreal
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 50 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 50 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 30 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 0 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 20 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 30 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 0 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 20 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • JP Morgan 18
      • Ernst & Young 6
      • ING Direct 6
      • PwC 4
      • KPMG 4
      • Stanley Black & Decker 4
      • Bank of America 3
      • Citi 2

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

      • Mean base salary: $55,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $45,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 25 %
      • General Management: 10 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 33 %
      • Management Information Systems: 12 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 8 %
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 75 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $15.00
      • Median: $20.00

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