Emory University

PROGRAM BASICS

Full Time MBA Program

Goizueta Business School

1300 Clifton Road
Atlanta , Georgia 30322

Program Web site:

http://www.goizueta.emory.edu

Status:

Private Institution

Program e-mail address:

admissions@bus.emory.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1954
Part-time MBA : 1992
Undergraduate business program: 1919
Executive MBA: 1979
PhD program: 2002

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  82,856
Nonresident : $  82,856
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  24,033
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  24,033

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

21

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 862
Full-time MBA: 373
Part-time MBA: 314
Executive MBA: 175

PhD program: 41

Undergraduate business school enrollment

644

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

Nov. 1, 2008 Dec. 8, 2008 Feb. 1, 2009 Mar. 1, 2009

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 Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other: N/A

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

600

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

Very Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Very Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

1216

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

29 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

45 %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

2 %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

21 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

171

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:

24

Applicant interviews are:

Recommended

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

68 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

61 %

Applications from women received:

33 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  49,242

Median base salary forgone:

$  50,410

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:

Female: 39  %
International: 42  %
Married: 29  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

African American: 11  %
Asian American: 8  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 3  %
Native American: 1  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 29  %
Chose not to report: 3  %
Other: 4  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 1  %
Asia: 35  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 1  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 6  %
North America: 55  %
Western Europe: 2  %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 1  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 12  %
Mid-Atlantic: 8  %
South: 59  %
Southwest: 5  %
Midwest : 10  %
West: 5  %
Possessions and territories: 1  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

57

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

50

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

From:  28
To:  93

Median age of entering class:

28

Mean age of entering class:

28

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Central financial aid office at the university

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

100 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

86 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  41,310

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  40,500

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

academic merit

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

all candidates are considered for scholarship

Mean scholarships awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:

$  27,491

Percentage of second-year students receiving the same or more amount of money in their second year of study:

100 %

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:

$  56,634

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 680
Median: 685

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  620
To:  750

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

55

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

30

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

59

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:

Doing Deals: Private Equity
Strategic Networks
Social Enterprise
Corporate Strategy & Mergers & Acquisitions
New Product Lab

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:

2008

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

International Business

Leadership

Marketing

Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Real Estate

Statistics and Operations Research

Strategy

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

Other

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

Yes

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

105

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 38
Non-Tenured: 46

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 20

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 20

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 7

International Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 11

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 38
Non-Tenured: 47

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Business Law

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

High Tech

Human Resources

Investment Banking

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

Nonprofit

VC/ Private Equity

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Wine

Women in MBA

Other

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used

Case study: 35  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 15  %
Lecture: 30  %
Simulations: 0  %
Team Project: 20  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Other

Additional graduation requirements:

Mgt Practice, Leader Dvpt, Communication, Prof Devpt

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Advanced presentation technology exists in all classrooms, breakout rooms and meeting spaces. Completed infrastructure for new building with $1.9 mil investment in AV & network technology. One network supports both buildings with 2700 wired connects. Seamless wireless within the Goizueta buildings and campus-wide. New broadcast video studio, behavioral research lab, multimedia development center & video capture services. Recently added LCD panels and a flexible hands-on teaching classroom.

Amount spent:

$  3,650,000

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

7,423

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

17 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  271

Median gift from MBA alumni

$  85

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?

Yes

Business School Endowment

$  106,788,258

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.emory.edu/eaa.cfm

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.goizueta.emory.edu/alumni/index.asp

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 79  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 20  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 2  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 34  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 0  %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 5  %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 26  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 34  %

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

Destination: Wall Street - New York, NY
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Marketing - New York, NY
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Healthcare - Atlanta, GA
Month: February
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: Corporate Finance - Atlanta, GA
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: Investment Banking - Charlotte, NC
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: partial

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 50  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 50  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 82  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 12  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 4  %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

72 %

Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  93,620
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  95,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  20,215
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  15,053
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  10,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 27  %
Finance/Accounting: 22  %
General Management: 14  %
Human Resources: 1  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 30  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 1  %
Other: 5  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 0  %
Consulting: 20  %
Consumer Products: 9  %
Financial Services: 26  %
Manufacturing: 6  %
Media/Entertainment: 2  %
Non-Profit: 0  %
Petroleum/Energy: 4  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 6  %
Real Estate: 3  %
Technology: 5  %
Other: 19  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 3  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 2  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 3  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 92  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 0  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 15  %
Mid-Atlantic: 4  %
South: 56  %
Southwest: 6  %
Midwest: 10  %
West: 1  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 8  %

Top Companies - Internships:

Mean : N/A Median: N/A

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

Per CSC Standards guidelines, we do not report the number of companies that recruited and posted jobs on campus. Additionally, per CSC Standards guidelines, we do not report information on internships. Additional new electives: Social Media & Virtual Communities Facilitating & Leading Teams Real Estate Market Analysis Project Management & Collaboration Managing Digital Products Adv. Management Communication Goizueta offers a variety of loans for students who are US citizens, permanent residents, or international students who can secure a US co-signer.