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

Florida State University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 396
      • Full-Time MBA: 38
      • Part-Time MBA: 302
      • PhD Program: 56
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of Marketing
      • Master of Science in Risk Management

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $17,673.00
      • Nonresident: $44,192.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 1, 2012
      • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
      • 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
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Not Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 169
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 66 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 62 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 57
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 25
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 14 %
      • Applications from women received: 28 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 23 %
      • International: 9 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 9 %

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

      • African American: 2 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 13 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 84 %
      • Chose not to report: 1 %

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

      • Northeast: 4 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
      • South: 89 %
      • Midwest: 1 %
      • West: 1 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 23
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 11

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

      • From: 5
      • To: 39
      • Median age of entering class: 30
      • Mean age of entering class: 24

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 33 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 33 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $1,500.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $1,500.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and 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: $2,000.00
      • 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 (incoming class):

      • 90th Percentile 620
      • Average GMAT Score 550
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 10th Percentile 460

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 50
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 35

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

        • Real Estate
        • Public Administration

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 109

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 60
      • Non-Tenured: 42

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 57
      • Non-Tenured: 34

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 25 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %

    • 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

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,325
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $600.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
      • Business School endowment: $54,799,437.00
      • 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.fsu.edu/alumni/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.cob.fsu.edu/alumni/
      • 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: 80 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 5 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 15 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 34 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 45 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 11 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 10 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 34 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 45 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 11 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 10 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $62,000.00
      • Median base salary: $58,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $5,000.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00

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