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

George Mason University

School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Traditional MBA
      • School of Management - Graduate Progams
      • 4400 University Drive
      • MSN 5A2
      • Fairfax, 22030, Virginia
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.gmu.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@gmu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 396
      • Full-Time MBA: 85
      • Part-Time MBA: 278
      • Executive MBA: 33
      • PhD Program: 0
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
        • Master of Technology
      • MS Real Estate Development

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $38,200.00
      • Nonresident: $68,200.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $37,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $51,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Mar 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2011
      • Deadline: Jun 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: 570

    • 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: 227
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 58 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 27 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 80 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 19 %
      • Applications from women received: 34 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $44,000.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $48,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 38 %
      • International: 18 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 30 %
      • Europe: 9 %
      • North America: 59 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %

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

      • Asian American: 16 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 64 %
      • Chose not to report: 12 %
      • Other: 4 %

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

      • Mid-Atlantic: 92 %
      • Southwest: 8 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 45
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 36

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

      • From: 12
      • To: 84
      • Median age of entering class: 25
      • 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
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Only to domestic students

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • 25th Percentile 520
      • Average GMAT Score 557
      • 10th Percentile 440

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 10th Percentile 560
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 613

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 45
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 23
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 26

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

      • Consulting
      • Management of Technology and Innovation Process
      • International Marketing

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Real Estate
        • Accounting
        • International Business
      • Project Management, Tourism and Events Management
      • 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:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Strategy
        • International Business
        • Accounting
        • Organizational Behavior

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 139

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 36
      • Non-Tenured: 49

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 53

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 9
      • Non-Tenured: 22

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 38
      • Non-Tenured: 35

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 2 %
      • Experiential Learning: 8 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Equipment and software upgrades, additional research data bases, creation of computer lab.
      • Amount spent: $723,290.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,010
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $167.00
      • 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: $3,681,894.00
      • 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.gmu.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.gmu.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: 15 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 15 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 70 %

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

      • Destination: MBA CareerQuest - University of Maryland
      • Month: September
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: NY/Wall Street (MBASA Sponsored)
      • Month: August
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • No information provided by graduate: 100 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 15 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 85 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 15 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 85 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • U.S. Customs and Boarder Patrol 1
      • National Building Museum 1
      • Academy for Practical Nursing 1

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

      • General Management: 67 %
      • Human Resources: 33 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 34 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 33 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 33 %

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

      • North America: 100 %

    • Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Mid-Atlantic: 100 %

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