FULL-TIME MBA Profiles Publish Date 11/13/08

Georgetown University

McDonough School of Business

Getting In

PROGRAM BASICS

Full-time MBA Program

The Robert Emmett McDonough School of Business

37th & O Streets NW
Washington , D.C. 20057

Program Web site:

http://msb.georgetown.edu

Status:

Private Institution

Program e-mail address:

mba@georgetown.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1981
Part-time MBA : 2005
Undergraduate business program: 1957
Executive MBA: 1994

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $ 83,868
Nonresident : $ 83,868
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $ 65,000
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $ 65,000

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 933
Full-time MBA: 521
Part-time MBA: 280
Executive MBA: 106

Other: 26

Undergraduate business school enrollment

1,345

Other graduate degree programs:

Executive Masters in Leadership

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

November 7, 2008 January 16, 2009 April 3, 2009 n/a

Does the program have rolling admissions?

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:

Very Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Very Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

1883

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

30 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

45 %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

03 %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

21 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

338

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

132

Applicant interviews are:

Required

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

52 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

38 %

Applications from women received:

33 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$ 61,177

Median base salary forgone:

$ 56,850

CLASS PROFILE

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

Female: 30 %
International: 24 %
Married: 17 %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

African American: 03 %
Asian American: 17 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 02 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 04 %
Native American: 0 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 66 %
Chose not to report: 04 %
Other: 04 %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 01 %
Asia: 18 %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 01 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 04 %
Middle East: 02 %
North America: 72 %
Oceania : 0 %
Western Europe: 03 %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 07 %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 29 %
Mid-Atlantic: 41 %
South: 09 %
Southwest: 03 %
Midwest : 05 %
West: 13 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

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

From: 34
To: 102

Median age of entering class:

Mean age of entering class:

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

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:

10-15

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:

$ 20,242

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?

Only to domestic students

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?

GMAT required

Mean : 678
Median: 680

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From: 640
To: 730

Academics & Lifestyle

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

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

Internet Advertising and Marketing
Economics of Strategic Behavior
Strategic Pricing
Options Based Positioning and Trade Concepts
Alternative Investments

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

2008

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

International Business

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?

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

120

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 50
Non-Tenured: 24

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 46

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 12

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 6

International Faculty

Tenured: 2
Non-Tenured: 6

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 50
Non-Tenured: 21

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

17 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

18 %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Investment Banking

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

Nonprofit

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: 25 %
Distance Learning: 0 %
Experiential Learning: 15 %
Lecture: 35 %
Simulations: 0 %
Team Project: 25 %
Other: 0 %

Requirements for graduation:

Students are required to complete international experience

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties

TECHNOLOGY

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

We have enhanced remote connectivity and enhanced our network infrastructure. We made several email enhancements. We now have laptop support, streaming video, web conferencing support, full time staff increases, PDA support, video-teleconferencing, and expanded research databases.

Amount spent:

$ 402,000

Alumni Affairs & Careers

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

4,776

Active MBA alumni clubs

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

5. %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$ 750

Median gift from MBA alumni

$ 100

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

Business School Endowment

$ 39,530,339

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.georgetown.edu

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://msb.georgetown.edu/alumni

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 76 %
Graduates not seeking employment: 12 %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 12 %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 39 %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 0 %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 19 %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 12 %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 30 %

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

Destination: New York - to visit Financial Services & Marketing companies
Month: October (two separately planned trips)
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: National Black MBA Association Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: partial (and for diversity candidates only)
Destination: California - to visit a variety of companies (mostly in Bay Area)
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: National Society of Hispanic MBAs Conference
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: partial (and for diversity candidates only)
Destination: DC Trek - to visit Consulting companies in DC area
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: none

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 69 %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 31 %
No information provided by graduate: 0 %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2007-08:

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 91 %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 08 %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
Did not report having received a job offer: 01 %

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

	Citigroup Inc.		16
	7
	6
	Deutsche Bank AG		5
	JPMorgan Chase & Co.		5
	Bank of America Corp.		4
	Booz Allen Hamilton		3
	3
	International Bus. Machines		3
	Merrill Lynch		3
	3
	Target Corp.		3
	2
	2
	Procter & Gamble		2

	Deloitte Consulting		7
	Johnson & Johnson		6
	Federal Bureau of Investigation		3
	Shinhan Bank		3
	Wachovia		2
	MillerCoors		2

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

82 %

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

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $ 94,137
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $ 95,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 24,767
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $ 19,485
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $ 12,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 20 %
Finance/Accounting: 43 %
General Management: 14 %
Human Resources: 0 %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 17 %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 01 %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 04 %
Other: 01 %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 03 %
Consulting: 19 %
Consumer Products: 08 %
Financial Services: 45 %
Manufacturing: 01 %
Media/Entertainment: 03 %
Non-Profit: 01 %
Petroleum/Energy: 01 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 04 %
Real Estate: 02 %
Technology: 06 %
Other: 07 %

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

Africa: 0 %
Asia: 13 %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 01 %
Middle East: 01 %
North America: 84 %
Oceana: 0 %
Western Europe: 02 %

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

Northeast: 44 %
Mid-Atlantic: 29 %
South: 03 %
Southwest: 03 %
Midwest: 09 %
West: 12 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Canada: 0 %

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2007-08:

Top Companies - Internships:

	Citigroup Inc.		13
	9
	American Express		8
	6
	Intel		6
	JPMorgan Chase & Co.		5
	Unilever		4
	4
	Merrill Lynch		4
	4
	4
	Bank of America Corp.		3
	Lehman Bros.		3
	Booz Allen Hamilton		3
	3

	Johnson & Johnson		9
	Wachovia		6
	Scotiabank		4
	FolioFN		4
	Deloitte Consulting		4
	Campbell Soup Company		3

Mean and median intern compensation per week:

Mean : 1,468
Median: 1,500

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

N/A

Graduate Comments

There are more self-made successful people at Georgetown than I found at other schools, which means they are more down to earth, helpful, and hard-working. I couldn't imagine a better group of people with whom to share two difficult years of my life. -- Finance

Georgetown's MBA program helped me achieve my goals, but I have seen many classmates return to their pre-MBA employers because Georgetown did not help them advance in their careers. -- Consulting

Georgetown, regrettably, seems to be a "me-too" b-school. The level of education and instruction was below what should be expected from a school of Georgetown's stature. Some of the core course professors had no prior teaching experience. -- Finance

Ultimately, I landed a great position with a top management consulting firm, which is what I came back to school for. -- Consulting

The biggest complaint that many students have is the lack of strategic vision from the school. There have been three or four deans in a short period of time, and the school has not identified its core capability or its position among its peers. -- Finance

The courses challenged me, but not so much that I felt I could not complete the coursework. The class size was small enough that I knew everyone, but big enough that there were diverse experiences to learn from. -- Marketing

The quality of teaching could be better at a top 15 school. Also, recruiting is somewhat challenging because recruiter diversity is limited. -- Finance

While I am happy with my experience, Georgetown did not draw the marketing/brand opportunities that many other programs did. As a result, 85% of my internship search and 100% of my full-time job search was focused on non-Georgetown Career Management opportunities. -- Marketing

Georgetown is a smaller, intimate program that doesn't have the attitude of larger MBA programs. -- Marketing

As Georgetown climbs in the rankings, more high-quality companies are recruiting on-campus. For example, Goldman Sachs, Nike, and Yahoo all came here for the first time this year. -- Finance

Georgetown has a great international focus and is well-positioned in Finance, Marketing, and Consulting. Students have been extremely successful in landing internships and full-time jobs with companies that do not recruit on campus, largely because of the school's reputation. -- Investment Banking

The Washington, D.C. experience was great. I lived in Georgetown, next door to George Stepanopolous and around the corner from Bob Woodward, and I interned at a real-estate fund across from the White House. It was like living on a movie set. -- Consulting

The workload can be daunting because of the quarter system, and finals can clash with crucial recruiting times. -- Venture Capital/Private Equity

Being in D.C., we are close to a number of other key cities (i.e., NYC) and get great access to some of the best minds in the world. We have had on-campus events with people like Christopher Cox, Warren Buffett, Rupert Murdock, Jim Cramer, and Bill Clinton, to name a few. -- Investment Banking

The Georgetown MBA program is relatively young (~25 years old), and it operates in the shadow of the School of Foreign Service and the Law School. But the quality of education I received here was fantastic. -- Finance

D.C. isn't for some people, and highly competitive people aren't really appreciated in our culture. We like smart, capable people, but they better be nice and fun, too. -- Marketing