The Berkeley MBA, Full-time Program
Haas School of Business
S545 Student Services Bldg. #1900
Berkeley ,
California 94720-1900
Program Web site:
Status:
Public Institution
Program e-mail address:
Graduate business school is accredited by:
AACSB International
Years in which the following programs were founded:
Full-time MBA: 1942
Part-time MBA : 1972
Undergraduate business program: 1898
Executive MBA: 2001
Executive Education (non-degree): 1956
PhD program: 1956
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:
Resident : $ 66,475
Nonresident : $ 84,055
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $ 56,126
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $ 64,916
Full-time program (months):
21
Graduate business school enrollment
Total graduate business school: 2210
Full-time MBA: 500
Part-time MBA: 760
Executive MBA: 137
PhD program: 80
Other: 65
Undergraduate business school enrollment
668
Graduate degree programs:
Other graduate degree programs:
Master's in Financial Engineering
Application Deadlines
11/04/08 12/9/08 1/30/09 3/11/09
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?
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:
570
GMAT Score:
Very Important
Resume/Work Experience:
Very Important
Application Essays:
Very Important
Interviews:
Very Important
Recommendations:
Very Important
Undergraduate Transcripts:
Very Important
Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:
3779
Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:
12 %
Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:
54 %
Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:
5 %
Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:
15 %
Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:
368
Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:
35
Applicant interviews are:
By invitation only
Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:
23 %
Admitted applicants who were interviewed:
100 %
International applications received:
37 %
Applications from women received:
31 %
Mean base salary forgone:
$ 70,856
Median base salary forgone:
$ 72,000
Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:
Female: 30
%
International: 39
%
Ethnicity/US Students in Program
African American: 2
%
Asian American: 29
%
Hispanic or Latino American: 2
%
White (Non-Hispanic): 59
%
Chose not to report: 4
%
Other: 4
%
Students from following regions:
Africa : 1
%
Asia: 19
%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 1
%
Latin America and the Caribbean: 6
%
Middle East: 3
%
North America: 60
%
Oceania : 2
%
Western Europe: 8
%
Entering North American citizens by region:
Northeast: 24
%
Mid-Atlantic: 10
%
South: 4
%
Southwest: 4
%
Midwest : 4
%
West: 48
%
Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
65
Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
60
Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:
From:
40
To:
97
Median age of entering class:
28
Mean age of entering class:
29
Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
77 %
Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:
71 %
Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 38,082
Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 38,408
On what basis are scholarships awarded?
financial need
academic merit
a combination of need and merit
some other criteria
Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
11
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:
$ 14,207
Percentage of second-year students receiving the same or more amount of money in their second year of study:
93 %
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:
$ 69,816
Applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes
Mean : 714
Median: 710
Middle 80% range GMAT scores:
From:
670
To:
760
Average students in a full-time MBA core class:
60
Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:
45
Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
116
Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:
Business to Business Marketing
Metrics of
Sustainability
General Management and Strategy
Technology
Innovation and Leadership
Corporate Innovation
Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2006
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
MBA/JD (Law)
MBA/MA (Arts)
MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?
No
Faculty employed by the B-school:
214
Full-time faculty
Tenured: 76
Non-Tenured: 2
Adjunct/Visiting Faculty
Tenured: 16
Non-Tenured: 120
Women on Faculty
Tenured: 20
Non-Tenured: 24
Minority Faculty
Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 15
International Faculty
Tenured: 22
Faculty with PhDs
Tenured: 76
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:
Biotech/Health care
Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
E-business
Entrepreneurship
Environmental
Finance
High Tech
Investment Banking
Marketing
Media & Entertainment
Nonprofit
VC/ Private Equity
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 methods used
Case study: 50
%
Distance Learning: 2
%
Experiential Learning: 10
%
Lecture: 25
%
Simulations: 3
%
Team Project: 10
%
Requirements for graduation:
Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?
Yes
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Unified Messaging: Exchange 2007 Concierge-style laptop support Macintosh support Smartphone support: iPhone, Windowsmobile, PalmOS, and Blackberry Complete remote desktop services Site licensed Microsoft software products for students SAKAI Learning Management System Professionally facilitated, custom IT training Social Networking Tools and “Cloud” computing applications support New Web 2.0 Student Registration System
Amount spent:
$ 16,607,983
Living MBA alumni:
10,867
Active MBA alumni clubs
44
Countries in which MBA clubs exist
17
Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
18 %
Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$ 580
Median gift from MBA alumni
$ 200
Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?
No
Business School Endowment
$ 215,000,000
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:
Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:
Yes
Business school alumni networking site:
Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 85
%
Graduates not seeking employment: 13
%
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: 39
%
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 6
%
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 10
%
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 45
%
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 0
%
Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination: Washington DC
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: Parital
Destination: New York (Wall Street)
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Hong Kong
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Los Angeles
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Silicon Valley
Month: November and March
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Primary Source of Job Offer
School-facilitated activities: 76
%
Graduate-facilitated activities: 23
%
No information provided by graduate: 1
%
Job Offers for 2008 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation: 90
%
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 5
%
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1.5
%
Did not report having received a job offer: 3.5
%
Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:
|
Google Inc. |
8 |
||
|
Amazon.com |
7 |
||
|
Yahoo |
7 |
||
|
Bain & Company |
5 |
||
|
Wells Fargo |
5 |
||
|
Boston Consulting Group |
4 |
||
|
Apple |
3 |
||
|
Morgan Stanley |
3 |
||
|
Bank of America Corp. |
2 |
||
|
Deloitte Consulting |
5 |
||
|
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) |
5 |
||
|
Del Monte |
3 |
||
|
eBay |
3 |
||
|
The Clorox Company |
2 |
||
|
Dow Chemical |
2 |
||
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
79 %
Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $ 108,967
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $ 110,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 22,737
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $ 29,662
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $
18,000
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting: 18
%
Finance/Accounting: 28
%
General Management: 21
%
Human Resources: 2
%
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research,
Advertising, etc.): 25
%
Management Information Systems (MIS): 1
%
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 2
%
Other: 3
%
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
Consulting: 16
%
Consumer Products: 8
%
Financial Services: 21
%
Manufacturing: 2
%
Media/Entertainment: 2
%
Non-Profit: 3
%
Petroleum/Energy: 5
%
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 7
%
Real Estate: 5
%
Technology: 30
%
Other: 1
%
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Asia: 6
%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 1
%
Latin America and the Caribbean: 2
%
Middle East: 1
%
North America: 88
%
Western Europe: 2
%
Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Northeast: 4
%
Mid-Atlantic: 3
%
South: 3
%
Southwest: 1
%
Midwest: 3
%
West: 87
%
Top Companies - Internships:
|
McKinsey & Company |
8 |
||
|
Boston Consulting Group |
8 |
||
|
Google Inc. |
6 |
||
|
Yahoo |
6 |
||
|
Amazon.com |
5 |
||
|
Apple |
5 |
||
|
Goldman Sachs Group |
3 |
||
|
Adobe |
8 |
||
|
McKesson |
5 |
||
|
Microsoft |
5 |
||
|
ZS Associates |
5 |
||
|
Dow Chemical |
4 |
||
|
Johnson & Johnson |
4 |
||
|
Kaiser Permanente |
4 |
||
|
Salesforce.com |
4 |
||
Internships awarded that are paid:
99 %
Mean and median intern compensation per week:
Mean :
1,577
Median:
1,628
Average internship length in weeks:
10
School Comments:
N/A
The small program size was a great attribute - terrific attention from faculty and staff plus no ability to fly under the radar. Truly abundant leadership opportunities. -- Consulting
Berkeley is a very community-oriented school where students work hard and play hard. There is a lot of school spirit and pride. Because it is a state school, students have to be more involved with organizing so that conferences and other events take place. It's got a diverse student body and there's a club for every interest. The professors have a good sense of humor and are able to incorporate that into lectures and class discussions. -- Finance
Haas is a very unique business school, really driven by the student body in many ways. For years, many have been drawn to Haas because of its distinctive culture: students from very diverse interests and backgrounds who have a passion to make a substantive difference, not just make the next buck. -- Human Resources
I loved my Haas classmates. They were intelligent and impressive, but super laid-back and approachable. I consider them friends and an invaluable network. -- Marketing
Classmates were excellent with very diverse interests and backgrounds. That atmosphere was colleagial with everyone contributing to others' learning. The location is great for access to companies and extracurriculars. -- Investment Banking
I had a great experience. I developed personally and professionally and in both areas my expectations were exceeded. -- Consulting
Haas is just outstanding. Its a very collaborative environment. Even if we are competing for the same jobs everyone still helped each other during interviews. We believe that we should be accepted based not on how we can beat the other guy but more by rising up to the recruiters needs. -- Marketing
.
The great asset of this program is people. All top 10 schools have strong academics so the difference in my opinion is about the character of each school. At Haas I found diversity but at the same time a common feeling that people matter the most. -- Investment Banking
I found the Haas MBA program to be a great stepping stone for me to move from an engineering/tech role into a finance role. The instruction and networking opportunities were well worth the cost of getting an MBA. -- Finance
Haas is a great school to get a job in Sillicon Valley and also benefits hugely from the entrepreneurial spirit of the Bay Area. If some of my friends is looking for a school with that combination, Haas is an ideal place to be. Additionally, the school's community is very collegial and supportive. -- Finance
I loved my two years at Haas. It was the best community I could have imagined that supported me and encouraged me through the entire b-school experience. Coming from a nonprofit background I was somewhat intimidated prior to starting, and the Haas community was so welcoming that I knew I had made the right decision to go to business school and to go to Haas. -- Finance
Haas is the best MBA program especially for international students. I could learn so many things from classmates with various backgrounds. Small class size also worked very well for me. -- Finance
I was very impressed at the level of education I received at Haas. Honestly, I was not expecting it. The school ended up being perfect for me. -- Human Resources
My two years at Haas were two of the best years of my life. I am extremely happy with my decision to attend Haas. I have made personal and professional contacts that will last a lifetime, and it opened doors to new career paths that I did not either know about or have access to before business school. -- Consulting
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