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

University of Hawaii

The University of Hawaii

  • Program Basics

      • Shidler College of Business
      • 2404 Maile Way
      • HI
      • Honolulu, 96822, Hawaii
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.mba.shidler.hawaii.edu/
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@hawaii.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 491
      • Full-Time MBA: 60
      • Part-Time MBA: 104
      • Executive MBA: 33
      • PhD Program: 30
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
        • Master of Human Resources
      • Master of Financial Engineering

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $35,424.00
      • Nonresident: $58,176.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $37,635.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $49,011.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: May 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: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 133
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 47 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 52 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 53 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 26 %
      • Applications from women received: 36 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 27 %
      • International: 15 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 29 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 7 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 57 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 4 %

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

      • South: 16 %
      • Southwest: 8 %
      • Midwest: 8 %
      • West: 68 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 56
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 55

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

      • From: 24
      • To: 98
      • 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
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic 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: $12,000.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 100 %
      • 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? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 75th Percentile 660
      • Average GMAT Score 580
      • 25th Percentile 540
      • 50th Percentile (median) 590
      • 90th Percentile 680

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 10th Percentile 540
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • Average GMAT Score 618
      • 90th Percentile 690

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 33
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 15
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 27

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSN (Nursing)
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Other
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 84

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 44
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 27

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 44
      • Non-Tenured: 16

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Environmental

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 20 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Students in the Japan-focused and China International track must earn satisfactory grades in Japanese/Mandarin and complete an internship in Japan/China

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: purchased 100 new computers for student use. Renovated classroom to allow for interactive distance learning
      • Amount spent: $150,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,966
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $530.00
      • 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: $24,136,085.00
      • 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://uhalumni.org
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 80 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 20 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 29 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 39 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 32 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $62,500.00
      • Median base salary: $65,000.00
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 67 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 9.5

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