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

University of Kansas, Lawrence

School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • KU MBA - Full Time
      • The University of Kansas
      • 1300 Sunnyside Avenue
      • Summerfield Hall 124
      • Lawrence, 66047, Kansas
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.business.ku.edu/masters
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: bschoolMBA@ku.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Full-Time MBA: 127
      • Part-Time MBA: 258
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $29,725.00
      • Nonresident: $53,141.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $31,550.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $43,258.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • 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

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 102
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 75 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 61 %
      • 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: na
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: na
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 75 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 43 %
      • Applications from women received: 33 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 26 %
      • International: 24 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 16 %
      • Europe: 4 %
      • North America: 76 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
      • Oceania: 0 %

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

      • Chose not to report: 100 %

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

      • South: 3 %
      • Southwest: 6 %
      • Midwest: 73 %
      • West: 18 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 37
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 25

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 108
      • Median age of entering class: 25
      • Mean age of entering class: 28

  • 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: 55 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 50 %
      • 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: $4,000.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 0 %
      • 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 (applicant pool):

      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • Average GMAT Score 544
      • 25th Percentile 480
      • 10th Percentile 416

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 90th Percentile 620
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • Average GMAT Score 538
      • 50th Percentile (median) 535
      • 10th Percentile 453
      • 25th Percentile 488

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 30
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 40

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Human Resource Management
        • Strategy
        • International Business

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

        • MBA/MA (Arts)
        • MBA/March (Architecture)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other
        • MBA/MIM (International 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:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Strategy
        • Economics
        • Portfolio Management

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Other
        • Finance

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %

    • 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

      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 68 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 14 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 18 %

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

      • Destination: Chicago
      • Month: February
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Kansas City
      • Month: October, November, February
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 18 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 30 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 52 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 47 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 53 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 47 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 53 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Collective Brands 1
      • Deloitte LLP 1
      • Associated Wholesale Grocers 1
      • Standard Beverage 1
      • Palmer Square Capital Management 1
      • JP Morgan Chase 1
      • Ericsson 1
      • Perceptive Software 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 30 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $52,352.00
      • Median base salary: $50,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $6,383.00
      • Median signing bonus: $3,500.00

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

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 25 %
      • General Management: 0 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 35 %
      • Management Information Systems: 5 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 10 %
      • Other: 25 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 25 %
      • Financial Services: 20 %
      • Manufacturing: 0 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10 %
      • Real Estate: 10 %
      • Technology: 15 %
      • Other: 15 %

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

      • Europe: 5 %
      • North America: 95 %

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

      • South: 5 %
      • Southwest: 16 %
      • Midwest: 79 %

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