Northwestern University

PROGRAM BASICS

Full-Time Kellogg MBA Program

Kellogg School of Management

Donald P. Jacobs Center
2001 Sheridan Rd
Evanston , Illinois 60208

Program Web site:

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu

Status:

Private Institution

Program e-mail address:

MBAadmissions@kellogg.northwestern.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1908
Part-time MBA : 1908
Executive MBA: 1976
Executive Education (non-degree): 1951
PhD program: 1929

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  93,918
Nonresident : $  93,918
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  73,539
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  73,539

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

22

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 2790
Full-time MBA: 1200
Part-time MBA: 1150
Executive MBA: 440

PhD program: 126

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

10/17/08 1/12/09 3/9/09 N/A

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?

No

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

TOEFL Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other: N/A

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:

5051

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

19 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

58 %

Applicant interviews are:

Required

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

89 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

43 %

Applications from women received:

29 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  67,374

Median base salary forgone:

$  69,000

CLASS PROFILE

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

Female: 36  %
International: 34  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

African American: 7  %
Asian American: 25  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 6  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 54  %
Chose not to report: 5  %
Other: 4  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 2  %
Asia: 16  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 1  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 5  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 69  %
Oceania : 1  %
Western Europe: 5  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 28  %
Mid-Atlantic: 11  %
South: 9  %
Southwest: 6  %
Midwest : 23  %
West: 23  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

61

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

60

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

From:  36
To:  85

Median age of entering class:

27

Mean age of entering class:

28

FINANCIAL AID

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:

68 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

64 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  51,825

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  60,650

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

financial need

academic merit

a combination of need and merit

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:

$  12,027

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:

$  79,566

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 711
Median: 710

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  650
To:  760

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

55

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

40

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

200

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

Corporate Innovation & New Ventures; Venture Lab;
Buyout Lab; Financial Modeling for Leveraged Buyout
Transactions;Global Lab;Sports Marketing;
Strategic Data-Driven Marketing;Business Design for
Environmental Sustainability;Leaders & Leadership

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

2002

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility

E-commerce

Economics

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Health Care Administration

Human Resource Management

Industrial Management

International Business

Leadership

Manufacturing and Technology Management

Marketing

Media/Entertainment

Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Public Administration

Real Estate

Statistics and Operations Research

Strategy

Supply Chain Management

Technology

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

MBA/Meng (Engineering - Manufacturing Management)

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

Yes

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

259

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 147
Non-Tenured: 17

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 51

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 26
Non-Tenured: 4

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 31
Non-Tenured: 3

International Faculty

Tenured: 73
Non-Tenured: 0

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 147
Non-Tenured: 8

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Business Law

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

E-business

Entrepreneurship

Environmental

Finance

High Tech

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Manufacturing

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

Nonprofit

VC/ Private Equity

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: 30  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lecture: 30  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Project: 25  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students are required to complete international experience

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Learning Spaces: 80 study group rooms upgraded with new technology and 42” flat panels, 10 classrooms fully upgraded, projectors upgraded in all classrooms; new EMBA campus in Miami created and expanded; all public computing devices upgraded to latest technology (kiosks, printers, scanning, computer labs); video wall and surround sound installed in atrium common space for large events. Longest running student laptop program upgrades each year. New operations centers for classroom, multi-media, and overall technology support. Core enterprise applications overhauled: admissions, course bidding/registration, career management. Core collaboration environments deployed: Microsoft Office 2007 suite (Exchange, SharePoint, LiveMeeting). Vendor neutral internal antenna system for cellphones. Content management system installed and School Web site rearchitected. All core research infrastructure upgraded: central research server, research computing cluster, behavioral research labs. Created behavioral research support team. Virtualization infrastructure for servers and client special software.

Amount spent:

$  23,000,000

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

38,950

Active MBA alumni clubs

66

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

34

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

No

Business School Endowment

$  756,000,000

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:

http://alumni.northwestern.edu

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://alumni.kellogg.northwestern.edu

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 85  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 12  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 3  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 69  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 0  %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 2  %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 12  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 17  %

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

Destination: LA Media Trek
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Wall Street Trek
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Bay Area Venture Capital Trek
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: NY Retail Trek
Month: February
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Hong Kong Banking Trek
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: None

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 73  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 24  %
No information provided by graduate: 3  %

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 95  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 3  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 2  %

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

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

85 %

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

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  108,064
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  105,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  26,956
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  43,415
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  23,625

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 36  %
Finance/Accounting: 29  %
General Management: 6  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 22  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 1  %
Other: 6  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 1  %
Consulting: 31  %
Consumer Products: 12  %
Financial Services: 27  %
Manufacturing: 4  %
Media/Entertainment: 1  %
Non-Profit: 1  %
Petroleum/Energy: 3  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 5  %
Real Estate: 3  %
Technology: 10  %
Other: 5  %

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

Africa: 1  %
Asia: 5  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 1  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 2  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 87  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 3  %

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

Northeast: 26  %
Mid-Atlantic: 4  %
South: 4  %
Southwest: 6  %
Midwest: 38  %
West: 21  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 1  %

Top Companies - Internships:

Internships awarded that are paid:

97 %

Mean and median intern compensation per week:

Mean :  1,634
Median:  1,617

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

Additional new elective courses:Managing in Professional Service Firms; Disruptive Technology & Business Models; Operational Risk; Real Estate Lab; Social Entrepreneurship in the Developing World; Leadership Coaching The fifth leading area of study: Leadership & Social Responsibility