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

Kent State University

Graduate School of Management

  • Program Basics

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 444
      • Full-Time MBA: 89
      • Part-Time MBA: 115
      • Executive MBA: 64
      • PhD Program: 47
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of Arts in Economics; Master of Science in Financial Engineering

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $24,906.00
      • Nonresident: $41,990.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $26,900.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $35,400.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 1, 2012
      • 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? Yes

    • Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

        • IELTS
        • TOEFL Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
        • U Michigan Language Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 139
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 52 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 57 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 1 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 54 %
      • Applications from women received: 47 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 49 %
      • International: 44 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 39 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 59 %

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

      • African American: 6 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 94 %

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

      • Mid-Atlantic: 22 %
      • Midwest: 78 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 11
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 0

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 32
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • Mean age of entering class: 23

  • 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? As part of the admissions application
      • 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):

      • 75th Percentile 610
      • 90th Percentile 650
      • 50th Percentile (median) 550
      • 25th Percentile 470
      • Average GMAT Score 531
      • 10th Percentile 370

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 603
      • 25th Percentile 555

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 40
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 16
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 24

    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

      • Global Supply Chain Management
      • Global SCM and Sustainable Strategies
      • Global Supply Chain Business Models
      • Marketing Research
      • Business Case for Going Green

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

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Economics
        • International Business
      • Fashion Design and Merchandising

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

        • MBA/March (Architecture)
        • Other
      • 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
        • Marketing
        • International Business
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 66

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 37
      • Non-Tenured: 29

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 7

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Complete a 3 semester career building series of courses

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Technological upgrades of three classrooms in the business building

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 4,122
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $317.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $13,392,435.00
      • 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? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 59 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 10 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 31 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • No information provided by graduate: 100 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 39 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 61 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 39 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 61 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $41,166.00
      • Median base salary: $32,499.00

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

      • Consulting: 11 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 5 %
      • General Management: 5 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Management Information Systems: 8 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 8 %
      • Other: 37 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 9 %
      • Consumer Products: 12 %
      • Financial Services: 9 %
      • Manufacturing: 9 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
      • Technology: 6 %
      • Other: 55 %

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

      • North America: 100 %

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

      • Northeast: 6 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
      • South: 3 %
      • Midwest: 85 %
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 90 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $750.00
      • Median: $750.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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