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

University of Kentucky

Gatton College of Business & Economics

  • Program Basics

      • One Year Gatton MBA Program
      • Gatton College of Business and Economics
      • 550 South Limestone
      • KY
      • Lexington, 40506-0034, Kentucky
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.gattonmba.uky.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: ukmba@uky.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 272
      • Full-Time MBA: 65
      • Part-Time MBA: 81
      • PhD Program: 82
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of Science in Economics

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $18,543.00
      • Nonresident: $29,989.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $29,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $39,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 11

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: May 11, 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 143
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 73 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 57 %
      • 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

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 3 %
      • Applications from women received: 15 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 35 %
      • International: 7 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 2 %
      • Europe: 3 %
      • North America: 95 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %

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

      • African American: 4 %
      • Asian American: 4 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 1 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 91 %

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

      • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
      • South: 91 %
      • Midwest: 5 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 13
      • 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: 48
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • Mean age of entering class: 22

  • 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: 35 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 35 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $16,015.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $18,563.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $16,015.00
      • 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):

      • 10th Percentile 460
      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • 75th Percentile 630
      • Average GMAT Score 574

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 580
      • 75th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 10th Percentile 550
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 616

  • 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: 40
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 6

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

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • 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
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Operations Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 91

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 55
      • Non-Tenured: 28

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 54
      • Non-Tenured: 27

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 15 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • 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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Addition of ECHO360 classrooms and personal capture, Updated classroom projectors, Improvements made to wireless network, Increased student storage space by porting student email to cloud solution, Upgraded Blackboard version - includes use of Blackboard Outcomes for Assessment of student learning outcomes, Adobe Connect Pro to facilitate online course delivery
      • Amount spent: $50,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,522
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $3,161.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $25.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $64,097,559.00
      • 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://www.ukalumni.net/s/1052/home.aspx
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://gatton.uky.edu/linkedin
      • 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: 77 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 16 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 7 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 44 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 54 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 2 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 52 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 23 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 25 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 50 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 25 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 25 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Brown-Forman 2
      • Innovative Mattress Solutions 2
      • RJ Corman Railroad Group 2
      • Schneider Electric 2
      • Target 2
      • Toyota Motor North America Corporate Headquarters 2
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 24 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $55,926.00
      • Median base salary: $53,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $6,867.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $4,775.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $3,275.00

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

      • Consulting: 3 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 10 %
      • General Management: 18 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 26 %
      • Management Information Systems: 3 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 33 %
      • Other: 7 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 23 %
      • Financial Services: 10 %
      • Manufacturing: 21 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 8 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 18 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 100 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
      • South: 77 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 13 %
      • West: 5 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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