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

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Isenberg School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Isenberg Full-Time MBA Program
      • Isenberg School of Management
      • 121 Presidents Drive
      • Suite 305
      • Amherst, 01003, Massachusetts
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.isenberg.umass.edu/MBA
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@isenberg.umass.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 1,502
      • Full-Time MBA: 70
      • Part-Time MBA: 1,220
      • PhD Program: 66
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • MS in Sport Management, MS is Resource Economics

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $24,831.00
      • Nonresident: $49,129.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $32,050.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $56,350.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 20

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 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
      • 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: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 229
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 24 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 63 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 2 %
      • 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: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 23 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 35 %
      • Applications from women received: 36 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 47 %
      • International: 35 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 3 %
      • Asia: 29 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 65 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
      • Oceania: 0 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 86 %
      • Chose not to report: 14 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 77 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 9 %
      • South: 14 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 52
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 42

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

      • From: 18
      • To: 108
      • Median age of entering class: 27
      • 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 receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 81 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $54,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship 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? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 75th Percentile 640
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • 10th Percentile 440
      • Average GMAT Score 578

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 640
      • 75th Percentile 675
      • 10th Percentile 590
      • 90th Percentile 710
      • 25th Percentile 608
      • Average GMAT Score 644

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 34
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 14
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 18

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

      • Business Intelligence & Analytics
      • Real Estate Entrepre: Analysis, Finance & Investment
      • Alternative Investments

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

        • 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:

        • General Management
        • Accounting
        • Sports Business
        • Public Policy
        • Hotel Administration

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 117

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 67
      • Non-Tenured: 37

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 17
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 67
      • Non-Tenured: 29

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 15 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • 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: The Isenberg School provides new computers to all faculty, staff and student labs every 3 years. We purchase current research and production software. We have audio-visual equipment in all of our classrooms. To promote interactive learning, we use RFID response systems and smart boards. We have invested heavily in video lecture capture and have more than 200 computers dedicated to student labs. Wireless technology is ubiquitous. We use server virtualization for improved efficiency.
      • Amount spent: $1,060,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,950
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 10 %
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $17,964,000.00
      • 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://umassalumni.com/index.html
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://umassalumni.com/index.html
      • 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: 84 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 12 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4 %

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

      • Destination: National Association Women MBA Conference (NAWMBA)
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Net Impact National Conference
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Boston Professional Development Day
      • Month: November
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: "495" Professional Development Day
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: UMASS Finance Alumni Career Topics Event
      • Month: February
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 54 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 29 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 17 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 50 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 45 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 0 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 40 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 40 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 15 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Duff and Phelps Investment Management Co. 1
      • Farm Credit, Inc. 1
      • HDFC Bank 1
      • Hoppe Technology, Inc. 1
      • Hubbel Incorporated 1
      • LEGO Systems, Inc. 1
      • MSCI, Inc. 1
      • PC Connection, Inc. 1
      • Regional Economic Models, Inc. 1
      • Regional Economic Models, Inc. 1
      • Vitreo-Retinal Consultants, Inc. 1
      • Waste Management / Recycle America 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 47 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $75,800.00
      • Median base salary: $72,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $4,400.00
      • Median signing bonus: $4,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

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

      • Consulting: 18 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 24 %
      • General Management: 30 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 24 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 4 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Consumer Products: 29 %
      • Financial Services: 35 %
      • Manufacturing: 12 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 6 %
      • Other: 6 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 6 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 94 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 88 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 6 %
      • South: 6 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

    • Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

      • University of Massachusetts 4
      • REMI, Inc. 2
      • Riverside Industries, Inc. 2
      • Crittenton Womens Union 1
      • Goldman Sachs, Inc. 1
      • ITA Software / Google 1
      • Omega Optical, Inc. 1
      • Phillips-Van Heusen (PVH) 1
      • State Street Corporation 1
      • Towers Watson 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 78 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $960.00
      • Median: $1,125.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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