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

University of Massachusetts, Boston

College of Management

  • Program Basics

      • University of Massachusetts Boston MBA
      • College of Management
      • 100 Morrissey Blvd
      • ma
      • Boston, 02125, Massachusetts
      • United States of America
      • Program Web site: http://www.umb.edu/academics/cm/
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: gradcm@umb.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 566
      • Full-Time MBA: 375
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • Master of Information Technology

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $12,260.00
      • Nonresident: $23,640.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $30,640.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $41,984.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2013
      • 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: 590

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 541
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 41 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 61 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 3 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 25
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 15
      • Applicant interviews are: Not required

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 37 %
      • Applications from women received: 49 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 51 %
      • International: 38 %
      • Married: 0 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 20 %
      • Europe: 3 %
      • North America: 70 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 3 %
      • Oceania: 2 %

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

      • African American: 6 %
      • Asian American: 10 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 10 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 25 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 35 %
      • Chose not to report: 5 %
      • Other: 7 %

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

      • Northeast: 90 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
      • South: 1 %
      • Southwest: 1 %
      • Midwest: 1 %
      • West: 2 %

  • 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: 23 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 16 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $3,891.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $3,587.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and 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? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 25th Percentile 510
      • Average GMAT Score 570
      • 75th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • 90th Percentile 640

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 25th Percentile 530
      • Average GMAT Score 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 565
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • 75th Percentile 635
      • 10th Percentile 485

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 35
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 39

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

      • Written Communications for Managers
      • Healthcare Operations Management
      • Business and Climate Change
      • Advanced Federal Taxation
      • Non Profit Management

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Operations Management
        • International Business
      • Internet Marketing
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 95

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 22
      • Non-Tenured: 38

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 35

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 5
      • Non-Tenured: 23

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 22
      • Non-Tenured: 46

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Purchase of Bloomberg data base
      • Amount spent: $300,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,410
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $2,515,360.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 100 %

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: Our program makes no distinction between FT and PT students. Your questions here are oriented solely towards full-time, residential programs.

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