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

Miami University

Farmer School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Miami University MBA Program
      • Miami University Farmer School of Business
      • 800 East High Street
      • 1038 FSB
      • Oxford, 45056, Ohio
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.muohio.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: miamimba@muohio.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 131
      • Full-Time MBA: 26
      • Part-Time MBA: 76
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
      • Master of Economics
  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $27,424.00
      • Nonresident: $53,164.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $44,248.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $66,311.00
  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 14
  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: n/a
      • Deadline: n/a
      • Deadline: n/a
      • Deadline: n/a
      • 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: 587
    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 94
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 37 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 74 %
      • 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: 1
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 48 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %
  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 56 %
      • Applications from women received: 43 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $49,800.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $42,500.00
  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 35 %
      • International: 27 %
      • Married: 27 %
    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 27 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 73 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %
    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 0 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 95 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %
    • Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

      • Northeast: 5 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
      • South: 16 %
      • Southwest: 5 %
      • Midwest: 68 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 63
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 50
    • Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

      • From: 31
      • To: 130
      • Median age of entering class: 27
      • Mean age of entering class: 29
  • 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: 88 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 88 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $29,443.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $25,712.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $11,100.00
      • 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: $6,750.00
  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? N/A
    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 510
      • 90th Percentile 660
      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • Average GMAT Score 561
      • 10th Percentile 444
    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 90th Percentile 670
      • Average GMAT Score 572
      • 10th Percentile 485
      • 25th Percentile 533
      • 75th Percentile 608
  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 26
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: N/A
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 0
    • Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

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

        • General Management
      • N/A
      • 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
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Strategy
  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 186
    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 67
      • Non-Tenured: 67
    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 54
    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 35
    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 15
    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 10
    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 67
      • Non-Tenured: 50
  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 40 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 20 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 0 %
      • Team Projects: 10 %
      • Other: 0 %
    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students are required to complete international experience
        • 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
      • n/a
  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Amount spent: $500,000.00
  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,365
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 13 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $485.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $84.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $63,880,191.00
      • 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.miamialum.org
      • 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: 29 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 1 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %
    • Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

      • Destination: n/a
    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 55 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 45 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %
    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 69 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 3 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 28 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 69 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 3 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 28 %
    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Procter & Gamble 3
      • IBM 1
      • Oracle 1
      • Chrysler 1
      • Ernst & Young Consulting 1
      • Abbott Nutrition 1
      • Givaudan 1
      • Health Care REIT 1
      • Avalution Consulting 1
      • Mead West Vaco 1
      • T-Mobile 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 32 %
    • Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

      • Mean base salary: $79,100.00
      • Median base salary: $72,500.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $4,600.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $4,700.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $7,800.00
    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

      • Consulting: 19 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 19 %
      • General Management: 0 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 38 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 19 %
      • Other: 5 %
    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 5 %
      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Consumer Products: 19 %
      • Financial Services: 9 %
      • Manufacturing: 19 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 5 %
      • Non-Profit: 0 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 5 %
      • Real Estate: 5 %
      • Technology: 19 %
      • Other: 0 %
    • Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 10 %
      • Europe: 5 %
      • North America: 85 %
      • 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: 5 %
      • South: 11 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 67 %
      • West: 17 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 0 %
    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $0.00
      • Median: $0.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: n/a