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

University of Missouri, Columbia

Trulaske College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Crosby MBA Program
      • Robert J. Trulaske, Sr. College of Business
      • 213 Cornell Hall
      • MO
      • Columbia, 65211, Missouri
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://mba.missouri.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@missouri.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 233
      • Full-Time MBA: 193
      • PhD Program: 40
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $20,350.00
      • Nonresident: $44,125.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $25,930.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $37,800.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jul 1, 2012
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: May 1, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Dec 1, 2011
      • 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: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Important
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 381
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 46 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 64 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 7
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 2
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 40 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 95 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 52 %
      • Applications from women received: 37 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 34 %
      • International: 29 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 1 %
      • Asia: 26 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 70 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 1 %

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

      • African American: 3 %
      • Asian American: 5 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 91 %
      • Chose not to report: 1 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 1 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 6 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 90 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 17
      • 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: 53
      • Median age of entering class: 24
      • Mean age of entering class: 24

  • 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: 86 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 65 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $11,056.00
      • 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: $5,330.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 82 %
      • 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: $10,500.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 580
      • 25th Percentile 600
      • 75th Percentile 710
      • 50th Percentile (median) 650
      • 90th Percentile 730
      • Average GMAT Score 647

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 30
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 21
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 50

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

      • Advanced Marketing Analytics
      • Corporate Governance

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • International Business
        • Public Administration
        • Portfolio Management
        • Industrial Management
      • Marketing Analytics

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

        • MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other
        • MBA/MSIE (Industrial Engineering)
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes

    • The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Other
        • Leadership
        • Portfolio Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 95

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 45
      • Non-Tenured: 20

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 12
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 45
      • Non-Tenured: 17

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 30 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • 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: Computers and monitors for faculty, staff, doctoral students, TAs; thin monitors for all student public workstations; upgraded file storage; digital copiers; printers; technology checkout equipment; Bloomberg workstations; multimedia workstations; digital signage; Daktronics screen; wall-mounted LCDs in conf. rooms and IT suite; Sympodium units and projectors for classrooms; upgraded technology equipment and audio systems for classrooms and multipurpose room; new laptop carts
      • Amount spent: $766,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,564
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? No
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • University alumni networking site: http://mizzounet.mizzou.com
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.linkedin.com
      • 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: 68 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 21 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 11 %

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

      • Destination: Tigers on Wall Street
      • Month: September/October
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: Warren Buffett - Berkshire Hathaway
      • Month: March
      • Amount Paid By School: Full
      • Destination: NAWMBA
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: NSHMBA
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: NBMBAA
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 72 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 28 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 85 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 8 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 6 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 85 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 8 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 6 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 4
      • VAMortgageCenter.com 4
      • Cerner 3
      • Unviersity of Missouri 3
      • Bank of America 2
      • Cassidy Turley 2
      • Collective Brands 2
      • KeyBank 2
      • Shelter Insurance 2
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 20 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $55,346.00
      • Median base salary: $53,040.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $3,851.00
      • Median signing bonus: $4,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $4,673.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $3,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 38 %
      • General Management: 6 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 13 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 17 %
      • Other: 17 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 13 %
      • Consulting: 5 %
      • Consumer Products: 13 %
      • Financial Services: 23 %
      • Manufacturing: 16 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 6 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
      • Real Estate: 3 %
      • Technology: 0 %
      • Other: 12 %

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

      • Africa: 1 %
      • Asia: 0 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 99 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 5 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 3 %
      • Southwest: 8 %
      • Midwest: 81 %
      • West: 2 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • University of Missouri 10
      • Cerner 2
      • Express Scripts 2
      • Hallmark 2
      • Sprint 2
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 85 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $660.00
      • Median: $600.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 12

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: The Crosby MBA Program now offers a Marketing Analytics concentration. This concentration was designed in coordination with relevant employers to help students acquire the knowledge and skills needed for entry-level as well as leadership positions in the fast-growing area of marketing analytics. The curriculum focuses on the development, implementation, and delivery of data-driven analytical solutions that assist in marketing strategies, tasks, and decisions.

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