University of Notre Dame

PROGRAM BASICS

Mendoza College of Business

204 Mendoza College of Business
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame , Indiana 46530

Program Web site:

http://www.mba.nd.edu

Status:

Private Institution

Program e-mail address:

mba.business@nd.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1967
Undergraduate business program: 1921
Executive MBA: 1982
Executive Education (non-degree): 1980

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  77,340
Nonresident : $  77,340
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  54,290
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  54,290

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

22

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 634
Full-time MBA: 316
Part-time MBA: 0
Distance MBA: 0
Executive MBA: 165

PhD program: 0
Doctorate of Business Administration: 0
MSA: 96
Other: 57

Undergraduate business school enrollment

1,673

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Accounting

Other graduate degree programs:

Master of Nonprofit Administration

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

November 17, 2008 January 19, 2009 March 16, 2009 May 11, 2009

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?

No

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

TOEFL Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other:  0

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

Very Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Very Important

Application Essays:

Very Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

845

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

34 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

47 %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

2 %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

33 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

287

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:

15

Applicant interviews are:

Recommended

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

78 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

46 %

Applications from women received:

24 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  47,492

Median base salary forgone:

$  45,000

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:

Female: 24  %
International: 28  %
Married: 17  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

African American: 7  %
Asian American: 10  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 2  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0  %
Native American: 1  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 75  %
Chose not to report: 5  %
Other: 0  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 1  %
Asia: 16  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 4  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 75  %
Oceania : 0  %
Western Europe: 1  %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 1  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 22  %
Mid-Atlantic: 15  %
South: 6  %
Southwest: 1  %
Midwest : 32  %
West: 23  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

58

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

50

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

From:  24
To:  98

Median age of entering class:

26

Mean age of entering class:

27

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Central financial aid office at the university

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

84 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

84 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  40,259

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  41,000

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

a combination of need and merit

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:

8

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

As part of the admissions application

Mean scholarships awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:

$  18,875

Percentage of second-year students receiving the same or more amount of money in their second year of study:

100 %

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:

$  63,844

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 677
Median: 680

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  610
To:  750

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

67

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

36

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

122

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:

Real Estate Finance
Ethics in Investments
Valuation Litigation Support

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:

2005

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Manufacturing and Technology Management

Marketing

Operations Management

Portfolio Management

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/ME (Engineering)

MBA/Meng (Engineering - Manufacturing Management)

MBA/MS (Science)

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

Yes

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

141

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 63
Non-Tenured: 49

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 1
Non-Tenured: 29

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 6
Non-Tenured: 16

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 11
Non-Tenured: 11

International Faculty

Tenured: 1
Non-Tenured: 8

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 63
Non-Tenured: 37

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

8 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

3 %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

High Tech

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Manufacturing

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Women in MBA

Other

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used

Case study: 23  %
Distance Learning: 1  %
Experiential Learning: 15  %
Lecture: 25  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Project: 15  %
Other: 11  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

• NEW: o CRM system o Faculty productivity measurement software system o Complete web redesign o Video conferencing system o All new faculty/staff computers o Student cluster / podia / teamroom – all new hardware o Banner/SCT ERP system o Network printers in dorms o All new technology in e-library remodel. o ClearOne audio system for executive classroom • Upgraded: o e-mail servers/security o Institutional File System o Data center for student/faculty research • Classroom A/V technology • CMS to Blackboard • Network capacity upgrade

Amount spent:

$  5,000,000

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

5,524

Active MBA alumni clubs

263

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

33

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

37 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  984

Median gift from MBA alumni

$  200

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?

No

Business School Endowment

$  357,897,120

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.alumni.nd.edu/

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.nd.edu/~bizgrad/

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 76  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 19  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 5  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 0  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 8  %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 42  %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 1  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 47  %

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

Destination: Wall Street
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: San Francisco/Silicon Valley
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: NSHMBA Conference
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: National Black MBA Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Global Masters Career Fair
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: Partial

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 61  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 24  %
No information provided by graduate: 21  %

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 80  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 13  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 7  %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

61 %

Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  89,660
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  91,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  16,242
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  15,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  12,119
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  9,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 14  %
Finance/Accounting: 51  %
General Management: 12  %
Human Resources: 1  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 14  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 2  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 2  %
Other: 4  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 3  %
Consulting: 10  %
Consumer Products: 13  %
Financial Services: 26  %
Manufacturing: 10  %
Media/Entertainment: 2  %
Non-Profit: 1  %
Petroleum/Energy: 2  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 6  %
Real Estate: 2  %
Technology: 17  %
Other: 8  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 5  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 93  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 1  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 17  %
Mid-Atlantic: 8  %
South: 5  %
Southwest: 10  %
Midwest: 47  %
West: 13  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Top Companies - Internships:

Internships awarded that are paid:

96 %

Mean and median intern compensation per week:

Mean :  1,268
Median:  1,386

Average internship length in weeks:

10

SCHOOL COMMENTS

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