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Pepperdine University
Graziadio School of Business and Management
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PROGRAM BASICS
Full-time MBA Programs
Graziadio School of Business and Management
6100 Center Drive
Los Angeles
,
California 90045
United States
Program Web site:
Status:
Private Institution
Program e-mail address:
Graduate business school is accredited by:
AACSB International
Other
WASC
SCHOOL BASICS
Graduate business school enrollment:
Total:
1,494
Full-Time MBA:
292
Part-time MBA:
1,032
Executive MBA:
170
PhD Program:
N/A
Graduate degree programs:
Other graduate degree programs:
Masters of Science in Management and Leadership; Master of Science in Global Business; Master of Science in Applied Finance; Master of Science in Organization Development
PROGRAM COSTS
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:
Resident :
$
75,842
Nonresident :
$
75,842
Recommended annual budget (Resident):
$
62,000
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident):
$
62,000
PROGRAM LENGTH
Full-time program (months):
20
ADMISSIONS
Application Deadlines
Semester:
fall 2010
Deadline:
December 15, 2009
Semester:
Fall 2010 Intnl
Deadline:
April 1, 2010
Semester:
Fall 2010 US
Deadline:
May 1, 2010
Semester:
Fall 2010 Late Apps
Deadline:
June 15, 2010
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 Computer Based
TOEFL Internet Based Test
TOEFL Paper-based Test
Relative Importance of Application Elements:
GMAT Score:
Important
Resume/Work Experience:
Very Important
Application Essays:
Important
Interviews:
Important
Recommendations:
Important
Undergraduate Transcripts:
Very Important
APPLICANTS
Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:
592
Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:
49 %
Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:
50 %
Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:
0 %
Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:
1 %
Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:
N/A
Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:
N/A
Applicant interviews are:
Recommended
Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:
80 %
Admitted applicants who were interviewed:
93 %
APPLICANT POOL
International applications received:
52 %
Applications from women received:
49 %
CLASS PROFILE
Full-time students in newest entering class (2009-2010) that are:
Female:
48
%
International:
42
%
Married:
5
%
Students from following regions:
Africa :
0
%
Asia:
32
%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia:
1
%
Latin America and the Caribbean:
1
%
Middle East:
1
%
North America:
60
%
Oceania :
0
%
Western Europe:
5
%
Dual citizenship:
N/A
%
Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:
African American:
1
%
Asian American:
38
%
Hispanic or Latino American:
3
%
Multiethnic/Multiracial :
0
%
Native American:
0
%
White (Non-Hispanic):
34
%
Chose not to report:
17
%
Other:
7
%
Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:
Northeast:
2
%
Mid-Atlantic:
3
%
South:
3
%
Southwest:
4
%
Midwest :
3
%
West:
47
%
Possessions and territories:
0
%
Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
44
Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
36
Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:
From:
36
To:
72
Median age of entering class:
25
Mean age of entering class:
25
FINANCIAL AID
Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
82 %
Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:
72 %
Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 66,735
Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 68,000
On what basis are scholarships awarded?
Academic merit
Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
31
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:
$ 19,091
Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study:
100 %
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?
Only to domestic students
Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program:
$
108,934
GMAT
Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes
GMAT scores:
Mean :
649
Median:
650
Middle 80% range GMAT scores:
From:
580
To:
720
Academics & Lifestyle
CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
24
Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
23
Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
65
Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Entrepreneurship and the Generation of New Venture Idea
The Feasibility of New Venture Ideas
Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures
New Venture Creation
Contemporary Issues in Business and Management: Supply
Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
1998
Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Marketing
Other: Dispute Resolution, Leadership and Managing Organizational Change
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
MBA/JD (Law)
Other
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:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
International Business
Leadership
Marketing
Public Policy
FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
98
Full-time faculty:
Tenured:
43
Non-Tenured:
55
Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:
Tenured:
0
Non-Tenured:
41
Women on Faculty:
Tenured:
9
Non-Tenured:
24
Minority Faculty:
Tenured:
7
Non-Tenured:
18
International Faculty:
Tenured:
0
Non-Tenured:
5
Faculty with PhDs:
Tenured:
43
Non-Tenured:
59
Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
42 %
Faculty who have owned their own business:
75 %
STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:
Business Ethics
Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Investment Banking
Marketing
Media & Entertainment
Other
Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:
International Club
Volunteer
Women in MBA
TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:
Case Study:
20
%
Distance Learning:
0
%
Experiential Learning:
15
%
Lectures:
50
%
Simulations:
0
%
Team Projects:
15
%
Other:
0
%
Requirements for graduation:
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:
N/A
Alumni Affairs & Careers
B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
24,171
Active MBA alumni clubs:
3
Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
1
Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
4 %
Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$ 147
Median gift from MBA alumni:
$ 83
Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No
Business school endowment
$ 28,357,452
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:
Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes
Business school alumni networking site:
Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes
CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment:
68
%
Graduates not seeking employment:
17
%
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment:
15
%
Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination:
Washington, DC
Month:
September
Amount Paid By School:
Full
Destination:
Atlanta, GA
Month:
September
Amount Paid By School:
Full
Destination:
Philadelphia, PA
Month:
November
Amount Paid By School:
Partial
Destination:
Stamford, CT
Month:
October
Amount Paid By School:
Full
Primary source of job offer:
School-facilitated activities:
37
%
Graduate-facilitated activities:
56
%
No information provided by graduate:
7
%
Job Offers for 2009 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation:
31
%
Received first job offer in three months following graduation:
25
%
Did not report having received a job offer:
33
%
Accepted first job offer by graduation:
31
%
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation:
25
%
Did not report having accepted a job offer:
33
%
Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:
AT&T
7
PIMCO
2
Bank of America
1
Raytheon Company
1
PricewaterhouseCoopers
1
Activision Blizzard
1
20th Century Fox Film Corporation
1
Samsung Electronics
1
Morgan Stanley
1
Skechers USA
1
Wedbush Morgan
1
Coldwell Banker
1
Crystal Cruises
1
Neiman Marcus
1
Sharp Industries
1
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
28 %
Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
Mean base salary:
$
75,615
Median base salary:
$
75,000
Mean signing bonus:
$
12,756
Median signing bonus:
$
10,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation:
$
14,500
Median other guaranteed compensation:
$
16,500
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting:
2
%
Finance/Accounting:
31
%
General Management:
17
%
Human Resources:
4
%
Marketing/Sales:
31
%
Management Information Systems (MIS):
4
%
Operations/Logistics:
7
%
Other:
4
%
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
Government:
4
%
Consulting:
2
%
Consumer Products:
10
%
Financial Services:
26
%
Manufacturing:
10
%
Media/Entertainment:
7
%
Non-Profit:
2
%
Petroleum/Energy:
2
%
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care:
5
%
Real Estate:
2
%
Technology:
21
%
Other:
9
%
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Africa:
0
%
Asia:
10
%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia:
0
%
Latin America and the Caribbean:
0
%
Middle East:
0
%
North America:
86
%
Oceana:
0
%
Western Europe:
4
%
Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Northeast:
4
%
Mid-Atlantic:
0
%
South:
2
%
Southwest:
2
%
Midwest:
2
%
West:
88
%
Possessions and territories:
0
%
Canada:
2
%
Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:
PIMCO
1
AT&T
1
Bank of America
3
Coca-Cola
1
Disney/ESPN
1
Deloitte & Touche
1
Citibank
1
NBC Universal
1
UBS Private Wealth
1
McKesson Corporation
1
Los Angeles Lakers
1
Samsung Electronics
1
San Francisco Giants
1
Space & Missile Systems
1
World Vision International
1
Internships awarded that are paid:
45 %
Weekly internship compensation:
Mean:
$ 763
Median:
$ 600
Average internship length in weeks:
10
SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
N/A
Graduate Comments
The school has one of the best organizational behavior and organizational theory in the world; many of the teachers are self-made millionaires, much better from my point of view than the tenure ones; location is nice - Consulting
There are certain risks in attending Pepperdine: the school is not top tier, and the full-time program is fairly new (1980s) with limited alumni. However, for talented students, Pepperdine offered a complete financial aid package, opportunities to study at top tier schools in their exchange program (I went to IESE Business School in Barcelona), a brand new campus with exquisite technology. Professors that are comparable to the top-tier schools, a management that listens to the students, and an ever increasingly talented student body.
In some companies, MBAs outside of the top tier schools are not considered for employment. Until Pepperdine attains higher rankings, some doors will be closed. This will be an issue for talented graduates, but there are ways to mitigate the problem - ensure international experience at top ranked school, build networks of others, etc. - Marketing
The program is definitely an excellent one with a very good reputation in the western region. Our students compete and participate in competitions and activities with other reputed and higher ranked regional schools effectively. The school was also placed 4th in the International John Molson Case competition program. - Finance
Pepperdine is on the up and up, but still needs some help in on-campus recruiting. . . The student body brought a really interesting mix of experience. I would give them credit for bringing in really NICE people. The program seems to breed people who like to work hard together and party hard together. Recently (2004-05), Pepperdine founded a local chapter of Challenge for Charity - an organization of west coast MBA programs - which is already fostering more connections between it and the other programs on the coast. Due to the size of the fully-employed program compared to the full-time program, most alums (who are grads of the FE program) don't feel the tie to Pepperdine that the full-time alums do. - Consulting
It has great networking opportunities and great alumni ties. -- Finance
Pepperdine has a small, yet competitive MBA program in which students are able to build relationships with the faculty and staff while receiving a quality b-school education. This setting, I believe, is a perfect environment in which my friends and colleagues would flourish, gaining not only technical and academic knowledge, but also relational and networking know-how.--Accounting
I'm a portfolio manager. The finance classes were the most important for me and my career path. The finance education that I received was top notch. The instructors all had relevant experience and were all still actively "plugged" into the program.--Finance
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