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

University of San Diego

School of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • School of Business Administration
      • 5998 Alcala Park
      • CA
      • San Diego, 92110, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.sandiego.edu/mba
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: mba@sandiego.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 496
      • Full-Time MBA: 49
      • Part-Time MBA: 150
      • Executive MBA: 44
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Other
        • Master of International Management/Business
      • MS in Global Leadership; MS in Real Estate; MS in Supply Chain Management; MS in Taxation

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $70,448.00
      • Nonresident: $70,448.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $56,281.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $56,281.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 22

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Nov 15, 2011
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: May 15, 2012
      • 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: 580

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 142
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 58 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 24 %
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 61 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 43 %
      • Applications from women received: 46 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $49,889.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $48,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 20 %
      • International: 30 %
      • Married: 25 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 25 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 70 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • Asian American: 7 %
      • Native American: 7 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 64 %
      • Chose not to report: 22 %

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

      • Northeast: 14 %
      • Midwest: 7 %
      • West: 79 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 50
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 49

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

      • From: 24
      • To: 89
      • 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 who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 100 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 96 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $24,951.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $18,700.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic 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: $11,554.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 0 %
      • 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: $39,698.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 700
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • Average GMAT Score 598

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 640
      • 10th Percentile 590
      • 90th Percentile 703
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 25th Percentile 618
      • 50th Percentile (median) 635

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 29
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 16
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 32

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

      • Special Topics in International Management
      • Distressed Real Estate Assets
      • Financial Statement Analysis
      • Global Innovation Strategies
      • Investment Banking

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

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • International Business
      • Supply Chain Management

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • Other
      • 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:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • International Business

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 112

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 35
      • Non-Tenured: 30

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 39

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 43
      • Non-Tenured: 38

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Business Law
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Women in MBA
        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 15 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
        • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
        • Other
      • Community Service Project, Professional Development Course

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The USD Business School continues to use the most advanced WiFi technology, IEEE 802.11n, in creative ways. USD’s Nine iPhone and Blackberry student mobile applications are supplemented with experimental iPad e-book applications being deployed within the Business School. USD’s Business faculty are among the most advanced users of online learning management technology and 22 classrooms and 3 computing labs have been enhanced with new instructional technology.

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,073
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $557.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $23,247,377.00
      • 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.sandiego.edu/alumni
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.sandiego.edu/business/alumni/
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 94 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 6 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 25 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 75 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 50 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 12 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 19 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 19 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 50 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 6 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 19 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 25 %
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 19 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $80,710.00
      • Median base salary: $83,563.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $15,283.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 17 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 41 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 17 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Non-Profit: 8 %
      • Real Estate: 26 %
      • Technology: 58 %

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

      • North America: 100 %

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

      • Northeast: 8 %
      • Southwest: 8 %
      • West: 84 %
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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