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

University of South Dakota

Beacom School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • Master of Business Administration
      • Beacom School of Business
      • 414 East Clark Street
      • Beacom School of Business
      • Vermillion, 57069, South Dakota
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.usd.edu/business/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@usd.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 253
      • Full-Time MBA: 60
      • Part-Time MBA: 193
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $11,466.00
      • Nonresident: $17,850.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $23,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $32,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 12

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Oct 1, 2011
      • Semester: Summer 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 1, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jun 1, 2012
      • Semester: Spring 2013
      • Deadline: Oct 1, 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 30
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 90 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 80 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
      • Applicant interviews are: Not offered
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 3 %
      • Applications from women received: 33 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 37 %
      • International: 0 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 4 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 96 %
      • 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: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 100 %
      • Chose not to report: 0 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 100 %
      • West: 0 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 12
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 12

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 24
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • Mean age of entering class: 23

  • 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: 75 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 40 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $6,000.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $5,000.00
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $0.00
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • 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):

      • Average GMAT Score 500.94
      • 10th Percentile 401.00
      • 25th Percentile 447.50
      • 50th Percentile (median) 520.00
      • 75th Percentile 577.50
      • 90th Percentile 600.00

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • Average GMAT Score 537.08
      • 10th Percentile 450.00
      • 25th Percentile 487.50
      • 50th Percentile (median) 545.00
      • 75th Percentile 590.00
      • 90th Percentile 600.00

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 32
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 25

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

      • Lean Management
      • Sports Marketing

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

        • Health Care Administration

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Leadership
        • Accounting
        • Economics

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 41

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 2

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 14
      • Non-Tenured: 13

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 20 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 40 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • 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: A brand new $20 million state of the art building was finished in August 2009. The entire building is wireless and there are sympodiums in every classroom.
      • Amount spent: $150,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 3,113
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $8,000,000.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • University alumni networking site: http://www.usd.edu/alumni-association/index.cfm
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • 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: 12 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 44 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 44 %

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

      • Destination: Kansas City
      • Month: February
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Omaha
      • Month: Fall
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: New York
      • Month: Spring
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • No information provided by graduate: 100 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 30 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 16 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 54 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 30 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 16 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 54 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Eide Bailly LLp 1
      • John Morrell & Co 1
      • State of South Dakota 1
      • First National Bank - Sioux Falls 1
      • Fiserv 1
      • Baker Hughes Inc 1

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

      • Mean base salary: $48,292.00
      • Median base salary: $43,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 27 %
      • General Management: 9 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 28 %
      • Management Information Systems: 9 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 9 %
      • Other: 9 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 18 %
      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Financial Services: 37 %
      • Manufacturing: 9 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 9 %
      • Technology: 9 %

    • 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:

      • Southwest: 18 %
      • Midwest: 82 %

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

      • Target 1
      • Sanford 1

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