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

San Diego State University

College of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • Graduate Business Programs
      • 5500 Campanile Drive
      • MC 8228
      • San Diego, 92182-8228, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.sdsu.edu/mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: GradBusiness@sdsu.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 552
      • Full-Time MBA: 232
      • Part-Time MBA: 253
      • Executive MBA: 67
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $23,958.00
      • Nonresident: $41,841.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $32,058.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $40,986.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Feb 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: Considered
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 651
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 59 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 79 %
      • 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: 28 %
      • Applications from women received: 45 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $47,930.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $46,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 39 %
      • International: 9 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 16 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 83 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 5 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 1 %
      • West: 89 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 49
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 36

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

      • From: 12
      • To: 108
      • Median age of entering class: 25
      • Mean age of entering class: 26

  • 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: 51 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 45 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $16,100.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $13,200.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • a combination of need and merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $6,500.00
      • 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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 510
      • 50th Percentile (median) 570
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 75th Percentile 630
      • Average GMAT Score 559
      • 10th Percentile 420

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 530
      • 50th Percentile (median) 600
      • 25th Percentile 560
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 606

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 38
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 76

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Real Estate
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Operations Management
        • International Business

    • 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:

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Management Information Systems

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 113

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 54
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 38

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 20
      • Non-Tenured: 16

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 75
      • Non-Tenured: 15

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Other

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 5 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 35 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • 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

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $875.00
      • 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: $8,091,682.00
      • 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.sdsualumni.org
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.sdsualumni.org/ban
      • 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: 68 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 31 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 1 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 39 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 54 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 4 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 43 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 23 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 26 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 43 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 23 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 26 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Qualcomm 3
      • KPMG 3
      • BAE Systems 2
      • Deloitte Tax, LLP 2
      • Ernst & Young, LLP 2
      • Moffatt & Nichol 2
      • RF Industries 2
      • Wells Fargo 2
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 15 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $58,761.00
      • Median base salary: $55,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $5,428.00
      • Median signing bonus: $5,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $1,362.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $900.00

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

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 46 %
      • General Management: 7 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 24 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 2 %
      • Other: 4 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 2 %
      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Financial Services: 33 %
      • Manufacturing: 7 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 48 %
      • Real Estate: 4 %
      • Technology: 15 %
      • Other: 10 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 4 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 94 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 11 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 9 %
      • West: 67 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

  • SCHOOL COMMENTS

      • School Comments: The part-time and full-time MBA programs are combined into one robust learning program that allows students to take the courses best suited to their schedule and educational requirements. This assures the maximum learning value and provides students a smoother path toward graduation.

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