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Southern Methodist University
Cox School of Business
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Cox School of Business
P.O. Box 750333
Dallas
,
Texas 75275
United States
Program Web site:
Status:
Private Institution
Program e-mail address:
Graduate business school is accredited by:
AACSB International
SCHOOL BASICS
Graduate business school enrollment:
Total:
961
Full-Time MBA:
231
Part-time MBA:
425
Executive MBA:
181
PhD Program:
0
Graduate degree programs:
Master of Accounting
Other graduate degree programs:
Master of Science in Management; Master of Science in Entrepreneurship
PROGRAM COSTS
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:
Resident :
$
83,304
Nonresident :
$
83,304
Recommended annual budget (Resident):
$
61,152
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident):
$
61,152
PROGRAM LENGTH
Full-time program (months):
22
ADMISSIONS
Application Deadlines
Semester:
Fall
Deadline:
11
Semester:
Fall
Deadline:
1
Semester:
Fall
Deadline:
3
Semester:
Fall
Deadline:
4
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?
TOEFL Computer Based
TOEFL Internet Based Test
TOEFL Paper-based Test
Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:
600
Relative Importance of Application Elements:
GMAT Score:
Very Important
Resume/Work Experience:
Very Important
Application Essays:
Very Important
Interviews:
Very Important
Recommendations:
Very Important
Undergraduate Transcripts:
Very Important
APPLICANTS
Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:
613
Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:
30 %
Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:
54 %
Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:
73
Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:
5
Applicant interviews are:
By invitation only
Admitted applicants who were interviewed:
100 %
APPLICANT POOL
International applications received:
49 %
Applications from women received:
28 %
Mean base salary forgone:
$ 53,644
Median base salary forgone:
$ 55,000
CLASS PROFILE
Full-time students in newest entering class (2009-2010) that are:
Female:
22
%
International:
17
%
Married:
30
%
Students from following regions:
Africa :
0
%
Asia:
13
%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia:
0
%
Latin America and the Caribbean:
3
%
Middle East:
0
%
North America:
83
%
Oceania :
0
%
Western Europe:
1
%
Dual citizenship:
0
%
Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:
African American:
0
%
Asian American:
11
%
Hispanic or Latino American:
4
%
Multiethnic/Multiracial :
0
%
Native American:
0
%
White (Non-Hispanic):
74
%
Chose not to report:
11
%
Other:
0
%
Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:
Northeast:
1
%
Mid-Atlantic:
10
%
South:
7
%
Southwest:
67
%
Midwest :
8
%
West:
5
%
Possessions and territories:
0
%
Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
50
Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
46
Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:
From:
24
To:
73
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:
77 %
Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:
77 %
Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 40,716
Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 41,308
On what basis are scholarships awarded?
Academic merit
Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
9
How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?
As part of the admissions application
Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:
$ 20,961
Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study:
98 %
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?
No
GMAT
Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes
GMAT scores:
Mean :
656
Median:
660
Middle 80% range GMAT scores:
From:
580
To:
720
Academics & Lifestyle
CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
62
Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
34
Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
96
Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Energy Project Valuation & Finance (FINA 6228)
Project Management (ITOM 6225)
Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2003
Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:
Accounting
Entrepreneurship
Finance
General Management
Marketing
Operations Management
Strategy
N/A
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
MBA/JD (Law)
MBA/MA (Arts)
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:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Leadership
Marketing
Strategy
FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
127
Full-time faculty:
Tenured:
40
Non-Tenured:
40
Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:
Tenured:
0
Non-Tenured:
3
Women on Faculty:
Tenured:
6
Non-Tenured:
16
Minority Faculty:
Tenured:
11
Non-Tenured:
14
International Faculty:
Tenured:
5
Non-Tenured:
14
Faculty with PhDs:
Tenured:
39
Non-Tenured:
36
Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
19 %
Faculty who have owned their own business:
24 %
STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:
Biotech/Health care
Business Ethics
Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
Entrepreneurship
Finance
High Tech
Information Technology
Investment Banking
Marketing
VC/ Private Equity
Other
Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:
Black MBA Association
Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
Hispanic Student Organization
International Club
Partners/Family
Volunteer
Wine
Women in MBA
TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:
Case Study:
30
%
Distance Learning:
0
%
Experiential Learning:
10
%
Lectures:
25
%
Simulations:
10
%
Team Projects:
25
%
Requirements for graduation:
Students are required to complete international experience
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:
The wireless network, and overall network infrastructure, has been completely updated to include improved information security and intrusion prevention. We have updated our teaching technology in all areas from virtual whiteboards to television studios. Our general technology focus continues to be the augmentation and enhancement of our academic programs – with an extremely strong focus on customer service.
Alumni Affairs & Careers
B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
11,249
Active MBA alumni clubs:
30
Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
22
Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
11 %
Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$ 3,352
Median gift from MBA alumni:
$ 100
Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No
Business school endowment
$ 146,091,834
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
Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes
CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment:
78
%
Graduates not seeking employment:
17
%
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment:
5
%
Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination:
NBMBAA Conference & Career Expo
Month:
September
Amount Paid By School:
Partial: Students who meet specific requirements may receive a partial
reimbursement of fees/expenses
Destination:
NSHMBA Conference & Career Expo
Month:
October
Amount Paid By School:
Partial: Students who meet specific requirements may receive a partial
reimbursement of fees/expenses
Primary source of job offer:
School-facilitated activities:
49
%
Graduate-facilitated activities:
47
%
No information provided by graduate:
4
%
Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:
NA
Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs
on the school's job boards in 2008-09:
NA
Job Offers for 2009 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation:
57
%
Received first job offer in three months following graduation:
16
%
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation:
2
%
Did not report having received a job offer:
25
%
Accepted first job offer by graduation:
57
%
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation:
17
%
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation:
0
%
Did not report having accepted a job offer:
26
%
Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:
AT&T
3
American Airlines
2
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
2
Citigroup
1
Credit Suisse
1
Dell
1
Exxon Mobil
1
Frito-Lay, Inc.
1
Goldman Sachs & Co.
1
Johnson & Johnson
1
JPMorgan Chase
1
KPMG
1
American Express
1
Accenture
1
Proctor & Gamble
1
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
47 %
Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
Mean base salary:
$
83,381
Median base salary:
$
87,000
Mean signing bonus:
$
18,323
Median signing bonus:
$
15,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation:
$
15,028
Median other guaranteed compensation:
$
13,000
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting:
14
%
Finance/Accounting:
45
%
General Management:
5
%
Human Resources:
0
%
Marketing/Sales:
25
%
Management Information Systems (MIS):
2
%
Operations/Logistics:
7
%
Other:
2
%
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
Government:
2
%
Consulting:
12
%
Consumer Products:
11
%
Financial Services:
30
%
Manufacturing:
2
%
Media/Entertainment:
0
%
Non-Profit:
2
%
Petroleum/Energy:
2
%
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care:
0
%
Real Estate:
5
%
Technology:
2
%
Other:
32
%
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Africa:
0
%
Asia:
0
%
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia:
0
%
Latin America and the Caribbean:
0
%
Middle East:
0
%
North America:
100
%
Oceana:
0
%
Western Europe:
0
%
Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Northeast:
5
%
Mid-Atlantic:
0
%
South:
0
%
Southwest:
76
%
Midwest:
14
%
West:
5
%
Possessions and territories:
0
%
Canada:
0
%
Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2008-09:
NA
Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:
Aspen Advisors
2
AT&T
2
Beal Bank
2
Ensco International
2
Exxon Mobil
2
American Airlines
1
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
1
Ericsson, Inc.
1
Frito-Lay, Inc.
1
FTI Consulting
1
Goldman Sachs & Co.
1
Sabre Holdings
1
UBS
1
Wells Fargo
1
Yum! Brands
1
Internships awarded that are paid:
72 %
Weekly internship compensation:
Mean:
$ 800
Median:
$ 800
Average internship length in weeks:
10
SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
N/A
Graduate Comments
Cox has very distinct benefits that apply to certain types of individuals. Someone looking for a large program or a top ten would not be happy here. -- Marketing
This is a small school with excellent faculty; you’ll get a lot of their time and attention. -- Finance
Cox provides exceptional alumni networking, especially via the Executive Mentor Board, from which you can solicit advice from alumni in your dream field. The Business Leadership Center also hosts numerous seminars, so executives can impart practical aspects and knowledge of their fields. -- Finance
Cox has a lot of wonderful professors and classmates. But compared with some other great universities, a lot of parts still need to be improved, especially helping international students hit the job markets. -- Entrepreneurship
The education, campus, faculty, alumni, connections, etc., were all top-notch. Also, Dallas is a business hub that has no equal except for NYC. -- Finance
Cox can offer so much more than a degree. The relationships that I established with MSA, Part-Time MBA, and other Full-Time MBA students are invaluable, and something for which SMU is known. -- Finance
Cox has excellent relations with many business leaders in this region. Networking with these leaders is highly encouraged, and the school gives students adequate opportunities to do so. -- Finance
The small number of students in our program definitely added to my experience. There is easy access to professors and administration. -- Finance
Cox caters to people looking to stay in Dallas. -- Entrepreneurship
Cox is not focused into a few concentrations, but instead has a well-rounded concentration base, whether you decided to go with finance, marketing, IT, or consulting. -- Finance
The MBA program at Cox turned out to be exactly what I was looking for: a small class size, strong finance and accounting faculty, excellent choice of classes, and a great placement cell that helped market the international candidates strongly and effectively. -- Consulting
Dallas is now home to more Fortune 1,000 companies than any other state, which makes it the perfect place in which to study business. -- Finance
Cox is a small school and, as such, has a much smaller recruiting draw that the career center is trying very hard to fix. But that small size is also a blessing, as I am very close to my classmates and greatly enjoyed getting to know all of them during my two years. -- Finance
Cox is a strictly Finance and Marketing school; the other concentrations are weak. -- Finance
Career services worked harder than I could have believed – not only to place students, but to assist them in exploring their opportunities and finding the right career and company. -- Finance
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