Dartmouth College

Program Basics

• • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
  • Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
  • 100 Tuck Hall
  • NH
  • Hanover, 03755, New Hampshire
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu
  • Status: Private
  • Program e-mail address: tuck.admissions@tuck.dartmouth.edu
  • Graduate business school is accredited by:
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 548
  • Full-Time MBA: 548

PROGRAM COSTS

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

  • Resident: $110,310.00
  • Nonresident: $110,310.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $84,050.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $84,050.00

PROGRAM LENGTH

• • Full-time program (months): 21

ADMISSIONS

• Application Deadlines

  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Oct 31, 2011
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Nov 9, 2011
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Jan 4, 2012
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Apr 2, 2011
• • Does the program have rolling admissions? No
  • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
  • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? No

• Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

  • • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test

• 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: 2,744
  • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 18 %
  • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 54 %
  • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 8 %
  • Applicant interviews are: Recommended
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

CLASS PROFILE

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

  • Female: 33 %
  • International: 34 %
  • Married: 30 %

• Students from following regions:

  • Africa: 1 %
  • Asia: 18 %
  • Europe: 8 %
  • North America: 68 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
  • Dual citizenship: 6 %

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

  • African American: 5 %
  • Asian American: 5 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
  • Native American: 1 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 85 %
  • Chose not to report: 1 %

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

  • Northeast: 59 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 14 %
  • South: 4 %
  • Southwest: 7 %
  • Midwest: 3 %
  • West: 13 %
• • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 62
  • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 60

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

  • From: 36
  • To: 91
• • Median age of entering class: 28
  • Mean age of entering class: 28

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: 78 %
  • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 72 %
  • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $55,457.00
  • 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: $23,226.00
  • 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? Yes
  • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $96,346.00

GMAT

• • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes
  • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? GRE is now accepted as well

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 10th Percentile 660
  • 25th Percentile 700
  • 75th Percentile 730
  • 50th Percentile (median) 720
  • 90th Percentile 760
  • Average GMAT Score 718

CLASS OFFERINGS

• • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 67
  • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 35
  • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 97

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

  • • MBA/MA (Arts)
    • MBA/MD (Medicine)
    • Other
    • MBA/PhD
• • 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:

  • • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Consulting
    • Strategy
    • Accounting

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 86

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 33
  • Non-Tenured: 11

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Non-Tenured: 42

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 4
  • Non-Tenured: 17

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 6
  • Non-Tenured: 5

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 10
  • Non-Tenured: 11

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 33
  • Non-Tenured: 26

STUDENT LIFE

• Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Consulting
    • Other
    • Business Ethics
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Nonprofit
    • VC/ Private Equity
    • Environmental
    • High Tech
    • Information Technology
    • Investment Banking
    • Media & Entertainment
    • E-business
    • New Media

• Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Black MBA Association
    • Hispanic Student Organization
    • International Club
    • Partners/Family
    • Women in MBA
    • Other
    • Volunteer
    • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
    • Wine

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods used:

  • Case Study: 45 %
  • Distance Learning: 1 %
  • Experiential Learning: 5 %
  • Lectures: 23 %
  • Simulations: 2 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
  • Other: 4 %

• 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
    • Other
  • Core courses and an Ethics and Social Responsbility distribution requirement

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Implemented a new printing solution for students Digital distribution of course pack materials Enhancements to student notebook computer program (now includes online backup service, replacement battery in second year)

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 9,116
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 60
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 20
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 71 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $917.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $200.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • 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://alumni.dartmouth.edu
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.tuck.dartmouth.edu/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: 92 %
  • Graduates not seeking employment: 8 %

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

  • Destination: San Francisco
  • Month: March
  • Amount Paid By School: None
  • Destination: Hong Kong
  • Month: November
  • Amount Paid By School: None
  • Destination: New York City
  • Month: October
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial
  • Destination: India
  • Month: December
  • Amount Paid By School: None
  • Destination: Boston
  • Month: October
  • Amount Paid By School: Partial

• Primary source of job offer:

  • School-facilitated activities: 87 %
  • Graduate-facilitated activities: 13 %

• Job Offers for 2011 graduates

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 92 %
  • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 5 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer: 3 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 83 %
  • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 11 %
  • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 1 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 5 %

• Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

  • McKinsey & Company 14
  • BAIN & COMPANY 10
  • The Boston Consulting Group 10
  • Monitor Group 6
  • Amazon 5
  • J.P. Morgan 5
  • L.E.K. Consulting 5
  • Booz & Company 4
  • Goldman Sachs 4
  • Harris Williams & Co. 4
  • Morgan Stanley 4
  • Samsung 4
  • The Parthenon Group 4
  • UBS 4
  • General Mills 3
• • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 86 %

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

  • Mean base salary: $115,143.00
  • Median base salary: $110,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $26,875.00
  • Median signing bonus: $25,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $35,469.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $25,000.00

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

  • Consulting: 39 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 30 %
  • General Management: 13 %
  • Human Resources: 1 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 14 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 1 %
  • Other: 2 %

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 33 %
  • Consumer Products: 11 %
  • Financial Services: 29 %
  • Manufacturing: 4 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 1 %
  • Non-Profit: 1 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
  • Technology: 12 %
  • Other: 2 %

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

  • Asia: 8 %
  • Europe: 3 %
  • North America: 87 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %

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

  • Northeast: 58 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 10 %
  • South: 4 %
  • Southwest: 5 %
  • Midwest: 8 %
  • West: 15 %

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

  • McKinsey & Company 13
  • Amazon 11
  • Bain & Company 8
  • Citigroup 7
  • Goldman Sachs 7
  • The Boston Consulting Group 6
  • Education Pioneers 5
  • Eli Lilly 5
  • Google 5
  • Barclays Capital 4
  • Booz & Company 4
  • Cargill 4
  • Montior Group 4
  • Parthenon Group 4
• • Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %

• Weekly internship compensation:

  • Mean: $1,853.00
  • Median: $1,704.00
• • Average internship length in weeks: 10

• • -Tuck was a very good experience. I met a number of life-long friends and people that I think will be great contacts throughout my professional career. As with any MBA during these two years, I found the job search to be challenging, especially in my chosen career path of VC/PE, but I could not be more pleased as to where I came out at the end of the day.
    
    -Tuck is not a school for everyone. If you like small communities and enjoy an outdoor place like Hanover, this is perfect. But for someone who prefers city life, it will be a disappointment.
    
    -I had an incredible experience in business school, participated as a leader in many activities, including Women in Business and career clubs, and I got to know all of my classmates because it was a small, intimate community. I drastically increased my salary prospects and my general management skills. Before Tuck, I had solid consulting and marketing skills, and now I feel that I have excellent finance, strategy and general management skills as well. Additionally, the Tuck network far exceeded my high expectations--there is not a single alumnus who does not call you back or offer to help you. This is a great plus in an economic downturn.
    
    -The faculty and staff at Tuck are amazing. We get a lot of individual attention and everyone clearly cares about us. I also am very impressed by a vast number of my classmates. However, I am a little bit worried about Tuck going forward. For some reason, it seems to accept a disproportionate number of students from New England who have never left New England for college or work. This is concerning to me because one of the reasons I came to business school was to be exposed to a diverse group of people. I am also concerned because a large number of this homogeneous group does not give back in the classroom or in the community. This is deeply concerning to me because I fear that this will continue in their post-MBA careers.
    
    -Coming from a "non-traditional" background, I knew I needed a rigorous first-year core and I definitely got that with Tuck. The plethora of leadership opportunities is what exceeded my expectations. In addition, I benefited hugely from Tuck's community focus. Tuck takes a holistic approach to education and I grew tremendously as a business woman and person.
    
    -Tuck was two of the best years of my life--the people are outstanding, the curriculum is challenging, relevant and interesting and the environment is as good as you'll find anywhere. The program is not for people who want to be anonymous or don't like the outdoors, but if you want to be part of a close-knit community in a beautiful setting, Tuck is the perfect place.
    
    -I came to business school uncertain about what to except, despite gathering a lot of information prior to enrolling. I have been incredibly impressed by the quality of the education (I learned far more than I had expected), the quality of the student body (the most brilliant individuals I have been given the chance to work with), the quality of the professional opportunities offered to students (while it was a major reason to chose a reputable program, the reality exceeded my expectations), and an unparalleled access to leading executives visiting the campus almost on a daily basis. The school’s small size and personal attention enables each student to meet on an individual basis with some of the world leading executives. I have been to numerous dinners and lunches on campus with Fortune 500 CEOs, CFOs, from which I have been inspired. Similarly, I can’t imagine having a greater access to some of the world most highly regarded faculty thanks to our small class size. I had dinner at some of the professors’ home on several occasions.
    
    -If you want to work in finance, our career development office is not as helpful for positions in finance other than investment banking.
    
    -Tuck offers an incredible curricula as well as a top-class faculty. The close relationships that I created with my classmates, staff, and faculty will stay with me forever. And I know that in 10-20 years I can call every single person and get help. Especially during the downturn, Tuck alumni network was so responsive and willing to help.
    
    -I think Tuck offers amazing opportunities to build or re-shape your career, to learn the necessary skills to tackle any job. In addition, the closeness of the community and the dedication of the faculty and staff makes this a great learning and living environment.
    
    -Tuck is a small and intimate program that rigorously focuses on team-oriented assignments and General Managements skills-building. By contrast, other schools have their own areas of specialization and larger schools may offer a broader array of electives better suited to certain fields. I would wager, however, that any of Tuck's classes match or exceeds those of rival schools in terms of end-learning, challenging course work, interest and relevance.
    
    -I loved Tuck, but I would have loved it more had the career development office been more helpful in sourcing jobs in investment management and research. There needs to be more than one person working in the Career Development Office who covers finance career opportunities and summer opportunities for both classes.