Dartmouth College
Tuck School of Business
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SCHOOL BASICS
100 Tuck Hall
Hanover
03755
New Hampshire
United States
School based in:
U.S.
Status:
Private
Graduate business school is accredited by:
AACSB International
Years in which the following programs were founded:
Full-time MBA: 1900
Executive Education (non-degree): 1974
ENROLLMENT
Total graduate business school: 500
Full-time MBA: 500
PhD program: N/A Doctorate of Business Administration: N/A MS: N/A MSA: N/A Other: N/A
Graduate degree programs:
Other graduate degree programs:
N/A
PROGRAM BASICS
Address: 100 Tuck Hall
City: Hanover
New Hampshire
United States
Program Web site:
Program e-mail address:
PROGRAM LENGTH
Full-time program (months):
21
PROGRAM COSTS
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:
Resident : $ 86,585
Nonresident : $ 86,585
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $ 68,800
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $ 68,800
CLASS PROFILE
Full-time students in newest entering class (2007-08) that are:
Female: 35 %
International: 36 %
Married: 31 %
U.S. students only:
African American: 7 %
Asian American: 9 %
Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
Multiethnic/Multiracial: 1 %
Native American, Alaskan Native or Pacific Islander American: 1 %
White (Non-Hispanic): 69 %
Ethnicity other than above: 1 %
Ethnicity not reported: 6 %
Students from following regions:
Africa : 1 %
Asia: 16 %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 1 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 5 %
Middle East: 0 %
North America: 67 %
Oceania : 1 %
Western Europe: 9 %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 3 %
Entering North American citizens by region:
U.S.: 100 %
Northeast: 58 %
Mid-Atlantic: 11 %
South: 4 %
Southwest: 3 %
Midwest : 9 %
West: 15 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Mean : 713
Median : 710
Applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes
Middle 80% range GMAT scores:
From:
660
To:
760
ADMISSIONS
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 Computer Based
TOEFL Internet Based Test
TOEFL Paper-based Test
Relative importance: 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
CLASS PROFILE
Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
63
Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
59
Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:
From:
36
To:
95
New entrants with one year or less of work experience:
0 %
Mean age of entering class:
28
Median age of entering class:
28
APPLICANTS
Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:
2584
Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:
19 %
Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:
51 %
Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:
7 %
Applicant interviews are:
Recommended
Admitted applicants who were interviewed:
100 %
Mean base salary forgone:
$ 60,700
Median base salary forgone:
$ 60,000
ADMISSIONS
Does the program have rolling admissions?
No
FINANCIAL AID
Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
81 %
Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:
Institutional Scholarships: 54 %
Loans (private and government): 87 %
Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
50428
Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
62213
On what basis are scholarships awarded?
a combination of need and merit
Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
26
How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?
Unique scholarship application
Did scholarship remained the same or grow in second year?
100 %
Guaranteed loan regardless of nationality:
Yes
Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program:
$ 90,078
Academics & Lifestyle
FACULTY
Full-time faculty employed by the B-school:
46
Adjunct or visiting faculty:
11
Permanent/tenured professors:
34
Tenured faculty who are women:
12 %
Tenured faculty who are underrepresented minorities:
3 %
Tenured faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
24 %
Tenured faculty who have owned their own business:
0 %
TECHNOLOGY
Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?
Yes
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Continued enhancement of Outlook/Exchange environment, including the integration of calendar events from the intranet, implementation of Agenda/X, and expansion of mobile device support; Continued improvements to the TuckStreams intranet (course evals, news feeds, webauth, FM integration, calendar data, search integration); New e-signage infrastructure; Implementation of SynchronEyes for classroom management; TuckConnections for prospective students; Remote monitoring & support capabilities for classroom technology
Amount spent:
$ 7,933,000
CLASS OFFERINGS
Average students in a full-time MBA core class:
60
Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:
34
Elective courses available to full-time MBA students in the 2006-07 academic year:
75
Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
MBA/MA (Arts)
MBA/MD (Medicine)
MBA/Meng (Engineering - Manufacturing Management)
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:
Accounting
Consulting
Finance
Marketing
Strategy
TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Requirements for graduation:
Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:
Biotech/Health care
Business Ethics
Consulting
Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
E-business
Entrepreneurship
Environmental
Finance
High Tech
Information Technology
Investment Banking
Manufacturing
Marketing
Media & Entertainment
New Media
Nonprofit
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
Other
Alumni Affairs & Careers
ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
8426
Active MBA alumni clubs
60
Countries in which MBA clubs exist
20
Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
66 %
Mean gift from MBA alumni in past academic year:
$ 912
Median gift from MBA alumni in past academic year:
$ 250
Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?
No
The business school's total endowment as of June 30, 2007
$ 261,200,000
Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes
University alumni networking site:
Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
Yes
Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:
Yes
Business school alumni networking site:
Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes
CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 91 %
Graduates not seeking employment: 8 %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 1 %
Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination: NYC (Finance Club); NYC & Boston (Consulting Club)
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: West Coast Trek
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Boston (Marketing Club)
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: London Trek; Asia Trek
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: Boston (Investment Management)
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: None
Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:
Company/No. Hired: McKinsey & Company
Company/No. Hired: Lehman Brothers
Company/No. Hired: Bain & Company
Company/No. Hired: Beacon Capital Partners
Company/No. Hired: Oliver Wyman
Company/No. Hired: Deutsche Bank
Company/No. Hired: Goldman Sachs
Company/No. Hired: UBS
Company/No. Hired: Booz Allen Hamilton
Company/No. Hired: Citigroup
Company/No. Hired: The Parthenon Group
Company/No. Hired: AIG
Company/No. Hired: Bank of America
Company/No. Hired: Fidelity
Company/No. Hired: Morgan Stanley
Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $ 107,406
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $ 100,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 25,570
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $ 20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $ 46,322
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $ 25,000
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
81 %
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting: 36 %
Finance/Accounting: 39 %
General Management: 8 %
Human Resources: 0 %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 8 %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0 %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 1 %
Other: 8 %
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 0 %
Consulting: 32 %
Consumer Products: 5 %
Financial Services: 39 %
Manufacturing: 5 %
Media/Entertainment: 2 %
Non-Profit: 1 %
Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 5 %
Real Estate: 3 %
Technology: 6 %
Other: 1 %
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Africa: 0 %
Asia: 5 %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 1 %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
Middle East: 0 %
North America: 88 %
Oceana: 0 %
Western Europe: 6 %
Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Northeast: 60 %
Mid-Atlantic: 5 %
South: 5 %
Southwest: 4 %
Midwest: 10 %
West: 15 %
Possessions and territories: 0 %
Canada: 1 %
Top Companies - Internships:
Company/No. Hired: Booz Allen Hamilton
Company/No. Hired: Merrill Lynch
Company/No. Hired: Deutsche Bank
Company/No. Hired: Google
Company/No. Hired: McKinsey & Company
Company/No. Hired: Morgan Stanley
Company/No. Hired: UBS
Company/No. Hired: JPMorgan
Company/No. Hired: Boston Consulting Group
Company/No. Hired: Lehman Brothers
Company/No. Hired: Citigroup
Company/No. Hired: Autodesk
Company/No. Hired: Bank of America
Company/No. Hired: Wellington Management Group
Company/No. Hired: PepsiCo
Internships awarded that are paid:
100 %
Average internship length in weeks:
10
Graduate Comments
There are so many reasons why I loved my time at Tuck -- the approachable faculty, my amazing classmates, classes that made me do mental gymnastics, and a job that I am truly excited to leave school for. How many other places can you see half your class on the ski slope on a Friday? How many other schools run a 50-mile overnight hike? How many schools go to meet Warren Buffett? And how students at top schools can claim that they know their whole class, well? I am so excited and proud to be an alumna of Tuck. --Finance
Tuck has the reputation of "Tuck Love" -- strong community, strong loyalty of alumni. After two years, I can freely admit I drank the Kool-Aid! It is not a place for everybody -- there is little anonymity. But for a fully rewarding, life-enriching experience, Tuck is fantastic! --Information Technology
Tuck is a school where student voices are heard. Students can meet with the deans and offer suggestions about programs, curriculum, anything at all. --Consulting
Tucks sells itself as a general management school but is still extremely focused on investment banking or consulting. Students considering other career paths should be cautious about coming to Hanover, New Hampshire. Tuck’s isolation and small number of students make it difficult to find a job in other areas. --Finance
Tuck is a an amazing place. However, it is a petri dish socially to the point that it can become unhealthy. With no other outlet besides your classmates (because of the location in a small college town), it can be overwhelming, especially when you witness a bunch of 28-year-olds regularly partying and acting like they're 19 again. The close-knit nature of the school is one of its biggest assets, but in some ways and certainly for some people, is a bit too much. --Consulting
Tuck is not for everyone, but it is outstanding for the right type of person. For my friends who fit the mold, I recommend it highly.--Finance
Tuck was a truly rewarding experience from a personal and professional development stand point. The education was top notch, but the truly special aspect of the program was its intimate nature. As a result, I've made more lifelong friends than I could ever have imagined. While I worked hard at Tuck, I had an absolute blast.--Finance
I had a great time at Tuck. The teaching is excellent, professors take the time to know you as a person, I was able to achieve my career goals and make a career change and came away with a fabulous set of friends.--Investment Banking
Tuck has been an tranformative experience. The strong general managment core combined with leadership training has made me ready to tackle almost anything.--Finance
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