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

University of California, Irvine

Merage School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • The Paul Merage School of Business
      • Pereira Drive
      • SB 220
      • Irvine, 92697-3125, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://merage.uci.edu/FullTimeMBA/
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@merage.uci.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 829
      • Full-Time MBA: 195
      • Part-Time MBA: 444
      • Executive MBA: 138
      • PhD Program: 52

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $72,685.00
      • Nonresident: $91,835.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $55,955.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $65,530.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Apr 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: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 813
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 32 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 42 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 1 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 67 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 53
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 22
      • Applicant interviews are: Required
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 60 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 62 %
      • Applications from women received: 38 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $41,339.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $44,150.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 26 %
      • International: 43 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 40 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 57 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 1 %
      • Oceania: 2 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 27 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 5 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 6 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 52 %
      • Chose not to report: 10 %

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

      • Northeast: 8 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 2 %
      • Midwest: 3 %
      • West: 83 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 56
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 53

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

      • From: 24
      • To: 87
      • 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: 52 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 89 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $32,753.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $27,979.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • 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: $10,349.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 22 %
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
      • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $32,748.00

  • GMAT

      • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
      • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 610
      • 10th Percentile 530
      • 50th Percentile (median) 650
      • 75th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 636
      • 90th Percentile 710

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 660
      • 10th Percentile 610
      • 75th Percentile 700
      • 25th Percentile 640
      • 90th Percentile 720
      • Average GMAT Score 663

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 41
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 21
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 61

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

      • Revenue Management
      • Physicians, Executives & Health Leadership

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Marketing
        • Real Estate
        • Accounting
        • Operations Management
        • Strategy
        • Economics
        • Organizational Behavior
        • Public Policy

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

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
      • 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
        • Technology
        • Marketing
        • Strategy
        • Real Estate

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 129

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 27
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 80

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 32

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 10
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 4
      • Non-Tenured: 26

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 28
      • Non-Tenured: 67

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Other
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • Information Technology
        • Media & Entertainment
        • Human Resources

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • International Club
        • Women in MBA
        • Volunteer
        • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
        • Wine

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 35 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 25 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 25 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • 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
        • Other
      • Six quarters in residence (enrolled) at UC Irvine

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Classroom renovations included smart podiums. All large classrooms have twin projectors, high speed wireless networks, and laptop power at every seat. Classroom capture systems and built-in robotic cameras allow all instruction in largest classrooms to be streamed live via the Internet for classes, TA sessions, and conferences.
      • Amount spent: $328,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 7,450
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 13
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 4
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 4 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,128.00
      • 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: $24,700,650.00
      • 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.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CAI/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://merage.uci.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: 79 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 21 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: NSHMBA Conference - Anaheim
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Net Impact Conference
      • Month: November
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: San Francisco Bay Area Trek
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 67 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 33 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 72 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 23 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 5 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 57 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 35 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 8 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Deloitte AERS 3
      • Johnson & Johnson 3
      • The Walt Disney Company 3
      • Deloitte Consulting 2
      • JP Morgan 2
      • KPMG 2
      • Niagara Bottling 2
      • PricewaterhouseCoopers 2
      • Roth Capital 2
      • Abbott Labs 1
      • Amazon 1
      • Bank of America 1
      • Gallup Consulting 1
      • General Electric 1
      • Mattel 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 36 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $74,757.00
      • Median base salary: $75,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $11,420.00
      • Median signing bonus: $10,000.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $6,720.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $7,350.00

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

      • Consulting: 20 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 33 %
      • General Management: 4 %
      • Human Resources: 3 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 23 %
      • Management Information Systems: 2 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 12 %
      • Other: 3 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 14 %
      • Consumer Products: 13 %
      • Financial Services: 20 %
      • Manufacturing: 6 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 6 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 1 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
      • Real Estate: 6 %
      • Technology: 12 %
      • Other: 10 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 7 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 93 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 5 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 2 %
      • Southwest: 2 %
      • Midwest: 3 %
      • West: 88 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • Edgefort Capital 3
      • Johnson & Johnson 3
      • Pacific Life 3
      • The Walt Disney Corporation 3
      • 20th Century Fox 2
      • Broadcom 2
      • Docu Thesis 2
      • Experian 2
      • NBC Universal 2
      • Roth Capital Partners 2
      • Toyota 2
      • AT & T 1
      • Apple 1
      • Henkel 1
      • Taco Bell 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 79 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $1,021.00
      • Median: $1,158.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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