UCLA

PROGRAM BASICS

Full-Time MBA

UCLA Anderson School of Management

110 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles , California 90095

Program Web site:

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu

Status:

Public Institution

Program e-mail address:

mba.admissions@anderson.ucla.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 1939
Part-time MBA : 1972
Executive MBA: 1981
Executive Education (non-degree): 1954
PhD program: 1953

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  66,590
Nonresident : $  77,126
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  25,762
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  25,762

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

21

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 1683
Full-time MBA: 731
Part-time MBA: 755
Executive MBA: 134

PhD program: 63

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Accounting

Master of Electronic Commerce/Information Systems

Master of Finance

master of Human resources

Master of international Management/Business

Master of Marketing

Master of Technology

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

October 8 2008 January 8 2009 April 2 2009

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 Computer Based

TOEFL Internet Based Test

TOEFL Paper-based Test

Other: N/A

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:

560

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

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

3693

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

20 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

52 %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

4 %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

23 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

437

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:

54

Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

29 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

Mean base salary forgone:

$  66,733

Median base salary forgone:

$  63,000

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2008-2009) that are:

Female: 34  %
International: 32  %
Married: 18  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

African American: 1  %
Asian American: 14  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 5  %
Native American: .5  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 44  %
Chose not to report: 5  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : .3  %
Asia: 17  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 4  %
Middle East: 2  %
North America: 70  %
Oceania : 1  %
Western Europe: 4  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 18  %
Mid-Atlantic: 6  %
South: 3  %
Southwest: 6  %
Midwest : 4  %
West: 63  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

61

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:  96

Median age of entering class:

28

Mean age of entering class:

28

FINANCIAL AID

Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:

Central financial aid office at the university

Full-time MBAs applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

71 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

71 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  40,860

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  52,034

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

a combination of need and merit

How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

all candidates are considered for scholarship

Mean scholarships awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:

$  11,865

Percentage of second-year students receiving the same or more amount of money in their second year of study:

90 %

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:

$  73,548

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 711
Median: 710

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  660
To:  760

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

72

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

32

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

86

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2008:

Ethical Leadership
Digital Content Culture & Commerce
Complexity Leadership
Leadership & Ethics

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:

2004

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

International Business

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MCS (Computer Science)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

MBA/MSN (Nursing)

Other

Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?

No

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

138

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 62
Non-Tenured: 39

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 16

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 21

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 12
Non-Tenured: 12

International Faculty

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 10

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 64
Non-Tenured: 79

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Environmental

Finance

High Tech

Human Resources

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

New Media

Nonprofit

VC/ Private Equity

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

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used

Case study: 16  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 2  %
Lecture: 70  %
Simulations: 2  %
Team Project: 10  %

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

TECHNOLOGY

Is there a wireless network in main B-school buildings?

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Sharepoint services; improved student registration system; storage additions; improved back-up infrastructure

Amount spent:

$  1,075,000

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

18,784

Active MBA alumni clubs

31

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

11

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

19 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  1,105

Median gift from MBA alumni

$  250

Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in past academic year?

No

Business School Endowment

$  98,900,280

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.anderson.ucla.edu/

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://alumni.anderson.ucla.edu

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 81  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 11  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 8  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 26  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 3  %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 13  %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 42  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 16  %

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

Destination: Wall Street - New York, New York
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Silicon Valley, CA (Tech & Healthcare)
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Hong Kong
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: San Francisco, CA (Finance)
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Orange County, CA (Tech)
Month: February
Amount Paid By School: none

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 69  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 31  %

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 80  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 12  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 6  %

Top recruiting firms and the number of full-time MBAs hired in the past 12 months:

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

67 %

Mean and median base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary for most recent graduates: $  101,306
Median base salary for most recent graduates: $  96,000
Mean signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  23,407
Median signing bonus for most recent graduates: $  20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  20,975
Median other guaranteed compensation for most recent graduates: $  15,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 20  %
Finance/Accounting: 40  %
General Management: 4  %
Human Resources: 1  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 18  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): .4  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 2  %
Other: 14  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): .4  %
Consulting: 15  %
Consumer Products: 10  %
Financial Services: 27  %
Manufacturing: 3  %
Media/Entertainment: 10  %
Non-Profit: 2  %
Petroleum/Energy: 2  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 3  %
Real Estate: 7  %
Technology: 16  %
Other: 5  %

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

Asia: 6  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: .4  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 3  %
North America: 89  %
Oceana: .4  %
Western Europe: 1  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 6  %
Mid-Atlantic: 1  %
South: 1  %
Southwest: 2  %
Midwest: 4  %
West: 75  %

Top Companies - Internships:

Internships awarded that are paid:

91 %

Mean and median intern compensation per week:

Mean :  1,489
Median:  1,500

Average internship length in weeks:

11

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

N/A