University of California-Los Angeles

UCLA Anderson School of Management

110 Westwood Plaza
Suite B201
Los Angeles , California 90095 United States  

Program Web site:

http://mba.anderson.ucla.edu

  Status:

Public Institution

Program e-mail address:

mba.admissions@anderson.ucla.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International

SCHOOL BASICS

Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 1,743
Full-Time MBA: 732
Part-time MBA: 805
Executive MBA: 138
PhD Program: 68

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  71,346
Nonresident : $  87,830
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  58,984
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  67,226

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

21

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

Semester: round one
Deadline: 10
Semester: round two
Deadline: 1
Semester: round three
Deadline: 3

  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?

Yes

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

IELTS

TOEFL Computer Based

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:

3,041

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

25  %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

47  %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

5  %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

14  %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

538

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

148

  Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

41  %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100  %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  67,517

Median base salary forgone:

$  67,000

CLASS PROFILE

Full-time students in newest entering class (2009-2010) that are:

Female: 35  %
International: 33  %
Married: 17  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 0  %
Asia: 20  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 2  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 72  %
Oceania : 0  %
Western Europe: 3  %
Dual citizenship: 7  %

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

African American: 1  %
Asian American: 14  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 2  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 44  %
Chose not to report: 5  %
Other: 34  %

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

N/A

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

57

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 who applied for financial aid for the current academic year:

74  %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:

74  %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  41,077

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  47,331

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

A combination of need and merit

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:

0

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?

Unique scholarship application

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

$  11,810

Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study:

85  %

  Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?

Only to domestic students

Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program:

$  64,030

GMAT

  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 712
Median: 710

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  670
        To:  750

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:

72

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:

32

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

81

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:

Media 2015: Transforming Business
Industrial Ecology
Operations Management Models in Healthcare
Psychology and Personal Finance
Green Energy Entrepreneurship

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

2004

N/A

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

The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Operations Management

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

140

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 62
Non-Tenured: 41

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 18

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 18

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 11

International Faculty:

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 14

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 65
Non-Tenured: 47

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Business Ethics

Business Law

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

E-business

Entrepreneurship

Environmental

Finance

High Tech

Human Resources

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

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 16  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 2  %
Lectures: 70  %
Simulations: 2  %
Team Projects: 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

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Active learning environment in Rosenfeld Library (group pods); Anderson Board Room in Rosenfeld Library; Jim Easton Global Connections classroom (tech classroom); wireless upgrades; faculty expertise system; virtual server capability; new email/calendaring system for students.

Amount spent:

$  1,800,000

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

19,525

Active MBA alumni clubs:

31

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:

11

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

20  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  2,616

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

$  83,941,328

  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.ucla.edu/

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x24248.xml

  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: 16  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 6  %

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

Destination: New York, NY (Wall Street)
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: New York, NY (entertainment)
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: San Francisco Bay Area (technology)
Month: December
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Las Vegas, NV (hospitality)
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: none

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 67  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 33  %

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 58  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 22  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 19  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 51  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 20  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 26  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

McKinsey & Co., Inc.   6
Deloitte Consulting   6
Credit Suisse   4
Da Vita Corporation   4
Toyota Motor Corporation, USA   3
Mattel, Inc.   3
UBS Investment Bank   3
Cisco Systems, Inc.   3
Boston Consulting Group   3
Bain & Co., Inc.   3
Bank of America Corporation   3
Amgen, Inc.   3
UCLA   3
Walt Disney Company   2
Johnson & Johnson   2

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:

55  %

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

Mean base salary: $  95,922
Median base salary: $  95,000
Mean signing bonus: $  22,255
Median signing bonus: $  20,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  22,107
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  15,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 23  %
Finance/Accounting: 36  %
General Management: 5  %
Human Resources: 1  %
Marketing/Sales: 18  %
Operations/Logistics: 2  %
Other: 14  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Consulting: 20  %
Consumer Products: 8  %
Financial Services: 22  %
Manufacturing: 4  %
Media/Entertainment: 5  %
Non-Profit: 4  %
Petroleum/Energy: 3  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8  %
Real Estate: 4  %
Technology: 16  %
Other: 7  %

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

Asia: 12  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 3  %
North America: 83  %
Western Europe: 1  %

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

Northeast: 5  %
South: 1  %
Southwest: 1  %
Midwest: 1  %
West: 75  %

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Cisco Systems   8
Amgen, Inc.   8
Mattel   5
Headstart   5
Education Pioneers   5
Citigroup   4
Walt Disney Company   4
Southern California Edison   4
Nestle USA   4
UBS Investment Bank   3
Sony Pictures Entertainment   3
McKesson Corporation   3
General Mills   3
Deloitte Consulting   3
Apple, Inc.   3

Internships awarded that are paid:

77  %

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: $ 1,210
        Median: $ 1,250

Average internship length in weeks:

10

SCHOOL COMMENTS

School Comments:

N/A