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

University of California, Riverside

School of Business Administration

  • Program Basics

      • UCR Anderson Full -Time MBA Program
      • Anderson Graduate School of Management
      • 900 University Ave.
      • Anderson Hall, South
      • Riverside, 92521, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/mba_program/
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mba@ucr.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 184
      • Full-Time MBA: 153
      • Part-Time MBA: 5
      • Executive MBA: 20
      • PhD Program: 6

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $71,815.00
      • Nonresident: $96,305.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $50,952.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $63,197.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 22

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Spring 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 1, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Sep 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: 550

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Considered
      • Application Essays: Considered
      • Interviews: Not Considered
      • Recommendations: Very Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 326
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 60 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 43 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 50 %
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 91 %
      • Applications from women received: 61 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 52 %
      • International: 71 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 71 %
      • Europe: 2 %
      • North America: 25 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Dual citizenship: 0 %

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

      • African American: 0 %
      • Asian American: 8 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
      • Native American: 0 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 8 %
      • Chose not to report: 75 %
      • Other: 9 %

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

      • Northeast: 0 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 100 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 22
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 12

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 36
      • Median age of entering class: 23
      • Mean age of entering class: 24

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 25th Percentile 530
      • 10th Percentile 470
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • Average GMAT Score 571
      • 90th Percentile 665

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 50th Percentile (median) 580
      • 75th Percentile 620
      • 25th Percentile 550
      • Average GMAT Score 585
      • 90th Percentile 664
      • 10th Percentile 520

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 43
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 26
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 31

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

      • None

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

        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Operations Management
        • E-commerce
      • 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:

        • E-commerce
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 47

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 0

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 11

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 18
      • Non-Tenured: 26

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Investment Banking

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Hispanic Student Organization
        • Other
        • Volunteer

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 30 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %
      • Other: 0 %

    • 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
      • Thesis, Capstone Course, Internship

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Implemented Behavioral Research/Instruction lab, 32 student stations, 3 instructor stations, 3 physical/5 virtual servers; Opened MBA Student Lab with 15 student stations employing VDI technology; Replaced 1/3 of faculty/Sta office computers and classroom computers; all computers updated from XP to Win 7; Purchased/ renewed 5 new physical/12 virtual enterprise servers; Revamped public websites; Installed 4 projector systems for use by students in meeting rooms and computer lab
      • Amount spent: $215,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 1,727
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 2
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 2
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 1 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $140.00
      • 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: $13,981,252.00
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.agsm.ucr.edu/alumni.html
      • 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: 58 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 42 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: National Black MBA (NBMBA)
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 46 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 42 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 12 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 24 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 10 %
      • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 66 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 24 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 10 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 66 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • Ernst & Young 2
      • The Walt Disney Company 1
      • Ecolabs, Inc. 1
      • Cal Homes, Inc. 1
      • Credit Suisse 1
      • Norman International 1
      • Viscount 1
      • Tower Realty 1
      • TGB Construction, Inc. 1
      • Sim Author, Inc. 1
      • Windsor Foods, Inc. 1
      • Department of Commerce 1
      • LA Metropolitan Water District 1
      • Covario 1
      • Sears Holding Company 1

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

      • Mean base salary: $116,454.00
      • Median base salary: $120,000.00

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

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 23 %
      • General Management: 27 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 27 %
      • Management Information Systems: 13 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 5 %
      • Other: 5 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 18 %
      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Consumer Products: 0 %
      • Financial Services: 27 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 4 %
      • Non-Profit: 13 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 4 %
      • Real Estate: 8 %
      • Technology: 8 %
      • Other: 16 %

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

      • Africa: 4 %
      • Asia: 9 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 87 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 4 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
      • South: 4 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 88 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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

      • General Electric 1
      • Fox Studios Taiwan 1
      • ISCA Technologies 2
      • Sena Cases, Inc. 1
      • University of California, Riverside 1
      • Golden State Advisors LLC 1
      • HSBC Bank Company Limited 1
      • Koo, Chow & Co. LLP CPA 1
      • KPMG 1
      • The Business Finance Store 1
      • United Way of the Inland Valleys 1
      • Marcus & Millchap 1
      • MLC & Associates, Inc. 1
      • Mobilesoft Consulting 1
      • Najing Huitong Engineering Technology, Co. Ltd. 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 50 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $200.00
      • Median: $200.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 10

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