University of California, San Diego

PROGRAM BASICS

Full-Time MBA

Rady School of Management

9500 Gilman Drive
MC 0554
La Jolla , California CA 92093-0554

Program Web site:

http://rady.ucsd.edu/mba/fulltime/

Status:

Public Institution

Program e-mail address:

MBAAdmissions@ucsd.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

Other

WASC

Years in which the following programs were founded:

Full-time MBA: 2005
Part-time MBA : 2008
Executive MBA: 2004
Executive Education (non-degree): 2003

PROGRAM COSTS

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

Resident : $  51,930
Nonresident : $  74,880
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  22,300
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  22,300

PROGRAM LENGTH

Full-time program (months):

21

ENROLLMENT

Graduate business school enrollment

Total graduate business school: 254
Full-time MBA: 115
Part-time MBA: 41
Executive MBA: 98

Other graduate degree programs:

N/A

ADMISSIONS

Application Deadlines

11/3/08 12/15/08 2/2/09 4/6/09

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:

550

Relative importance: Application Elements

GMAT Score:

Very Important

Resume/Work Experience:

Important

Application Essays:

Very Important

Interviews:

Very Important

Recommendations:

Very Important

Undergraduate Transcripts:

Important

APPLICANTS

Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:

283

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:

38 %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:

53 %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:

2 %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:

0 %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:

n/a

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

n/a

Applicant interviews are:

By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:

48 %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:

100 %

APPLICANT POOL

International applications received:

45 %

Applications from women received:

40 %

Mean base salary forgone:

$  51,600

Median base salary forgone:

$  47,700

CLASS PROFILE

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

Female: 30  %
International: 25  %

Ethnicity/US Students in Program

African American: 4  %
Asian American: 18  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 2  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0  %
Native American: 4  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 28  %
Chose not to report: 14  %
Other: 5  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 0  %
Asia: 14  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 5  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 2  %
North America: 68  %
Oceania : 0  %
Western Europe: 4  %
Percentage of students with dual citizenship: 7  %

Entering North American citizens by region:

Northeast: 2  %
Mid-Atlantic: 2  %
South: 2  %
Southwest: 2  %
Midwest : 0  %
West: 90  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:

61

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:

48

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

From:  16
To:  133

Median age of entering class:

28

Mean age of entering class:

29

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:

92 %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid through school:

85 %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  31,815

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:

$  32,050

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

a combination of need and merit

some other criteria

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

7

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:

$  17,865

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

29 %

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:

$  35,030

GMAT

Applicants required to take the GMAT?

Yes

Mean : 683
Median: 700

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

From:  620
To:  730

CLASS OFFERINGS

Average students in a full-time MBA core class:

58

Average students in a full-time MBA elective class:

25

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:

20

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

Advanced Leadership PracticumBusiness & Climate Change
Managerial Decision Making
Business of Renewable Energy Corporate Sustainability
Mergers Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings
Global Business Intensive International Finance

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

2005

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/PhD

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

No

FACULTY

Faculty employed by the B-school:

33

Full-time faculty

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 12

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 11

Women on Faculty

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 6

Minority Faculty

Tenured: 3
Non-Tenured: 7

International Faculty

Tenured: 4
Non-Tenured: 8

Faculty with PhDs

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 18

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:

0 %

Faculty who have owned their own business:

0 %

STUDENT LIFE

Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Biotech/Health care

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

High Tech

Marketing

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

Teaching methods used

Case study: 35  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 5  %
Lecture: 25  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Project: 30  %
Other: 0  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must write a complete business plan

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

TECHNOLOGY

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

Yes

Technology improvements in the last three academic years:

Over the last three years the Rady School has leveraged emerging technologies to enhance the experience for our students. Wireless access is available throughout the campus. Leveraging our partnerships with local industry has enabled us to outfit a computer suite with a custom work/play environment. In classrooms there is a wide array of technology: DVD, VHS, document camera and laptop (DVI) hook-ups are standard.

Amount spent:

$  1.8 mil

ALUMNI

Living MBA alumni:

276

Active MBA alumni clubs

18

Countries in which MBA clubs exist

1

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:

30 %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:

$  2,476

Median gift from MBA alumni

$  1,000

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

No

Business School Endowment

$  13,800,000

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.rady.ucsd.edu/alumni/

Does the B-School have an alumni networking site:

Yes

Business school alumni networking site:

http://alumni.rady.ucsd.edu/alumni/

Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?

Yes

CAREER SERVICES

Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 72  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 28  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0  %

Of grads not seeking employment: Percentage of graduates not seeking employment who were company-sponsored, or already employed: 9  %
Percentage who were continuing their education (after graduation): 4  %
Percentage who were postponing their job search: 8  %
Percentage who were starting their own business(es) : 7  %
Percentage who were not seeking employment for other reasons: 0  %

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

Destination: Rady Bay Area Trek
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: New York- Finance
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: APEC Job Fair- San Francisco
Month: February
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: National Black MBA Association
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: NSHMBA
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Partial

Primary Source of Job Offer

School-facilitated activities: 68  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 24  %
No information provided by graduate: 8  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2007-08:

65

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs on the school's job boards in 2007-08:

400

Job Offers for 2008 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 27  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 34  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 39  %

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

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

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 4  %
Finance/Accounting: 20  %
General Management: 4  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales (Public Relations, Product Management, Market Research, Advertising, etc.): 32  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics (Logistics, Purchasing, Engineering, etc.): 12  %
Other: 28  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government (Federal, State, Local, Military): 0  %
Consulting: 4  %
Consumer Products: 0  %
Financial Services: 20  %
Manufacturing: 8  %
Media/Entertainment: 4  %
Non-Profit: 0  %
Petroleum/Energy: 8  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health care Products: 32  %
Real Estate: 0  %
Technology: 20  %
Other: 4  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 0  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 100  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 0  %

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

Northeast: 0  %
Mid-Atlantic: 0  %
South: 4  %
Southwest: 0  %
Midwest: 0  %
West: 96  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Top Companies - Internships:

Internships awarded that are paid:

93 %

Mean and median intern compensation per week:

Mean :  0
Median:  0

Average internship length in weeks:

11

SCHOOL COMMENTS

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