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

University of California, San Diego

Rady School of ManagementRady School of Management

  • Program Basics

      • Full-time MBA
      • Rady School of Management
      • 9500 Gilman Drive
      • #0553
      • La Jolla, 92093, California
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.rady.ucsd.edu
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: MBAadmissions@ucsd.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 292
      • Full-Time MBA: 112
      • Part-Time MBA: 123
      • Executive MBA: 46
      • PhD Program: 11

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $80,704.00
      • Nonresident: $88,834.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $63,602.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $67,667.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 21

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 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: Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Important
      • Application Essays: Very Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 244
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 47 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 50 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 100 %
      • 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: 57 %
      • Applications from women received: 44 %
      • Mean base salary forgone: $43,195.00
      • Median base salary forgone: $41,000.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 32 %
      • International: 49 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 39 %
      • Europe: 5 %
      • North America: 51 %
      • Dual citizenship: 3 %

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

      • Asian American: 28 %
      • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 10 %
      • 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: 11 %
      • Midwest: 3 %
      • West: 86 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 61
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 52

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

      • From: 22
      • To: 120
      • 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
      • 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
      • 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? No
      • If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment? The GMAT may be waived for applicants who have completed an M.D. at an accredited U.S. medical school or who have completed a Ph.D. in a technical, scientific or quantitatively based discipline at an accredited U.S. institution.

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 10th Percentile 600
      • 50th Percentile (median) 690
      • Average GMAT Score 674
      • 25th Percentile 645
      • 75th Percentile 715
      • 90th Percentile 736

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 510
      • 25th Percentile 590
      • 90th Percentile 710
      • 50th Percentile (median) 650
      • 75th Percentile 690
      • Average GMAT Score 627

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 56
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 21
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 30

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

      • Information Technology for Health Sciences
      • 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:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility
        • Finance
        • Technology
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Strategy

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 48

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 24

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 14

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 3
      • Non-Tenured: 6

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 6
      • Non-Tenured: 10

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 26

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Biotech/Health care
        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • High Tech
        • Information Technology
        • Investment Banking

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

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

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: We have been able to leverage current and emerging technologies to augment and enhance the pedagogical experience for our students. Rady has recently upgraded to the latest version of our Learning Management System as well as our media-streaming infrastructure from legacy codecs to a simpler and more scalable Silverlight based solution which is more cross-platform compatible. These upgrades offer an improved interface for our students and faculty.
      • Amount spent: $1,500,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 569
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 15 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $319.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $16.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $7,700,000.00
      • 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://alumni.ucsd.edu
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
      • Business school alumni networking site: http://alumni.ucsd.edu
      • 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: 75 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 25 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

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

      • Destination: Bay Area Trek
      • Month: January
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: NSHMBA
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: NBMBAA
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial
      • Destination: Reaching Out
      • Month: October
      • Amount Paid By School: Partial

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 38 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 62 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 35 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 47 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 19 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 30 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 49 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 21 %
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 32 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $72,945.00
      • Median base salary: $71,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $9,136.00
      • Median signing bonus: $7,832.00

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

      • Consulting: 6 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 23 %
      • General Management: 15 %
      • Human Resources: 0 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 44 %
      • Management Information Systems: 3 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 6 %
      • Other: 3 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 0 %
      • Consulting: 9 %
      • Consumer Products: 9 %
      • Financial Services: 21 %
      • Manufacturing: 3 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 0 %
      • Non-Profit: 3 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 3 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 18 %
      • Real Estate: 0 %
      • Technology: 35 %
      • Other: 0 %

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

      • Africa: 0 %
      • Asia: 18 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 82 %
      • 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: 0 %
      • South: 0 %
      • Southwest: 0 %
      • Midwest: 4 %
      • West: 93 %
      • Possessions and territories: 0 %

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