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

Union University

  • Program Basics

      • Union Graduate College
      • 80 Nott Terrace
      • Schenectady, 12308, New York
      • United States
      • Program Web site: www.uniongraduatecollege.edu
      • Status: Private
      • Program e-mail address: wheelere@uniongraduatecollege.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
        • Other

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 217
      • Full-Time MBA: 131
      • Part-Time MBA: 86

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $55,210.00
      • Nonresident: $55,210.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $37,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $37,000.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 24

  • ADMISSIONS

      • 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?

        • 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: Considered
      • Application Essays: Considered
      • Interviews: Considered
      • Recommendations: Considered
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 78
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 97 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 85 %
      • Applicant interviews are: Recommended

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 10 %
      • Applications from women received: 45 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 41 %
      • International: 11 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Europe: 5 %
      • North America: 95 %

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

      • Asian American: 10 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 90 %

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

      • Northeast: 98 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 24
      • 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
      • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 35 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 38 %
      • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $25,500.00
      • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $21,000.00
      • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
        • academic merit
      • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarship
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $5,000.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 20 %
      • 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: $45,000.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 75th Percentile 560
      • 25th Percentile 500
      • 90th Percentile 580
      • 50th Percentile (median) 530
      • Average GMAT Score 550
      • 10th Percentile 440

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 90th Percentile 620
      • 25th Percentile 510
      • 75th Percentile 590
      • Average GMAT Score 560
      • 50th Percentile (median) 560
      • 10th Percentile 450

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 20
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 18
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 28

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

      • Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructuring

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

        • Finance
        • General Management
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management

    • Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/MD (Medicine)
      • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? Yes

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

        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Accounting
        • Human Resource Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 40

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 7
      • Non-Tenured: 8

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 25

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 9

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 4

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 1
      • Non-Tenured: 5

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 8
      • Non-Tenured: 17

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 10 %
      • Distance Learning: 10 %
      • Experiential Learning: 5 %
      • Lectures: 50 %
      • Simulations: 5 %
      • Team Projects: 20 %

    • Requirements for graduation:

        • Students must write a complete business plan
        • 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

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 2,596
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 6 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $592.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
      • 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: 42 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 53 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 5 %

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 14 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 0 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 86 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Received first job offer by graduation: 72 %
      • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 86 %
      • Did not report having received a job offer: 12 %
      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 72 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 86 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 12 %

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

      • Consulting: 11 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 24 %
      • General Management: 35 %
      • Human Resources: 14 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 16 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Consulting: 8 %
      • Consumer Products: 14 %
      • Financial Services: 24 %
      • Manufacturing: 17 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 3 %
      • Non-Profit: 21 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 3 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 5 %

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

      • Europe: 3 %
      • North America: 97 %

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

      • Northeast: 84 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 5 %
      • West: 8 %

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