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

University of Utah

Eccles School of Business

  • Program Basics

      • full time MBA
      • David Eccles School of Business
      • 1645 E. Campus Center Dr.
      • Kendall D. Garff Bldg. Rm. 101
      • Salt Lake City, 84112, Utah
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://business.utah.edu/full-time-mba
      • Status: Public
      • Program e-mail address: mastersinfo@business.utah.edu
      • Graduate business school is accredited by:
        • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Graduate business school enrollment:

      • Total: 937
      • Full-Time MBA: 184
      • Part-Time MBA: 317
      • Executive MBA: 138
      • PhD Program: 66
      • Other graduate degree programs:
        • Master of Accounting
        • Master of Finance
        • Other
      • Master of Real Estate Development; Master of Healthcare Administration; Master of Science in Information Systems

  • PROGRAM COSTS

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

      • Resident: $45,000.00
      • Nonresident: $75,000.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $35,686.00
      • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $53,282.00

  • PROGRAM LENGTH

      • Full-time program (months): 20

  • ADMISSIONS

    • Application Deadlines

      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Jan 15, 2012
      • Semester: Fall 2012
      • Deadline: Mar 1, 2012
      • 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 Internet Based Test
        • TOEFL Paper-based Test
      • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements:

      • GMAT Score: Very Important
      • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
      • Application Essays: Important
      • Interviews: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Important
      • Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important

  • APPLICANTS

      • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 141
      • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 75 %
      • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 66 %
      • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 4 %
      • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 80 %
      • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 14
      • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 6
      • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
      • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 30 %
      • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 20 %

  • APPLICANT POOL

      • International applications received: 14 %
      • Applications from women received: 20 %

  • CLASS PROFILE

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

      • Female: 21 %
      • International: 4 %

    • Students from following regions:

      • Asia: 4 %
      • North America: 96 %

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

      • Asian American: 3 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 4 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 89 %
      • Chose not to report: 4 %

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

      • Mid-Atlantic: 4 %
      • Southwest: 2 %
      • Midwest: 4 %
      • West: 90 %
      • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 20
      • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 10

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

      • From: 0
      • To: 46
      • Median age of entering class: 26
      • Mean age of entering class: 27

  • 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: 70 %
      • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 35 %
      • 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
      • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $0.00
      • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 100 %
      • 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: $36,269.00

  • GMAT

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

    • GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):

      • 25th Percentile 570
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 10th Percentile 540
      • 75th Percentile 650
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • Average GMAT Score 619

    • GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

      • 10th Percentile 540
      • 25th Percentile 570
      • Average GMAT Score 610
      • 50th Percentile (median) 610
      • 90th Percentile 680
      • 75th Percentile 650

  • CLASS OFFERINGS

      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 75
      • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 40
      • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 122

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

      • Innovation Bootcamp
      • Profiles and Entreprenuership
      • Web Analytics
      • Gameification

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

        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Management Information Systems
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Marketing
        • Health Care Administration
        • Supply Chain Management
        • Accounting
        • Leadership
        • Operations Management
        • Organizational Behavior

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

        • MBA/March (Architecture)
        • MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)
        • MBA/JD (Law)
        • MBA/Meng (Engineering - Manufacturing Management)
        • MBA/ME (Engineering)
        • MBA/MSEE (Electrical Engineering)
        • MBA/MSME (Mechanical Engineering)
      • 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:

        • Finance
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Accounting
        • Operations Management

  • FACULTY

      • Faculty employed by the B-school: 148

    • Full-time faculty:

      • Tenured: 44
      • Non-Tenured: 21

    • Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

      • Tenured: 0
      • Non-Tenured: 83

    • Women on Faculty:

      • Tenured: 13
      • Non-Tenured: 7

    • Minority Faculty:

      • Tenured: 2
      • Non-Tenured: 13

    • International Faculty:

      • Tenured: 11
      • Non-Tenured: 15

    • Faculty with PhDs:

      • Tenured: 44
      • Non-Tenured: 45

  • STUDENT LIFE

    • Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
        • Entrepreneurship
        • Consulting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • Nonprofit
        • VC/ Private Equity
        • Information Technology
        • Investment Banking
        • Human Resources

    • Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

        • Partners/Family
        • Women in MBA
        • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

  • TEACHING/ACADEMICS

    • Teaching methods used:

      • Case Study: 45 %
      • Distance Learning: 0 %
      • Experiential Learning: 10 %
      • Lectures: 30 %
      • Simulations: 10 %
      • Team Projects: 5 %
      • 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

  • TECHNOLOGY

      • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Construction completed on Phase 1 of new building to house the David Eccles School of Business. The building is a state-of-the-art facility, which includes the very latest in classroom technology. You name it, we got it.
      • Amount spent: $68,000,000.00

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Living MBA alumni: 5,600
      • Active MBA alumni clubs: 1
      • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 1
      • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 7 %
      • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $325.00
      • Median gift from MBA alumni: $75.00
      • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
      • Business School endowment: $45,000,000.00
      • 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://www.alumni.utah.edu/
      • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
      • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? No
      • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 51 %
      • Graduates not seeking employment: 36 %
      • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 13 %

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

      • Destination: Mumbai, India - Stock Exchange
      • Month: March 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Delhi, India - CB Richard Ellis
      • Month: March 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Delhi, India - Quattro
      • Month: March 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Delhi, India - future Valley Retail
      • Month: March 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: None
      • Destination: Agra, India - Agra Rug Company
      • Month: March 2010
      • Amount Paid By School: None

    • Primary source of job offer:

      • School-facilitated activities: 44 %
      • Graduate-facilitated activities: 0 %
      • No information provided by graduate: 56 %

    • Job Offers for 2011 graduates

      • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 47 %
      • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 19 %
      • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 3 %
      • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 31 %

    • Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

      • University of Utah 3
      • Zions Bancorporation 3
      • American Express 2
      • Directed Sales LLC 2
      • Mainstream Data, Inc. 2
      • Otto bock Healthcare 2
      • Earnst & Young 1
      • JC Penny 1
      • L'Oreal 1
      • L3 1
      • Nissan North America, Inc. 1
      • Overstock.com 1
      • Stryker 1
      • Taco Bell 1
      • Target 1
      • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 12 %

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

      • Mean base salary: $61,552.00
      • Median base salary: $55,000.00
      • Mean signing bonus: $1,783.00
      • Median signing bonus: $0.00
      • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $1,196.00
      • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

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

      • Consulting: 0 %
      • Finance/Accounting: 21 %
      • General Management: 12 %
      • Human Resources: 5 %
      • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
      • Management Information Systems: 0 %
      • Operations/Logistics: 9 %
      • Other: 28 %

    • Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

      • Government: 3 %
      • Consulting: 2 %
      • Consumer Products: 7 %
      • Financial Services: 16 %
      • Manufacturing: 5 %
      • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
      • Non-Profit: 2 %
      • Petroleum/Energy: 2 %
      • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 9 %
      • Real Estate: 7 %
      • Technology: 5 %
      • Other: 40 %

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

      • Africa: 2 %
      • Asia: 7 %
      • Europe: 0 %
      • North America: 91 %
      • Oceania: 0 %
      • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

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

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 2 %
      • South: 3 %
      • Southwest: 5 %
      • Midwest: 0 %
      • West: 85 %
      • Possessions and territories: 3 %

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

      • Ustar 5
      • Alpha Graphics 2
      • Boart Longyear 2
      • Extra Space Storage 2
      • Target 2
      • Zions Bancorporation 2
      • American Express 1
      • Comcast 1
      • Dyno-Nobel 1
      • Ernst & Young 1
      • Marriott International 1
      • Plum Healthcare LLC. 1
      • Procter & Gamble 1
      • Rio tinto - Kennecott 1
      • University Impact Fund 1
      • Internships awarded that are paid: 90 %

    • Weekly internship compensation:

      • Mean: $716.00
      • Median: $600.00
      • Average internship length in weeks: 12

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