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University of Wisconsin-Madison
School of Business
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PROGRAM BASICS
Wisconsin Full-time MBA
Wisconsin School of Business
975 University Avenue
Grainger Hall
Madison
,
Wisconsin 53706-1323
United States
Program Web site:
Status:
Public Institution
Program e-mail address:
Graduate business school is accredited by:
AACSB International
SCHOOL BASICS
Graduate business school enrollment:
Total:
540
Full-Time MBA:
242
Part-time MBA:
180
Executive MBA:
60
PhD Program:
58
Undergraduate business school enrollment:
1,716
Graduate degree programs:
Master of Accounting
Master of Finance
Other graduate degree programs:
Master of Actuarial Science
PROGRAM COSTS
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:
Resident :
$
23,948
Nonresident :
$
53,393
Recommended annual budget (Resident):
$
18,124
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident):
$
18,124
PROGRAM LENGTH
Full-time program (months):
21
ADMISSIONS
Application Deadlines
Semester:
Fall 2010
Deadline:
11
Semester:
Fall 2010
Deadline:
2
Semester:
Fall 2010
Deadline:
4
Semester:
Fall 2010
Deadline:
5
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
Relative Importance of Application Elements:
GMAT Score:
Very Important
Resume/Work Experience:
Very Important
Application Essays:
Very Important
Interviews:
Very Important
Recommendations:
Very Important
Undergraduate Transcripts:
Very Important
APPLICANTS
Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:
526
Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:
22 %
Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:
74 %
Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:
2 %
Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:
30 %
Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:
98
Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:
29
Applicant interviews are:
Required
Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:
95 %
Admitted applicants who were interviewed:
100 %
APPLICANT POOL
International applications received:
40 %
Applications from women received:
33 %
Mean base salary forgone:
$ 59,445
Median base salary forgone:
$ 60,000
CLASS PROFILE
Full-time students in newest entering class (2009-2010) that are:
Female:
32
%
International:
6
%
Married:
19
%
Students from following regions:
Africa :
1
%
Asia:
5
%
Eastern Europe and Central Asia:
0
%
Latin America and the Caribbean:
0
%
Middle East:
0
%
North America:
94
%
Oceania :
0
%
Western Europe:
1
%
Dual citizenship:
0
%
Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:
African American:
6
%
Asian American:
7
%
Hispanic or Latino American:
8
%
Multiethnic/Multiracial :
2
%
Native American:
2
%
White (Non-Hispanic):
72
%
Chose not to report:
3
%
Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:
Northeast:
11
%
Mid-Atlantic:
9
%
South:
6
%
Southwest:
5
%
Midwest :
55
%
West:
13
%
Possessions and territories:
1
%
Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
60
Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
57
Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:
From:
26
To:
99
Median age of entering class:
27
Mean age of entering class:
28
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:
100 %
Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:
75 %
Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 18,500
Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$ 18,500
On what basis are scholarships awarded?
Academic merit
Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
TBD
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:
$ 2,250
Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?
No
GMAT
Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes
GMAT scores:
Mean :
663
Median:
670
Middle 80% range GMAT scores:
From:
580
To:
730
Academics & Lifestyle
CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
59
Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
20
Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
125
Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Risk Financing
Commercial Real Estate Finance
Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2004
Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:
Arts Administration
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resource Management
Insurance
Management Information Systems
Manufacturing and Technology Management
Marketing
Operations Management
Portfolio Management
Real Estate
Supply Chain Management
Other: Strategic Management in Life & Engineering Sciences
Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
MBA/JD (Law)
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
Marketing
Portfolio Management
Real Estate
Supply Chain Management
FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
77
Full-time faculty:
Tenured:
59
Non-Tenured:
19
Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:
Tenured:
0
Non-Tenured:
0
Women on Faculty:
Tenured:
8
Non-Tenured:
8
Minority Faculty:
Tenured:
2
Non-Tenured:
4
International Faculty:
Tenured:
9
Non-Tenured:
6
Faculty with PhDs:
Tenured:
58
Non-Tenured:
19
Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
23 %
Faculty who have owned their own business:
0 %
STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:
Entrepreneurship
Finance
Human Resources
Information Technology
Investment Banking
TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:
Case Study:
25
%
Distance Learning:
0
%
Experiential Learning:
17
%
Lectures:
30
%
Simulations:
10
%
Team Projects:
18
%
Other:
0
%
Requirements for graduation:
Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average
Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
Other:
Additional graduation requirements:
Arts Administration students: thesis required
TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
New technology-equipped classrooms were added for the MBA program. New MBA specialization spaces were also added for collaboration between students, and these spaces are equipped with desktop computers, wireless internet access for laptop computers, and audio-visual projection systems. Videoconferencing capabilities in the school were upgraded. Improvements were made to server-based research computing resources, including a new survey software system. Online systems requiring usernames and passwords were integrated to reduce multiple sign-ins.
Amount spent:
$ 1,100,000
Alumni Affairs & Careers
B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
7,219
Active MBA alumni clubs:
0
Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
0
Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
13 %
Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$ 6,252
Median gift from MBA alumni:
$ 100
Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No
Business school endowment
$ 120,800,000
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:
Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes
Business school alumni networking site:
Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes
CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment:
90
%
Graduates not seeking employment:
9
%
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment:
1
%
Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
Destination:
National Black MBA
Month:
September
Amount Paid By School:
Partial
Destination:
NSHMBA
Month:
October
Amount Paid By School:
Partial
Destination:
New York/Boston Investments Trip
Month:
January
Amount Paid By School:
Partial
Destination:
Brand Management International Trip
Month:
January
Amount Paid By School:
Partial
Destination:
Reaching Out
Month:
November
Amount Paid By School:
Partial
Primary source of job offer:
School-facilitated activities:
78
%
Graduate-facilitated activities:
22
%
No information provided by graduate:
0
%
Job Offers for 2009 graduates:
Received first job offer by graduation:
66
%
Received first job offer in three months following graduation:
86
%
Did not report having received a job offer:
14
%
Accepted first job offer by graduation:
63
%
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation:
83
%
Did not report having accepted a job offer:
18
%
Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:
Procter & Gamble
4
Sears Holdings Corp
3
Kraft Foods
3
Overture Center
2
Best Buy
2
Johnson & Johnson
2
General Mills
2
Nestle
2
GE
2
RiverSource
2
RW Baird
2
Pepsi Co
2
Cisco
2
Longbow Research
2
Citigroup
1
Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
72 %
Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
Mean base salary:
$
82
Median base salary:
$
87
Mean signing bonus:
$
17
Median signing bonus:
$
15
Mean other guaranteed compensation:
$
9
Median other guaranteed compensation:
$
6
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
Consulting:
1
%
Finance/Accounting:
38
%
General Management:
8
%
Human Resources:
4
%
Marketing/Sales:
36
%
Management Information Systems (MIS):
0
%
Operations/Logistics:
5
%
Other:
9
%
Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
Government:
1
%
Consulting:
1
%
Consumer Products:
28
%
Financial Services:
23
%
Manufacturing:
3
%
Media/Entertainment:
3
%
Non-Profit:
6
%
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care:
5
%
Real Estate:
8
%
Technology:
10
%
Other:
12
%
Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Asia:
1
%
North America:
99
%
Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
Northeast:
3
%
Mid-Atlantic:
3
%
South:
1
%
Southwest:
5
%
Midwest:
70
%
West:
17
%
Canada:
1
%
Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:
Kraft
5
Procter & Gamble
4
Sears Holdings Corp
4
Aon
3
Boston Scientific
3
General Mills
3
Johnson & Johnson
3
MillerCoors
3
SC Johnson
3
State of WI Investment Board
3
ExxonMobil
2
Genzyme
2
Hewlett-Packard
2
Logitech
2
Voyageur Asset Management
2
Internships awarded that are paid:
92 %
Weekly internship compensation:
Mean:
$ 1,033
Median:
$ 1,150
Average internship length in weeks:
11
SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
Intl applicants -counted as defined - students who do not live in the country where program is located
Graduate Comments
The small classes and specialization structure ensured that networking opportunities with alumni, potential employers and the Center's Board was all possible. --Marketing
UW-Madison is an excellent business school to consider because the second-year curriculum is especially geared towards specific career paths such as real estate, marketing research, and entrepreneurship. There is also a pretty strong core curriculum, although other B-Schools seem to offer strong foundation courses.
The value (cost vs. benefits) of the UW Madison MBA program is great. A large number of the MBA students are offered scholarships or project/teaching assistantships. I did not have to incur a student loan for my MBA, and still received a great education, so I recommend this school's MBA program to my friends. Accounting
I would encourage others to enroll in a different specialty than the one that I chose. Not that mine was weak, but there are some truly phenomenal opportunities in other specialties (such as finance or product and brand management). Operations
At the center for brand and product management I have been exposed to some of the best professors, executives and companies lead by marketers including the most prominent CPG firms in the country (P&G, Kraft, General Mills, SC Johnson etc.) The applied learning sessions inside and outside of the classroom were extremely valuable, today we had a sales management program with Intuit sales directors to talk about their channel strategy for the Qucikbooks line of products. You just don't receive this kind of first person leaning from a Harvard business case. --Marketing
I would recommend that they enroll in the real estate specialization. UW Madison is a focused program where you must apply directly to 1 of 14 specializations. The first year you take three courses in your specialization and the rest are Core MBA classes. Thus, we essentially got an MBA and an MS in real estate.--NA
Wisconsin provided a great educational environment with a tremendous focus on what I needed - marketing skills This was achieved through a Center based designed program. Madison was also a great town to be in for two years as it offered a lot including top restaurants, arts, entertainment, etc...--Marketing
The Real Estate Department at the University of Wisconsin is consistently ranked as one of the top three programs in the country. The faculty, practitioners, alumni and international exposure were the highlights of the program. The alumni network was extremely useful in searching for employment opportunities for internships as well as post-graduation.--NA
It was a great learning experience with outstanding finance professors, and real life projects during the second year.--Investment Banking
Although the program was a start-up, it had good profs with the right attitude towards incorporating student suggestions and interests. Feeling from most profs was that the learning went both ways.--Marketing
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