Full-Time MBA Profile
Publish Date 05/27/12
West Virginia University
College of Business & Economics
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Program Basics
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- Full-time MBA
- College of Business and Economics
- P.O. Box 6025
- Morgantown, 26506-6025, West Virginia
- United States
- Program Web site: http://www.be.wvu.edu/mba
- Status: Public
- Program e-mail address: mba@wvu.edu
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Graduate business school is accredited by:
- Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
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SCHOOL BASICS
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Graduate business school enrollment:
- Total: 326
- Full-Time MBA: 50
- Executive MBA: 132
- PhD Program: 54
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Other graduate degree programs:
- Master of Accounting
- Master of Finance
- Master of Human Resources
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Other graduate degree programs:
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PROGRAM COSTS
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Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:
- Resident: $20,300.00
- Nonresident: $51,200.00
- Recommended annual budget (Resident): $34,900.00
- Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $61,400.00
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PROGRAM LENGTH
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- Full-time program (months): 14
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ADMISSIONS
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Application Deadlines
- Semester: Spring 2012
- Deadline: Feb 15, 2012
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- 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
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Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?
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- IELTS
- TOEFL Internet Based Test
- TOEFL Paper-based Test
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- Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 580
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Relative Importance of Application Elements:
- GMAT Score: Very Important
- Resume/Work Experience: Important
- Application Essays: Considered
- Interviews: Considered
- Recommendations: Considered
- Undergraduate Transcripts: Very Important
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APPLICANTS
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- Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 159
- Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 33 %
- Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 72 %
- Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
- Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
- Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 0
- Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 0
- Applicant interviews are: Not required
- Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 0 %
- Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 0 %
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APPLICANT POOL
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- International applications received: 29 %
- Applications from women received: 22 %
- Mean base salary forgone: $33,370.00
- Median base salary forgone: $32,500.00
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CLASS PROFILE
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Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:
- Female: 18 %
- International: 15 %
- Married: 5 %
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Students from following regions:
- Africa: 0 %
- Asia: 13 %
- Europe: 0 %
- North America: 87 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
- Oceania: 0 %
- Dual citizenship: 0 %
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Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:
- African American: 6 %
- Asian American: 0 %
- Hispanic or Latino American: 0 %
- Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
- Native American: 0 %
- White (Non-Hispanic): 94 %
- Chose not to report: 0 %
- Other: 0 %
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Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:
- Northeast: 0 %
- Mid-Atlantic: 88 %
- South: 6 %
- Southwest: 0 %
- Midwest: 6 %
- West: 0 %
- Possessions and territories: 0 %
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- Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 12
- Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 2
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Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:
- From: 0
- To: 18
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- Median age of entering class: 23
- Mean age of entering class: 22
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FINANCIAL AID
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- Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
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On what basis are scholarships awarded?
- academic merit
- How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
- Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? No
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GMAT
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- Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
- Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No
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GMAT score distribution (applicant pool):
- 25th Percentile 460
- 10th Percentile 410
- 50th Percentile (median) 530
- 75th Percentile 590
- Average GMAT Score 529
- 90th Percentile 644
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GMAT score distribution (incoming class):
- 10th Percentile 540
- 75th Percentile 640
- 50th Percentile (median) 590
- 25th Percentile 560
- 90th Percentile 666
- Average GMAT Score 601
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CLASS OFFERINGS
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- Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 40
- Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 20
- Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 20
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Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:
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- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Industrial Management
- Forensice Accounting and Fraud Investiation
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Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:
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- Other
- MBA/MILR (Industrial Labor Relations)
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- Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No
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The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:
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- Leadership
- International Business
- Accounting
- Economics
- Human Resource Management
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FACULTY
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- Faculty employed by the B-school: 93
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Full-time faculty:
- Tenured: 48
- Non-Tenured: 29
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Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:
- Tenured: 0
- Non-Tenured: 16
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Women on Faculty:
- Tenured: 8
- Non-Tenured: 12
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Minority Faculty:
- Tenured: 4
- Non-Tenured: 4
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International Faculty:
- Tenured: 7
- Non-Tenured: 8
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Faculty with PhDs:
- Tenured: 46
- Non-Tenured: 22
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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
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Teaching methods used:
- Case Study: 20 %
- Distance Learning: 0 %
- Experiential Learning: 15 %
- Lectures: 35 %
- Simulations: 5 %
- Team Projects: 25 %
- Other: 0 %
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Requirements for graduation:
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- Students are required to complete international experience
- Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
- Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
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TECHNOLOGY
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- Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Upgraded wireless LAN, Second computer classroom, New server room with upgraded server, Lecture capture technology introduced, Upgraded to 64bit desktop OS, New lab and classroom PCs installed
- Amount spent: $450,000.00
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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
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- Living MBA alumni: 2,346
- Active MBA alumni clubs: 0
- Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 0
- Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 3 %
- Mean gift from MBA alumni: $359.00
- Median gift from MBA alumni: $100.00
- Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
- Business School endowment: $17,582,000.00
- 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: https://www.mountaineerconnection.com/sslpage.aspx
- Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? No
- Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
- Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? No
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CAREER SERVICES
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- Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 72 %
- Graduates not seeking employment: 16 %
- Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 12 %
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Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:
- Destination: Big East Career Fair
- Month: March
- Amount Paid By School: None
- Destination: National Black MBA
- Month: October
- Amount Paid By School: Partial
- Destination: National Hispanic MBA
- Month: September
- Amount Paid By School: Partial
- Destination: National Female MBA Conference
- Month: September
- Amount Paid By School: Partial
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Primary source of job offer:
- No information provided by graduate: 100 %
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Job Offers for 2011 graduates
- Received first job offer by graduation: 42 %
- Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 4 %
- Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2 %
- Did not report having received a job offer: 52 %
- Accepted first job offer by graduation: 36 %
- Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 4 %
- Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2 %
- Did not report having accepted a job offer: 58 %
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Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:
- Bechtel 3
- US Secret Service 1
- Chevron Corporation 1
- Dow Jones 1
- Edward Jones 1
- Genesis Healthcare 1
- Jos. A. Bank 1
- JF Morgan Chase 1
- Mylan 1
- Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA) 1
- Pine Lodge Nursing Home 1
- PNC Financial 1
- ROI Research 1
- Starbucks Coffee Corportation 1
- West Virginia University 1
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- Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 31 %
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Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:
- Mean base salary: $50,251.00
- Median base salary: $50,000.00
- Mean signing bonus: $9,900.00
- Median signing bonus: $10,000.00
- Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
- Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
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Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:
- Consulting: 0 %
- Finance/Accounting: 31 %
- General Management: 19 %
- Human Resources: 19 %
- Marketing/Sales: 6 %
- Management Information Systems: 6 %
- Operations/Logistics: 6 %
- Other: 13 %
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Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:
- Government: 6 %
- Consulting: 0 %
- Consumer Products: 13 %
- Financial Services: 38 %
- Manufacturing: 0 %
- Media/Entertainment: 6 %
- Non-Profit: 0 %
- Petroleum/Energy: 6 %
- Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 13 %
- Real Estate: 0 %
- Technology: 0 %
- Other: 18 %
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Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
- Africa: 0 %
- Asia: 0 %
- Europe: 0 %
- North America: 100 %
- Oceania: 0 %
- Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %
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Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:
- Northeast: 13 %
- Mid-Atlantic: 75 %
- South: 0 %
- Southwest: 6 %
- Midwest: 0 %
- West: 6 %
- Possessions and territories: 0 %
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Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:
- University of Arkansas 1
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- Internships awarded that are paid: 100 %
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Weekly internship compensation:
- Mean: $350.00
- Median: $350.00
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