PROGRAM BASICS

• • Haas School of Business
  • Berkeley Evening & Weekend MBA Program
  • 430 Student Sevices Bldg., #1906
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • Berkeley, 94720-1906, California
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.ewmba.haas.berkeley.edu
  • E-mail: ewmbaadm@haas.berkeley.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 95 %
  • Average months to complete program: 30
  • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 84
  • Does the school have a separate full-time MBA program? Yes
  • If so, can part-time students switch to the full-time program? No

• Tuition and Fees: (Based on six credits in the fall and six credits in the spring)

  • Resident: $30,360.00
  • Non-Resident: $30,360.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $2,530.00
  • Non-resident $2,530.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 1,511
  • Full-Time MBA: 492
  • Part-Time MBA: 804
  • Executive MBA: 67
  • PhD Program: 80
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 721
  • Graduate degree programs: Other
  • Other graduate degree programs: Master's of Financial Engineering, with total program enrollment of 68 students in fall 2011.

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 677
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 44 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 83 %
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• • Rolling admissions? No
  • GMAT required? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? Yes

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 10th Percentile 640
  • 50th Percentile (median) 700
  • 90th Percentile 740
  • Average GMAT Score 691
• • Is proficiency in English required? Yes
  • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

• Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

  • • Other
    • IELTS
    • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test

• Other additional English language proficiency tests accepted

  • TOEFL Computer Based
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 570

• 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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 25 %
  • International students: 20 %

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

  • African American: 2 %
  • Asian American: 43 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 2 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 4 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 35 %
  • Chose not to report: 14 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 97
  • Median: 87
  • From: 53
  • To: 149
  • One year or less: 0 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $102,000.00
  • Median: $100,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $68,000.00
  • To: $136,000.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 9 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 10 %
  • General Management: 8 %
  • Human Resources: 0 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 18 %
  • Management Information Systems: 3 %
  • Operations/Production: 25 %
  • Other: 27 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 6 %
  • Consumer Products: 2 %
  • Financial Services: 10 %
  • Government: 2 %
  • Manufacturing: 1 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Non-Profit: 1 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 4 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 12 %
  • Real Estate: 2 %
  • Technology: 34 %
  • Other: 24 %
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 32
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 31

FINANCIAL AID

• • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school
  • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 33 %

• Of part-time MBA students who applied for financial aid for the 2011-12 academic year, percentage receiving:

  • Institutional Scholarships: 18 %
  • Assistantships: 0 %
  • Loans (private and government): 73 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $28,123.00
  • Median financial aid package: $20,500.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? Unique scholarship application
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
  • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $50,563.00

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 229

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 54
  • Non-Tenured: 23

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 9
  • Non-Tenured: 143

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 11
  • Non-Tenured: 31

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 23

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 54

STUDENT LIFE

• Active MBA specialization clubs open to part-time students:

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Marketing
    • Nonprofit
    • Other
    • High Tech
    • VC/ Private Equity
    • Environmental
    • Consulting
    • Media & Entertainment
    • Investment Banking
    • New Media

• Active MBA networking clubs open to part-time students:

  • • International Club
    • Black MBA Association
    • Hispanic Student Organization
    • Volunteer
    • Women in MBA
    • Other
    • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual
    • Partners/Family
    • Wine
• • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? Yes
  • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching Methods:

  • Case Study: 50 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 20 %
  • Simulations: 3 %
  • Team Projects: 12 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 20
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 105
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 62
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Average core class size: 62
  • Average elective class size: 30
  • Electives available: 91

• Recently added electives:

  • Social Media
  • Advanced Competitive Strategy
  • Problem Finding, Problem Solving
• • Last curriculum revision: 2010
  • Recent curriculum changes: Launched Berkeley Innovative Leader Curriculum in Evening & Weekend MBA Program in Fall 2011. Key features include new required courses focused on innovative leaders skills, such as Competitive Strategy; Problem Finding Problem Solving, focused on problem framing skills; redesigned Leadership Communication and Leading People courses to strengthen learning around leading others by influence rather than authority; and experiential learning requirement with expanded course options.
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Leadership
    • General Management
    • Marketing

• Graduation requirements:

  • • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average
• • Other graduation requirements: Completion of mid-program retreat and experiential learning requirement.
• • Credits required to graduate: 42

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Multi-point, high-def desktop telepresence; Google Apps for MBA students; student club collaboration and management system; iPhone and Android admissions applications; Web 2.0 admissions system; 12 Bloomberg Financial Services Terminals; additional group study rooms with computers/online access; WebEx service for teaching, career services webinars, and admissions; Web 2.0 student portal; Concierge-style laptop support; SAKAI Learning Management System; Web 2.0 Student Registration System.
  • Amount spent: $18,574,674.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 11,086
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 87
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 29
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 16 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $1,131.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business school endowment $253,423,169.00
  • 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.berkeley.edu
  • Does the B-school offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/alumni/index.html
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

CAREER SERVICES

• • Do part-time MBAs have access to career development office?
    • Yes
  • If yes, at what point in the degree process are part-time MBA students able to use the service?
    • At any time
  • Are part-time MBAs permitted to interview for full-time jobs? Yes
  • Are part-time students included in resume drops? Yes

• • -The experience was invaluable and life changing for me. That being said, it is a brutal commitment, extremely challenging and heavily drawing on resources of all kinds (personal, family, work goodwill) to accomplish.
    
    -The EWMBA at Haas is one of the best part-time programs in the country, and certainly the best in Northern California for certain areas of focus. If the person's focus was entrepreneurship, I would highly recommend Haas. If the person's focus was finance, there might be other programs (e.g., Wharton West) that are more quantitative and provide better background.
    
    -Because MBA schools don't require a business undergrad, students coming in to the program have a lot of variance in their knowledge of basic business skills- so we spent a lot of time in our first year getting people from other majors up to speed on basic finance, accounting and economics. I wish Haas required incoming students to complete these basic courses at a junior college so our first year could be spent going deeper in these areas.
    
    -This is a program that brings the best of the full time MBA at Haas to people who have challenging work schedules. I appreciate the access to world-renowned faculty in a setting and schedule that fits my needs.
    
    -They can serve better food on campus during weekends. About 50% of classes are held in the off-campus location - the food there is much better.
    
    -My experience at Haas has been excellent. It has directly contributed to my effectiveness as a businessperson, the networking and social circle expansion has been really beneficial and I'm confident that my career will grow much faster because of it.
    
    -I would have liked some opportunities to attend class remotely, but I can understand the rationale for not offering this service since the learning and networking is enhanced while being physically not digitally present. Haas did offer to record classes for us if we were unable to attend due to work commitments.
    
    -Haas's EWMBA program enables a business professional to think outside the box, clearly identify challenges & opportunities as well as a framework to capitalize on those opportunities. This is a priceless experience for anybody who is not satisfied with the status quo.
    
    -Currently, the on-campus recruiting process is geared more towards the full-time students where the positions available require much less experience than what the part-time students already have. The on-campus recruiting process should be enhanced to work equally well for the part-time students by attracting more experienced hire positions.
    
    -I knew Berkeley professors would be good but I was amazed at the breadth of professors who all had an incredible depth of knowledge from both practical and academic experience. #1 among my reasons to urge my friends is the opportunity to learn from this experience.
    
    -I would have liked more real company projects that would have given me direct insight into other functions and companies. I came to business school to learn and explore other industries and I felt this was difficult to do on my own time while juggling work and classes.
    
    -The program's diversity of the student body added so much to the program that I can't imagine not doing the program and want to encourage all those who have ever considered an MBA to go to my program.
    
    -The only problem I have with the degree is the excessive cost. Due to the >$100,000 price tag, my company rewrote their tuition assistance program to provide a cap, which left me with much more student debt than I expected during application.
    
    -Haas provided not only the education & exposure in business that I was looking for, but more importantly, I was impressed with the caliber of classmates I was fortunate enough to meet. Great place to learn, especially for those interested in pursuing business careers in high tech & entrepreneurship.
    
    -The program is still growing relative to how to make the program more attractive to the commuting student. Beyond the classroom time on the weekend, the opportunities to interact and network are limited unless the commuting student is willing to make the sacrifices necessary to be available and on or near campus during the week or willing to miss class to attend the select Saturday events.
    
    -The workload was hard but manageable, and I really was impressed by level of class discussion. Excellent faculty and intelligent peers really enhanced learning experience. I learned a lot, and gained the confidence that I can achieve my goals.
    
    -The first year of my program (2008), the school provided free student tutors and would connect you with someone appropriate for the topic. This was eliminated the following year, with the explanation that tutoring or additional help should be available via your Graduate Student Intern (GSI). Not all of the GSI's held help sessions, nor were they always available (many were other part-time students who were busier than most) so my recommendation would be to recreate a student tutor program. It doesn't need to be provided for free, but helping students seek assistance for 1:1 help as desired would be greatly valued, especially during the first year as you are adjusting to being a student again, often after many years in out of school.
    
    -My compensation over the 3-year period of my studies increased 3-fold. I made friends with people from every industry that I never would have met otherwise. I did this all while sacrificing nothing except my time and a little bit of money. It was a perfect program.