PROGRAM BASICS

• • School of Business Administration
  • Evening MBA
  • 5998 Alcala Park
  • CA
  • San Diego, 92110, California
  • United States of America
  • Program Web site: http://www.sandiego.edu/mba
  • E-mail: mba@sandiego.edu
• • Percentage of part-time students who graduate within six years of entering program: 83 %
  • Average months to complete program: 33
  • Maximum months permitted to complete program: 72
  • 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: $15,194.00
  • Non-Resident: $15,194.00

• Tuition per credit:

  • Resident $1,250.00
  • Non-resident $1,250.00
• • Graduate business school is accredited by: Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 496
  • Full-Time MBA: 49
  • Part-Time MBA: 150
  • Executive MBA: 44
• • Undergraduate business school enrollment: 1,190
  • Graduate degree programs: Master of Accounting, Other, Master of International Management/Business
  • Other graduate degree programs: MS in Global Leadership; MS in Real Estate; MS in Supply Chain Management; MS in Taxation

ADMISSIONS, SELECTIVITY AND YIELD

• • Total applications, most recent entering class: 128
  • Applications accepted, most recent entering class: 76 %
  • Admitted students enrolled: 76 %
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

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

• GMAT score distribution (applicant pool)

  • 10th Percentile 460
  • Average GMAT Score 568
  • 50th Percentile (median) 570
  • 90th Percentile 670
  • 25th Percentile 530
  • 75th Percentile 630

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class)

  • 25th Percentile 560
  • 50th Percentile (median) 600
  • 75th Percentile 640
  • 10th Percentile 540
  • 90th Percentile 680
  • Average GMAT Score 604
• • 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?

  • • IELTS
    • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL: 580

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

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

CLASS PROFILE

• • Female students: 28 %
  • International students: 9 %

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

  • African American: 3 %
  • Asian American: 8 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 6 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 52 %
  • Chose not to report: 31 %

• Postgraduate work experience (months):

  • Mean: 74
  • Median: 66
  • From: 37
  • To: 120
  • One year or less: 0 %

• Base salary of entering part-time MBA students:

  • Mean: $68,948.00
  • Median: $65,000.00

• Middle 80% range:

  • From: $45,000.00
  • To: $99,400.00

• Entering students work in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 4 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 12 %
  • General Management: 14 %
  • Human Resources: 3 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 25 %
  • Management Information Systems: 3 %
  • Operations/Production: 18 %
  • Other: 21 %

• Entering students work in the following industries:

  • Consulting: 6 %
  • Consumer Products: 9 %
  • Financial Services: 9 %
  • Government: 20 %
  • Manufacturing: 11 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Non-Profit: 0 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 14 %
  • Real Estate: 3 %
  • Technology: 15 %
  • Other: 11 %
• • Mean age, newest entering class: 29
  • Median age, newest entering clas: 28

FINANCIAL AID

• • Part-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Students receiving some form of financial aid in 2011-12: 75 %

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

  • Institutional Scholarships: 60 %
  • Assistantships: 3 %
  • Loans (private and government): 51 %
• • Mean financial aid package: $17,661.00
  • Median financial aid package: $16,768.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded? A combination of need and merit
  • Full-tuition scholarships awarded, 2011-12: 0
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? all candidates are considered for scholarships
  • Does school offer a guaranteed loan to all part-time MBAs? No
  • Mean outstanding debt at graduation: $51,213.00

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 112

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 35
  • Non-Tenured: 30

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 8
  • Non-Tenured: 39

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 10
  • Non-Tenured: 25

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 7
  • Non-Tenured: 8

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 6

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 43
  • Non-Tenured: 38

STUDENT LIFE

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

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Other
    • Consulting
    • Business Law

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

  • • Women in MBA
• • Do part-time MBA students have their own area/center on campus? No
  • Do part-time MBA students have break-out rooms? Yes

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching Methods:

  • Case Study: 30 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 15 %
  • Lectures: 25 %
  • Simulations: 5 %
  • Team Projects: 25 %
  • Other: 0 %
• • Estimated number of hours per week students spend on classwork, excluding time spent in class: 12
  • Teachers in the part-time program: 39
  • Tenured teachers in the part-time program: 20
  • Faculty also teaching in full-time program: 100 %
  • Average core class size: 29
  • Average elective class size: 16
  • Electives available: 32

• Recently added electives:

  • Distressed Real Estate Assets
  • Investment Banking
  • Global Innovation Strategies
  • Financial Statement Analysis
  • Special Topics in International Management
• • Last curriculum revision: 2011
  • Recent curriculum changes: The ratio of required courses to electives was realigned and three units were added to the program to increase the overall percentage of electives to 43% and to allow for Concentrations of greater depth. After extensive industry and higher education research, core coursework was updated to include greater emphasis on integrative problem solving and strategy. Program strengths in corporate social responsibility and international business were further strengthened.

• Concentrations and specializations offered to part-time MBAs:

  • • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Other
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • International Business

• Additional concentrations offered:

  • Supply Chain Management
• • Does the B-school offer an accelerated part-time MBA program? No

• Leading areas of study:

  • • Finance
    • International Business
    • Marketing
    • Supply Chain Management
    • Corporate Social Responsibility

• Graduation requirements:

  • • 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 graduation requirements: Community service project
• • Credits required to graduate: 53

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: The USD Business School continues to use the most advanced WiFi technology, IEEE 802.11n, in creative ways. USD’s Nine iPhone and Blackberry student mobile applications are supplemented with experimental iPad e-book applications being deployed within the Business School. USD’s Business faculty are among the most advanced users of online learning management technology and 22 classrooms and 3 computing labs have been enhanced with new instructional technology.

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 3,073
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $557.00
  • 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 $23,247,377.00
  • 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.sandiego.edu/alumni
  • 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.sandiego.edu/business/alumni/
  • 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

• • -I had a great academic and social experience at USD. The quality of the professors exceeded my expectations, and the quality of my colleagues exceeded my expectations. My overall experience was exceptional, and all of my colleagues loved the program also.
    
    -The Dean and staff assume that part-time students intend to stay with their sponsoring companies. This is not the case, and should not be held as the norm from now on. 50-60% of my cohort was pursuing their MBA part-time to increase future job prospects while not going into debt; not because they wanted to stay with the current employer. It is a financial decision to not forgo 2 years of work experience and accumulate $150K in debt.
    
    -I have been very happy with the educational outcome of the program. The networking has been excellent, and overall I am very happy with the program and faculty. I also believe the current dean is changing the program curriculum for the better.
    
    -Classrooms are in good shape, but overall I would like to see a new business facility be created to house the program. The existing structure and faculty offices are very old. Originally I felt the program needed more quantitative work in the curriculum, but this recently changed and I now feel the program is very well tailored for students wanting to concentrate on finance related topics.
    
    -It was an amazing experience. I traveled the world and completed and MBA. It was a life changing experience completely. Before I went there I felt trapped in my old career. I was going nowhere fast. Now I feel happy. I may not be earning the most money in the world, but I will always look back on this and say I would do it all again a million times.
    
    -The MBA program could be more challenging. Many classes were but not all. People who are looking for this level of education want to be challenged. We try the hardest in those classes where the most is expected from us because the experience is worthwhile. We're paying for this advanced education to get those experiences.
    
    -I would recommend USD to friends or colleagues because of the faculty, the study abroad opportunities, the great friends I've made in the program, and number networking opportunities I've been exposed to.
    
    -Some of the required classes were repetitive, so I would combine them and open up the units for more electives.
    
    -If looking for a program that is local, has a social conscious bent, and offers a few rigorous courses along with some easy but informative coursework, then this is a good school.
    
    -One major oversight at my b-school is the lack of human resource management courses. Many times, companies expect managers with MBA's to just "know" how to manage staff and to manage layoff situations smoothly (like many companies went through in 2008). My school did not offer very many, if any, dedicated courses focusing on hiring, managing employees, human resource policy, employment/employee law, or strategies on how to lay off staff. I think a dedicated human resources course should be part of the core program at the University of San Diego. Most MBA graduates will be managing people at some point in their career - some base learning in this area is vital.
    
    -The program changed my life. It encouraged my development and allowed me to choose my own schedule (and choose my finance emphasis) without too much pressure. The program and instructors were good enough to make me want to succeed for the sake of learning, and not simply for the sake of getting a degree.