Class size – 174

Avg. GMAT – 700

Avg. undergrad GPA – 3.4

Selectivity – 31%

Yield – 44%

International students – 35%

Women – 31%

Avg. age – 29

Avg. work experience – 6 years

Percent of Hires in Each Industry:

• Consulting 33.6%
• Financial 17.9%
• Technology 16.4%

Median Starting Salary per industry:

• Consulting – $160K
• Financial – $150K
• Technology – $120K
• Consumer – $105K
• Health Care – $123K
• Manufacturing – $98K
• Real Estate – $125K
• Transportation – $105K

Marketing, (General Management)

• Good weather, mid-sized city
• Received high rankings for campus atmosphere
• Offer 12-month MBA – need to have undergrad degree in business or economics. Someone with strong quant record in a degree in math or engineering may also be eligible.
• Important to apply by Feb. 1 in order to be considered for scholarship. Therefore not good for someone who needs scholarship and is applying later.
• 86% of students received financial assistance from school
• Rolling admissions
• Quantitative orientation
• Seem to be interested in recruiting more international students
• Place heavy emphasis on leadership and leadership training
• Place strong emphasis on the schools ‘core values’:
  • Courage – Leaders take risks
  • Integrity – Leaders tell the truth
  • Accountability – Leaders are responsible
  • Rigor – Leaders know business
  • Diversity – Leaders value difference
  • Team – Leaders motivate
  • Community – Leaders care
• Flexible curriculum
• For one-year program need to have finished the following coursework before the start date- Statistics, Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance and Microeconomics

$70,000 ; $50,000 ; $32,000 ; $18,000 ; $48,000 ; $32,000 ; $40,000 ; $40,000

The program is relatively small in size. Its main strengths are marketing and general management, which emphasize quantitative orientation and the program’s core values – leadership, courage, responsibility and integrity.

Applicants are accepted in a rolling admissions system. In order to increase chances of accepting a scholarship, applicants are encouraged to send their applications in by February 1.

Alumni include the following prominent individuals, with current or past positions in parentheses: Marc Adler (Founder and Chairman of Macquarium), John Chidsey (CEO of Burger King), Marvin Ellison (Vice President of The Home Depot), and Lado Gurgenidze (Prime Minister of Georgia).