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GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes

If not, how are applicants' quantitative abilities checked before enrollment?
N/A

GMAT scores:

Mean : 662
Median: 660

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  600
        To:  710

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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
63

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
19

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
48

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Alternative Investments & Strategies
Financial Modeling and Firm Valuation
Managing Communications & Promotions
Wealth Management
Stat Methods for Prod Improvement/Six Sigma Project

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2009

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Finance

General Management

Marketing

Operations Management

Portfolio Management

Strategy

N/A

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Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

MBA/MHSA (Health Services Administration)

Other

  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

Operations Management

Portfolio Management

Strategy

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
182

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 64
Non-Tenured: 43

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 75

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 12
Non-Tenured: 35

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 12
Non-Tenured: 10

International Faculty:

Tenured: 6
Non-Tenured: 19

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 64
Non-Tenured: 58

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
6  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
15  %

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STUDENT LIFE
Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Finance

Marketing

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Women in MBA

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 19  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 21  %
Lectures: 42  %
Simulations: 3  %
Team Projects: 15  %
Other: 0  %

Requirements for graduation:

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:
Students must have met required course and credit hour requirements.

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
2006:moved wireless LAN to central IT, developed new public kiosk system, implemented touch screen check-in, purchased 32 tablet PCs, installed additional conference room technology, implemented personal response system, developed MIS networking lab;2007:implemented video conferencing technologies, installed over 50 new computers, created a registration application for faculty use;2008:installed additional conference room technology, re-designed college web site, installed card access security system, incorporated lecture capture in some classrooms

Amount spent:
$  3,000,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
7,276

Active MBA alumni clubs:
2

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
2

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
6  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  100

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  654

  Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year?
No

Business school endowment
$  43,665,275

  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.iowaalum.com/oniowa

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

Business school alumni networking site:
http://iowamba.net

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
Yes

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 57  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 41  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 2  %

Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

Destination: Chicago
Month: October 2008
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Minneapolis
Month: February 2009
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: NBMBAA Career Fair
Month: September 2008
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: NSHMBA Career Fair
Month: October 2008
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: NAWMBA Career Fair
Month: November 2008
Amount Paid By School: Partial

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Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 58  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 42  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:
N/A

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs
on the school's job boards in 2008-09:
N/A

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 80  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 10  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: N/A  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 10  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 70  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 15  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: N/A  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 15  %