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FINANCIAL AID
  Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Central financial aid office at the university

Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
75  %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:
75  %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$  28,052

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$  25,250

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

Academic merit

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
9

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?
As part of the admissions application

Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:
$  8,260

Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study:
0  %

  Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?
No

Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program:

$  53,619

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GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 613
Median: 620

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  550
        To:  664

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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
60

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
21

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
45

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Lean Process Improvement
Lean Processes & LSS Project
Teams: Design Selection & Development
Futurism
Real Estate Management

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2007

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Operations Management

Real Estate

N/A

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Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MIM (International Management)

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:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Leadership

Marketing

Operations Management

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
73

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 38
Non-Tenured: 22

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 1
Non-Tenured: 12

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 11

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 4

International Faculty:

Tenured: 3
Non-Tenured: 5

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 39
Non-Tenured: 25

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
20  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
43  %

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

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Marketing

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Women in MBA

Other

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 30  %
Distance Learning: 1  %
Experiential Learning: 17  %
Lectures: 24  %
Simulations: 2  %
Team Projects: 23  %
Other: 3  %

Requirements for graduation:

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

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
As part of the Mason School of Business' construction of its new home, Alan B. Miller Hall, many new technologies have been added, including: Tegrity lecture capture; Tandberg videoconferencing; Rise Vision digital signage; Smart Sympodium interactive pen displays in all classrooms; document cameras; DVD/VCR in all classrooms; a Financial Markets classroom with two-monitor workstations at every seat; EMS room scheduling system with Crestron scheduling panels; a Communications lab and Behavioral Observation lab, each with video capture and monitoring; laptop display panels/screens in all conference rooms and student team rooms; security cameras.

Amount spent:
$  3,917,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
5,217

Active MBA alumni clubs:
0

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
0

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
14  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  1,933

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  100

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

Business school endowment
$  51,962,430

  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.wmalumni.com/

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://www.alumniconnections.com/MasonAlumniCommunity/

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 88  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 11  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 1  %

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

Destination: National Society of Hispanic MBAs Career Expo
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: National Black MBA Association Career Fair
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: National Association of Women MBAs Career Fair
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Net Impact Career Expo
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Road 2 Richmond (visit companies in Richmond, VA)
Month: February
Amount Paid By School: Partial