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FINANCIAL AID
  Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school

Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
82  %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:
72  %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$  66,735

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$  68,000

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

Academic merit

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
31

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?
all candidates are considered for scholarship

Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:
$  19,091

Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study:
100  %

  Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality?
Only to domestic students

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

$  108,934

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GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 649
Median: 650

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  580
        To:  720

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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
24

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
23

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
65

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Entrepreneurship and the Generation of New Venture Idea
The Feasibility of New Venture Ideas
Managing Entrepreneurial Ventures
New Venture Creation
Contemporary Issues in Business and Management: Supply

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
1998

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

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Other: Dispute Resolution, Leadership and Managing Organizational Change

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

Other

  Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program?
Yes

The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

Entrepreneurship

Finance

International Business

Leadership

Marketing

Public Policy

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
98

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 43
Non-Tenured: 55

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 41

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 24

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 18

International Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 5

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 43
Non-Tenured: 59

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
42  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
75  %

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

Business Ethics

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Investment Banking

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

International Club

Volunteer

Women in MBA

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 20  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 15  %
Lectures: 50  %
Simulations: 0  %
Team Projects: 15  %
Other: 0  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/letter grade average

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
N/A

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
24,171

Active MBA alumni clubs:
3

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
1

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
4  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  147

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  83

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

Business school endowment
$  28,357,452

  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://bschool.pepperdine.edu/alumni/

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/alumni/network/

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 68  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 17  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 15  %

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

Destination: Washington, DC
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: Atlanta, GA
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: Philadelphia, PA
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Stamford, CT
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Full