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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
40

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
28

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
120

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Health Care Organizations international seminar Dubai
Marketing Capstone Global Business Trip - Brazil
Business and Society
Social Entrepreneurship
Business and Medicine

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2006

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Health Care Administration

Human Resource Management

International Business

Marketing

Operations Management

Real Estate

Strategy

Technology

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Other: Brand Management, Corporate Finance, Investment Management

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MA (Arts)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

MBA/ME (Engineering)

MBA/PhD

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

General Management

Health Care Administration

Marketing

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
53

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 27
Non-Tenured: 10

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 10

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 4
Non-Tenured: 1

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 1
Non-Tenured: 2

International Faculty:

Tenured: 3
Non-Tenured: 1

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 27
Non-Tenured: 10

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

Biotech/Health care

Business Law

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Environmental

Finance

Human Resources

Investment Banking

Manufacturing

Marketing

Media & Entertainment

VC/ Private Equity

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Wine

Women in MBA

Other

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 20  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 40  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Projects: 15  %
Other: 5  %

Immersion/short courses

Requirements for graduation:

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

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

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:
ethics course

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
All computers for faculty and staff replaced. Dual LCD monitors provided for all faculty and staff. Large LCD screens installed in student study rooms. Two classrooms completely renovated to include dual HD projectors, document camera and touch screens to allow writing on the screen. Virtual desktop service launched to allow web-based access to a virtual lab of computers. Complete support for Apple computers added.

Amount spent:
$  440,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
6,860

Active MBA alumni clubs:
7

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
1

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
22  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  1,019

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  200

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

Business school endowment
$  225,526,740

  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.vuconnect.com

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://www.owenconnect.com

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 78  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 18  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4  %

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

Destination: New York Wall Street Week
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: National Black MBA Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: NSHMBA Conference
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: SouthEastern MBA Schools Interview Forum
Month: Nov
Amount Paid By School: None
Destination: West Cost Forum
Month: Jan
Amount Paid By School: None

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 67  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 28  %
No information provided by graduate: 5  %

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 70  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 11  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 19  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 54  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 19  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 27  %

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Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Bank of America   5
Deloitte Consulting   5
ExxonMobile   5
Humana   5
Accretive Health   3
Coco-Cola Enterprises   3
Johnson & Johnson   3
Citi   2
Davita   2
General Electronic   2
Mattel   2
McKesson   2
UBS   2
Walmart   3
Wipro TEchnologies   2

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
46  %

Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

Mean base salary: $  91,569
Median base salary: $  95,000
Mean signing bonus: $  19,799
Median signing bonus: $  15,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  24,000
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  21,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 14  %
Finance/Accounting: 40  %
General Management: 11  %
Human Resources: 4  %
Marketing/Sales: 20  %
Operations/Logistics: 8  %
Other: 3  %

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Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 3  %
Consulting: 8  %
Consumer Products: 13  %
Financial Services: 23  %
Manufacturing: 4  %
Non-Profit: 3  %
Petroleum/Energy: 4  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 29  %
Real Estate: 3  %
Technology: 5  %
Other: 5  %

Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 5  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 1  %
North America: 94  %

Within North America, graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

Northeast: 19  %
Mid-Atlantic: 7  %
South: 44  %
Southwest: 6  %
Midwest: 16  %
West: 8  %

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Vanderbilt University   10
McKesson Corporation   6
Delek US Holdings   4
Procter & Gamble   4
UBS   3
Vanderbilt University Medical Center   3
apple   2
Bank of America   2
coca-cola Enterprises   2
General Mills   2
Goldman Sachs   2
HCA   2
Mattel   2
Modern Holdings   2
Nissan North America   2

Internships awarded that are paid:
85  %

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: $ 1,255
        Median: $ 1,300

Average internship length in weeks:
10