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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
31

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
24

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
62

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Management Consulting
Integrated Marketing Communications
Service Supply Chains
Emerging Topic-Business Environment Sustainability
Supply Chain Innovation Project Management

Year of last major change or significant overhaul to the core curriculum:
2003

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Consulting

Finance

Hotel Administration

Human Resource Management

International Business

Leadership

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Strategy

Supply Chain Management

N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MIM (International Management)

  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

Human Resource Management

Marketing

Strategy

Supply Chain Management

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
137

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 71
Non-Tenured: 58

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 1
Non-Tenured: 7

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 15
Non-Tenured: 27

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 14
Non-Tenured: 9

International Faculty:

Tenured: 9
Non-Tenured: 16

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 72
Non-Tenured: 49

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
8  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
16  %

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

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Finance

Human Resources

Marketing

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

Partners/Family

Women in MBA

Other

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 30  %
Distance Learning: 2  %
Experiential Learning: 8  %
Lectures: 37  %
Simulations: 8  %
Team Projects: 15  %

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:
Student must complete one course in international business

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Creation of a 56-person instructional microlab; full wireless access implemented throughout entire business complex and all remote sites; high-speed fiber installed at off-site facilities; equipment system implemented; firewalls upgraded; portable videoconferencing system installed; Web casting/media streaming capabilities introduced; upgraded state-of-the-art Financial Analysis Laboratory.

Amount spent:
$  1,708,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
11,176

Active MBA alumni clubs:
12

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
4

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
8  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  267

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  125

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

Business school endowment
$  64,787,236

  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:
www.msualum.com & www.linkedin.com

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

Business school alumni networking site:
www.broadalumni.org & www.linkedin.com

  Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database?
No

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 91  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 9  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0  %

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

Destination: National Hispanic MBA Conference
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: National Black MBA Career Conference
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Whirlpool Company Trek
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: none
Destination: Ford Company Trek
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: Dow Chemical Company Trek
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: partial

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 73  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 27  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

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Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 67  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 7  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 26  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 67  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 7  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 26  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Motorola   5
Whirlpool   5
Chevron   4
Intel   4
Procter & Gamble   3
ExxonMobil   3
BP American Production Company   3
IBM   3
Johnson & Johson   2
Kellogg   2
GMAC   2
ConAgra   1
Thermo Fisher Scientific   1
Nestle   1
Apple   1

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
79  %

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

Mean base salary: $  88,672
Median base salary: $  90,000
Mean signing bonus: $  13,950
Median signing bonus: $  12,500
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  6,839
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  9,000

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Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 8  %
Finance/Accounting: 22  %
General Management: 1  %
Human Resources: 8  %
Marketing/Sales: 21  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics: 40  %
Other: 0  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 0  %
Consulting: 7  %
Consumer Products: 16  %
Financial Services: 4  %
Manufacturing: 20  %
Media/Entertainment: 0  %
Non-Profit: 0  %
Petroleum/Energy: 14  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 8  %
Real Estate: 0  %
Technology: 21  %
Other: 10  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 4  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 2  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 94  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 0  %

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

Northeast: 7  %
Mid-Atlantic: 6  %
South: 4  %
Southwest: 9  %
Midwest: 56  %
West: 18  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Sears Holding Company   15
Johnson & Johnson   5
Motorola   4
General Motors Corporation   3
Raytheon   3
Whirlpool   2
Intel   2
Procter & Gamble   2
Kraft   2
Thermo Fisher Scientific   2
Wolverine Worldwide   2
Mead Johnson   4
Amway   2
DHL   2
Federal Mogul   2

Internships awarded that are paid:
89  %

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: $ 1,248
        Median: $ 1,400

Average internship length in weeks:
12