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Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
26  %

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

Mean base salary: $  58,132
Median base salary: $  54,000
Mean signing bonus: $  10,773
Median signing bonus: $  7,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 0  %
Finance/Accounting: 65  %
General Management: 0  %
Human Resources: 2  %
Marketing/Sales: 19  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 2  %
Operations/Logistics: 12  %
Other: 0  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 0  %
Consulting: 0  %
Consumer Products: 7  %
Financial Services: 43  %
Manufacturing: 24  %
Media/Entertainment: 2  %
Non-Profit: 2  %
Petroleum/Energy: 0  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10  %
Real Estate: 2  %
Technology: 10  %
Other: 0  %

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Getting In Academics & Lifestyle Alumni Affairs & Careers Graduate Comments PROGRAM BASICS
Full-Time MBA

School of Management

203 Alfiero Center
Buffalo , New York 14260 United States   

Program Web site:
http://mgt.buffalo.edu/programs/mba

  Status:
Public Institution

Program e-mail address:
som-mba@buffalo.edu

Graduate business school is accredited by:

AACSB International


SCHOOL BASICS
Graduate business school enrollment:

Total: 701
Full-Time MBA: 195
Part-time MBA: 199
Executive MBA: 109
PhD Program: 53

Undergraduate business school enrollment:
3,500

Graduate degree programs:

Master of Accounting

Master of Finance


Other graduate degree programs:
MS Supply Chains and Operations Management MS Management Information Systems

PROGRAM COSTS
Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

Resident : $  21,560
Nonresident : $  31,945
Recommended annual budget (Resident): $  21,055
Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $  26,205

PROGRAM LENGTH
Full-time program (months):
22

ADMISSIONS
Application Deadlines

Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: November 20, 2009
Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: February 1, 2010
Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: March 12, 2010
Semester: Fall 2010
Deadline: May 21, 2010

  Does the program have rolling admissions?
Yes

  Is proficiency in English required for admission?
Yes

  Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required?
Yes

Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

IELTS

TOEFL Internet Based Test

Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs:
570

Relative Importance of Application Elements:


  GMAT Score:
Very Important

  Resume/Work Experience:
Important

  Application Essays:
Very Important

  Interviews:
Very Important

  Recommendations:
Very Important

  Undergraduate Transcripts:
Very Important

APPLICANTS
Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class:
405

Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class:
44  %

Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class:
59  %

Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years:
2  %

Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted:
33  %

Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle:
10

Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied:
2

  Applicant interviews are:
By invitation only

Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed:
44  %

Admitted applicants who were interviewed:
100  %

APPLICANT POOL
International applications received:
57  %

Applications from women received:
31  %

CLASS PROFILE
Full-time students in newest entering class (2009-2010) that are:

Female: 33  %
International: 31  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 2  %
Asia: 26  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 1  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 0  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 68  %
Oceania : 0  %
Western Europe: 1  %
Dual citizenship: 1  %

Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

African American: 4  %
Asian American: 8  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 0  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 0  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 71  %
Chose not to report: 14  %
Other: 3  %

Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

Northeast: 90  %
Mid-Atlantic: 0  %
South: 3  %
Southwest: 0  %
Midwest : 0  %
West: 6  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
17

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
4

Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

        From:  0
        To:  52

Median age of entering class:
23

Mean age of entering class:
23

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

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

Academic merit

Some other criteria

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

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

GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 606
Median: 600

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  530
        To:  690

CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
52

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

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
83

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Computer Forensics
Enterprise Models

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

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Consulting

E-commerce

Finance

Human Resource Management

International Business

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Operations Management

Supply Chain Management

Other: Global Services and Supply Management

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/March (Architecture)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

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:

Consulting

Finance

Human Resource Management

Marketing

Supply Chain Management

FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
73

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 29
Non-Tenured: 37

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 42

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 3
Non-Tenured: 17

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 3

International Faculty:

Tenured: 1
Non-Tenured: 8

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 29
Non-Tenured: 25

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
9  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
8  %

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

Finance

Human Resources

Information Technology

Marketing

Other

TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 30  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 40  %
Simulations: 10  %
Team Projects: 10  %
Other: 0  %

Requirements for graduation:

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

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:
Internship required if lacking full-time work experience

TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
A new tech classroom is opening in 2010 for Global Services & Supply Management students. Each desk supports video conferencing for collaboration and remote teamwork with students from around the globe. Computers/flat panel monitors upgraded in student computer lab over the past 3 years. Classroom projectors and computers were upgraded. A new multi-functional tech classroom was built to digitally capture lectures and support video conferencing. Lectures are available to students via a streaming media server(s). New Web site launched in 2008 using Web content management system.

Amount spent:
$  375,000

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
8,930

Active MBA alumni clubs:
0

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
0

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
8  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  251

Median gift from MBA alumni:
$  50

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

Business school endowment
$  12,260,195

  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.ubconnect.org/olc/pub/BUF/homepage.cgi

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://mgt.buffalo.edu/home/alumni

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

CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 84  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 8  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 8  %

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

Destination: New York City Networking Event
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: New York City Interviewing Event
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Upstate Business Career Alliance career fair in Syracuse, NY
Month: April
Amount Paid By School: Partial

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 55  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 45  %

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 49  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 11  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 40  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 49  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 11  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 40  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

M&T Bank   6
Citi   4
BAE Systems   2
Deloitte   2
Independent Health   2
Toys R Us   2
Amgen   1
AT&T   1
Dresser-Rand   1
Harris Corporation   1
IBM   1
North American Breweries (Labatt USA)   1
Lockheed Martin   1
KPMG   1
PricewaterhouseCoopers   1

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
26  %

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

Mean base salary: $  58,132
Median base salary: $  54,000
Mean signing bonus: $  10,773
Median signing bonus: $  7,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 0  %
Finance/Accounting: 65  %
General Management: 0  %
Human Resources: 2  %
Marketing/Sales: 19  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 2  %
Operations/Logistics: 12  %
Other: 0  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 0  %
Consulting: 0  %
Consumer Products: 7  %
Financial Services: 43  %
Manufacturing: 24  %
Media/Entertainment: 2  %
Non-Profit: 2  %
Petroleum/Energy: 0  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 10  %
Real Estate: 2  %
Technology: 10  %
Other: 0  %

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SCHOOL COMMENTS
School Comments:
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My MBA experience at the University at Buffalo has been amazing. The faculty are always available for outside help. The program is structured to faciliate teamwork and builds your interpersonal skills. There are many diverse activities that make the program well rounded and options include overseas trips, study abroad, a joint program with the Levin Institute in NYC, executive speaker series, case competitions, networking events, country forums, community service and employer fairs, and numerous other activities which take this program to the next level. -- Accounting

Many of the courses are traditional undergrad lecture- and textbook-based with little class participation. Approximately one-third of the students are not professional in terms of coming to class prepared and doing their share in group work. --Accounting

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The only drawback to Buffalo's MBA program is the lack of quality recruiters from top companies visiting campus. I'm not sure if that is a product of a poor career services Office or because Fortune 500 companies tend not to recruit anywhere other than Harvard or Wharton.

Buffalo should diversify its domestic students -- most of them are from Western New York and a big portion of them are without work experience. --Marketing

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The MBA Program academic-wise was excellent. The courses are good and the professors are not less than any top business school. The only thing this business school lacks is the placement of MBA grads.--Finance

The education and networking brought about the results I wanted. I would recommend this school to others with similar goals.--Investment Banking

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