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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
50

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
32

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
120

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Role of Social Capital in Building Your Career & Bus
The Gig Economy and the New Entrepreneurial Imperative
Entreprenurial Philanthropy
Enterprise 20
Green Marketing

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

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

International Business

N/A

  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

General Management

International Business

Leadership

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
214

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 91
Non-Tenured: 44

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 79

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 25
Non-Tenured: 26

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 14
Non-Tenured: 15

International Faculty:

Tenured: 11
Non-Tenured: 16

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 91
Non-Tenured: 56

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

Faculty who have owned their own business:
14  %

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

Biotech/Health care

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Environmental

Finance

High Tech

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Marketing

Nonprofit

VC/ Private Equity

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Black MBA Association

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Wine

Women in MBA

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 45  %
Experiential Learning: 10  %
Lectures: 5  %
Simulations: 5  %
Team Projects: 35  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students are required to complete international experience

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:
Upgraded network core, doubled internet bandwidth, Confluence Wiki for online case writing, real-time emergency notification system, Enhanced 911, PowerSave for desktops, Sharepoint 2007 for collaboration, Right Answers self-help knowledgebase, Wimba Voice Tools for voice email and podcasting, professional video studio, upgraded proprietary web syllabus tool, Qualtrics survey tool for campus use, 42”LCD panels in all study rooms, digital signage, tech help portal for online students, extended tech support hours.

Amount spent:
$  13,000,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
16,462

Active MBA alumni clubs:
20

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
14

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
17  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  889

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
$  172,265,640

  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.babson.edu/alumni

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

Business school alumni networking site:
www.babson.edu/alumni

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 71  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 22  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 7  %

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

Destination: NSHMBA

Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 63  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 23  %
No information provided by graduate: 14  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:
29

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs
on the school's job boards in 2008-09:
167

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 48  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 24  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 28  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 48  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 24  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 0  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 28  %

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Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

EMC   5
National Grid   4
Johnson and Johnson   3
Santander/Sovereign Bank   3
Vertex Pharmaceuticals   2
Raytheon   2
IBM   2
Fidelity   2
Cigna   2
Novartis   1
Baseload Energy   1
CERA   1
Arnold Worldwide   1
Pioneer Investments   1
Target   1

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
27  %

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

Mean base salary: $  78,234
Median base salary: $  85,000
Mean signing bonus: $  28,714
Median signing bonus: $  15,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  25,192
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  14,000

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Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 15  %
Finance/Accounting: 28  %
General Management: 16  %
Human Resources: 0  %
Marketing/Sales: 30  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics: 4  %
Other: 7  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 0  %
Consulting: 11  %
Consumer Products: 13  %
Financial Services: 18  %
Manufacturing: 1  %
Media/Entertainment: 2  %
Non-Profit: 4  %
Petroleum/Energy: 8  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 7  %
Real Estate: 2  %
Technology: 25  %
Other: 9  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 3  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 0  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 8  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 88  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 0  %

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

Northeast: 82  %
Mid-Atlantic: 7  %
South: 0  %
Southwest: 0  %
Midwest: 2  %
West: 5  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 4  %

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2008-09:
11

Companies that posted internships for MBAs on school job boards in 2008-09:
101

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

Sustainable Energy Solutions, Inc.   2
EMD Serono   2
Energy Climate Solutions   2
IBM   2
GoGaga   2
Fidelity   2
Johnson and Johnson   1
Blue Cross Blue Shield   1
Fenway Sports Group   1
Deloitte Consulting   1
Sato Pharmaceutical   1
Global Catalyst Partners   1
Highmount Capital   1
HTI Consulting   1
Jones Lang Lasalle   1

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: N/A
        Median: N/A