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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:
32

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
30

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Sel Topics: Global Pricing
Big Emerging Market: India
Certified Financial Accounting Level 1 Preparation

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

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Finance

Leadership

Marketing

Other: International Dev't

  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:

Finance

General Management

International Business

Marketing

Strategy

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
69

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 27
Non-Tenured: 21

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 21

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 17

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 9

International Faculty:

Tenured: 4
Non-Tenured: 7

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 27
Non-Tenured: 26

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

Biotech/Health care

Consulting

E-business

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Human Resources

Information Technology

Investment Banking

Marketing

VC/ Private Equity

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Partners/Family

Volunteer

Wine

Women in MBA

Other

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 26  %
Distance Learning: 6  %
Experiential Learning: 19  %
Lectures: 29  %
Simulations: 8  %
Team Projects: 12  %

Requirements for graduation:

Students are required to complete international experience

Students must have attended a minimum number of classes

Students are required to be fluent in more than one language by graduation

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

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
In 2009, a state of the art learning management solution was implemented. The school’s broadcast studio, used heavily for synchronous distance learning, was fully converted from analog to digital broadcast capabilities in 2008. Ongoing cycles of classroom technology upgrades continue. Increasing the use of software as a service, the school’s career management center moved to a platform known as Thunderbird Global Connect, in 2008.

Amount spent:
$  3,500,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
30,256

Active MBA alumni clubs:
151

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
73

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
10  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  483

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
$  14,571,000

  Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni?
No

  Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site?
Yes

University alumni networking site:
http://my.thunderbird.edu

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://my.thunderbird.edu

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 74  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 12  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 14  %

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

Destination: Marketing TREK to Seattle
Month: September
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: International Development TREK to DC
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: Finance TREK to San Francisco
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: CSR and Alternative Energy TREK to San Francisco
Month: February
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: Consulting TREK to Chicago
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: Full

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Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 66  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 34  %

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 46  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 15  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 7  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 32  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 34  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 18  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 9  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 39  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

Johnson & Johnson
Depository Trust and Clearning Corporation
FDIC
American Express
Cisco Systems
Citigroup
Hilti
ExxonMobil
IBM
Intel
Millenium Promise Corporation
Booz Allen Hamilton
Amphenol
Delta Airilines
Clandestine Services

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Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
50  %

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

Mean base salary: $  76,309
Median base salary: $  78,000
Mean signing bonus: $  14,777
Median signing bonus: $  15,000
Mean other guaranteed compensation: $  14,190
Median other guaranteed compensation: $  10,000

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 17  %
Finance/Accounting: 20  %
General Management: 14  %
Human Resources: 7  %
Marketing/Sales: 26  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics: 9  %
Other: 7  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 2  %
Consulting: 12  %
Consumer Products: 6  %
Financial Services: 21  %
Manufacturing: 10  %
Media/Entertainment: 6  %
Non-Profit: 6  %
Petroleum/Energy: 5  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 13  %
Real Estate: 1  %
Technology: 11  %
Other: 6  %

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

Africa: 3  %
Asia: 15  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 1  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 3  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 76  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 1  %

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

Northeast: 19  %
Mid-Atlantic: 5  %
South: 4  %
Southwest: 18  %
Midwest: 6  %
West: 24  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 1  %

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

American Express
First Financial Equity Corporation
Grameen Bank
Amway
Cummins
MTV Networks
C.R. Bard
ChinaVest Ltd.
Ford Motor Company
General Electric
Johnson & Johnson
Solar Power Partners
Tia Foundation
U.S. Foreign Commercial Service
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Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: N/A
        Median: N/A