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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:
20

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
47

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Introduction to Risk Management
Career Development & Networking

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

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

General Management

Health Care Administration

Insurance

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Operations Management

Portfolio Management

Real Estate

Supply Chain Management

N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MD (Medicine)

MBA/MIM (International Management)

MBA/MSN (Nursing)

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

Health Care Administration

Marketing

Real Estate

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
155

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 46
Non-Tenured: 29

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 47

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 10
Non-Tenured: 27

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 14
Non-Tenured: 19

International Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 12

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 46
Non-Tenured: 50

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
33  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
65  %

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

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Finance

Information Technology

Marketing

VC/ Private Equity

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

International Club

Women in MBA

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 10  %
Experiential Learning: 35  %
Lectures: 30  %
Team Projects: 25  %

Requirements for graduation:

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

Other:

Additional graduation requirements:
Summer internship or equivalent

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
New server farm, multimedia communications system, 14 additional high-tech classrooms, teleconferencing for all campuses, 300 new lab computers, and transition to complete virtual server u-infrastructure

Amount spent:
$  5,500,000

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
12,767

Active MBA alumni clubs:
6

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
3

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
8  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  150

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
$  24,798,098

  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.uconnalumni.com/index.php/husky-alum-network

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://alumni.business.edu

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

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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 94  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 6  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0  %

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

Destination: National Association of Women MBA's - Stamford, CT
Month: October 2008
Amount Paid By School: Partial
Destination: Tour of GE edgelab and State of Connecticut Innovation Accelerator - Stamford, CT and Hartford, CT
Month: October 2008
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: International Shopper's Council - New York
Month: October 2008
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: MBA Career Fair with Lee Hecht Harrison - Hartford, CT
Month: November 2008
Amount Paid By School: Full
Destination: New York City Connections - Alumni Outreach - New York
Month: February 2009
Amount Paid By School: Full

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Primary source of job offer:

School-facilitated activities: 67  %
Graduate-facilitated activities: 33  %
No information provided by graduate: 0  %

Companies that recruited second-year MBAs on campus in 2008-09:
17

Companies that posted full-time job offers for MBAs
on the school's job boards in 2008-09:
63

Job Offers for 2009 graduates:

Received first job offer by graduation: 33  %
Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 27  %
Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having received a job offer: 38  %
Accepted first job offer by graduation: 33  %
Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 27  %
Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 2  %
Did not report having accepted a job offer: 38  %

Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

IBM   5
The Hartford Financial Services   4
Covidien   2
University of Connecticut   2
Aetna   2
Bear Stearns   1
United Technologies Corporation   1
PricewaterhouseCoopers   1
Pitney Bowes   1
Walmart   1
Nielson Corporation   1
Affinion Group   1
NYC Economic Development   1
Symmetry Partners   1
Entergy   1

Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus:
36  %

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

Mean base salary: $  85,278
Median base salary: $  92,000
Mean signing bonus: $  10,677
Median signing bonus: $  10,250

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Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

Consulting: 12  %
Finance/Accounting: 55  %
General Management: 3  %
Human Resources: 3  %
Marketing/Sales: 18  %
Management Information Systems (MIS): 0  %
Operations/Logistics: 3  %
Other: 6  %

Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

Government: 6  %
Consulting: 3  %
Consumer Products: 0  %
Financial Services: 30  %
Manufacturing: 3  %
Media/Entertainment: 6  %
Non-Profit: 3  %
Petroleum/Energy: 3  %
Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 6  %
Real Estate: 6  %
Technology: 28  %
Other: 6  %

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

Africa: 0  %
Asia: 3  %
Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia: 3  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 3  %
Middle East: 0  %
North America: 91  %
Oceana: 0  %
Western Europe: 0  %

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

Northeast: 100  %
Mid-Atlantic: 0  %
South: 0  %
Southwest: 0  %
Midwest: 0  %
West: 0  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %
Canada: 0  %

Companies that recruited MBAs for internships on campus in 2008-09:
10

Companies that posted internships for MBAs on school job boards in 2008-09:
36

Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

GE edgelab   7
State of Connecticut Innovation Accelerator   7
Northeast Utilities   2
Prudential Financial   2
NASDAQ   1
United Technologies Corporation   1
Deloitte Consulting   1
GE Real Estate   1
Pitney Bowes   1
CVS Caremark   1
BriGlow   1
Connecticut Finance and Housing Authority   1
SeaChange International   1
Uinta Land Investments   1
Pinpoint Limited   1

Internships awarded that are paid:
94  %

Weekly internship compensation:

        Mean: $ 1,102
        Median: $ 1,066

Average internship length in weeks:
12