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CAREER SERVICES
Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 86  %
Graduates not seeking employment: 10  %
Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 4  %

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

Destination: 3
Month: October
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: 3
Month: January
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: Seattle (Business and Tech.)
Month: March
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: China (Asian Business Assoc.)
Month: November
Amount Paid By School: partial
Destination: India
Month: February/March
Amount Paid By School: partial

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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
9,566

Active MBA alumni clubs:
33

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
11

  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.alumniconnections.com/olc/membersonly/CMU/

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

Business school alumni networking site:
http://www.tepper.cmu.edu/compass

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

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
-Upgraded teaching technology in local & NY Classrooms &conference rooms with some or all of the following: dual projectors, touch panel control, distance learning equipment, seat microphones, power & data @ each seat. -Upgraded Bloomberg terminals. -3 new Dist. Learning Studios w/ central production room. -Installed additional NY computer classroom. -Online Alumni Community developed & released. -New projectors installed in 3 classrooms. -Presentation technology installed in bldg.’s new conference center incl. projectors, flat panel displays & touch panel control systems.

Amount spent:
$  5,997,847

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 25  %
Lectures: 50  %
Simulations: 15  %
Team Projects: 10  %

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:
Capstone Course Completion

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

Biotech/Health care

Consulting

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

High Tech

Information Technology

Manufacturing

Marketing

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

Other

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
119

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 51
Non-Tenured: 48

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 24

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 4
Non-Tenured: 16

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 7
Non-Tenured: 14

International Faculty:

Tenured: 8
Non-Tenured: 27

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 51
Non-Tenured: 54

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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
61

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
38

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
133

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Economy in Crisis High Tech to Leverage Corp Recovery
Perspectives on Leadership
Managerial Decision Making
Financial Crisis Bubbles and Panics

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

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Accounting

Economics

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Management Information Systems

Marketing

Operations Management

Organizational Behavior

Statistics and Operations Research

Strategy

N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

Other

  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:

Consulting

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Strategy

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GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 687
Median: 700

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  620
        To:  750

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FINANCIAL AID
  Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through:
Dedicated financial aid office at the B-school

Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
100  %

Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year:
80  %

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$  41,200

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$  50,500

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

Academic merit

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
58

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

Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:
$  11,937

Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study:
100  %

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

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

Female: 25  %
International: 22  %
Married: 18  %

Students from following regions:

Africa : 0  %
Asia: 26  %
Eastern Europe and Central Asia: 2  %
Latin America and the Caribbean: 3  %
Middle East: 1  %
North America: 65  %
Oceania : 0  %
Western Europe: 3  %

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

African American: 8  %
Asian American: 23  %
Hispanic or Latino American: 3  %
Multiethnic/Multiracial : 6  %
Native American: 0  %
White (Non-Hispanic): 53  %
Chose not to report: 4  %
Other: 3  %

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

Northeast: 28  %
Mid-Atlantic: 28  %
South: 7  %
Southwest: 9  %
Midwest : 10  %
West: 18  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
55

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
48

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

        From:  24
        To:  96

Median age of entering class:
28

Mean age of entering class:
28