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B-SCHOOL ALUMNI
Living MBA alumni:
15,016

Active MBA alumni clubs:
0

Countries in which MBA clubs exist:
0

Living MBA alumni who gave in past year:
10  %

Mean gift from MBA alumni:
$  455

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
$  18,600,000

  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.neu.edu

  Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site?
No

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

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TECHNOLOGY
Technology improvements in the last three academic years:
Upgrading desktop computers for full-time faculty and staff; Purchase of 36 laptop Mobile Lab which is used in the College’s 10 wireless capable case rooms in Dodge Hall.

Amount spent:
$  300,000

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TEACHING/ACADEMICS
Teaching methods used:

Case Study: 38  %
Distance Learning: 0  %
Experiential Learning: 25  %
Lectures: 15  %
Simulations: 2  %
Team Projects: 20  %
Other: 0  %

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

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

Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact

Entrepreneurship

Finance

Marketing

Other

Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

Hispanic Student Organization

International Club

Volunteer

Women in MBA

Other

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FACULTY
Faculty employed by the B-school:
172

Full-time faculty:

Tenured: 62
Non-Tenured: 62

Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

Tenured: 0
Non-Tenured: 48

Women on Faculty:

Tenured: 15
Non-Tenured: 28

Minority Faculty:

Tenured: 3
Non-Tenured: 2

International Faculty:

Tenured: 1
Non-Tenured: 13

Faculty with PhDs:

Tenured: 62
Non-Tenured: 65

Faculty who are also members of company boards of directors or advisors:
19  %

Faculty who have owned their own business:
3  %

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N/A

Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

MBA/JD (Law)

MBA/MS (Science)

MBA/MSN (Nursing)

  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:

Finance

International Business

Marketing

Operations Management

Supply Chain Management

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CLASS OFFERINGS
Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class:
31

Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class:
26

Elective courses available to full-time MBA students:
60

Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2009:
Make Innovation Easy
Transparent Pricing Strategies in Service Industries
Poverty and Business in the Developing World
Offshore Outsourcing

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

Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

Finance

Marketing

Supply Chain Management

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GMAT
  Are applicants required to take the GMAT?
Yes

GMAT scores:

Mean : 625
Median: 620

Middle 80% range GMAT scores:

        From:  560
        To:  700

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

Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year:
91  %

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

Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$  34,053

Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year:
$  32,000

On what basis are scholarships awarded?

Academic merit

Full-tuition scholarships school will award during the upcoming academic year:
0

  How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration?
As part of the admissions application

Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year:
$  17,526

Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study:
89  %

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

Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program:

$  46,952

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

Northeast: 79  %
Mid-Atlantic: 9  %
South: 2  %
Southwest: 2  %
Midwest : 0  %
West: 8  %
Possessions and territories: 0  %

Mean months of work experience of newest entering class:
48

Median months of work experience of newest entering class:
41

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

        From:  18
        To:  88

Median age of entering class:
26

Mean age of entering class:
26